2014 eVolo Skyscraper Competition Winners

The winners for the 9th annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition have finally been revealed! The sky is indeed the limit for the popular worldwide competition, which gave participants complete freedom with their skyscraper designs. Imaginative ideas aside, entrants also had to examine the skyscraper's definition, purpose, and potential in the 21st century.

Out of 525 entries from 43 countries in all continents, the Jury awarded three winners:

• 1st place: "Vernacular Versatility" by Yong Ju Lee - U.S.
• 2nd place: "Car and Shell: or Marinetti’s Monster" by Mark Talbot and Daniel Markiewicz - U.S.
• 3rd place: "Propagate Skyscraper" by YuHao Liu and Rui Wu - Canada

Twenty honorable mentions were also selected. 

Check out the winning entries below.

First place: Vernacular Versatility by Yong Ju Lee (U.S.)

"First place was awarded to Yong Ju Lee from the United States for his project 'Vernacular Versatility'. The proposal reinterprets traditional Korean architecture in a contemporary mixed-use high-rise."

For full project description, click here.

Second Place: Car And Shell Skyscraper: Or Marinetti’s Monster by Mark Talbot, Daniel Markiewicz (United States)

"Second place was awarded to Mark Talbot and Daniel Markiewicz from the United States for his project 'Car and Shell: or Marinetti’s Monster' which proposes a city in the sky for Detroit, MI."

For full project description, click here.

Third Place: Propagate Skyscraper: Carbon Dioxide Structure by YuHao Liu, Rui Wu (Canada)

"The recipients of the third place are YuHao Liu and Rui Wu from Canada for their project “Propagate Skyscraper” that investigates the structural use of carbon dioxide in skyscrapers."

For full project description, click here.

"Some of the honorable mentions include a skyscraper that filters the air of polluted cities, a sky village for Los Angeles, a 3D printed tower in the desert, and a vertical transportation hub among other innovative projects."

The Jury was formed by:

• Wiel Arets [principal Wiel Arets Architects, dean of the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture],
• John Beckmann [principal Axis Mundi]
• Michael Hensel [principal AKNW + NAL, professor at Oslo School of Architecture]
• Lisa Iwamoto [principal IwamotoScott Architecture, professor at University of California Berkeley]
• Kas Oosterhuis [principal Oosterhuis-Lénárd, professor at Delft University of Technology]
• Derek Pirozzi [architectural designer Oppenheim Architecture + Design, first place 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition]
• Tom Price [principal Tom Price]
• Fernando Romero [principal FR-EE]
• Craig Scott [principal IwamotoScott Architecture, professor at California College of the Arts]
• Carol Willis [director Skyscraper Museum, professor at Columbia University]
• Dan Wood [principal WORK Architecture Company, professor at Yale University]

To commemorate the 9th Annual Skyscraper Competition, eVolo will also publish the Limited Edition eVolo Skyscrapers 2 book as a follow-up to their popular eVolo Skyscrapers book. The 628-page book examines 150 projects received during recent years of the competition. Only 1000 copies are available worldwide.

To see the Honorable Mentions, click through the gallery below. You can also see their project descriptions here.