Architecture, Architectural Designs, Open
| Date | 29 July – 14 August 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Victoria & Albert Museum, London | |
| Participants | 12 from 7 countries | |
| Judge | Jan Wils |  NED |
| Judge | Percy Thomas |  GBR |
| Judge | Robert Matthew | GBR |
| Judge | William Graham Holford | GBR |
| Judge | Howard Crane |  USA |
| Judge | Bill Adam | GBR |
| Judge | Eric de Normann | GBR |
The two well established competitions for “Town Planning” and “Architectural Design“ were held again in London. All medals were awarded as well as additional honorable mentions. The exhibits for the two competitions were identical, but were assessed separately for both categories. Therefore, works that were not awarded with a medal cannot be attributed to either category. A total of 55 architects, including one woman, from 14 countries submitted 46 projects.
Adolf Hoch sent in a design for a Ski Jumping Hill to be built on the Kobenzl mountain. It was the second consecutive gold medal for Austria in the event, with Hermann Kutschera winning it in 1936, also for a ski jumping stadium. Silver was won by Hoch’s compatriot, Alfred Rinesch. Bronze medallist Nils Olsson was best known for designing several buildings along the Kungsportsavenyen, the main street of his home town Göteborg.
| Pos | Catalogue Number | Competitor | NOC | Translated Title | Original Title | Title in Olympic Report or Catalogue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 373 | Adolf Hoch |  AUT | Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl mountain | Skisprungschanze auf dem Kobenzl | Ski Jump on the Kobenzl | Gold | ||
| 2 | 351 | Alfred Rinesch | AUT | Model "Water Sport Centre on the Wörthersee Carinthia" | Wassersportzentrum in Kärnten auf einer Halbinsel bei Pörtschach am Wörthersee | Model "Water Sport Centre on the Wörthersee, Carinthia" | Silver | ||
| 3 | 352 | Nils Olsson |  SWE | Model for "Baths and Sporting Hall for Gothenburg" | Valhallabadet | Model for "Baths and Sporting Hall for Göteburg" | Bronze | ||
| 346 | Dagoberto Ortensi |  ITA | Model for "Sports Centre and Olympic Village for the Games in 1956" | – | Model for "Sports Centre and Olympic Village for the Games in 1956" | ||||
| 355 | Dragan Boltar / Franjo Neidhardt / Vladimir Turina |  YUG | Project for "Great Stadium for Belgrade" | Veliki Stadion na Banjici u Beogradu | Project for "Great Stadium for Belgrade" | ||||
| 360 | Franjo Neidhardt / Vladimir Turina | YUG | Project for "Stadium for Zagreb" | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb | Project for "Stadium for Zagreb" | ||||
| 367 | František Marek |  TCH | Photographs and Plans of "Gymnasium for Sokols, Prague XII" | Sokola Královské Vihorady (vinohradská sokolovna) | Photographs and Plans of "Gymnasium for Sokols, Prague XII" | ||||
| 371 | Patrick Horsbrugh | GBR | Model for "Tuff's Hard Yacht Club Bosham Sussex" | Model for "Tuff's Hard Yacht Club, Bosham, Sussex" | Model for "Tuff's Hard Yacht Club, Bosham, Sussex" | ||||
| 375 | Örjan Lüning | SWE | Model "Civic and Sporting Hall for Rydboholm" | – | Model "Civic and Sporting Hall for Rydboholm" | ||||
| 387 | Ferdinand Marani / Robert Morris |  CAN | Model for "Stadium for the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario" | Model for "Stadium for the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario" | Model for "Stadium for the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario" |