The 17th Concrete Architecture Awards, organized by the Federal Association of the German Cement Industry, raised to the highest level of excellence this year. The competition called for entries in cooperation with the Federation of German Architects (BDA). The Concrete Architecture Award was created in 1974 to honor out-of-the-ordinary…

The winners of the 2008 International Design Awards Land & Sea competition for sustainability were celebrated at a reception on Monday, May 21, bringing together an enthusiastic selection of the 30,000 attendees of this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair and the IDA jurors for a peek at fourteen of the…

The MacDowell Colony, the nation’s leading artist residency program, will present its Edward MacDowell Medal this year to architect Thom Mayne.  He will be the 49th recipient of the MacDowell Medal, which is awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts.  Mayne joins an…

The best new buildings in Britain were announced this week through the annual RIBA Regional Awards. These are the 92 winners by region: The 2008 RIBA Award winners for London are: Arts and Leisure Cremorne Riverside Centre: Sarah Wigglesworth Architects Lawn Tennis Association’s National Tennis Centre:…

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…

Microsoft XBOX Halo 3 Wins 5 Gold Cubes as ADC Reveals Awards for Advertising, ADC Hybrid, Design and ADC Sphere Winners of Corbis Creativity for Social Justice Award named New York, NY – May 1, 2008 – The Art Directors Club today announces the top winners in the categories of…

Third Annual National Design Week to be held Oct. 19–25 The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will celebrate outstanding achievement in design this fall with its ninth annual National Design Awards program. Today, Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick…