The Lyceum Competition welcomes submissions from students attending one of the following schools. Lyceum Travel awards are intended to enrich the academic experience. As such, all competitors are required to have at least one year of study remaining so that a travel award may be fulfilled prior to the completion of the current or an immediately subsequent architectural degree program. Students should work individually; submissions resulting from individual work completed in a design studio are encouraged.

PRIZES

First prize: $12,000
for 6 months travel abroad

Second prize: $7,500
for 3 months travel abroad

Third prize: $1,500 grant

Alternate: Citation

2012 Competition

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The Wells-Lamson Quarry

Peter Bohlin, FAIA - Author
Ray Calabro, AIA, and Denis Schofield, AIA - Co-authors

Human beings have a history of landscape alteration: pyramids, aqueducts, and deforestation.
Modern lifestyles are made possible by industries throughout the world, but we take them for granted. The natural world is transformed by industry, particularly those that extract raw materials and resources from the land.

What happens when industry leaves substantial marks on the earth?

The charge is to design a building complex for an institution devoted primarily to visual, literary, landscape and performing artists, engaging the site in a significant way commensurate with the size, scale and emotional impact of the quarry.

Participating Schools:

Boston Architectural College
The Cooper Union
McGill University
Miami University (Ohio)
North Carolina State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Southern California Institute of Architecture
University of Arkansas
University of Arizona
University of Cincinnati
University of Miami
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Oregon
Woodbury University