SKYHIVE 2020 — The Annual Bee Breeders Skyscraper Challenge

The SKYHIVE 2020 Skyscraper Challenge is the third annual architecture competition which searches out the latest and greatest designs for an iconic high rise structure. Participants of the SKYHIVE Challenge are tasked with creating a concept for a state-of-the-art tower that breaks from the norm.

Participants are encouraged to incorporate new technologies and materials in their designs, as well as unique aesthetics and spatial organisations. Special consideration is also given to designs that implement innovations in sustainable systems, as well as those that look to solve economic, social, and cultural problems through the establishment of new architectural methods.

There is no defined competition site, therefore participants are able to select any hypothetical site measuring 130m x 80m which can be accessed by roads on two sides. Design can be set in the city of their choice anywhere in the world, given that the project is in keeping with the region’s skyline and surroundings.

The annual SKYHIVE Challenge is a platform to examine the relationship between skyscrapers and the natural world, the community, and the rest of the city as a whole. It is important that designs show consideration for the impact on the surrounding environment, as well as how the increase in inhabitants will affect the current infrastructure, pollution levels, economic division, and urban sprawl.

As an open ideas competition, participants in the SKYHIVE2020 - The Annual Bee Breeders Skyscraper Challenge are allowed to interpret the competition brief however they choose, in the most creative way possible. The SKYHIVE Challenge is a chance for architecture enthusiasts to potentially rewrite the definition of the modern-day skyscraper.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE 

Advance Registration: DECEMBER 18 - FEBRUARY 14
Last Minute Registration: FEBRUARY 15 - APRIL 17

Closing date for registration: APRIL 17, 2020
Closing date for submission: JUNE 2, 2020 (11:59 pm GMT)
Announcement of the winners: JUNE 18, 2020

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PRIZES 
3 winning proposals and 6 honorable mentions will be selected. Bee Breeders will award a total of US $6,000 in prize money to competition winners as follows: 

• 1st Prize - US $3,000 
• 2nd Prize - US $1,500 
• 3rd Prize - US $500 
• + 6 honourable mentions 
• BB Student Award - US $500 
• BB Green Award - US $500 

COMPETITION SCHEDULE 

• Early Bird Registration: NOVEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 17, 2020 
• Advance Registration: DECEMBER 18 - FEBRUARY 14 
• Last Minute Registration: FEBRUARY 15 - APRIL 17 

Closing date for registration: APRIL 17, 2020  Closing date for submission: JUNE 2, 2020 (11:59 pm GMT)  Announcement of the winners: JUNE 18, 2020