Meeting the challenge of providing a modern, open and secure American diplomatic facility in London, the U.S. State Department signed a conditional agreement with the real estate developer Ballymore to acquire a site in the Nine Elms Opportunity Area in Wandsworth for the construction of a new Embassy. …

The judging panel has announced the shortlist for the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008 in the most hotly contested competition to date. The awards, also sponsored by Design Build Network, are now in their fifth year and celebrate architectural excellence in the fields of innovation, structural design and…

NEX, with engineering support from AKT, has won an open international design competition for a bridge across the River Dodder in central Dublin. The pedestrian bridge is being commissioned by the Mountbrook Group as part of their major redevelopment of the site of the existing Jury’s/Berkeley Court Hotels in Ballsbridge,…

[C]Space - DRL10 will be auctioned off by internationally renowned auction house Phillips de Prury & Company in London on September 25, 2008.  More information on Bustler Events. [C]space is the winning entry in the…

Florian Beigel and Philip Christou’s Architecture Research Unit (ARU) at London Metropolitan University is one of 3 equal winners of the Saemangeum international urban design competition in Korea. The Architecture Research Unit, under the direction of Prof. Florian Beigel, was 1 of 7 international design research teams selected…

Triple Beijing gold medal-winning Olympic hero Chris Hoy unveiled plans for new world-class cycling facilities in London for cyclists of all ages and abilities today as the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) released the latest designs for the London 2012 VeloPark by London-based Hopkins Architects.

Plasma Studio has been announced at MIPIM, the international market for the property industry, as the winner of the 2008 Next Generation Architects / Pipers Award. Following in the footsteps of previous winners, Jamie Fobert Architects, FAT and…

Tate Director, Nicholas Serota, and leading architect Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron, today revealed the revised plans for the new development of Tate Modern. In response to a revised brief and consultation with artists and curators, the architects have refined designs to create a dramatic…

Open Tables Ecology by Working Architecture Group is the winner of the Workspace Group Urbantine Project in 2008. This application impressed judges in its detail, imagination and its engagement with the digital component of the brief.

Via Building Design The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation’s ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels. Tower Hamlets Council, which…