Touring Exhibition Schedule
28 March – ongoing 2013 – The Kasian Gallery, University of Calgary, Canada.
17 Nov 6 2012 – 17 Mar 2013 – UB Anderson Gallery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
8 Nov 2011- 18 Feb 2012 – Atrium Gallery, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Press
Rooftop soccer, outdoor movies: the new strip mall? – Globe and Mail
How About Gardening or Golfing at the Mall – The New York Times
Strip Malls Like You've Never Seen Before – The Atlantic
Design Contest Rethinks Strip Mall – The Chronical Herald
Canada Rethinks Suburban Strip mall Strategy – The China Post
Strip Appeal Jury Winner is a Timely Lesson from Debt Ridden America – Display Magazine
UB Architects Win International Competition With Paln to Give Old Strip Malls Back to the People – Archinet
What do you do with a problem like a strip mall? – Unlimited
Canada Rethinks Strip Malls – AFP
North America Rethinks its Strip Malls – Planetizen
What do you do with a problem like a strip mall? – Unlimited
Strip Appeal: Reinventing the Stip Mall – Buffalo Rising
German Architects Win Edmonton Strip-Mall Design Contest – The Edmonton Journal
Canada's Strip Malls Crumble Towards Extinction – National Post
UFV Alumnus Reinvents the Strip Mall – UVF News
Making the Strip Appealing – The Cascade
Mall Stripped Bare – National Post
U of A asks designers to rethink '50-era strip malls – Edmonton Journal
Strip Malls getting extreme makeover – The Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
Redesigning the strip mall – Metro
Strip appeal – UofA Reseach
Prizes
The main outcome of the Strip Appeal competition will be the creation of a travelling exhibit and bookwork that will tour planning departments and architecture/design schools across North America throughout 2012. Drawing on our contacts at CRSC the exhibit will travel to:
Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, North Carolina, San Diego, Huston, Washington State, Oregon, Minnesota and Montana. Exact locations t.b.c.
First Prize
- Cash prize of $1000.
- Showcased in travelling exhibit and bookwork.
Runner Up and Public Choice Prize
- Cash prizes ($500 each).
- Showcased in travelling exhibit and bookwork.
The remaining shortlisted finalists will also be featured in the traveling exhibit. A selection of these will also feature in the bookwork, which is to be published by the University of Alberta. All the shortlisted entries will be featured in the web-gallery.
A special issue of CURB magazine will be also be devoted to documenting the competition and its outcomes. CURB Magazine is a forum for imagining a prosperous and sustainable future and finding ways to make city-regions a great place to live. Curb articles are policy-relevant and accessible to a diverse audience including urban planners and designers, elected officials and administrators, architects, developers, and people interested in community development.