Spatially interesting and aesthetically independent pieces of architecture are sought from the inhabitants of the digital parallel world that has almost five million participants. The competition is open for all.

The aim of the competition is to explore new trends of architecture and design on the electronic soil of the MMOG (massive multiplayer online game) of Second Life.

Apart from inworld-Second-Life the competition will also "happen" in the "first world" at the International Ars Electronica Festival in Linz 2007 and at Zollverein Essen with jury discussions, partys, and a great prize ceremony.

Categories
Projects will be chosen from five categories:
1) Private Home
2) Corporate Architecture and V-shopping
3) High Rise
4) Landscape Design
5) Freestyle and Special Projects

But there will also be two extra-prizes:
The Prize of the Jury and the Prize chosen by the Second Life online - community.

Fame!
The winners will receive a worldwide exposure!
1) The projects will be presented at the Ars Electronica festival 2007 (Sept. 5th - 11th, 2007) in Linz Austria, where the jury will be publicly held.
2) The winners will be honoured in an official prize ceremony at the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Zollverein Essen a few weeks later.
3) The results of the competition will be documented in a book which will be published by Prestel publishers in spring 2008.
4) The winning projects will be promoted worldwide and presented in a Hall of Fame on the internet - and of course in Second - Life.

Jury
Shumon Basar - Writer, editor, curator, director of AACP at the Architectural Association, London
Mathieu Wellner - Facilitator of architecture, Haus der Kunst and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Tor Lindstrand - Architect, International Festival und Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Pascal Schöning - Author and architect, Unit Master at the Architectural Association, London
Michael Schirner - Head of the institute for art and media, professor at ZKM, Karlsruhe
Stephan Doesinger - Artist, creative director & architect, initiator of the competition, Munich