Guggenheim and Google Invite Public to Vote for Winner of Online Design Competition |
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| Written by Joseph Reisman |
| Thursday, 10 September 2009 02:06 |
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Online voters can select a design by one of the top ten finalists for the People’s Prize. Finalists were preselected by students from the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. In addition, a jury of architecture and design experts is reviewing all of the shelter submissions to choose a winner of the Juried Prize. The winners of both the People’s Prize and the Juried Prize will be announced on October 21, 2009, the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Guggenheim Museum. The jury consists of Timothy Bade, Principal, Bade Stageberg Cox; Neil M. Denari, Principal, Neil M. Denari Architects; Cathleen McGuigan, Architecture Critic, Newsweek; Victor Sidy, Dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture; Lisa Strausfeld, Partner, Pentagram; Aidan Chopra, Product Evangelist, Google SketchUp; and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design at the Guggenheim. Prizes will include airfare and two nights accommodation for two in New York City, behind–the–scenes tours of the Guggenheim Museum and Google offices, and Google SketchUp Pro licenses. The Juried Prize will also include a $1,000 cash award. Each final entry for a 100–square–foot structure in which to live and work consists of a shelter’s name, its geolocation in Google Earth, and a brief description of the shelter and its relationship to the natural and built environment, along with the designer’s name and place of origin. In addition to viewing the ten finalists, visitors may browse through nearly 600 original designs that met competition requirements at guggenheim.org/shelter. Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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