WHITE HOUSE REDUX - International call for ideas
Till April 20, 2008 submissions are accepted for the ideas competition for the possible presidential palace of the future, promising a $5,000-prize, a trip to New York and an exhibition.
On occasion of the election of the 44th President of the United States of America, Storefront for Art and Architecture challenge interested people to design a new residence for the world s most powerful individual. Universally recognized as a symbol of political authority, one of America s greatest tourist attractions, and the nerve center of the world s most complex communications system, it is the ultimate architectural embodiment of power.
What would a White House designed in 2008, election year for the 44th President of the United States, look like? The best ideas, designs, descriptions, images, and videos will be selected by some of the world s most distinguished designers and critics and featured in a month-long exhibition at Storefront for Art and Architecture in July 2008. All three winners will be flown to New York to collect their prizes at the opening party.
White House Redux: The Book
The White House Redux competition discussed earlier this summer on National Public Radio will soon be a book:
With almost 500 submissions from 42 countries around the world, White House Redux, a competition launched by Storefront for Art and Architecture and Control Group last January, became one of the most talked-about architecture competitions in 2008. The brief was simple: what would the residence of the most powerful individual in the world, the White House in Washington, D.C., look like if it were designed today?