The Vienna-based architecture and design office Veech Media Architecture (VMA) was presented with the IF Communication Gold Award in the category Corporate Architecture for the trade fair pavilion design for Swarovski Enlightened TM. The pavilion Ambient Gem at the exclusive watch and jewelery show Baselworld…

German architecture firm kadawittfeldarchitektur recently completed their competition-winning kindergarten building in Sighartstein, Austria. The kindergarten is integrated into the landscape like a chameleon (including a crèche) for 4 groups. Kadawittfeldarchitektur’s proposal for the building won the 1st prize in the public architecture competition in 2003. The project…

Yesterday, Bustler announced that the proposal by SPAN & Zeytinoglu has won the architectural competition for the design of the Austrian Pavilion at the Shanghai EXPO 2010. Here’s another noteworthy entry by Vienna-based studio Architects Collective that made it into the round of finalists.…

SPAN & ZEYTINOGLU WIN THE COMPETITION FOR THE DESIGN OF THE AUSTRIAN PAVILION AT THE SHANGHAI EXPO 2010 VIENNA, Austria – A jury of nine members announced that SPAN (Matias del Campo & Sandra Manninger) & Zeytinoglu (Arkan Zeytinoglu), Vienna, won the architectural competition for the design of the Austrian…

The jury for the “Shenzhen 4 Tower in 1” Competition, chaired by Mr. Arata Isozaki, selected Coop Himmelb(l)au‘s design for Tower C, the new “Headquarter of China Insurance Group” as the winning scheme. Other participants include Morphosis, Steven Holl Architects, Hans Hollein, MVRDV, and FCJZ Atelier.

Following the presentation of the Master Plan for the new Campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) in May 2008, the WU and Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG), together with Austria’s Federal Minister of Science and Research Johannes Hahn and City Councillor Rudolf Schicker (Department for Urban Development and Traffic),…

Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected as the architects of the Library and Learning Center (LLC) at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna. The new Library and Learning Center will be the centerpiece of the University’s new campus and provide a significant upgrade to the University’s services. In addition…

A leading European architecture competition, run by the elevator company Schindler, has been won by a duo from Germany’s Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. Participants had the task of revitalizing a derelict area of the Austrian capital, Vienna, with special emphasis on improving disabled access. Nils Krieger and Thorsten Stelter…

The Taipei Performing Arts Center International Competition recently announced three shortlisted proposals, as well as four honorable mentions. Shortlisted Submissions:Number: 54, Tenderer: Morphosis Architects / Thom Mayne Nationality: USANumber: 71, Tenderer: Jose Ignacio ABALOS Nationality: SpainJoint Tenderer: Renata Sentkiewicz Nationality: Spain (ABALOS+SENTKIEWICZ ARQUITECTOS)Number: 99, Tenderer: Office for Metropolitan Architecture(OMA) STEDEBOUW…

After a week of intense deliberations, the international jury judging the Schindler Award for Architecture 2007/08 “Access for All” has nominated ten projects. These will be presented at the Award ceremony in Lucerne on November 14, 2008. One winner and four runners-up will be awarded cash prizes at the ceremony…