Design competitions can range in form and scopes of services from teaspoons or bike shelters, to mixed-use towers and urban planning.

The best of competitions engage international talent in dialogue about the cultural issues that inform our global communities through both space and object formation.

From the very inception of a competition project, there is the opportunity to explore the history of a typology, engage contemporary thought, and create a vision for the future.

Juries examine design merit through researched interventions within a cultural and physical context.

From the theory of design comes the regulating lines of tomorrow.

All competitions are seen as an opportunity to teach both the public, academic and professional designers internationally about new perspectives upon familiar paradigms.

Rigorous design submissions clearly and succinctly narrate innovative ideas.

We employ the highest rigor and clarity to guidelines, submission requirements and jury deliberations.

Whenever appropriate, design finalists are awarded prize monies, design commissions or honoraria.

The bottom line is that each designer has to be willing to ante up and take the risks associated with participating in a design competition, as only the best talent with a clear vision will win.

As both a practicing architect and professor of design, Fredrick H. Zal places the utmost importance on the ethics of intellectual property and design ownership.  

All designer retain ownership of their work in all forms, and simultaneously grant license to clients for use in association with their project.

Credit is always given to designers in publications, exhibitions and all other promotions.

Reference:

AIA B141 O-A Contract

GSA Design Excellence