The winners of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from across Latin America have just been announced. A total of USD 300,000 was presented to eleven outstanding projects at a ceremony in Buenos Aires. The winning projects mainly address the challenges of intensified…

In the competition for the Olympic Port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the winning entries have been announced.  Sponsored by the City Government through the Instituto Pereira Passos, organized by the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the Institute of Architects of Brazil, and supported by…

Following up on last week's story about Jose Herrasti and Maria Fernanda Oppermann Bento's submission to the MUMA Museum of the Environment Expansion in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, today we bring you the entry by Rio-based Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos, with Daniel Feldman and…

Architects Jose Herrasti and Maria Fernanda Oppermann Bento have shared with us their design proposal for the MUMA Museum of the Environment expansion in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. The exciting concept draws its main inspiration from the shape of the roots of the Botanical Garden 'Walking' Tree. …

Brasilia, a group exhibition of vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the capital of Brazil, will be on view at 1500 Gallery September 9-November 27, 2010.

If you’re in the New York area this summer, go and check out a new exhibition that opens tomorrow, June 24, at the AIA-NY’s Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place, NYC): Our Cities Ourselves: The…

Olympic Games are always a terrific occasion to flex the architectural muscles beyond your every-day-joe-schmo assignment. For the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Swiss studio RAFAA flexed quite a bit and propose the competition entry “Solar City Tower” that—packed with solar panels and sustainable features—wants…

The winner in the category “Built environment” is the Harmonia // 57 Office Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is designed by Triptyque Architects, Paris, France/Sao Paulo, Brazil and completed in 2008.

After receiving over 35 qualified proposals for a Youth and Women’s Leadership Center in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, the selection committee announced the following five RFP Finalists and five Honorable Mentions. With the Homeless Women’s World Cup arriving in…

Perkins+Will’s Master Plan for SANY Beijing was selected as the first place winner in the “Conceptual Design” category at the 8th International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. The judging committee based their award selection on four central themes of the…