The Buckminster Fuller Institute announced the Semi-Finalists for the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The jury will select a winner who will be revealed at a public ceremony in New York in early June 2011. The winner will be presented with the OmniOculi sculpture and the $100,000 prize money to honor and encourage further development of their work. — bustler.net
April 08 The Resourceful Architect 2nd Annual EcoHome Design Awards April 09 Not Just A Container April 11 DawnTown Miami 2011: The Floating Stage PLAT 2.0 Call For Submissions April 15 OIL: a new town in a resource extraction region Design and Composition Competition Accessible Design Awards... View full entry
A-lab Wins Sustainable Urban Development in Oslo Suburb Norwegian practice A-lab won the open international ideas competition on climate efficient urban development on Furuset area in Oslo...COOP HIMMELB(L)AU to Design New Albanian Parliament Building COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's entry 'Open Parliament of... View full entry
Norwegian practice A-lab won the open international ideas competition on climate efficient urban development on Furuset area in Oslo. — bustler.net
The project goal is to condense the suburb Furuset i Groruddalen outside Oslo with 2,500 new homes and 1,500 new workspaces, and to reduce CO2 emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The project provides a district that stands for sustainable urban development. View full entry
“It would be easy for me to raise a picket sign and as an architect say, ‘Down with this wall!’” Rael said in a release. “I have to accept the wall because it exists, but as a designer I see that something better is possible. Why not do something intelligent, something incredible? I envision not just a ‘dumb wall,’ but a social infrastructure that connects and improves lives on both sides.” — nbcbayarea.com
Earlier this year, a UVA architecture program took top prize in an international housing competition sponsored by ARCHIVE (Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments). — c-ville.com
Contestants developed sustainable and affordable homes that could offer attainable relief to a portion of the estimated 1 million Haitians left homeless after a massive earthquake devastated the region in January 2010. The UVA program, Initiate reCOVER, beat out 146 teams and received a $... View full entry
Peter Zumthor has unveiled his plans for a secret garden for this years Serpentine Pavilion. — Guardian
In collaboration with the Dutch designer Piet Oudolf, Zumthor will create a contemplative garden courtyard enclosed by lightweight black-clad structure. View full entry
April 01 Call for Applications: 2011 Piero N. Patri Fellowship in Urban Connections: The Gowanus Lowline April 02 Landscape Urbanism (dot) com: Call for Words April 03 Article 25’s ‘Objects of Change 2011’ April 04 LIC cinema April 08 The Resourceful Architect 2nd Annual EcoHome... View full entry
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's entry 'Open Parliament of Albania' in Tirana has won the First Prize. The concept incorporates fundamental democratic values such as openness, transparency and public co-determination. The building, located on a site area with approximately 28,000 m², is going to be the first project in Albania for the Viennese headquartered studio. — bustler.net
Holl’s relationship with Mackintosh is about to get more intense. Last week, Glasgow City Council granted planning permission for the £50 million GSA building Holl designed to be built across Renfrew Street from the Mackintosh Building. — heraldscotland.com
Amanda Levete Architects has won the V&A’s Exhibition Road competition and will go on to develop their team’s concept design as part of the FuturePlan strategy for the museum. The ALA scheme will transform the remaining undeveloped quadrant of the V&A’s London... View full entry
Eduardo Souto de Moura from Porto, Portugal is the 2011 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the professions highest honor. As a young architect, from 1974 to 1979, the now 58-year-old, worked in Alvaro Siza's office -- Siza having been the Pritzker Prize winner himself in 1992. This makes Moura the second Pritzker laureate to be chosen from Portugal. — bustler.net
The Architecture Foundation, on behalf of London's Better Bankside initiative, just announced the winner of a competition to design a modular, portable, secure cycle parking solution to serve the Bankside area of London. — bustler.net
Mossessian & Partners Wins the “Place Lalla Yeddouna” Competition in Fez, Morocco The winner of the International Design Project Competition for the Rehabilitation of Place Lalla Yeddouna in the Medina of Fez, Morocco has been unveiled: Mossessian & Partners from London... View full entry
March 25 CONCRETE CANVAS - a mural competition for ARTfarm Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design Competition The Sears Canadian High School Design Competition Beton Hala Waterfront Center 2011 March 27 Pedestrian Street Canopy March 28 Call for Submissions: Thresholds 40 March 30 the Emilio Ambasz... View full entry
