INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING COMPETITIONS
conform with UNESCO-UIA regulations and approved by UIA

 


 Why an international competition ?
 Why consult the UIA?
 International competitions : 1975 - 1995
 Competitions underway
 Recent results 1996 - 2005
 

Centre Georges Pompidou,
Renzo Piano & Sir Richard Rogers, architects.
The choice of an architect lies with the client responsible for the construction of the building. It is for the client to decide to organise a competition, at the end of which a jury composed of a majority of architects unanimously designates the winner responsible for directing the work.

Such has been the case for many prestigious buildings or territorial sites:
  •  The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
  •  The Arche de la Défense in Paris (France)
 

L'Arche de la Défense,
Otto von Spreckelsen, architect.

The International Union of Architects was conferred the authority of ensuring the observance of conditions for the launching and carrying out an international architecture and town planning competition, according to the UNESCO-UIA international competitions and town planning regulation, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference.

This document which comes with the terms of application of the regulation, is published in a bilingual Competitions Guide (English-French), available at the UIA General Secretariat.


The UIA has undoubtedly become the only international body to thrive in this field due to years of experience.