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…

Via Turkish Daily News: The Zorlu Group has begun the final stages of a competition among architecture firms for the building of the Zorlu Center, to be built on the Highway Field in Istanbul, which the group purchased for $800 million in a March…

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…

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…