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2013 Mock Firms International Skyscraper Competition

Category
Student , International
Type
Open, single-stage
Registration Deadline
01/11/2013
Submission Deadline
03/01/2013
Open To
Open to undergraduate and graduate students
Entry Fee
Regular entry fee: US$150, Early Entry Fee: $125
Awards
US$1000 awarded to "Top Mock Firm"
Jury
2013 TBA: 2012 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, MCM Group, Perkins + Will, Council on Tall Bldgs & Urban Habitat, et al
Contact
Darrell Jones
Address
Mock Firms, P.O. Box 3417, Chicago, IL 60654
Email
Competition E-Mail
Web Site
Competition Web Site
Phone
773.410.1314

Description
The 2013 Mock Firms International Skyscraper Challenge will take place April 25 - 26 2013 in beautiful downtown Chicago. With the theme of "Rediscover the Future," aspiring young design professionals will be challenged to produce an iconic super-tall for Amman, Jordan (collegiate) and Chicago, IL (high school). Programmatic target is a design solution for a diverse and comprehensive vertical healthcare community.

Finalists will share in the unique experience of interacting with leading design professionals as their ideas are evaluated by the same. Entering its 5th year, the Chicago-based Mock Firms Competition has become one of the foremost student-based design competitions in the country. The Mock Firms model aims to help facilitate the formation and function of simulated-architectural design firms by collegiate and secondary school students and is open to any national and international student. This competitive event continues to bring together some of the best and brightest talent from the U.S. and around the world.

Early Registration Ends Friday, October 5. 2012 Regular Registration Ends Friday, January 11, 2013. Late Registration Ends Friday, March 1, 2013. Event Dates Thursday & Friday, April 25 & 26, 2013.

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