About the Competition
Winning entries will illustrate creativity within realistic parameters, challenging the limited thought that produces buildings that are similar to the types of buildings that religious communities have always built, but that may not truly stand as solutions to the problems of the 21st century religious congregation. We hope to generate ideas that a congregation will find aesthetically pleasing and inspiring, that preserve a sense of the sacred, and a space for contemplation and worship, but that integrate completely into their communities and that lend themselves to diverse and efficient use in ways that serve those communities.
Prizes
Best idea for new stand-alone building: $5,000
Best idea for multi-congregational building: $5,000
Best idea for multi-use building: $5,000
Entry Deadlines
April 12, 2010: Registration Opens for Ideas Competition
August 15, 2010: Registration closes
August 31, 2010: Submission Deadline