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Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition : Italian Design Contest

Tile Contest in Italy – Call for Entries

19 Dec 2012

CALL FOR ENTRIES : 2013 CERAMICS OF ITALY TILE COMPETITION

Celebrating Design Excellence for Twenty Years

6 Feb 2013 – Deadline for Entries

Italian Tile Competition 2013

(December 2012) Confindustria Ceramica – the Italian Association of Ceramics comprised of over 150 Italian ceramic tile manufacturers – and the Italian Trade Commission announce the official call for entries for the 2013 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition. Now in its 20th year, the competition honors the exceptional work of North American architects and designers who have featured Italian ceramic tiles in their institutional, residential, and commercial/hospitality projects. It celebrates the pairing of innovative design ideas and products from leading manufacturers of Italian ceramic tile in creating spaces that are well appointed, versatile, timeless, and sustainable. Recent winners include Fractal Construction, Leo A. Daly and RSP Architects.

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For the 20th edition of the competition, North America-based architects and interior designers are invite to submit new or renovated domestic and international projects completed between January 2008 and January 2013. A special panel of design experts will judge the projects based on their creativity, functionality, and aesthetic appeal. The official criterion for the jury includes: overall design of the project; innovative use of tile; tile design; quality of installation; degree to which tile enhances the setting; and the project’s sustainable attributes.

Winners will be announced at the Ceramics of Italy International Press Conference during Coverings in Atlanta, Georgia from April 29 – May 2, 2013, where the winners will present their projects to the public. The winning architect/designer in each category will receive a cash prize of $4,000 and a 5-day trip to Bologna, Italy to attend Cersaie 2013—the world’s largest exhibition for ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings. An additional $1,000 will be awarded to the winning contractor/tile distributor team in each category.

Winners from 2012 – 1st prize, 2nd prize, 3rd prize:
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The Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition is completely digital and free to enter. The online application, guidelines and an inspirational archive of winning projects from the past 20 years are available on the competition’s official website www.tilecompetition.com. Deadline for entries: February 6, 2013.

Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition

Location: Bologna, northern Italy, southern Europe

Architecture Competitions – Selection

Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competition, London, UK
Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competition
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Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competitions

Curtains Architecture Competition, Center for American Architecture and Design, USA
Curtains Architecture Competition, The University of Texas at Austin

Ocean Platform Prison Competition – [AC-CA] Architecture Contest
Ocean Platform Prison Architecture
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Ocean Platform Prison Architecture Competition

Italian Architecture

Italian Architects

Italian Buildings

Tile of Spain Awards for Architecture and Interior Design Contest
Tile of Spain Awards winner
photo : Fernando Alda

Italy Architectural Designs

Italian Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:

Italian Architecture Designs – chronological list

Contemporary Italian buildings on e-architect – selection below:

Re-use Grottole Church Competition, Grottole, Matera, Basilicata, southern Italy
Reuse the Fallen Church, Chiesa Diruta Grottole, Matera Italy
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Re-use Grottole Church Competition

New hospital Michele and Pietro Ferrero, Verduno, Cuneo, north west Italy
Architects: Aymeric Zublena of Scau Architecture with Ugo and Paolo Dellapiana of Archicura and Ugo Camerino
Hospital Michele & Pietro Ferrero Verduno building
photo : Barbara Corsico
Hospital Michele & Pietro Ferrero, Verduno

Palermo Seaview Apartments, Sicily
Design: Pucciocollodoro Architetti
Seaview Apartments Palermo
picture : Puccio Collodoro Architetti
Seaview Apartments in Palermo

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