Paris-based firm Serero Architects have won a competition for the design of the new library and auditorium for the University of Amiens in France. The design showcases a skin inspired by the scales of a conifer cone.

Danish firm schmidt hammer lassen architects has won an international design competition for a new 13,500 m2 auditorium complex for the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen University) in Aachen, Germany. Twenty-one German and international companies were invited to participate in the competition. This…