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More than a competition : the open call in a changing building culture

Title
More than a competition : the open call in a changing building culture / Maarten Liefooghe; Maarten Van Den Driessche (eds.) ; translations D'Laine Camp, Patrick Lennon
Author
Liefooghe, Maarten
Publication
Antwerpen : Flanders Architectuurinstituut ; Team Vlaams Bouwmeester, 2021

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Additional Authors
  • Driessche, Maarten Van Den
  • Caigny, Sofie De
  • Haddad, Alice
  • Menon, Carlo
  • Camp, D'Laine
  • Lennon, Patrick
  • Kunstcentrum deSingel (Antwerp, Belgium), host institution.
Description
137 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
Summary
Flanders has had a Government Architect since 1999. The Government Architect advises public commissioning authorities with the aim of promoting the quality of architecture and the built environment. One of the methods used for this purpose is the Open Call. In the essays in this book, eight authors discuss, from different perspectives, why this influential 'competition' is not quite an architecture competition while at the same time being much more. Did architectural criticism in the 1990s help to pave the way for the Government Architect position and the Open Call? Does the key to quality lie in smart procedures? What is a 'strong' public commissioner in a democratic system? What does the Flemish Government Architect do and what has the Open Call achieved over the past twenty years? What do the distinct projects mean in their broader spatial context? Can architects satisfy a collective desire with singular designs? To what extent is the Open Call in line with the broadening of the practice of architecture and the evolving competition culture? Looking back on two decades of public commissions, this book presents current reflections on these issues
Alternative Title
Open call in a changing building culture
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • With texts by Sofie De Caigny, Alice Haddad, Carlo Menon, Maarten Liefooghe; Maarten Van Den Driessche, and others
  • Published to accompany two exhibitions held at the De Singel, Antwerp, November 27, 2021 - April 17, 2022
ISBN
  • 9789492567239
  • 9492567237
OCLC
  • on1293296024
  • 1293296024
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries