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Residential Architect, June, 2005 by Shelley D. Hutchins

recycled tire design competition entry deadline: june 24 submission deadline: july 5

Entrants are invited to turn California's old tires into building products, to be judged at the California State Fair in Sacramento. Prototypes and corresponding drawings, renderings, or comps, plus descriptions, must be included in submissions. Categories include Best New Household Product and Best New Residential Building Product. Call 916.925.5080 or go to www.itsgoodforcalifornia.com to get entry forms.

brick in architecture awards deadline: july 15

Licensed architects should submit designs dominated by brick in residential single-family, multifamily, commercial, institutional, and special feature categories. Winners will be published nationally. Shown: 2004 winner New Student Housing Complex at St. Mary's College of Maryland by Muse Architects. For entry forms go to www.gobrick.com.

unbuilt architecture deadline: july 19

Purely theoretical and unbuilt client-sponsored projects of any type are accepted from any architect, architectural educator, or student anywhere around the globe; cash prizes awarded. Shown: 2004 winner 2.5D Tower in New York by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. For more information, call 617.951.1433 or visit www.architects.org.

taking place: photographs from the prentice and paul sack collection june 2-september 6 san francisco museum of modern art

This extensive private anthology comprises architectural photography from 1840 through 1975. Sack chose individual photographs that articulate a distinct sense of place and that collectively convey how people have shaped the built environment. Photographs by Margaret Bourke-White, Walker Evans, and Wright Morris (whose 1947 Untitled is shown), and more will be displayed. For details, call 415.357.4000 or check out www.sfmoma.org.

architectural visions: utopia and reality june 4-september 4 cranbrook art museum, bloomfield hills, mich.

This survey of architecture covers the 18th century to the present but emphasizes contemporary works. Eliel Saarinen, Hugh Ferris, Maija Grotell, Frank Gehry, and others are included through drawings, renderings, and painting and sculpture, including the 2003 Cloud by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle shown. Call 877.GO.CRANBROOK or go to www.cranbrook.edu/art/museum for more details.

commencement 2003-2004 june 9-august 11 harvard design school

Works by recent graduates in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, and urban design are showcased. For hours call 617.495.4731 or check out www.gsd.harvard.edu/events.> bellevue arts museum opening june 18 bellevue, wash.

Physical and philosophical renovations to the Bellevue Arts Museum can be explored when the building reopens with a new focus on craft and design. Opening exhibitions highlight 20th-century teapot designs, the domestic designs of iron forger Albert Paley, and works from the Pilchuck Glass School. For information call 425.519.0770 or visit www.bellevueart.org.

ecobuild america june 20-23 orlando, fla.

Ecobuild America offers classes and exhibits on new innovations in sustainable design, growth and planning practices, products, and materials. To register call 800.996.3863 or go to www.ecobuildamerica.com.

continuing exhibits

Heather Allen: Architectural Textiles, through July 29, The Octagon, Washington, D.C., 202.638.3221; Petra: Lost City of Stone, through Aug. 15, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., 800.PETRA05.