New architecture and design competitions: eVolo Skyscraper Competition, Seoul International Garden Show, Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards, and Sebastopol South Entry Sculpture

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of notable architecture and design challenges highlights four competitions seeking semi-permanent garden designs in Seoul's Ttukseom Hangang Park, proposals for a permanent public art piece in Sebastopol, California, innovative community development ideas for Philadelphia's 7th Ward, and outstanding concepts reimagining the skyscraper typology.

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Show Garden Competition for Seoul International Garden Show 2024
Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, December 18, 2023

The Show Garden Competition for Seoul International Garden Show 2024 is calling for experts and professionals in relevant fields to design semi-permanent gardens for the city's Ttukseom Hangang Park. There are two competition categories that can be pursued, Show Garden A and Show Garden B.

Call For Artists: Commissioned South Entry Sculpture
Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, January 29, 2024

"The City of Sebastopol and its Public Arts Committee (PAC) are holding a commissioned art competition featuring professional artists living in the State of California for the design, fabrication, and installation of a permanent, original public art at the trailhead of the Joe Rodota Trail on Petaluma Avenue, which is a prominent location marking the entry to Sebastopol’s thriving downtown. The commissioned art will have a budget of $25,000 from the City’s Art in-lieu fund."

2024 Edmund N. Bacon Student Urban Design Competition
Registration/Submission Deadline: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

"To honor and reclaim the history and cultural contributions of the 7th Ward, we invite you to envision a development that transcends the constraints and obstacles imposed by discriminatory economic, racial, planning strategies, and policies. Your task is to imagine a community that thrives based on its deep-rooted heritage, fostering sustained generational wealth, implementing infrastructure that supports both economic and cultural prosperity, and creating spatial planning that fosters self-reliance and a strong sense of community."

2024 Skyscraper Competition
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, March 12, 2024

"eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2024 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations; along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city."

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