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2022 eVolo Skyscraper Competition winners use vertical architecture to combat climate change

2022-05-11T20:06:00-04:00

eVolo Magazine has revealed the 2022 winners of their annual Skyscraper Competition. Chosen from a pool of 427 projects, the three winners and twenty honorable mentions offer visionary ideas for the future of vertical architecture, shaped by novel approaches to technology, materials, function, and aesthetics.

The top three projects were created by designers from South Korea, China, Austria, and Poland, with topics including the modification of weather conditions, the prevention of tsunamis in the Pacific, and the promotion of flora and microorganisms.

Below, we take a closer look at the three winning entries, while the twenty honorable mentions have been republished in our image gallery at the end of the article. You can compare the 2022 projects with past winners by exploring our previous coverage of the competition here.

First Place: Climate Control Skyscraper

Design Team: Kim Gyeong Jeung, Min Yeong Gi, Yu Sang Gu (South Korea)

First Place: Climate Control Skyscraper. Desig...

Winners of the 2021 eVolo Skyscraper Competition envision the future of vertical architecture

2021-05-05T19:05:00-04:00

It's that time of the year again: the Skyscraper Competition just revealed the winning design submissions from around the world. Hosted annually by eVolo Magazine, the contest calls for innovative tall-building concepts that challenge the way we understand vertical architecture.

From a pool of 492 entries this year, three winners and twenty honorable mentions were selected by the jury. The winning design teams from Ukraine, Israel, and China proposed genetically modified trees shaped into living skyscrapers, a rainwater-catching high-rise for Mexico City, and traditional wooden Hmong houses organized inside an adaptable stilt frame.

First Place: Living Skyscraper For New York City

Design team: Andrii Lesiuk, Mykhaylo Kohut, Sofiia Shkoliar, Kateryna Ivashchuk, Nazarii Duda, Mariia Shkolnyk, Oksana-Daryna Kytsiuk, Andrii Honcharenko (Ukraine)

First Place: Living Skyscraper For New York City

Project excerpt: "One of the main goals of the project is to grow a living skyscraper on the p...

Announcing the winners of eVolo's 2020 Skyscraper Competition

2020-04-22T13:39:00-04:00

One of the most anticipated annual design challenges just revealed the top entries of this year's edition: 3 winners and 22 honorable mentions were selected from 473 submitted projects at the 2020 EVOLO Skyscraper Competition.

The winning teams from China, the United States, and Taiwan successfully challenged the established understanding of vertical architecture and proposed a rapid-deployment healthcare skyscraper for epidemic outbreaks, a vertical park for recreational activities within high-density urban areas, and a vertical housing community for fishermen in climate change-stricken St. Louis, Senegal.

First Place: Epidemic Babel: Healthcare Emergency Skyscraper
by D Lee, Gavin Shen, Weiyuan Xu, Xinhao Yuan (China)

First Place: Epidemic Babel: Healthcare Emergency Skyscraper by D Lee, Gavin Shen, Weiyuan Xu, Xinhao Yuan (China)

Project Description: "The Epidemic Babel is a rapid-deployment health care skyscraper designed as a response to the current Coronavirus pandemic that ori...

Imagine the Future of the Skyscraper: 2020 Skyscraper Competition Call for Entries is Here

2019-11-11T08:00:00-05:00

This post is brought to you by eVolo Magazine

The eVolo Skyscraper Competition is an annual call to architects, designers, and urban planners around the globe to explore new ideas for vertical living. It is an opportunity for novel exploration, dialogue, and critique. How can architecture and more specifically, skyscrapers, solve contemporary problems of urban living?

There is a necessity to offer innovative architectural solutions to the exponential increase in population, the scarcity of natural resources, the growth in social divisions, and the constant environmental threats. The competition looks for multi-layered solutions that envision the future of our cities and how to potentially redefine the way in which we live, work, and play.

Mashambas Skyscraper. Pawel Lipiński, Mateusz Frankowski

The first edition of the competition was held in 2006 and since then, it has received thousands of submissions that have been documented in three books and hundreds of articles in diverse ...

