Winner, finalists, and honorable mentions have been announced for Redhook Design Competition, the design competition that challenged architects and planners to re-imagine Brooklyn neighborhood Red Hook as the most bicycle friendly neighborhood in New York City, hosted by the Forum for…

In April this year, a partnership of AIA Newark and Suburban and the Young Architects Forum invited international designers to find innovative, visionary and compelling proposals for container constructed multi-family mixed-use project. The selected site was adjacent to a…

Mexico City / Mexico – October 23, 2008 – The winning projects of the second Holcim Awards competition for Sustainable Construction in Latin America were announced at a ceremony in Mexico City. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to twelve projects from across the region…

It was announced last Friday at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark that Steven Holl Architects has won the international design competition “The LM Project”. With a program that connects office towers and civic spaces with a public walkway 65 meters above the harbor, the new…

(Rødovre - Copenhagen, November 3rd, 2008) The municipality of Rødovre, an independent municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark, announced today MVRDV and co-architect ADEPT winner of the design competition of the Rødovre Skyscraper. The 116 meter tall tower accommodates apartments, a hotel, retail and offices. A public park…

Australian buildings pushing new boundaries – including a ‘testosterone-charged’ creative learning center in Queensland, an iconic public building in China, and a ‘determinedly avant-garde’ house in the Victorian countryside – are among major winners at this year’s top architecture awards. The Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards…

The AIA/Los Angeles announced winners of the judges’ choice, as well as the people’s choice, in the 2008 Restaurant Design Awards, marking the fourth year of the AIA/LA’s much-anticipated awards program that recognizes the very best in restaurant, café, and lounge design. AIA/LA received over forty submissions in…

Scandinavian practice schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the prestigious Emirates Glass LEAF Awards Grand Prix for its Performers House project, a modern version of a Danish folk high school, situated in the heart of Silkeborg, Denmark The project – centered on a…

It’s Day 2 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain, and the winners of the World Architecture Festival Awards have just been announced. Previously headed by Lord Norman Foster, the international judging panels, comprised of architects, allied professionals, clients and critics, decided on…

Montreal / Canada – October 16, 2008 – The winners of the second North American Holcim Awards competition for Sustainable Construction projects were announced at a ceremony in Montreal. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to nine projects from Canada and the United States that…