On Monday, the “Bruce Lee Residence” competition opened for registration. The international ideas competition seeks to restore Bruce Lee’s former residence in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong and convert the property to a tourism attraction. The property owner, Mr. Yu Pang-lin, has agreed to donate…

The National Stadium in Beijing - nicknamed ‘the bird’s nest’ - by Herzog & de Meuron, with the China Architectural Design and research Group, Arup Sport and Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong, and artist Ai Wei Wei, has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious Lubetkin Prize…

The design concept “Jakarta Bersih!” by Dutch firm Nunc Architects has won the first prize in the international architectural and urban design competition “Gotong Royong City: Envisioning the Future of Jakarta”. The competition was hosted by the International…

Linked Hybrid by Steven Holl Architects named 2009 “Best Tall Building” in Asia & Australia Category by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Steven Holl Architects’ recently completed Linked Hybrid complex in Beijing the recipient of…

In December 2008, Italian fashion brand United Colors of Benetton launched the international competition Designing in Teheran to develop a design for two multistory buildings in Iran’s capital city of Teheran. Designers were called to integrate the new structures in the local urban and commercial setting…

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in collaboration with Shenzhen-based architects Urbanus, has been awarded first prize in the design competition for a major new cultural center, transport hub, and public landmark in the heart of the city of Shenzhen, southern China.…

The Bering Strait Project international ideas competition recently announced the winning concepts in the professional and student categories. The Bering Strait Project attempts to span the Bering Strait between Russia and the United States via a bridge or a tunnel which would create…

In October 2008, Bustler reported on New York-based practice Weiss/Manfredi winning the international master plan competition for The Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea. As Austin Tragni of Weiss/Manfredi told Bustler today, this subsequent work has been completed in early 2009. After the first part of this year,…

A new architecture prize, the Ordos Prize, has just been announced - the first architecture prize to emerge from Asia, and China’s first international prize for architectural achievement.  The prize is co-sponsored by the City of Ordos in Inner Mongolia, hence the title, and the Jiang Yuan Cultural & Creativity…

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA)’s hotly contested 2009 Australasian Student Design Awards (ASDA) concluded recently, with design students from Australian and New Zealand tertiary institutions submitting their best final year work for judging by some of the industry’s most experienced designers. The…