“A new architecture competition is inviting Australian architects to design an exhibition space for Australian art, to be used for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012 in Japan.
‘Australia House’ is used for art installations during the contemporary international arts festival, which takes place every three years in the mountainous Echigo-Tsumari region of Niigata Prefecture. The building enables Australian artists to work in residence and exhibit their work through exchanges with the local Urada community.
The competition comes after the previous Australia House, an abandoned Japanese farmhouse that had been transformed into an exhibition space in 2009, was severely damaged in the wake of the Japanese earthquake in March 2011. The design competition aims to select a design team for the new Australia House as one of the main art projects for the 2012 Art Triennale.”
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Entries close on 15/9/11.