The first years’ MUJI Awards announced at the website.

The winning suggestions are open to discussions. I think the third winner MUJI Roll, deserved to be at the first place. However, the interesting point is the winners’ list. All the winner prizes went to Japanese competitors. The questions rises: Among the 4758 works from 52 countries, is it only the Japanese people who can make minimalist designs?

Internet is a good platform where you can sustain the transparency of any competition. Since physical space is not a limitation, we expect to see the other applicants’ works on the website.

Zorlu Yapı Yatırım A.Ş. (Zorlu Building and Investment Co.), a member
company of Zorlu Holding, acquired 96.505,33 sq-m of land located in Istanbul, through a public bidding organized on March 7th 2007 by the Republic of Turkey, Priministry, Directorate of Privatizations.

Turkish and international architecture and urban design offices are invited to apply for qualification for ZORLU CENTER to be designed and built on this land as a mixed urban use complex. Architects, city planners and urban designers are invited to submit their credentials under the conditions specified at the web site cited below. The minimum requirement is to have completed a project work with a minimum 100.000 sq-m of built-area from concept design to tender documents. National and international awards, prizes, medals, international publications and jury memberships will also be among the criteria for selection.
Zorlu Yapı Yatırım A.Ş. will remunerate every selected project submission with a fee at international standards. Turkish competitors
may apply by forming consortia with international partners.

More detailed info on the web site dedicated to the competition. The competition phase is organized and directed by the former general secretary of Aga Khan Awards.