What Is a Design Competition?
A competition to obtain planning or design solutions, mainly in construction and architecture.
What is a design contest used for?
Obtaining a plan or design, mainly in architecture, urban planning and engineering, where the buyer wants to choose between creative solutions rather than between prices.
How is the winner chosen?
By a jury that is independent of the participants and assesses the entries anonymously against published criteria.
What does the winner get?
A prize, and often the right to be awarded the contract for the subsequent work through a negotiated procedure without further competition.
