The Taipei Performing Arts Center International Competition recently announced three shortlisted proposals, as well as four honorable mentions. Shortlisted Submissions:Number: 54, Tenderer: Morphosis Architects / Thom Mayne Nationality: USANumber: 71, Tenderer: Jose Ignacio ABALOS Nationality: SpainJoint Tenderer: Renata Sentkiewicz Nationality: Spain (ABALOS+SENTKIEWICZ ARQUITECTOS)Number: 99, Tenderer: Office for Metropolitan…

The shortlist is announced for the competition to design a new mixed tenure, affordable housing development on the Greyhound Opening site in Norwich, United Kingdom. The Delivering Affordable Housing Partnership (DAHP) - a partnership of Norwich City Council, Broadland Housing & Orbit Housing Partnership, Circle Anglia Ltd, Flagship…

Fourteen semi-finalists have been chosen for the I. Donald Terner Prize. The semi-finalists will be narrowed down to six finalists in January 2009 and a first-prize winner will be announced in March 2009. Semi-finalists were chosen from 53 applications from over 21 states.…

At a meeting on September 3, the Oslo City Parliament passed the resolution that the Deichman Main Library, the Munch Museum and the Stenersen Museum are to be placed in the area of Bjørvika in the nearby of other cultural institutions. Yesterday, the RFQ-commitee for the international design competition that…

Via Building Design: Six firms have made it onto the shortlist for the 2008 Young Architect of the Year Awards, sponsored by Autodesk. Supported by BD magazine and part of the Architect of the Year Awards, the Young Architect category aims to celebrate…

Firms short-listed for international design competition in Pennine Lancashire Practices from across the world have passed the first stage in creating outstanding public spaces in six town centres in Lancashire. The Pennine Lancashire Squared competition invited teams to submit Expressions of…

Today, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced the shortlist of RIBA’s Special Awards which will be awarded alongside the Stirling Prize. The RIBA/English Partnerships Sustainability Award This award is given for the building that demonstrates most elegantly and durably the principles of sustainable architecture. The…

Top Contenders For Brick Award Revealed The final stage is underway in the hunt for the best brickwork in Britain and the rest of the world. Hundreds of companies have entered this year’s prestigious Brick Awards, one of Britain’s most widely respected design competitions. …

Lexington, KY, August 26, 2008—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…

The Royal Institute of British Architects is delighted to announce that a shortlist of seven designs for the River Douglas Crossing near Preston in Lancashire has been chosen by an expert judging panel. The international design competition attracted an outstanding response, with 110 designs received worldwide. Entries were received from…