In the last few days, we've published the winners of the Regional Holcim Awards 2011 for Latin America, as well as Europe. Here are now also the winning projects of the competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from Africa Middle East which had been announced recently…

The 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners were announced today with an official presentation ceremony to follow on November 7th at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The Curry Stone Design Prize was created to champion designers as a force for social change. Now in its…

African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, founder of Kéré Architecture in Berlin, Germany, has been awarded the Marcus Prize for Architecture. The prize, which recognizes emerging global talents, is administered by the School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee…

Blue Ventures, a conservation organization that simultaneously protects marine environments while improving the standard of living in some of the world's poorest coastal communities, has been named the winner of the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The London based non-profit, which validates the bio-economic viability of…

If you're in the Toronto area this spring, don't miss the exhibition "Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba" from April 20 to June 14, 2011, presented by the Design Exchange, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and Wedge Curatorial Projects and organized by the

The winner of the International Design Project Competition for the Rehabilitation of Place Lalla Yeddouna in the Medina of Fez, Morocco has been unveiled: Mossessian & Partners from London, UK. The aim of the project is to revitalize Place Lalla Yeddouna, a public square and surrounding…

Danish practice Henning Larsen Architects has won the international architectural competition for the new Calabar International Conference Center in the southeastern part of Nigeria. The Center will stand out as a spectacular building in the scenic river delta of the Cross River State bordering Cameroun. The competition…

The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today at a prize-giving ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. The five projects selected by the 2010 Master Jury are: Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia…

Austin-Smith:Lord have shared with us their entry to the international competition for the Nairobi Greater Metropolitan Region. In January 2010, the UK-based firm together with its Kenyan partners Saad Yahya & Associates and engineering firm Mott Macdonald were shortlisted along with 5 others to develop a concept for…

Five winning designs, as well as five honorable mentions, have recently been announced for the international Open Source House competition. The design competition started on January 15, 2010 and was open for team or individual participation. The challenge is was to design a sustainable, flexible…