Placed on: 2008-04-15 13:11 Updated on: 2008-04-16 14:16
Austria: International Competition best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008
2008-04-15 13:08
The competition is being held for the third consecutive year. The prize honours exceptional achievements in the design of private outdoor space and gardens.
The competition highlights the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression and action, as contemporary dialogue between architecture and landscape. The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organisation of open space, technical and ecological planning. Special attention will also be given to the individual diversity of use and functionality. The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use.
Prizes
First prize: € 7,000
Second prize: € 5,000
Third prize: € 3,000
This is an open competition. Landscape architects, architects, garden owners, designers, florists, gardeners, artists, nurseries and landscaping firms, as well as teams including a combination thereof, are eligible to submit private outdoor spaces and gardens which were completed after January 1, 1998.
Deadline for entries: June 2nd, 2008
Entry forms and competition brief: www.privateplots.at
The award ceremony best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008 will be at 7:00 p.m., September 27th, 2008, in Tulln at the Garden Exhibition of Lower Austria. Representative Wolfgang Sobotka will confer the prizes.
The competition highlights the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression and action, as contemporary dialogue between architecture and landscape. The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organisation of open space, technical and ecological planning. Special attention will also be given to the individual diversity of use and functionality. The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use.
Prizes
First prize: € 7,000
Second prize: € 5,000
Third prize: € 3,000
This is an open competition. Landscape architects, architects, garden owners, designers, florists, gardeners, artists, nurseries and landscaping firms, as well as teams including a combination thereof, are eligible to submit private outdoor spaces and gardens which were completed after January 1, 1998.
Deadline for entries: June 2nd, 2008
Entry forms and competition brief: www.privateplots.at
The award ceremony best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008 will be at 7:00 p.m., September 27th, 2008, in Tulln at the Garden Exhibition of Lower Austria. Representative Wolfgang Sobotka will confer the prizes.