Widely analysed by design professionals, controversially discussed in the media, misunderstood by the public and regulated by public procurement; in recent years, architecture competitions have become projection screens for various and often incommensurable desires and hopes.

Almost all texts on architectural competition engage it for particular reasons, whether these be for celebration of the procedure, or dismissal. From this view point Architecture Competition is a revelatory study on what really happens when competitions take place. But the story is not just about...