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
Runner Up and Public Choice Prize
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.