Merlin Fulcher

2 days ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

An open international ideas contest featuring a $100,000 prize fund is seeking concepts to regenerate Market Street in San Francisco (Deadline: 1 June)The ‘Market Street Reimagined’ competition – organised by Urban Land Institute San Francisco and the Civic Joy Fund – seeks proposal to reinvigorate the major 4.8km thoroughfare which stretches from the waterfront Ferry Building to the suburban Twin Peaks neighbourhood.

2 days ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

Garcés de Seta Bonet Arquitectes and MARVEL have won a contest to create a new home for the Catalunya Media City in BarcelonaThe Barcelona-based studios won a contest organised by the Catalan government which focused on adapting and expanding the landmark Three Chimneys factory in the city’s Sant Adrià de Besós neighbourhood. The project – planned to complete in 2028 – will deliver a new audiovisual and digital content hub for the Catalunya Media City initiative within the waterfront complex.

2 days ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

An open international contest is seeking ideas for new preschools in South Africa (Deadline: 31 July)The competition – organised by Team NowNow in partnership with University of Nottingham, University of Cape Town and Education Africa – seeks ‘scalable, modular and aspirational’ proposals for new preschool designs which could be deployed on three rural and suburban sites.

2 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Merlin Fulcher

The winning team selected for the estimated £160,000 contract will draw up plans to either refurbish and enlarge or replace the venue on its existing site. The 650m² project – planned to complete in 2027 – will feature a large and a small flexible multi-purpose hall, a café, meeting room, community kitchen, a nursery and parking. According to the brief: ‘Barrington Parish Council (BPC) wishes to replace or refurbish the village hall.

2 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Merlin Fulcher

Selected teams will work on a range of projects for members of the social housing consortium Efficiency North which counts Accent Housing, City of York Council, Guinness Partnership, Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, Network Homes and One Manchester among its customers. The framework is divided into 17 lots including employer’s agent, architectural, building surveyor, principal designer, clerk of works, fire safety consultancy, retrofit assessment, and multidisciplinary consultancy services.