High Line Design
Planting Design
Design Team Selection 2004
Ideas Competition 2003
Competition Brief 2003

2003 Ideas Competition

In January 2003, Friends of the High Line (FHL) launched Designing the High Line, an open, international, ideas competition, soliciting innovative proposals for the High Line's reuse. Because it was an ideas competition, entries did not have to be practical or realistic. Entrants were encouraged to be bold and forward-thinking—to create visions as unique and unexpected as the High Line itself.

720 individuals and teams from 36 countries submitted proposals to the 2003 Ideas Competition. These were evaluated by a renowned panel of jurors in May 2003. The four principal winners, three special award winners, ten honorable mentions, and more than 150 other noteworthy proposals were displayed at Grand Central Terminal in July 2003.

2003 Competition Proposals
View all 720 proposals at http://www.thehighline.org/competition/.

2003 Competition Brief
View the 2003 competition brief and guidelines.


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