In the course of the symposium “The Future of the Informal” at the 4th International Rotterdam Architecture Biennale (NAI Rotterdam), the winners of the Squatcity-Urbaninform Competition have been announced. The winning projects and honorable mentions were selected by the Squatcity-Urbaninform jury out of 60 entries in the categories: DESIGN (Space,…

Wondering where breakthrough ideas addressing today’s major crises are? Look no further, the entries to the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge are now available for view in the Idea Index, an open-source database of solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. The entries…

May 5, 2008 –The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the two recipients of the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal. Peggy Shepard will be given the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership, and Alexie Torres-Fleming will be given the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism. Along with the Medal,…