Nationally-closed, international-semiopen competitions, danger against national designers?

ozge

<p>I am confused about architectural competitions with invitations. Please, remember competitions executed in istanbul, jordan(<a href="http://www.phase1.de/projects_amman-competition_ergebnis_e.htm">http://www.phase1.de/projects_amman-competition_ergebnis_e.htm</a>) and so on. These competitions are open to "distinguished" international but national designers. These sounds to me awful, i know there are designers around the world. Isn't is unfair to isolate national unfamous pationate designers? Can Architecture be racist?</p>

javi

<p>Well, it can ... it makes it appear as if good architecture is only created in European or Anglo countries or/and by European or Anglo architects. But this is not news, architectural magazines promote this view too. You won't find many pages dedicated to what is done anywhere else.</p>