2011-2012 William Turnbull Competition: Drylands Design: An Open Ideas Competition for Retrofitting the American West

Design teams are invited to generate progressive proposals thatsuggest to policy makers and the public creative alternatives for the American west, ideas that may be replicated throughout the world.

Recognizing that the west requires new, integrated architectures, infrastructures, and urbanisms that promote adaptation and resilience, Drylands Design seeks innovation in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, regional planning, and infrastructure design. Teams are invited to address water supply, water quality, water access, and the interdependency of water and energy. Drylands Design seeks visionary proposals from multidisciplinary design teams that anticipate science and policy perspectives as necessary dimensions of intelligent design response, and exploit beauty as an instrument of resilience and adaptation. Click here for competition information.