The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition—now in its 11th year—is an urban design and development challenge for graduate students. The Hines Competition challenges multidisciplinary student teams to devise a comprehensive development program for a real, large-scale site. Teams of five students representing at least three disciplines have two weeks to develop solutions that include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data.
This is an ideas competition; there is no expectation that any of the submitted schemes will be applied to the site. The winning team will receive $50,000 and the finalist teams $10,000 each. E-mail udcompetition@uli.org with any questions.
Congratulations to the 2013 Winners
Gerald D. Hines congratulates the winners of the 2013 Hines Competition. From left to right: Derek Hoetmer, Kylie Harper, Tyler Knott, Gerald D. Hines, Kevin Cunningham, and Lauren Brown.
A joint team of graduate students representing Kansas State University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the University of Kansas earned the $50,000 top prize in the 2013 Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The team edged out other finalists with its proposed development plan for a Minneapolis site near the Minnesota Vikings Stadium. Read more about the winning team and the finalists.
Catching Up with Past Hines Competition Participants
More than 4,000 students have participated in the Hines Competition since its first year in 2003. We conducted a series of interviews with past Hines Competition finalists and winners about their experience competing and how both ULI and the competition have had an impact on their professional lives.
Past Competitors
Catching Up with 2005 Hines Competition Winner Thomas Magloczki
2005 Hines Competition winner Thomas Magloczki discusses his experience with the Competition and its impact on his professional…
Catching Up with 2006 Hines Competition Winner Thomas Hussey
Thomas Hussey, Associate Director at SOM Chicago and member of Harvard's 2006 Hines Competition winning team talks about…
Catching Up with 2003 Hines Competition Finalist Johnny Lu
Member of the 2003 Finalist team from the University of Southern California and current principal at TAG design…
