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Design competitions are used worldwide in public and private projects as a tool to optimize design and select design partners. For small and large projects alike, the quality of urban and architectural design, landscape architecture and art is sustainably improved by this orderly, fair, transparent, and professional process. Founded in 1998, [phase eins]. is one of the leading offices in Germany and worldwide for project consulting and competition management in the fields of architecture and urban development. On occasion of their 25th anniversary, the partners of [phase eins]. present the fourth volume of “The Architecture of Competitions”. As in the three previous volumes, the competitions coordinated by [phase eins]. in recent years are documented with extensive illustrations and explanations: a total of 27 projects in Germany, Austria, Albania, Ukraine, Kuwait, Belgium, Canada, and Lebanon between 2016 and 2023. In addition to a brief explanation of the respective task and procedure, the submitted designs for the projects in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture are presented in comprehensive illustrations. This collection also includes several texts by the authors on fundamental issues of competitions.

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Benjamin Hossbach, born 1966 in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1995 he completed his architecture degree at the TU Berlin. After having worked as an online editor of Bauwelt – Germany’s leading architectural journal – and as a self-employed architect, in 1998 he founded the firm [phase eins]. Projektberatung + Wettbewerbsmanagement für Architektur und Städtebau (Project Consultancy + Competition Management for Architecture and Urban Development). He is also an author of numerous specialist publications on architectural competitions and a guest lecturer, incl. at the ETH Zürich, Harvard University and the TU Berlin. Christian Lehmhaus, born 1963 in Bielefeld, Germany. In 1993 he completed his architecture degree at the TU Berlin. Since 2001, after having been employed as an architect, he has been Partner and Managing Director at [phase eins]. Projektberatung + Wettbewerbsmanagement für Architektur und Städtebau. He was also Professor of Project Management and Project Development at Bochum University of Applied Sciences. Christine Eichelmann, born 1959 in Werneck, Germany. In 1986 she completed her architecture degree at the TU Berlin. Since 2008, after having been employed as an architect – incl. at Studio Libeskind (Berlin), OMA (London) and Karen van Lengen (New York) – and as a project manager, she has been General Manager and Chief Representative of [ phase eins]. Projektberatung + Wettbewerbsmanagement für Architektur und Städtebau. She was also a research assistant at the TU Berlin und ran her own architectural practice from 1994 to 1997.

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