AUGUST, 2008, Chicago, Illinois—The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd., announce sixty-six (66) new distinguished buildings selected this year in the Museum’s prestigious “American Architecture Awards®” program for 2008. Established…

The International Concrete Design Competition for Students is a biennial ideas and design competition for students in architecture, engineering, design and affiliated disciplines. It aims at promoting innovative design attitudes related to the use of concrete as a material and a technology. It is organized…

The Spark Awards International Design Competition just closed their early entry deadline, but will accept entries for Phase 1 until the late deadline, August 25. After reviewing the early submissions, the organizers counted at least 278 entries. Many of the ‘07 participants returned, and many new exciting firms…

An Awareness Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals New York, NY - DESIGN 21: Social Design Network, a joint-venture project founded by Felissimo and UNESCO to inspire and promote design for the greater good, is proud to announce…

The ‘International Spatial Design Competition for the Mobility Centre Project’ sought ideas for a new transport interchange and city spatial plan for the city of Ferizaj/Urosevac, situated in southern Kosovo. The objective was to produce a catalyst for the regeneration of the urban centre by integrating all modes of transport…

The winners of the 2008 RIBA International Awards: Akron Art Museum, Ohio, USA Akron Art Museum Architect: COOP HIMMELB (L) AU Client: Akron Art Museum Copyright: Roland Halbe …

This international prize was created to highlight landscape projects to and promote the quality of urban green spaces and forests. It is open to architects and professionals of landscape planning registered in a professional body in their countries. Organised for the sixth time, this annual prize is run with the…

The winners of the 2008 International Design Awards Land & Sea competition for sustainability were celebrated at a reception on Monday, May 21, bringing together an enthusiastic selection of the 30,000 attendees of this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair and the IDA jurors for a peek at fourteen of the…