Oculus 2008 Editorial Calendar
If you are an architect by training or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, note that OCULUS editors are looking for writers for the Fall and Winter issues. The themes:

Fall OCULUS: Practice. Focus of this year’s Practice issue is on the architectural office — the culture and decision-making structure of NY-based practices, how the office’s design reflects the culture, along with the views key players in the firm.

Winter OCULUS: Competing for Space. Explore the growing competition between expansionist institutions on limited sites and the interests of adjacent communities, many in residential areas with moderate-income families.

If you’re interested, please contact OCULUS editor-in-chief Kristen Richards. with a brief outline and full contact information.

Spring 2008: closed
Summer 2008: closed
06.01.08 Fall 2008: Practice
08.01.08 Winter 2008-09: Competing for Space

03.20.08 Call for Entries: Design Within Reach: Modern + Design + Function
M+D+F 2008 is a juried exhibition to uncover and promote innovative modern furniture by emerging designers in NY. Organized by Design Within Reach, local creative professionals in the design, architecture, and art worlds will select 10-15 of the top entries to be exhibited at DWR Columbus Avenue. A separate award will be given out to the designer whose submission best exemplifies environmentally conscious design.

03.07.08 Call for Entries: AIA Los Angeles Design Awards
The AIA Los Angeles Chapter encourages any architect who has completed projects in the Los Angeles area to enter the 2008 AIA/LA Design Awards, NEXT LA Awards, and the Cultural Affairs Commission (CAC) Awards. In addition to projects by Los Angeles-based architects, projects that are located in the Los Angeles area but are designed by architects outside of LA are also eligible for the awards.

03.31.08 Call for Entries: Promosedia International Design Competition: Caiazza Memorial Challenge 2008
Architects and designers under 40 and students are invited to submit designs for indoor chairs made predominately of timber. The competition seeks unpublished, original and technically feasible designs with due attention to ergonomics, function, materials and the requirements for mass production. The First Prize of €3,500 will be awarded, and up to two special recognition awards of €500 each will be awarded for reimbursement of expenses. Prototypes will be made of the winning entries and they will be on display at the Promosedia 2008 — International Chair Exhibition.

03.31.08 Call for Submissions: Flip a Strip
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art has launched a national design competition and exhibition calling for visionary renovations of the small-scale strip shopping plazas that are found throughout the U.S. The initiative is an idea-generating competition, not a design/build project. Three cash prizes will be bestowed. Participants must be architects with at least five years professional experience and are asked to develop a model that makes strip malls “economically viable, aesthetically interesting, and communally meaningful.”

03.31.08 Call for Entries: Deborah J. Norden Fund
Administered by the Architectural League of New York, the Deborah J. Norden Fund, established in 1995 in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah Norden, awards a total of up to $5,000 annually in travel/ study grants to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies.

04.01.08 Call for Entries: Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent and permanent court that prosecutes those accused of the most serious crimes of international concern: genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The aim of this project is to construct accommodations for the ICC on a 72,000-square-meter site bordering the North Sea dunes and The Hague. This international design competition to select an architect begins with an open application for candidature, followed by a pre-selection of up to 20 participants and a design competition.