07 December 2018 - The Third Montenegrin Salon of Architecture takes place from December 6 to December 20, 2018, at Kolektor, on the 8th of March Street (Montenegrin: Ulica 8. marta) at the Titeks Hall in Podgorica. The slogan of this year’s Architecture Salon is: "Paraarhitektura".
This year’s Salon was opened by Montenegrin Minister of Culture, Aleksandar Bogdanović. The Minister stated that his event has a special importance for Podgorica and Montenegro, because the accelerated progress of the country’s society has imposed numerous challenges, some of which are the most important ones concerning the content, functionality, and organization of the space we live in, but also the aesthetics that will mark that space.
„We will agree that our ancestors left a complex architectural heritage that requires a special relationship in protection and valorization, and which, by nature, is a reference point for the desirable framework of modern architectural practices, in which dialogue between tradition and modernity should take place.“
The Architecture Salon represents an exhibition event and competitive meeting of architectural production at the local, national and international level. During the manifestation, multiple awards and recognitions are given in several different categories.
The organizer of this year's Salon is the Association of Architects of Montenegro, while the sponsors are the Montenegrin Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Capital City. All architects and students of architecture declared as authors or author groups have the right to participate in the event. Architectural projects are registered in seven program categories: realizations – architectural projects that have already been executed; projects – projects in the field of architecture; interior - realized projects; research and experiment - various research projects at the borderline between architecture and activism or architecture and art; architectural projects that were not created on the order but as part of someone's research work; projects from workshops; architectural manifestations and the like; publication - written works in the field of architecture and urbanism: architectural criticism, monograph, collection of works, scientific research papers (scientific articles); competitive projects - selected competitive projects which don’t compete for prizes at the Architectural Salon 2018; student projects – student projects submitted with the recommendation and signature of the faculty or mentors.
At the proposal of the Jury, the Salon Council makes the final decision on awarding the competitors of the Third Montenegrin Salon of Architecture: Grand Prix Salon Award and awards for specific categories. The winner of the Grand Prix Salon Award is given the opportunity of a solo exhibition at the next Salon.
