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CSI Awards a Certificate of Appreciation to AIA-CKC for 2014 Trade Fair

"to boldly go"

The AIA/CSI Trade Fair was a great success this year, in a new venue, Kentucky International Convention Center, over 300 visitors attended and visited over 110 exhibitors.

Winners Announced
$200  Prize for Pre-Registered Attendees, who actually attended:
WINNER: LINDA  HUBBUCH, HUBBUCH & CO.
 
$100 Prize for visiting 50 Booths or  more:
WINNER: ED REVERS OF MICHELL TIMPERMAN RITZ.
 
$1000  Grand Prize:
WINNER: STEPHEN CHERRY OF MURPHY+GRAVES+TRIMBLE

See photos from the show

As Louisville continues the formation of its 25 Year Vision, there can be no doubt that the design community will participate in bringing our fair city into the twenty-first century. Let us take advantage of the moment, shake off the “been there, done that” attitude that so limits us, and think about and share what could be.

Design ideas competition:
Louisville Children's Museum

Winners of the Louisville Children's Competition Announced.

The  just completed ideas competition for a Children's Museum in Louisville,
Kentucky, during the AIA CSI Trade Fair in that city, drew over 100 entries from
around the world.  Over half of those came from architects representing 19
foreign nations-with submissions from France, Brazil and China in the  majority. 

After much debate, an intriguing design from a team led by Stephan  Brugger of Gratz, Austria, captured the imagination of the jury  and was voted the competition winner. Featuring an interwoven forest motif as  the principal component, this entry marked a significant departure from the  other competitors in its programmatic approach to the challenge. An entry by a  student team from the  University of Cincinnati, consisting of Kyle Zook, Jared Younger and Yu
Kono gained the nod for Second Place by its organizationally  strong composition. Praud Architects from  Boston rose to the very same high ranking that they earlier  achieved in last year's Seattle Center competition to capture Third Place. Their  use of open/closed levels and unusual signage were the salient features of their  design. Additionally, the jury premiate\d five honorable  mentions:
-Tomás  Boros of Michalovce, Slovakia
-A  team led by Vladimir Andrejevic, AIA, of Libertyville, Illinois
-A student team led by Hong Deng, Qingdao City,  China
-Johanna Kanerud, a student from Stockholm, Sweden
-Huiyi Xu, an architect from Houston,  Texas 

The five person expert jury consisted of Marc L'Italien, FAIA, of EHDD, San
Francisco; Susan Szenasy, Editor of Metropolis, New York City; Leigh Breslau,
AIA, Trahan Architects, Chicago Studio; Scott Melching, AIA, FXFOWLE, New York, City; and Michel Mounayar, Associate Dean, Ball State University College of
Architecture and Planning, Muncie, Indiana. They were ably supported by  alternate juror, Kevin Fennell, AIA, GBBN, of Louisville, Kentucky. The  competition was administered by G. Stanley Collyer, Ph.D, Hon. AIA, Director of
The Competition Project, Inc. in Louisville,  Kentucky. 

  The designs of the competition winners will be on display at 21c Museum Hotel
  in Louisville, beginning February 24th. A formal opening of the exhibit,
  including a panel discussion open to the public, will take place at 7 PM on
  Wednesday, February 26th. For those who cannot attend the exhibit, the winning
  entries will be available for viewing on the competitions.org website starting
  February 28th.