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Residential Architect, April, 2004 by Shelley D. Hutchins

the new home on the range

registration due: april 23

submission due: may 14

The AIA challenges architects and architectural students to design the seminal house for the 21st century. The program calls for an unbuilt house with three bedrooms, two baths, and two cars. Entrants are encouraged to address such residential issues as sustainable design, as well as economic and social paradigms for current and future homeowners. Total living space cannot exceed 2,400 interior square feet, excluding the garage. For more details call 800.AIA.3837 or go to www.aia.org.

visions for a new kentucky home

deadline: may 1

The Kentucky Housing Corporation will recognize the best submissions for universal and affordable housing design from any design professional or currently enrolled student. The competition aims to raise public awareness and improve the quality of affordable housing and universal design. Prizes totaling $7,000 will be awarded. Call 502.564.7630, ext. 420, or visit www.kyhousing.org for entry specifications.

custom home design awards 2004

binder deadline: may 3

Houses designed for a specific client and site may be submitted by builders, architects, remodelers, designers, and other industry professionals. Categories include custom home (grouped by square footage), custom kitchen, custom bath, renovation, accessory building, and custom detail. Winners will be featured in the September 2004 issue of CUSTOM HOME magazine. Shown is the 2003 Grand Award winner for a custom home under 3,000 square feet by Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck, Des Moines, Iowa. To enter, call 202.736.3407 or e-mail shutchins@hanleywood.com.

da vinci awards

nomination deadline: may 28

These universal design awards recognize individuals, firms, and organizations in architecture, construction, and engineering fields. The jury will look for innovative designs that improve the quality of life for those with disabilities as well as the creation of environments that empower all people. For nomination requirements call 248.355.2910, ext. 116, or visit www.esd.org.

good design 2004

deadline: july 1

chicago athenaeum: museum of architecture and design

Any product produced and/or designed from 2002 to the present is eligible including furniture, housewares, lighting fixtures, appliances, and textiles. Winning submissions will be exhibited from October 2004 until January 2005. For details call 815.777.4444 or visit www.chi-athenaeum.org.

vip awards

deadline: august 1

Vetter Windows & Doors offers cash prizes of $1,000 for Vetter Inspired Project (VIP) winners in each of seven categories of custom homes divided by square footage and including best residential renovation and best commercial project. Shown is the 2003 Best of Show winner, designed and built by Lake Geneva, Wisc.-based Engerman Contracting. To register call 800.VETTER.2 or visit www.vetterwindows.com.

norwalk housing design competition

deadline: august 13

The Norwalk, Conn., Housing Authority is sponsoring a competition for outstanding site and house plans that address the need for below market-rate housing to accommodate such buyers as entry-level professionals and fixed-income seniors. Any U.S. architect is eligible to submit. Call 203.857.0200, ext. 217, or go to www.NorwalkHousingDesignCompetition.com for further information.

yves behar fuseproject/ design series 2

april 1-oct 3

san francisco museum of modern art

The second in SFMOMA's series spotlighting emerging architects and designers, this exhibition showcases more than 30 objects by industrial designer Yves Behar, founder of fuseproject. Projects on display range from shoes for Birkenstock's 2003 line, Footprints: The Architect Collection, to such architectural works as The Dream Room (pictured), a conceptual space created in 2001 with wall-size LCD displays that can mimic ordinary walls or project floor-to-ceiling outdoor vistas. Call 415.357.4000 for details or visit www.sfmoma.mg.

right at home

april 2-jan 17

smithsonian american art museum's renwick gallery, washington, d.c.

This exhibition highlights custom-designed studio pieces from American furniture artists including Sam Maloof (whose 1995 low-back side chair is pictured), Richard Ford, and Jenna Goldberg. For museum hours, call 202.357.2700 or go to www. americanart.si.edu.

archigram

april 3-july 4

design museum, london

Collages, drawings, films, and models showcasing the work of the provocative Archigram group form the focus of this exhibition. Archigram was founded in London in 1961 around a nucleus of young architects who touted, through an eponymous magazine, that new architecture should respond to social change. The group's visions of alternative housing and urban space designs will be displayed. For more information call 011.44.870.833.9955 or visit www.designmuseum.org.

unbuilt Chicago

april 3-jan 16

art institute of chicago

The nearly 90 drawings, plans, and models of architectural projects planned but never built encourage visitors to consider what might have been in this city known for landmark buildings and iconic architects. Works by past and present notables will be featured, such as Adler and Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, Mies van der Rohe, Helmut Jahn, Studio Gang, and Bertrand Goldberg, whose 1968 design for River City--three 72-story towers of high-density housing--is shown here. To learn more call 312.443.3600 or go online at www.artic.edu.