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Winners of the 2013 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards

2013-05-16T17:16:00-04:00

Also announced this week were the three recipients of the 2013 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards, sponsored by the institute's Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).

Winners of the 2013 AIA Housing Awards

2013-05-16T14:41:00-04:00

Six residential projects have been selected as recipients of the 2013 AIA Housing Awards. The jury recognized projects in four award categories: One/Two Family Custom Housing, One/Two Family Production Housing (none selected this year), Multifamily Housing and Special Housing.

2013 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers

2013-05-13T18:49:00-04:00

The Architectural League of New York today announced the six winners of Range, the thirty-second annual Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. The League Prize is one of North Americaʼs most prestigious awards for young architects.

This yearʼs winners are:

Rafael Luna and Dongwoo Yim, PRAUD, Boston and Seoul
Skylar J.E. Tibbits, SJET, Boston
Luis Callejas, Lcla Office, Cambridge and Medellín
Brandon Clifford and Wes McGee, Matter Design, Boston and Ann Arbor
Marc Fornes, MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY, Brooklyn
Bryan Young, Young Projects, Brooklyn

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces 2013 National Design Awards Winners

2013-05-09T17:08:00-04:00

Winners of the 2013 National Design Awards, selected from a variety of disciplines, were unveiled today by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City.

2013 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Winning Projects

2013-05-09T14:30:00-04:00

Gold and Silver Medalists of the 2013 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence have been announced this week, marking twenty-five years of honoring innovative urban placemaking.

Parabola Chair Wins 2013 ICFF Studio Award

2013-05-08T15:27:00-04:00

Los Angeles-based architect and product designer Carlo Aiello has shared with us his Parabola Chair design which recently won him the prestigious International Contemporary Furniture Fair Studio Award. The chair will be exhibited during the upcoming ICFF, May 18-21 in New York, and is currently on display at Bergdorf Goodman windows.

Rem Koolhaas to Receive 2013 Johannes Vermeer Award

2013-05-01T00:03:00-04:00

Rem Koolhaas has been announced as this year's recipient of the Dutch state prize for the arts, the Johannes Vermeer Award. The jury made a unanimous decision, citing Koolhaas’ critical contributions to architecture and urbanism since his career began with the publication of Delirious New York in 1975.

Winners of the 2013 AIA San Francisco Design Awards

2013-04-30T20:59:00-04:00

The AIA San Francisco chapter has unveiled the results of the 2013 AIA San Francisco Design Awards.

Harpa Wins 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award

2013-04-30T13:37:00-04:00

The European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation have announced Harpa, the Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Center in Iceland, as the winner of the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award.

The 'Emerging Architect Special Mention' award goes to María Langarita and Víctor Navarro for the Nave de Música Matadero (Red Bull Music Academy) in Madrid, Spain.

Previously: Five Finalists for 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award

AIA Selects 2013 COTE Top Ten Green Projects

2013-04-22T21:13:00-04:00

The top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions have been selected by the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) today. The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 17th year, celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology.

American Academy of Arts and Letters Unveils 2013 Architecture Award Winners

2013-04-22T19:20:00-04:00

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced the recipients of its 2013 architecture awards. Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza was awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture in recognition of significant contributions to architecture as an art. American architects Teddy Cruz, Thomas Phifer, Barry Bergdoll, and Sanford Kwinter each won the academy's Arts and Letters Awards in Architecture.

American Academy in Rome Announces 2013-2014 Rome Prize Winners

2013-04-19T18:45:00-04:00

The American Academy in Rome yesterday announced the winners of the 117th annual Rome Prize Competition. Winners of the prestigious prize are provided with a fellowship that includes a stipend, a study or studio, and room and board for a period of six months to two years in Rome.

Among many other fields, these are the two 2013-14 Rome Prize winners in the field of Architecture:

Thomas Kelley (James R. Lamantia, Jr. Rome Prize)
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago
Partner, Norman Kelley, LLC, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Economy of Illusions: A (re)Valuation of Rome’s Visual Culture
Catie Newell (Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize)
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Taubman College, University of Michigan
Principal, *Alibi Studio, Detroit, MI
Involving Darkness

2013 Recipients of the AIA Small Project Awards

2013-04-11T20:07:00-04:00

Ten projects have been announced by the American Institute of Architects to receive the 2013 Small Project Award. Now in its tenth year, the AIA Small Project Awards Program was established to recognize small-project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small-project design.

Design Museum London Announces the Designs of the Year 2013 Category Winners

2013-04-10T17:56:00-04:00

Back in January, we had published the shortlisted nominees in the Architecture category of the sixth annual Designs of the Year Awards, hosted by London's Design Museum. Today now the final winners across the seven categories—Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, Transport—were announced, too.

Providence, RI Takes Grand Prize at Mayors Challenge

2013-03-20T19:59:00-04:00

Providence, Rhode Island was recently selected as America's most innovative city at the nationwide Mayors Challenge, taking home the $5M-Grand Prize for its idea "Providence Talks." The Mayors Challenge, hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies, is a competition to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life - and that ultimately can be shared with cities across the nation.

Toyo Ito announced as recipient for 2013 Pritzker Prize

2013-03-17T16:09:00-04:00

For nearly 40 years, Toyo Ito has pursued excellence. His work has not remained static and has never been predictable. He has been an inspiration and influenced the thinking of younger generations of architects both within his land and abroad.

Contrary to the popular choice of Steven Holl, in this year's Pritzker Bets thread in the Archinect forum, Toyo Ito takes the prestigious award. Credit goes to members jk3hl, miesian and helenakeys for their insightful predictions (or hopes, to be more accurate).

