Join FITT FUTURE HEADQUARTERS competition [Sponsored]

YAC - Young Architects Competitions - and  FITT launch FITT FUTURE HEADQUARTERS, a competition of ideas aiming to design the new and innovative headquarters of FITT. The cash prize of € 20, 000 will be distributed to the winning proposals selected by an international jury panel made of, among the others: Audun Opdal (3XN), Emmanuelle Moureaux, Nicola Scaranaro (Foster + Partners), Hasan Çalışlar (Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects), Carlo Ratti. > BRIEF  Temples, buildings and mausoleums: architecture has always been a communication tool. In order to celebrate human and divine events, throughout history architects have always been spokespeople of the civilization they were required to represent by materializing its splendor and petrifying its ambitions.    In more recent times, large corporations started to claim some prerogatives of architecture that used to be an ancient apanage of sovereigns and divinities. The Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building, the Apple Campus are some of the most iconic architectures of the last century. Such unique architectures are named after great economic and industrial events or distinguished people of production and economy.     One of these colossuses is FITT Group. It is a leading company in the manufacture of thermoplastic pipes and conduits. It is an international excellence with an Italian heart based on a solid tradition of continuous research, technological innovation and social commitment.    Read the full post on Bustler