From Tower Fantasies to Writing Realities; A Conversation with eVolo's Carlo Aiello

2019-03-01T14:32:00-05:00

On this week's episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Carlo Aiello, a Mexican-born, LA-based designer and founder of eVolo. Most of our readers are familiar with eVolo's (very) popular annual skyscraper competition and related series of books. Carlo, the founder of eVolo, is also the designer of the award-winning Parabola Chair and the designer of the Kickstarter-success ESCALA, a 2-in-1 drawing tool combining the scale-ruler with an insertable fountain pen. In our conversation we track his progress from his studies at Columbia's GSAPP, to working for SOM and Asymptote, to embarking as a self-made entrepreneur with a move west, to LA.

ESCALA, a 2-in-1 drawing tool combining the scale-ruler with an insertable fountain pen

Listen to episode 137 of Archinect Sessions, “From Tower Fantasies to Writing Realities”.

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eVolo Magazine Announces 2019 Skyscraper Competition

2018-08-30T16:03:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by the 2019 Skyscraper Competition

The 2019 edition of the annual Skyscraper Competition organized by eVolo Magazine has just been announced and will run until January 2019. Each year the architecture and design publication makes a call to architects and designers around the globe to explore new concepts for vertical living. The competition is open to anyone, including students, young professionals, and established practices.

Sand Babel Skyscraper. Honorable Mention 2014 Skyscraper Competition. Qiu Song, Kang Pengfei, Bai Ying, Ren Nuoya, Guo Shen.

eVolo Magazine calls for ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution- projects that examine the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city....

Announcing the 2017 eVolo Skyscraper Competition winners!

2017-04-10T13:00:00-04:00

eVolo Magazine has concluded another successful Skyscraper Competition for 2017, and Archinect and Bustler are thrilled to announce the winners! The sky is indeed the limit for this competition, which gives participants complete freedom in designing their skyscraper interpretations. At the same time, entrants are challenged to re-examine the skyscraper's definition, purpose, and the potential for vertical living in the 21st century. Since eVolo first launched the Skyscraper Competition in 2006, they have received over 6,000 projects from around the globe.

As expected, competition runs high every year. Out of 444 submissions this year, the jury chose three prize winners and 22 honorable mentions. The prize winners are:

First place: “Mashambas Skyscraper” by Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski from Poland

Courtesy of eVolo.

Project excerpt: “The design proposes a modular and scalable skyscraper conceived as an educational center and marketplace for new agricultural communities in ...

How Do You Imagine The Skyscraper Of The Future?

2016-11-08T14:32:00-05:00

This post is brought to you by 2017 Skyscraper Competition.

Since 2006 eVolo Magazine invites architects and designers around the world to imagine the skyscraper of the future. The annual Skyscraper Competition explores new possibilities of building high through the use of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations. The competition challenges preconceived ideas, and as such, the results are received with a mix sentiment of excitement and misbelief. Many believe that these projects belong to science fiction, that would never be built, and let alone solve any of our current architectural and urban problems. eVolo Magazine seeks to enter the ranks of inspiring publications like Lacerba in Italy and Le Figaro in France which published conceptual projects by Futurists like Arne Hosek, Piero Portaluppi, and Sergei Lopati whose “out of this world” projects of the 1900’s became a reality 100 years later.

It is eVolo Magazine’s mission to keep promoting t...

2017 Skyscraper Competition - Call For Submissions

2016-09-13T09:00:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by 2017 Skyscraper Competition.

eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2017 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.

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November 15, 2016 - Early registration deadline
January 24, 2017 - Late registration deadline
February 7, 2017 - Project submission deadline
April 4, 2017 - Winner's announcement

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When innovation runs shallow: What's the commotion with eVolo winner New York Horizon?

2016-04-08T20:46:00-04:00

“New York Horizon” would be virtually impossible to implement in the real world, given the actual urban landscape of the proposed site, which includes some of NYC's subway lines for starters. That being said, the criticism “New York Horizon” has sparked in recent weeks raises bigger questions — particularly involving the rise of “meme-tecture”, the cultural value of landscape architecture, and re-evaluating the setup of open ideas competitions.

