cityLAB Design Competition WPA 2.0 Rides Perfect Storm in DC
WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture, the design competition organized by UCLA’s cityLAB, culminated with the announcement of “Carbon T.A.P.// Tunnel Algae Park” as the winner of the professional competition and “R_Ignite” and “Aquaculture Canal_New Orleans” as the winners of the student competition...

Rietveldprijs 2009 Goes to Business Park in Utrecht Papendorp
The design for Papendorp Business Park in Utrecht, The Netherlands, West 8 designed together with Wissing Stedebouw en Ruimtelijke Vormgeving, has won the Rietveld Award 2009...

Kenyan Slum Youth Group Wins 2009 ONE Africa Award
A community organization founded by young people in Nairobi’s slums has won the ONE Africa Award, an annual prize given by the global anti-poverty group to honor ground-breaking work by African non-governmental organizations...

Architect’s Eye Announces Winners of Architectural Photography Contest
The winners of Architect’s Eye, a competition which judges architects’ photography skills, are John Barr, an independent architect practicing in Glasgow, and Philippe Brysse, an Associate at Foster and Partners...

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3XN Wins Cultural Project in Aarhus
Danish firm 3XN Architects has won an architectural competition to transform the former freight train halls in Aarhus, Denmark into a new and dynamic cultural center...

Winners in International Competition for Commercial-Residential Complex in Mashhad, Iran
Mashhad—home to the shrine of the 8th Imam of Shiites—is one of the most significant religious sites in Iran. It attracts many more visitors than the holy city of Mecca; almost 10 times as many per year...

COBE and Public Architects Win Competition for the New Norreport Train Station in Copenhagen
A team lead by Danish architects COBE and Public Architects, in collaboration with Grontmij Carl Bro and Bartenbach LichtLabor, have been awarded first place in the international competition to design the new Norreport Train Station in Copenhagen, Denmark...

Australian Institute of Architects 2009 National Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards have recently been presented to Australia’s most inspiring recent architectural projects and architects at an award ceremony in Melbourne...

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The Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards have recently been presented to Australia’s most inspiring recent architectural projects and architects at an award ceremony in Melbourne. Bustler

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ARC chief savages Queens Wharf contest 'flop'

The Queens Wharf design contest is a flop, says Auckland Regional Council chairman Mike Lee.

He says the final eight designs are "lacklustre, underwhelming and mediocre".

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BIG, in collaboration with British structural and civil engineering firm AKT, Swedish consultant Tyréns and German climate engineers Transsolar have just been awarded first place in a design competition in Malmø, Sweden for a 100,000 m2 first of its kind sports facility. Bustler

Scandinavian Architects to Build Urban Complex in Vilnius, Lithuania
Danish architectural company schmidt hammer lassen architects has won a 52,863 m2 mixed-use complex “Konstitucijos Avenue 21” in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The project is the result of a successful collaboration with Oslo-based Lund+Slaatto Architects...


“Linked Hybrid” by Steven Holl Architects now also Named 2009 “Best Tall Building Overall”
In early July Steven Holl Architects’ “Linked Hybrid” towers in Beijing, China had been named 2009 “Best Tall Building” in the regional category ‘Asia & Australia’. Now the project has been awarded also the title 2009 “Best Tall Building Overall”...


Winners Announced for the Lavender Lake Art Factory Competition
The winning designs of the suckerPUNCH-curated Lavender Lake Art Factory competition have recently been announced. The international competition asked architects to submit concepts for an ‘art factory’ at the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York...


Guggenheim and Google SketchUp Announce Winners of Design It: Shelter Competition
On the occasion of two current Frank Lloyd Wright exhibitions, the Guggenheim and Google SketchUp invited amateur and professional designers from around the world to submit a 3-D shelter using Google SketchUp and Google Earth...

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Team California Wins Architecture Contest in Solar Decathlon
California College of the Arts (CCA) and Santa Clara University (SCU), competing as Team California, took the lead in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon this morning by winning the architecture contest with a score of 98 out of a possible 100...


Stage 1 Finalists of urbanSHED Design Competition Announced
The jury of the urbanSHED International Design Competition has selected three Stage 1 finalists. The competition challenges designers to conceptualize a cutting-edge sidewalk shed to protect pedestrians, improve the pedestrian experience – and make New York City even more attractive for generations to come...


Populous Selected to Design Main Stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi
Global design practice Populous announced that it has been selected by the State Corporation ‘Olympstroy’ to design the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia...

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UNStudio has won the limited competition for a 40,000 spectator football stadium for the most successful club in the Chinese Super League: Dalian Shide FC. The stadium will be built in the club’s hometown of the city of Dalian, on the southern tip of Liaodong peninsula in Northeast China.

 The design for the 38,500 m2 stadium has been inspired by the colorful layering and overlapping of the ancient Chinese cuju football. Bustler

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