Author Archives: Merlin Fulcher

Merlin Fulcher joined AJ as reporter in 2009 and has been competitions editor since 2014, covering both UK and international procurement. Merlin reports on design competitions and opportunities for architects, profiling contest outcomes and investigating procurement mishaps. He has contributed to industry panel events campaigning for procurement reform and the 2018 publication Competition Culture in Europe: Voices.

Western Harbour masterplan, Bristol

Cumberland Basin, Bristol

Bristol City Council is seeking a design-led multi-disciplinary team to create a masterplan for its 33ha Western Harbour regeneration zone [Deadline: 18 December 2023]

Sperrinview School, Dungannon

Dungannon

Northern Ireland’s Education Authority is recruiting a design team for an extension to Sperrinview School in Dungannon [Deadline: 20 December 2023]

F-Pit Museum, Washington

F-Pit Museum, Washington

Sunderland City Council is seeking a design team for a £2.2 million upgrade of Washington’s F-Pit Museum [Deadline: 18 December 2023]

St Lawrence River shoreline, Québec City

Quebec City

An open international ideas contest – featuring a CAD $200,000 prize fund – is being held to rethink the St Lawrence River’s eastern embankment in Québec City [Deadline: 11 January 2024]

Museum of Contemporary Art, Montenegro

Podgorica, Montenegro

A major international contest – judged by Odile Decq of Paris’ Studio Odile Decq – is being held for a new Museum of Contemporary Art complex in Podgorica, Montenegro [Deadline: 25 December 2023]

PRIMA International 2024

Memento by Solena Citerne from Ecole de Condé Nice

An international student contest is being held for a series of three landmark new architectural installations at the Carrières du Boulonnais quarry in northern France [Deadline: 15 March 2024]

St Neots Market Square stage

St-Neots-Image-by-Martin-Charles-Hatch-Shutterstock-300x200.jpg

Huntingdonshire District Council is seeking an architect for a new permanent performance space in St Neots Market Square [Deadline: 24 November 2023]

Crewe Heritage Centre

Crewe Heritage Centre

Crewe Town Council is seeking a design team for a major upgrade of the Crewe Heritage Centre railway museum [Deadline: 7 December 2023]