ABSTRACT
RIBA Competitions has extensive experience of delivering high-profile selection processes. They manage competitions for a diverse range of project types and budgets on behalf of both public and private sector clients. They are widely recognised as the UK’s leading provider of design competition management services, and can advise and arrange competitive selection processes to meet client’s requirements. Within the built environment, ‘design competition’ is the collective term for any process inviting architects and other related design professionals to compete against each other for a commission or prize. The majority of competitions involve the submission and evaluation of project-specific design proposals. For publicly-funded projects, competitions must be organised to comply with public procurement legislation, if the value of the project or subsequent commission is likely to exceed specified thresholds. RIBA competitions are generally only used for larger projects.
