Each year the Boston Society of Architects’ “Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition”–on view at BSA Space, 290 Congress St., Boston, from Dec. 7, 2019, to Jan. 2, 2020–invites local landscape and architecture firms to demonstrate their talents by creating cookie renditions of real and fantasy landmarks.
For this year’s eighth annual competition, participating firms were challenged to construct gingerbread structures inspired by their favorite world monuments. The results range from the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal to Paul Rudolph’s Government Service Building in Boston, which is threatened with alteration or destruction under a proposed redevelopment plan.
The contest is also a fund-raiser–vote with your dollars–to raise money to support community design initiatives of the Boston Society for Architecture.
Prellwitz Chilinski Associates’ “God Save the Gumdrops” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)The Architectural Team’s “Fujiyo-sugar Cenotaph Monument” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)Finegold Alexander’s “Gingerella’s Confectionary Castle” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)Prellwitz Chilinski Associates’ “God Save the Gumdrops” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)Array Architects’ “Liberty & Christmas for All” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)The Architectural Team’s “Fujiyo-sugar Cenotaph Monument” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Studio 2112 Landscape Architecture’s “The Pioneer Cabin Tree” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Slocum Hall Design Group, Inc.’s “Barcelona Pavillion” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Prellwitz Chilinski Associates’ “God Save the Gumdrops” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)PM Group’s “Park Guell, Barcelona” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Phase Zero Design’s “Taj Mahal” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Perkins Eastman’s “Make Way for Aquaducts” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)OverUnder’s “Paul Rudolph’s Government Service Building” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Lda Architecture & Interiors’s “Festivities in the Forbidden City” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Kennedy & Violich Architecture’s “I Am a Monument” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)HLB Lighting Design’s “La Tour Gingembre” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Form + Place’s “Form + Peace” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy)Finegold Alexander’s “Gingerella’s Confectionary Castle” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space. (Courtesy)DesignLab architects’ “The Wall (Game of Thrones)” in Gingerbread Design Competition and Exhibition, Boston Society of Architects Space. (Courtesy)
