Böcker av Benjamin Hossbach

Competition management in the context of public and private projects, design competitions serve as an instrument for selecting and optimizing design solutions and for commissioning the most important design partners. Without the competition discourse, the transparency it ensures in the awarding process, and its power as an integrating framework for the participation of the respective project stakeholders, innovation and building culture (Baukultur) would not have reached the level and acceptance they have in many places over the past decades. Design competitions are thus an indispensable element of quality assurance in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, engineering, and arts. Based on this experience, the book provides a wealth of practical and formal information on all issues related to the organization of design competitions. It also presents 60 illustrated practical examples of successfully conducted competitions for 12 building typologies. These include competitions for the design of the Munich Concert Hall, the Canadian Parliament, an administrative complex for the European Commission in Brussels, the Place Lalla Yeddouna Quarter in Fez, the Museum for the Maidan Revolution in Kyiv, the Vietnamese-German University in Saigon, the Beirut Museum of Art, and the central building at the BMW plant in Leipzig. The experience of the authors is complemented by statements of more than 50 renowned professionals who have formulated their impressions as jury members, participants, or sponsors in the form of short recommendations. With the hope of contributing to high-quality and fair procedures, the book is particularly aimed at (potential) sponsors of competitions, but also at all other parties involved in competitions - participants, jury members, the architectural press, students, and administrations.

Planning competitions are used in public and private projects as an instrument for optimising the design and selecting planning partners. For both small and large projects, the organised, fair, transparent and specialist process helps to improve the quality of urban development, buildings, open spaces and art. Like its successful predecessor title, this book documents the competition procedures coordinated by [phase eins]. in recent years. Founded in 1998, [phase eins]. is one of the leading offices for project consulting and competition management in the fields of architecture and urban design. A total of 27 projects in Germany, Austria, Albania, Ukraine, Kuwait, Belgium, Canada and Lebanon are presented with extensive illustrations and explanations. The book also contains texts on fundamental issues relating to the competition system.