Winners of this year’s AIA Los Angeles Residential Architecture Awards have been announced in an expanded field that has nearly doubled in size since its inception six years ago. Those selected were chosen by an international jury of academics and architects from the US, the UK, and Italy... View full entry

A multidisciplinary team led by Haptic Architects has won the £10,000 first prize in the inaugural Davidson Prize, a competition calling for new ideas that rethink the design of the contemporary home.  Titled HomeForest, the winning proposal comes from a diverse team. In addition to those... View full entry

Architects and designers from multiple Perkins&Will studios worldwide have developed design solutions to address how urban spaces, workplaces, and/or daily life may change in post-COVID London. As part of the firm’s annual Phil Freelon Design Competition, these proposals explore ways parts of... View full entry

The Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) Installation Competition has announced 12 shortlisted teams out of 119 entries from 41 countries to continue on to the 2nd stage of the competition. TAB 2017 Installation by Gilles Retsin. Image by NAARO. Adrien Rigobello, Tom Svilans, Phil AyersAndy Watts... View full entry

Plans for a new library at Gothenburg University have been revealed after a search by the Swedish consulting firm Akademiska Hus to add what is now the newest chapter in the long architectural history of the nation’s second-largest city.  Göteborg Universitetsbibliotek. Photo courtesy of... View full entry

The seventh annual international design competition Winter Stations has launched its inaugural Spring Stations installations in Toronto. The temporary pavilions are now on public view in the city’s historic distillery district.  Established by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio... View full entry

This post is brought to you by the University of Calgary School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, an Archinect Partner School CBDX: BORDERLANDS brings political, geological, social and other boundaries into sharp focus The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL) at the... View full entry

The winners of The Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2021 have been announced with AIM Architecture being crowned the overall winner for their FX Mayr Wellness Eco Retreat project in Wenzhou, China. The firm also picked up the award for Hotels and Leisure with the project. ... View full entry

The Graham Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2021 Grants to Individuals, awarding $585,000 to people exploring innovative design ideas that expand our contemporary understanding of architecture. The 71 grants were awarded to individuals around the world, selected from nearly... View full entry

London’s mayoral office has announced six shortlist finalists for the annual Fourth Plinth Commission in Trafalgar Square.  The candidates for this year’s commission include an international slate of artists vying to be one of two winners that will replace Heather Phillipson’s THE END... View full entry

This post is brought to you by TerraViva Competitions TerraViva Competitions launches THE LIVING MUSEUM, a new architecture competition focused on the design of micro-accommodation units immersed in the Sardinian landscape of the Nivola Museum. Prizes up to 7,000€ will be awarded to... View full entry

The Don't Move, Improve Awards is an annual program organized by New London Architecture highlighting the city's best new home extensions and celebrate innovative home improvement projects. In its eleventh year, each selected winner demonstrates "how a well-designed home can improve quality... View full entry

The Beirut municipality and the Inspireli Awards have announced a competition calling on architecture students from around the world to submit entries for a new Port of Beirut, following the devastating 2020 explosion that completely destroyed the port and the adjacent part of the city.  The... View full entry

To improve and explore housing solutions in the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles, Christopher Hawthorne, organized the "Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles." While the design challenge is "not a competition" in the traditional... View full entry

Five projects have been named as winners of the AIA/ALA’s 2021 Library Building Awards, the organizations announced jointly on Wednesday. Led by the new Valente Library in Cambridge, the quintet of honorees highlights a mix of both new building and renovation characterized by an incorporation of... View full entry