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Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition 2012 – Round One

April 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 25 Comments

[Fanfare – dun dundun dunnnn!]

I am proud to announce that the first annual Life of an Architect ‘Playhouse Design Competition’ was an amazing and certifiable success!!

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition

The playhouse design competition is coming to a close – we had the first round of judging last week, making this initial round of cuts was not easy. With registrations coming in from over 250 people from around the world – 14 different countries to be exact – I am overwhelmed and very happy with the response. I spent some time to make a graphic map that would indicate which countries had registrants (shown green) and the approximate location of each entrant (indicated with a red dot). I know everyone would like me to just cut to the end and announce who has advanced to this weeks final live jury round … but I need just another moment of your time.

When I started Life of an Architect back in January 2010, I had no idea what to expect or where this little experiment of mine would go. I wanted to connect with like minded individuals and see if I could communicate in a meaningful way using some new technology. I’d say it has been a smashing success but if nothing else, I have made connections and friends all over the world, some of you might even receive requests to play tour guide and host when I come to your city. Using this new platform, I thought it would be interesting to harness the charitable goodness that most people seem to have and host a design competition that would benefit children by designing, building, and raffling off playhouses.

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Life of an Architect 2012 Playhouse Competition World Map

To keep things fair, I was not a part of this first round go judging since I knew some of the people how had submitted entries. There were a lot of entries that were worthy of advancing but based on the 250+ registrants, we capped the number of playhouses advancing to twenty. And remember, of these twenty, two will be built!

In no particular order, here are the twenty entries that have been advance to the live jury round:

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The Modern Lemon by Matthew Kimball

The Modern Lemon Playhouse – entry by Matthew Kimball

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3 Part Playhouse by Josh Ward

3 Part Playhouse – entry by Josh Ward

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Peek a boo playhouse by Travis Durant

Peel.a.boo Playhouse – entry by Travis Durant

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The Board Game by Doug Burke and Steve Johnson

The Board Game Playhouse – entry by Doug Burke and Steve Johnson

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Playhouse Broadway by Eugene Alforque

Playhouse Broadway – entry by Eugene Alforque

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The Treeless treehouse by Katie and Ed Gorleski

The Treeless Treehouse – entry by Katie Friesen, Kevin Brown, and Ed Gorleski

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Summer Fun House by Douglas Gliedt

Summer Fun House – entry by Douglas Gliedt

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Alice's Card Shop by Paraskevi Papasotiriou

Alice’s Card Shop Playhouse – entry by Paraskevi Papasotiriou

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Beacon Playhouse by Peter Christensen

Beacon Playhouse – entry by Peter Christensen

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Light Stripes House by Henrique Barros-Gomez

Light Stripes Playhouse – entry by Henrique Barros-Gomez

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Collector House by Leslie Robinson

Collector House – entry by Leslie Robinson

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Creativi TeePee by Lexie Lowers

Creativi TeePee Playhouse – entry by Lexie Lowers

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TunnelHouse by Scott McPherson

TunnelHouse Playhouse – entry by Scott McPherson

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The Garden Cube by Preston Croxford

The Garden Cube – entry by Preston Croxford

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Man Cave by Luke Archer and Marvin Moss

lil’ Man Cave Playhouse – entry by Luke Archer and Marvin Moss

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Screen Play by Dylan Fuller

Screen. Play – entry by Dylan Fuller

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The Shape Sorter by Dylan Fuller

The Shape Sorter Playhouse – entry by Dylan Fuller

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Tower House by Loren Johnson

Tower House – Loren Johnson

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Nooks and Crannies by Bogdan Tomalevski and Tarek Abdel Ghaffar

Nooks and Crannies Playhouse – entry by Bogdan Tomalevski and Tarek Abdel Ghaffar

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Under the Big Top by Allison Moore

Under the Big Top – entry by Allison Moore

So there you have it – congratulations to the folks advancing on to the live jury round where 2 of these entries will be selected to be built and donated to Dallas CASA where they will be raffled off. My deepest thanks to all those who participated, the excellent showing from this years competition gives me a good feeling for what to expect and hopefully that will translate into building more playhouses next year.

(in case you are new to Life of an Architect – here is a little information on Dallas CASA, and the volunteers that donate their time to abused and neglected children)

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Information on Dallas CASA

Dallas CASA (which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a nonprofit organization of community volunteers trained and supervised to serve as voices in court for abused and neglected children. On any day in Dallas County, there are nearly 2,000 children waiting for a safe place to live. Many times the CASA volunteer is the only constant in the child’s life during this very difficult process. Parade of Playhouses raises funds for Dallas CASA to continue serving more children who need safe, permanent homes where they can thrive.

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Special Thanks to:

AUI contractors llc fort worth texas

This is the second year in a row that AUI Contractors has stepped up and funded the construction of several of these playhouses. I became familiar with AUI thanks to Tim Guedry, a friend of mine dating back to high school who is now the  Director of Commercial Construction Services for AUI. Considering that I am primarily a residential architect, their financial commitment speaks to how much they care about the work Dallas CASA is doing in the community.

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