From The Montreal Gazette:Architects asked to submit concepts and sketches
MONTREAL - Architects who dream of reaching for the stars can take part in an innovative design competition for Montreal's planned $33-million planetarium.
The new facility, to be known as the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, is to be built between Olympic Stadium and the Biodôme. It will replace the downtown planetarium, which opened in 1966.
The competition will be in two phases. Initially, architects will be asked to submit concepts and sketches of what they think the building should look like.
"It is an anonymous contest, and it will be judged by a nine-person jury with vast experience," said Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, executive director of Muséums nature Montréal, the municipal agency that oversees the city's nature museums.
"It won't be an international competition. That would be too expensive and time consuming. Foreign architects can submit an entry if they want."
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