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==Major international architectural design competitions== {{See also|List of Architectural design competitions}} {{unreferenced section|date=August 2019}} Most significant among architectural competitions are the ones which are internationally open, attract a large number of design submissions, and the winning design is built. <!-- only include international competitions of very high historical international significance --> {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto;" |- ! width=200px| Competition Name !! width=150px| Location !! width=50px| Year !! width=200px| Winner(s) !! align="center" width=50px|Design entries |- |[[Grand Egyptian Museum]]|| {{flagicon|EGY}} Giza || 2002 ||[[Heneghan Peng Architects]] || align="right" | 1,557<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Grand Museum of Egypt: International Architecture Competition |date=2003 |publisher=Egyptian Ministry of Culture |isbn=978-977-305-471-7 |location=Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt}}</ref> |- | [[White House]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Washington D.C. || 1792 || [[James Hoban]] || align="right"| 9 |- | [[Walhalla memorial]] || {{flagicon|DE}} Donaustauf || 1816 || [[Leo von Klenze]] || |- | [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] || {{flagicon|UK}} London || 1835 || [[Charles Barry]] || align="right"| 98 |- | [[Vienna Ring Road]] || {{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna || 1858 || [[Ludwig Förster]] - [[Friedrich August von Stache]] - [[Eduard van der Nüll]] and [[August Sicard von Sicardsburg]] ||align="right"| 85 |- | [[Vienna State Opera|Hofoper]] || {{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna || 1860 || [[Eduard van der Nüll]] and [[August Sicard von Sicardsburg]] || |- | [[Palais Garnier|Paris Opera]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1860 || [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]] || align="right"| 171 |- | [[Rijksmuseum]] || {{flagicon|NED}} Amsterdam || 1863 || [[Pierre Cuypers|P.J.H. Cuypers]] || |- | [[Royal Courts of Justice|Law Courts]] || {{flagicon|ENG}} London || 1866 || [[George Edmund Street]] || align="right"| 11 |- | [[Reichstag building|Reichstag]] || {{flagicon|DE}} Berlin || 1872 || [[Paul Wallot]] || |- | [[Beurs van Berlage|Beurs]] || {{flagicon|NED}} Amsterdam || 1884 || [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]] || |- | [[Eiffel Tower|World Exhibition tower]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1889 || [[Gustave Eiffel]] || |- | [[Austrian Postal Savings Bank]] || {{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna || 1903 || [[Otto Wagner]] || |- | [[Stockholm City Hall]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm || 1903 || [[Ragnar Östberg]] || |- | [[Helsinki Central railway station]] || {{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki || 1903 || [[Eliel Saarinen]] || align="right"| 21 |- | [[Peace Palace]] || {{flagicon|NED}} The Hague || 1905 || [[Louis Marie Cordonnier]] and [[Johan Adrianus Gerard van der Steur|J.A.G. van der Steur]] || |- | [[Tribune Tower]] || {{flagicon|US}} Chicago || 1922 || [[John Mead Howells]] and [[Raymond Hood]] || align="right"| 260 |- | [[League of Nations|League of Nations Building]] || {{flagicon|SUI}} Geneva || 1926 || Henri Paul Nénot & Julien Flegenheimer; Carlo Broggi; Camille Lefèvre; Giuseppe Vago || align="right"| 377 |- | [[Lenin Library]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow || 1928 || [[Vladimir Shchuko]] || |- | [[ANZAC War Memorial]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney || 1929 || [[Charles Bruce Dellit]] || align="right"| 117 |- | [[Roma Termini railway station|Termini Station]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome || 1947 || Leo Calini, Eugenio Montuori, Massimo Castellazzi, Vasco Fadigati, Achille Pintonello and Annibale Vitellozzi || |- | [[Aalto Centre, Seinäjoki|Town Hall]] and [[Lakeuden Risti Church|Church]] || {{flagicon|FIN}} Seinäjoki || 1950 || [[Alvar Aalto]] || |- | [[Sydney Opera House]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney || 1955 || [[Jørn Utzon]] || align="right"| 233 |- | [[Toronto City Hall]] || {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto || 1956 || [[Viljo Revell]] || align="right"| 500 |- | [[Stopera|Amsterdam City Hall]] || {{flagicon|NED}} Amsterdam || 1967 || [[Wilhelm Holzbauer]], Cees Dam, B. Bijvoet and G.H.M. Holt || align="right"| 804 |- | [[Supreme Court of Japan|Supreme Court]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo || 1968 || Shin-ichi Okada || align="right"| 217 |- | [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1971 || [[Renzo Piano]] and [[Richard Rogers]]|| align="right"| 681 |- | San Cataldo Cemetery || {{flagicon|ITA}} Modena || 1971 || [[Aldo Rossi]] and Gianni Braghieri || |- | [[HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank]] || {{flagicon|HKG}} Hong Kong || 1979 || [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Foster Associates]] || |- | [[Parliament House, Canberra|Parliament House of Australia]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} Canberra || 1979 || [[Romaldo Giurgola]] || align="right"| 329 |- | [[Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1980 || Adrien Fainsilber and Sylvain Mercier || |- | [[Grande Arche|La Grande Arche de la Défense]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1982 || [[Johan Otto von Spreckelsen]] || align="right"| 420 |- | [[Parc de la Villette]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1982 || [[Bernard Tschumi]] || align="right"| 471 |- | [[Opéra Bastille]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1983 || [[Carlos Ott]] || align="right"| 750 |- | [[Carré d'Art]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Nîmes || 1984 || [[Norman Foster]] || align="right"| 12 |- | Shonandai Cultural Centre || {{flagicon|JPN}} Fujisawa || 1985 || [[Itsuko Hasegawa]] || align="right"| 215 |- | [[New National Theatre Tokyo|New National Theatre]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo || 1984 || Takahiko Yanagisawa and Tak Associates || align="right"| 228 |- | [[Tokyo International Forum]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo || 1987 || [[Rafael Viñoly]] || align="right"| 395 |- | [[Kansai Airport]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka || 1988 || [[Renzo Piano Building Workshop]] || align="right"|48 |- | [[Jewish Museum Berlin|Jewish Museum]] || {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin || 1989 || [[Daniel Libeskind]] || align="right"| 165 |- | [[Bibliotheca Alexandrina]] || {{flagicon|EGY}} Alexandria || 1989 || [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]] || align="right"| 523 |- | [[Bibliothèque Nationale de France]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1989 || [[Dominique Perrault]] || align="right"| 244 |- | Centre for Japanese Culture || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 1989–1990 || Masayuki Yamanaka, Kenneth Armstrong & Jennifer Smith || align="right"|453 |- | [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} Bilbao || 1991 || [[Frank Gehry]] || |- | [[Kiasma|Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum]] || {{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki || 1992 || [[Steven Holl]] || align="right"| 516 |- | [[Austrian Cultural Forum New York|Austrian Cultural Forum]] || {{flagicon|US}} New York || 1992 || [[Raimund Abraham]] || align="right"| 226 |- | [[Royal Danish Library]] || {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen || 1993 || [[Schmidt hammer lassen|Schmidt Hammer Lassen]] || align="right"| 179 |- | [[Yokohama International Passenger Terminal|Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal]] ||{{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama || 1995 || [[Foreign Office Architects]] || align="right"| 660 |- | [[Felix Nussbaum Haus|Felix Nussbaum Museum]] || {{flagicon|GER}} Osnabrück || 1995 || [[Daniel Libeskind]] || align="right"| 296 |- | [[Millennium Bridge (London)|Millennium Bridge]] || {{flagicon|UK}} London || 1996 || [[Norman Foster (architect)|Norman Foster]], [[Sir Anthony Caro]], and [[Ove Arup]] || align="right"| 200 |- | [[Federation Square]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne || 1997 || [[Lab Architecture Studio]] || align="right"| 177 |- | [[GeoCenter Møns Klint]] || {{flagicon|DEN}} Møn Island || 2002 || [[PLH Architects]] || align="right"| 292 |- | [[Philharmonie de Paris]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris || 2011 || [[Jean Nouvel]] || align="right"| 98 |}
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