Competition

Competition drawing for Centre Pompidou in France
Courtesy Richard Rogers Partnership
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Competition - A means for selecting an architect for a significant commission: Architects are invited to take part in a competition, which can be either open to all comers or by invitation only.

The 1932 competition for the Palace of the Soviets, a grandiose project to rival the Empire State Building, featured entries from all the major Constructivists as well as Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn and Le Corbusier.

a. To place in competition.
b. To put into action: field an army of campaign workers.
4. Computer Science To enter (data) into a field.

The company was profitable until a textile depression struck New England due to Southern competition after World War I. Employees purchased the engineering division in 1920 and continued the business as Lockwood Greene Engineers Inc.

Town walls were mostly a means of protecting the wealth of the burghesses by preventing competition. In Scotland, Royal Burghs paid duty direct to the king, in Burghs of Barony dutys paid went to the baron, a sign of royal favour or of power.

This very interesting area of Rome is where horse races were held. As seen in many movies, competition was very fierce here.

Some of these buildings were quite large as they were not restricted by the competition for space evident in city buildings. Khan Yunis in Ghaza is a huge complex built in 1387 on the main road between Egypt and Syria.

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