Submit your Nelson Mandela Memorial designs
The world lost one of its greatest
leaders when Nelson Mandela
passed away last year, but his
legacy and efforts to advance
equality and social justice will
forever live on. To honor Mandela’s
life and work, the Nelson
Mandela Foundation recently
announced a design competition
for a permanent monument to
“symbolize the importance of
‘service to one’s fellow human,’ a
mantra that will help current and
future generations keep the legacy
alive.” The competition is open to
all U.S. residents over the age of
13 and will close on October 15.
The winner will be announced
December 2014 and will be
awarded $1 000. The winning
design will be constructed at San
Mateo, CA’s Skylawn Memorial
Park where it will overlook the
Pacific Ocean. Read on to learn
more details about the Nelson
Mandela Memorial Competition!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
October 15th, 2014
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October
15th, 2014
LINK: http://nelsonmandela-
memorial.com
AWARD/PRIZE: The winning
design will be announced
December 2014 and the designer
will be awarded $1,000 USD in
return for full ownership rights.
The winning designer’s name will
be released in association with the
competition results and they will
be invited to related events.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The
design competition opens on April
15 and closes on October 15, 2014.
All interested residents of the
United States over the age of 13
years are eligible to enter. AD
The best new public library of the year is Australian
The competition between foreign
and Danish libraries to be
crowned best new public library
of the year has been decided.
Australia has been awarded the
new architecture prize, which was
established by the Danish Agency
for Culture and sponsored by the
Danish architecture firm schmidt
hammer lassen architects.
In Lyon (France), the Danish
Agency for Culture has now
announced the winner of the
international architecture prize:
Schmidt hammer lassen architects
– Public Library of the Year Award
2014. The winner is Craigieburn
Library, Hume City, Victoria,
Australia, designed by architect
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp. The
committee of judges concluded
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that “the new library building is a
brilliant and dynamic platform for
the future development of living
culture and knowledge and the
good life in the city of Hume.”
The prize, which was established
by the Danish Agency for Culture
and sponsored by the Danish
architecture firm, Schmidt
Hammer Lassen Architects, was
awarded at the annual meeting
africandesignmagazine.com
of the IFLA (The International
Federation of Library Associations
and Institutions).
The award is a part of the Model
Programme for Public Libraries
project of the Danish Agency for
Culture and Realdania, which
has motivated municipalities
to develop the library of the
future, so that it is prepared to
incorporate, among other things,
digital developments and local
culture and accommodate diverse
population groups with an open
and functional architectural
expression in balance with its
surroundings. AD
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