MIT presidential research fellow Neri Oxman was named the winner of the first annual The Earth Awards. Presented the award by TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair and Datin Azrene Abdullah, Oxman was recognized for her groundbreaking project FAB.REcology, which combines the principals of... View full entry
January 12 /.EventsDateModule 09 Skyscraper International Design Competition January 13 /.EventsDateModule WOOD, PAPER, CHECKMARK: design an awareness campaign for sustainable forestry January 14 /.EventsDateModule Lighting up the Gesù January 15 /.EventsDateModule ImagineConey 7TH IAHH... View full entry
In addition to conceiving the design of the permanent collection galleries and integrating it with the architectural design by Jean Nouvel, Nathalie Crinière will develop a graphic identity for the Louvre Abu Dhabi and design the lighting, curatorial and directional signage, and multimedia... View full entry
Thomas Mayne's Morphosis Architects, SOM, KPF and Richard Meier & Partners are among nine firms on the all-American shortlist to design Britain’s £275 million new US embassy. BD | previously | related View full entry
January 05 /.EventsDateModule Rotch Traveling Scholarship – Young designers: see the world The iF concept award 2009 January 07 /.EventsDateModule Astley Village Competition January 09 /.EventsDateModule Call for Papers: Eero Saarinen Centennial 2009 AIA Small Project Awards CNU Charter... View full entry
The design team, formed by Jon Montero and Naiara Montero from Barcelona, has recently won the international competition for the renovation of the Tabakalera, a former tobacco factory, now historic cultural center, in Donostia-San Sebastian. Bustler View full entry
December 31 /.EventsDateModule Pure Creativity Competition EUROPE BY DESIGNERS Jump the Gap, 3rd International Roca Design Contest 2008-2009 2009 North American Copper in Architecture Awards FuturArc Prize 2009 January 05 /.EventsDateModule Rotch Traveling Scholarship – Young designers: see... View full entry
The EPA has announced the Lifecycle Building Challenge 3, with final competition information posted in March. Also seen on Treehugger and Bustler. View full entry
In Austria, Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected as the architects of the Library and Learning Center at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna. In the UK, Glenn Howells Architects have been appointed to develop the campus master plan and the refurbishment of associated buildings... View full entry
Lake/Flato teamed with Shepley Bulfinch Richardson Abbott is selected for the new 250,000sf facility. Congratulations to the firm and to the city of Austin. See the three competing firms' presentations (not proposals) here (boxes on the left of the page) and previously, in the forums. View full entry
Tokyo-based Arata Isozaki & Associates won the international competition for a central cultural district in Kiev. David Chipperfield Architects came in third. Bustler 1st prize: Arata Isozaki & Associates, Tokyo/Japan View full entry
December 08 /.EventsDateModule INDEX: AWARD December 10 /.EventsDateModule University of Northampton Avenue Campus Design Competition December 12 /.EventsDateModule Exhibit Design Awards ART ROCKS! Bus Shelter Design Competition for Athens, GA AIA Housing Awards December 15 /.EventsDateModule... View full entry
The winner in an architectural contest to remake a sewage pump house in downtown Miami is a proposal to cap it with a web of rubber tentacles reminiscent of a writhing sea creature.story @ Miami Herald | projects @ flickr View full entry
The AR Awards for Emerging Architecture intend to bring wider international recognition to a talented new generation of architects and designers. See this year's winners on Bustler View full entry
December 01 /.EventsDateModule The Earth Awards The International Architecture Awards 2009 I.D. 2009 Annual Design Review Make me a Home International Urban Design Competition / Wellesley Road and Park Lane, Croydon December 04 /.EventsDateModule River Soar Foot and Cycle Bridge Competition RIBA... View full entry