Steven Ward says, "Yep, there's def a grudge against Holl..."

There's no denying, however, that Toyo Ito is deserving of the Pritzker. Perhaps Holl's year is next.

Tower of Winds, 1986, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Photo by Tomio Ohashi

The 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize Ceremony Will Be Held in Boston at the John F. Kennedy Library.

Some comments from this year's jurors:

Toyo Ito, his manner, methodology, and generosity of mind and spirit to the younger generation of architects; as well as the brilliance of the constant innovation and execution of his work throughout his long and distinguished career, are qualities that those younger architects would do well to study. Toyo Ito is, quite simply, a ma...

2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards: Urban Design Winners

2013-03-12T19:05:00-04:00

To conclude our mini-showcasing of the 2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Award winners, here are now the two Honor and five Merit award winners in the category Urban Design selected by the jurors David Coomes, Kathryn Gustafson, PLA, ASLA, Hon. FRIBA, and Alex Krieger, FAIA.

2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards: Projects Winners

2013-03-12T19:00:00-04:00

In our previous posts, we have published the winners of the 2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards in the categories Architecture and Interiors. Here are now the eight award winners in the Projects category selected by the jurors Michelle Addington, Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, and Eric Höweler, AIA, LEEP AP.

Submitted projects had to be completed by architects/designers practicing in New York, or be New York projects designed by architects/designers based elsewhere.

All winning work will be exhibited in the Design Awards exhibition at the Center for Architecture beginning April 18, with an opening reception from 6-8pm. The exhibition will remain on view through May 31. Exhibition design by Kokoro & Moi.

Projects Honor Awards Winner: Kápolna Madaras in Madaras, Harghita, Romania by Christopher Johnson Architect with Ramona Albert (Image Credit: C.Johnson/R.Albert)

Projects Merit Award Winners: Webb Chapel Park Pavilion in Dallas, TX by Cooper Joseph Studio (Image Credit: ...

2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards: Interiors Winners

2013-03-12T18:56:00-04:00

Here are now the two Honor and four Merit award winners in the Interiors category selected by the jurors Amanda Levete, Andrew Wells, FAIA, LEEP AP, and Clive Wilkinson, FAIA, RIBA.

2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards: Architecture Winners

2013-03-12T18:51:00-04:00

The 2013 AIA New York Chapter Design Award winners have been unveiled, honoring 42 outstanding projects in the four award categories, Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. [...] All winning work will be exhibited in the Design Awards exhibition at the Center for Architecture beginning April 18, with an opening reception from 6-8pm. The exhibition will remain on view through May 31.

Surface Design Award Winner: Kebony KREOD Sculpture

2013-02-21T15:27:00-05:00

KREOD, a portable wooden structure revealed in London last September, has recently been recognized with a Surface Design Award for Temporary Structure.

District//S by Allies and Morrison Architects Wins at National Urban Design Awards

2013-02-07T17:02:00-05:00

The residential development District//S in Beirut, Lebanon has been awarded the Francis Tibbalds Prize for best Practice Project at the UK's National Urban Design Awards 2013. The prize was presented to the designers of the project, London-based Allies and Morrison Architects, at a ceremony held last night at London’s Royal Overseas League.

Architectural League NY Selects Emerging Voices 2013

2013-02-01T18:50:00-05:00

The Architectural League New York has announced eight firms to be recognized with the prestigious Emerging Voices award. Through an annual portfolio competition, the League's award program showcases "individuals and firms based in the United States, Canada, or Mexico with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism."

Five Finalists for 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award

2013-01-31T14:22:00-05:00

Five finalist projects have been announced by the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in the run for the coveted 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.

UPDATE: Harpa Wins 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award

Michael Graves, Joey Shimoda & others Honored at 34th Annual Interiors Awards

2013-01-28T19:08:00-05:00

The winners of the 34th Annual Interiors Awards, presented by Contract magazine, have been unveiled. Besides the top entries in each of 13 project categories, ranging from large and small offices to public space and adaptive re-use, the jury also chose LA-based architect and designer Joey Shimoda as recipient of the 2013 Designer of the Year Award. The 2013 Legend Award was bestowed upon Michael Graves.

Zaha Hadid Honored for Creative Leadership with Aenne Burda Award

2013-01-24T14:21:00-05:00

Earlier this week, Zaha Hadid was presented the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership at the Digital Life Design (DLD) Conference in Munich, Germany. The Award for Creative Leadership honors women for outstanding entrepreneurial and creative achievement.

Design Museum London Shortlists the Designs of the Year 2013

2013-01-17T14:35:00-05:00

London's Design Museum this week announced the nominees for the sixth annual Designs of the Year. The shortlist consists of over 90 outstanding design projects from around the world in the last 12 months across seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, and Transport.

These are some of the nominees in the Architecture category.

Renzo Piano’s Menil Collection Wins the 2013 AIA Twenty-five Year Award

2013-01-16T18:32:00-05:00

The AIA today selected the Menil Collection Houston, designed by Renzo Piano, to receive the 2013 AIA Twenty-five Year Award.

2013 AIA Institute Honor Awards - Architecture

2013-01-14T19:06:00-05:00

The American Institute of Architects today selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, recognizing works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design.

These are the eleven winning projects in the category "Architecture."

2013 AIA Institute Honor Awards - Interior Architecture

2013-01-14T19:04:00-05:00

These are the nine winning projects in the category "Interior Architecture."