The jury for the Upjohn Research Initiative, a joint program of the College of Fellows and the Board Knowledge Committee to support knowledge sharing between practitioners and academicians, has announced the four projects selected to receive grants. The purpose of this grant is to provide base funds for applied research…

As part of its first major grant announcement of fiscal year 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that it will award $540,000 to fund 20 Access to Artistic Excellence Innovation Grants in Design. Grant amounts range from $10,000 to $40,000. “We often hear from our grantees that…

New York-based BKSK Architects has been selected to design a new, green convent for The Community of the Holy Spirit, a contemplative order of Episcopalian nuns in New York City. The New York Times featured the story…

Technology Transfer Greg Lynn, winner of the Venice Biennale in 2008, will lead a one year studio exploring the impact of new manufacturing and digital technologies from aerospace, naval, automotive, defense and entertainment industries on architectural form.  California has the highest concentration of high technology industries in the world and…

The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization, the organization involved in the comprehensive promotion of design, recently announced the results of the 2008 Good Design Awards. Applications for this year opened on May 8, and 3,023 entries were received. As a result of initial and second screenings, 1,067 items received Good…

Artists in Design, Literary, Media, Performing, and Visual Arts From Across the Country Each Receive $50,000 Award United States Artists (USA), the national artists’ advocacy organization, yesterday announced the recipients of fifty USA Fellowships for 2008 totaling $2.5 million. This marks the third consecutive year of the USA Fellows program,…

Kyu Sung WooSEOUL, KOREA—Architect Kyu Sung Woo has been named the winner of the 2008 Ho-Am Prize in the Arts. The Ho-Am Prize in the Arts recognizes Koreans who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of culture…

To mark the closing of MoMA’s special exhibition Design and the Elastic Mind, our sister site Archinect presented a set of reviews that cover the show’s web space, individual pieces of interest, and the themes at play throughout. For those of you that were able to visit…

The Scottish Design Award’s results were revealed on Friday 16 May at The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh. Over 530 architects and designers attended this event. Twenty-seven trophies were awarded to those who met the high standard set by the judges. Professor Andy MacMillan received a Lifetime Achievement Award, with The Architecture…

General Design Category, Award of Excellence The Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd, Seattle, Washington client: Millennium Park, Inc. (Photo: Linda Oyama Bryan) General Design Category, Honor Awards Boston…