Summary The radical orientation towards the future; the notion of novelty, experimentation and creativity makes an architectural competition a fascinating object - not least for management studies. In the paper at hand we discuss findings of an ethnographic study on the jury assessment sessions...

Within comparative housing studies growing attention is given to the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of various welfare regimes and housing systems (e.g. Kemeny, 1995; Harloe, 1995; Boelhouwer and Van der Heijden, 1992; Kleinman, 1996). In this paper we will attempt to test various theoretical...