Imagine the Future

Deadline: 2018-10-01
Award: $30,000
Open to: Architecture engineering students and firms*

The International Masonry Institute is pleased to invite architects, engineers, students, and firms to take part in the Joan B. Calambokidis Innovation in Masonry Competition. The competition celebrates innovation and challenges designers to imagine the future direction of masonry design and construction.

The goal of this year’s competition is to develop a high-rise building with a masonry envelope enclosure located in a major metropolitan area of the entrant’s/entrants’ choice. Solutions should explore the implementation of innovative masonry construction technologies and focus on building envelope performance with respect to constructability, energy, structure, and aesthetic considerations. Urban jobsite logistics for the selected major metropolitan area and sequencing should also be addressed.

Scale, size, program, and metropolitan location of the project are left to the participant. Open air fenestration screen walls are not recommended as solutions for this year’s competition. All designs must incorporate one or more of the following materials: brick, concrete block, tile, marble, terrazzo, stone, or plaster.