Sponsors: The Steedman Fellowship is supported by an endowment given to the Sam Fox School’s College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in honor of James Harrison Steedman, who received a degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in 1889.  The memorial was established by Steedman’s widow, Mrs. Alexaner Weddel, and Steedman’s brother, George.

Type: Open, International

Language: English

Eligibility: citizens of all countries with not more than eight years experience following receipts of a professional degree in architecture

Registration Fee: $75 USD

Awards:
$30,000 USD to support study and research abroad

Timeline:
28 February 2010 – Registration deadline
1 March 2010 – Competition brief published
11 April 2010 – Submission deadline
3 May 2010 – Winners announced

Jury:
Alex Krieger, Chair
Marilyn Taylor
Charles Waldheim
Dorothee Imbert
Joan Busquets

Design Challenge: The 2010 competition will consider the relationship between urban and river edge, specifically the relationship of the City of St. Louis to its Mississippi River.   Since 1967 Eero Saarinen’s majestic Arch has commanded St. Louis as it occupies the banks of the Mississippi. Commemorating Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1804, the Arch stands within the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park and symbolizes American settlement westward, therefore its name, the “Gateway to the West”. he competition brief will ask participants to propose and portray what that “more” might be along this portion of the Mississippi?

For more information, go to: http://www.steedmancompetition.com/index.lasso?pgID=2