Living Steel launches the second International Competition for Sustainable Housing


Living Steel, a world-wide programme to encourage innovation in the design and construction of habitat, announces the launch of its second international architectural competition for the design of sustainable urban housing units.

Architects around the world are invited to submit expressions of interest electronically, until 12 January 2007, on the Living Steel website:
www.livingsteel.org

A total of 300 000 Euro in prize-money will be awarded, and finalists will be asked to develop new building concepts for residential units in Brazil, China, and the United Kingdom.

The jury will be made-up of Glenn Murcutt (Australia), Charles Correa (India), Jaime Lerner (Brazil), Andrew Ogorzalek (United Kingdom), James Berry (United Kingdom), Nicholas de Monchaux (USA), Cui Kai (China) and Roberto Loeb (Brazil).

This competition adheres to the UNESCO-UIA regulations, and has received the support of the International Union of Architects.

The results of the first Living Steel competition:
http://www.uia-architectes.org/texte/england/Livingsteel/2-results.html

Information:
Sheetal Chabra
Project manager, Communication, Living Steel
T. 00 91 11 416 29 522
Sheetal.chabra@livingsteel.org
www.livingsteel.org