This competition is first and foremost about the application of the principles of Universal Design to the cause of affordable housing. The sponsor of the competition, Beyond Housing, wishes to both honor and advance the work of one of its founding members, Janet Becker.  Mrs. Becker has been a steadfast…

In February 2008, the Larvik Commune, Norway, has launched an open, single stage, international competition of urban planning to develop the Inner Harbor zone. The competition has been made possible with the support of the NAL (National Association of Norwegian Architects). Submissions were due on May 26, 2008. 22 proposals…

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won the national competition for the Danish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. The entry was designed in collaboration with 2+! and Arup.

TORONTO, ON, Sept. 13, 2008 – The redesigned Canadian headquarters of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the biggest icons of the ad agency world, has taken a remarkable fifth award for renowned designer Bartlett & Associates. The Toronto-based firm created a brilliant loft-style space in a conventional office tower that…

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,…

Published to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of the competition’s results at Storefront, White House Redux - The Book contains a compendium of documentation related to the competition and an overview of the results. It includes texts by…

Peter Zumthor (Photo: The Sankei Shimbun, ‘08)Swiss architect Peter Zumthor received the 2008 Praemium Imperiale prize offered by the Japanese emperor. The prize is awarded to artists who have earned exceptional merits for advancing of the arts. According to…

[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…

Grand Army Plaza should be one of the world’s great urban spaces. Designed in 1867 by Olmsted and Vaux, this magnificent 11-acre plaza is home to powerful architecture, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch, the elegant Bailey Fountain, the Greenmarket, and the entrance to Prospect Park. Despite its identity as…

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…

The Google SketchUp and Dwell.com Design Your Dwelling contest just announced the grand prize winner: Out of almost 150 impressive entries, North Carolina-based Drew Wilgus has emerged the victor. Wilgus’ considered design stood out for its sustainable elements, integration into the local landscape, keen material use, and striking…

Schools all over the world are being reinvented to meet the needs of an ever-changing global economy. The world is shrinking; knowledge is no longer a commodity restricted to the privileged. Developing nations are accessing the information superhighway and have passed some of the super powers. Corporations are consolidating globally…

The Cooper Union Student Eco Initiative is looking for designers across the world who have an opinion on the current trend of green design.  They are collecting responses from professionals, students, and the population at large to incorporate into their first public work. The initiative hopes to use the…

Past Young Guns winners serve as jury for sixth biennial competition of young creative talent in visual media and design. NEW YORK, September 5, 2008 – The Art Directors Club, the premier organization for integrated media and the first global creative collective of its…

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.

Students of the University of Cincinnati are participating in a rather unusual competition: designs from their studio ‘Extreme Environments’ which explored chances and challenges of underwater architecture were submitted to France’s Archipelaego competition in an effort to win the Jacques Rougerie Architecture of the Sea Award.

Via the Warsaw Business Journal: World-renowned architects and architectural studios are participating in a number of new real estate projects in Poland. As more public and private investors turn to architectural stars to give their projects top-quality designs, the country is now set to…

The national opera in Iceland aquires a new shining opera house with views to elf hill and the surrounding town When building in Iceland up to the elf hill Borgarholt, it demands a special in depth understanding of Iceland’s history. A completely new opera house for the Icelandic…

Rotterdam, The Netherlands—The city of Tirana and an international jury announced MVRDV winner of the competition for the urban masterplan creating a new dense urban neighborhood with a park and public facilities at the shore of Tirana Lake, in the south of the Albanian capital.

Johannesburg, South Africa – Africa’s premier shopping destination will soon receive a R1.77 billion ($226 million) face-lift from RTKL, the international architecture, planning, engineering and creative services firm. Opened in 1974 and renovated twice since, the 158,000-SM Sandton City Shopping Centre is a mixed-use facility comprising over 300 shops, an…