Previously on Archinect:

2016 eVolo Skyscraper Competition winners revealed

2015 eVolo Skyscraper Competition winners imagine the potential of vertical architecture

2014 eVolo Skyscraper Competition Winners

2016 eVolo Skyscraper Competition winners revealed

2016-03-25T13:53:00-04:00

Designers worldwide get to explore their own interpretations of what a skyscraper is in the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition. The sky is indeed the limit for the competition, which gives participants complete freedom with their skyscraper designs. At the same time, entrants are challenged to re-examine the skyscraper's definition, purpose, and the potential for vertical living in the 21st century.

Here's a glimpse of the prize winners.

1st Place: "New York Horizon" by Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu | United States

2nd place: "The Hive" by Hadeel Ayed Mohammad, Yifeng Zhao, and Chengda Zhu | United States

3rd place: "Data Tower" by Valeria Mercuri and Marco Merletti | Italy

Head over to Bustler to find out more about the 2016 winners.

The eVolo 2016 Skyscraper Competition is accepting entries now until January. Register early!

2015-08-31T18:55:00-04:00

Floating in mid-air, inspired by traditional designs, or built out of carbon dioxide, the sky is indeed the limit in the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition. Since eVolo first launched the contest in 2006, there's no question that the 2016 edition will be just as competitive.

Every year, participants worldwide are invited to reinvent the skyscraper: examining its definition, historical context, purpose, and exploring the potential for vertical living in the 21st century. The fun part is that entrants are given complete freedom in designing their skyscrapers.

Get a headstart on those submissions! You can sign up for early registration now until November 17, 2015 for $95. Then from November 18 until January 19, the registration fee will hike up to $135.

The final registration deadline is January 19, 2016. Submissions are due on January 26, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. US Eastern Time.

This year's jury features: Matias del Campo, Thom Faulders, Greg Lynn, Marcelo Spina, and Skylar Tibbits.

Here's a t...

eVolo's 2016 Skyscraper Competition is open for registration!

2015-07-20T18:14:00-04:00

eVolo wants to know the endless ways that the skyscraper can be reimagined in their annual Skyscraper Competition. First launched in 2006, 2016 is expected to be another popular year attracting hundreds of submissions worldwide. Participants rethink the skyscraper by incorporating novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations. Additionally, they're strongly encouraged to consider globalization, adaptability, and the various issues of contemporary urban living in their designs.

The registration deadline is currently scheduled for January 19, 2016 and the submission deadline is January 26, 2016. This year's jury includes: Matias del Campo, Thom Faulders, Greg Lynn, Marcelo Spina, and Skylar Tibbits.

To get a little headstart on those entries, check out a few winning entries from previous competitions below:

2015 1st prize - "Essence Skyscraper" by BOMP (Ewa Odyjas, Agnieszka Morga, Konrad Basan, and Jakub Pudo) | Poland

2015 2nd prize - "Shanty-Scraper" by...

2015 eVolo Skyscraper Competition winners imagine the potential of vertical architecture

2015-03-30T18:08:00-04:00

Behold the almighty skyscraper, both a historical architectural feat and a signifier of change -- whether in an idealistic sense or not -- in the urban landscape. In relation to that, eVolo Magazine hosted another year of their popular Skyscraper Competition, which gives participants worldwide the freedom to conjure up their own skyscrapers as a way to challenge how we understand vertical architecture and its relationship to the natural and built environment.

This year's competition brought in 408 entries from all seven continents, from vertical getaways, protective bio-habitats, arctic structures, to atmospheric labs. In the end, the 2015 jury (listed at the bottom) chose three top winners:

1ST PRIZE: "Essence Skyscraper" by BOMP (Ewa Odyjas, Agnieszka Morga, Konrad Basan, and Jakub Pudo) | Poland

2ND PRIZE: "Shanty-Scaper" by Suraksha Bhatla and Sharan Sundar | India

3RD PRIZE: "Cybertopia" by Egor Orlov | Russia

The jury selected 15 more different skyscraper approaches as honorable ...