The Architecture for Humanity/Lulan Artisans project to build locally owned sustainable weaving cooperatives in Cambodia and Laos has made the top 25 projects of the American Express Members Project. Other finalists include Global Green for their work to green New Orleans, Kiva's micro-credit... View full entry
The VeloPark, to be based in the north of the Olympic Park, will include a 6,000 seat Velodrome to host the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic indoor track cycling events as well as a BMX circuit for Olympic events. After the Games, a road cycle circuit and mountain bike course will be added to... View full entry
September 08 /.EventsDateModule AR Awards for Emerging Architecture 2008 September 15 /.EventsDateModule Re:Construct: Sustainable Materials and Building Practices Third Video Festival, CAIRO Open competition for the realisation of Mobile Floating Architecture From the Ground Up: Innovative Green... View full entry
An architectural firm that builds homes from sandbags in the shantytowns of Cape Town, South Africa, the young inventor of the world’s first non-turbine wind-powered generator, and an Indiana-based university professor who builds shelters using scavenged materials are among the five... View full entry
August 25 /.EventsDateModule OPR Eco Resorts Spark Awards 2008 August 26 /.EventsDateModule green earth August 29 /.EventsDateModule The Guardian Young Arts Critic Competition 2008 Development Proposals For The Olympic Village, Candidate City Madrid 2016 West Cork Arts Centre August... View full entry
August 18 /.EventsDateModule World Architect of the Year Awards 2008 Competition for Taiwan Center for Disease Control Complex The I. Donald Terner Prize August 22 /.EventsDateModule Pennine Lancashire Squared August 25 /.EventsDateModule OPR Eco Resorts Spark Awards 2008 August... View full entry
The SITE New York/WaHa Studio collaboration "Urban Forest" wins the "Streetscapes in a New World" competition in China's capital. Bustler View full entry
Designs of Dublin's Royal Canal Linear Park, by French landscape and urban design company Agence Ter, unveiled. The project is a further step in the restoration of the park as a public amenity. Bustler View full entry
Competition registration deadlines approaching... August 14 /.EventsDateModule UK Young Design Entrepreneur award 08 August 15 /.EventsDateModule International Design Awards 2008 Design for Lockwood August 18 /.EventsDateModule World Architect of the Year Awards 2008 Competition for Taiwan Center... View full entry
On Aug 1st, the Chicago Architectural Club and the Chicago Humanities Festival launched UNION STATION 2020, an international design ideas competition for the conversion of Chicago’s Union Station into a high-speed rail hub, regional market, and meeting place. Bustler View full entry
Announced today, Dutch Mecanoo architecten, led by Francine Houben, have been selected to design the new £193 million Library of Birmingham. The new Library will be developed on a prime site on Centenary Square, and is scheduled to open in 2013 and promises to be the largest library in... View full entry
August 04 /.EventsDateModule [spot] August 08 /.EventsDateModule Round Building Reuse : 360 RBR:360 August 14 /.EventsDateModule UK Young Design Entrepreneur award 08 August 15 /.EventsDateModule International Design Awards 2008 Design for Lockwood Competition listings are powered by Bustler ~... View full entry
224 buildings from 43 countries have made it on to the first ever World Architecture Festival Awards shortlist. See Bustler for images. View full entry
CityRacks, a competition that seeks to find new solutions for NYC’s bike locking/parking fixtures, has announced the finalists. Bustler View full entry
July 23 /.EventsDateModule SKUUMA Soft Surface Design Competition 2008 July 24 /.EventsDateModule Seoul Design Olympic 2008: Seoul Design Competition July 25 /.EventsDateModule World Architecture Community Awards, 20+10+X projects 2008 Central Glass Int’l Architectural Design Competition... View full entry
