This is a list of notable architectural design competitions worldwide.
Major architecture competitions by country
Australia
Flinders Street station, Melbourne – Fawcett and Ashworth, 1899 (17 entries) Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne – Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop, 1923 (83 entries; open to Australian and British architects only) Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane – Buchanan and Cowper, 1928 ANZAC War Memorial, Sydney – Charles Bruce Dellit, 1929 (117 entries) Opera House, Sydney – Jørn Utzon, 1955 (233 entries) Parliament House, Canberra – Romaldo Giurgola, 1978 (329 entries) Federation Square, Melbourne – Lab Architecture Studio, 1997 (177 entries) Flinders Street station renewal, Melbourne – Hassell + Herzog & de Meuron, 2013 (118 entries)
Austria
Vienna Ring Road – Ludwig Förster – Friedrich August von Stache – Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg, 1858 (85 international participants) Vienna State Opera – August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, 1860 Karlskirche, Vienna – Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1713 Votivkirche, Vienna – Heinrich Ferstel, 1854 (75 international participants) Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1903 City Hall, Innsbruck – Dominique Perrault, 1994
Brazil
City of Brasília – Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, 1957 (47 final submissions). The goal was to build a new capital in 1000 days.
Canada
Between 1960 and 2000, close to 150 competitions had been held in Canada. City Hall, Toronto – Viljo Revell, 1956 (500 entries) University of Manitoba – Visionary (re)Generation, Winnipeg – Janet Roseberg & Studio Inc. with Cibinel Architects Ltd. and Landmark Planning & Design Inc., 2013 (45 international participants)
China
Beijing National Stadium – Herzog & de Meuron, 2001 (13 final submissions). China Central Television Headquarters – Office for Metropolitan Architecture, 2002 (10 submissions) Beijing National Aquatics Center – PTW Architects and Arup, 2003 (10 proposals)
Denmark
Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen – Schmidt Hammer Lassen, 1993 (179 entries) Geo Centre Møns Klint, Møn Island – PLH Architects, 2002 (292 entries)
Egypt
Bibliotheca Alexandrina – Snøhetta, 1998 (523 entries)
Finland
Over the past 130 years, almost 2,000 architectural competitions have been held in Finland. Central railway station, Helsinki – Eliel Saarinen, 1904 (21 entries) Viipuri Library – Alvar Aalto, 1927 Paimio Sanatorium – Alvar Aalto, 1929 Säynätsalo Town Hall – Alvar Aalto, 1949 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki – Steven Holl, 1992 (516 entries) Guggenheim Helsinki Plan – 2014 (1,715 entries)
France
Opera Garnier, Paris – Charles Garnier, 1861 (171 participants) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, 1971 (681 entries) Arab World Institute, Paris – Jean Nouvel, 1981 Parc de la Villette, Paris – Bernard Tschumi, 1982 (471 entries) La Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris – Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, 1982 (420 entries) Cité de la Musique, Paris – Christian de Portzamparc, 1983 Opéra Bastille, Paris – Carlos Ott, 1983 (750 entries) Carré d'Art, Nîmes – Norman Foster, 1984 (12 invited architects) Opéra National de Lyon, Lyon – Jean Nouvel, 1986
Germany
Reichstag, Berlin, 1872 and 1882 (189 entries by German architects) Central Station, Hamburg – Heinrich Reinhardt, 1900 House for an Art Lover, Darmstadt, 1901 Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin – Hans Scharoun, 1956–57 (14 invited architects) Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart – James Stirling, 1977 International Building Exhibition, Berlin – various architects for several projects, 1980–1987 Messeturm, Frankfurt am Main – Helmut Jahn, 1985 Jewish Museum, Berlin Daniel Libeskind, 1989 Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt am Main – Norman Foster, 1991 Reichstag building, Berlin – Norman Foster, 1992 Central Station, Berlin – Gerkan, Marg and Partners, 1992 Olympic velodrome and swimming pool, Berin – Dominique Perrault, 1992 Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabrück – Daniel Libeskind, 1995 French Embassy, Berlin – Christian de Portzamparc, 1997 (7 invited architects) Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg – Zaha Hadid, 2000 BMW Welt, Munich – COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, 2001 BMW Werk, Leipzig – Zaha Hadid, 2002
Ireland
U2 Tower, Dublin, 2002 (not yet built)