Candidature

The Jury meeting for the first phase of the competition took place on 28-29 August 2003 in Frankfurt am Main.

The international Jury selected 12 candidates to be admitted to the second phase.

On 12-13 February 2004 the Jury chose three prizewinning designs; the names of the winners and the participants were announced afterwards. This concluded the second and final phase of the design competition.

The prizes have been awarded as follows:

1st prize: Coop Himmelb(l)au, Vienna, Austria

2nd prize: ASP Schweger Assoziierte, Berlin, Germany

3rd prize: 54f architekten / T. R. Hamzah & Yeang, Darmstadt, Germany / Selangor, Malaysia

All three prize winners were invited to take part in the revision phase. After an evaluation of the revised designs the ECB in cooperation with the City of Frankfurt will make a decision as to which design will be constructed. This decision is expected to take place within the coming months.

Click here for the gallery of first phase

Click here for the gallery of second phase

Notice:

In order to conduct a fair evaluation, the identity of all candidates had to remain confidential until the end of the competition in February 2004, Neither successful nor unsuccessful candidates were allowed to publish their design concepts before the winners had been announced. Furthermore, candidates should avoid contact with each other regarding the competition. This applied especially to candidates who had been admitted to the second phase.

The following list contains the names all 80 selected candidates admitted to the first phase in alphabetical order.

Group of "established" architects:

Group of "emerging young" architects:

Withdrawn candidatures during first phase

Candidates submitting no design concept