White House Redux - architectural competition

The White House.
Home of the world’s most powerful individual. Universally recognized symbol of political authority. One of America’s greatest tourist attractions. Nerve-center of the world’s most complex communications system. The ultimate architectural embodiment of power. What if, instead of in 1792, that competition were to be held today? What would a White House designed in 2008, year of election of the 44th President of the United States, look like?

Jury
Beatriz Colomina, Architectural historian, New York
Stefano Boeri, Editor-in-chief, Abitare magazine, Milan
Liz Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York
John Maeda, MIT Media Lab, Boston
Geoff Manaugh, BLDGblog and Dwell magazine, San Francisco
Mark Wigley, Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University
Laetitia Wolff, Editorial director, Surface magazine, New York

Prizes
The best competition entries from around the world will be exhibited in Storefront Gallery (New York) in July 2008, and in a special page on the gallery’s website. They will also be published in Surface magazine. The authors of the three best projects, as chosen by the jury, will be flown to New York and given three day’s free accommodation in The White House Hotel on the Bowery.
First Prize $5,000
Second Prize $3,000
Third Prize $1,500

Timeline
January 15, 2008 Competition launched
March 1, 2008 Online submissions accepted
April 20, 2008 Registration and submissions deadline
May 2008 Jury selects winners
May 2008 Winners announced
July 2008 Exhibition and award giving ceremony at Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York