There are three aims for my paper. Firstly, I want to clarify the use of architectural quality as a keyconceptamong architects. Secondly, I will try to find out how quality issues are tested andinvestigated in architecture and urban design. Thirdly, I am going to percent and discuss a theory forassessment based on models for how critique is used as a tool by professional jury members incompetitions.Architecture quality is key concept in architecture and urban design. Assessment of the entries in thisfield is dialogue-based approaches. The evaluation is done in a process that follows a typical patterntypical for architecture competitions.There is a core of quality issues embedded in the criteria witch professional architects use to identifys...