California College of the Arts (CCA) and Santa Clara University (SCU), competing as Team California, took the lead in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon this morning by winning the architecture contest with a…

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) just announced the winners of its Rising Tides competition. Six winners will share a total prize of $25,000. The selection of six winners was an unexpected twist in announcing the competition results and illustrated just how many…

The Rudy Bruner Foundation has chosen the Inner-City Arts project, a downtown Los Angeles education facility which provides art instruction to a large population of at-risk children and youth in LA, as one of five finalists for the 2009 Rudy Bruner Awards. The project, designed by LA-based…

Last week, Bustler published the three winning projects of the Urban Revision | Re:Vision Dallas competition, a regional initiative to create the prototype for an innovative, sustainable urban community through a series of design competitions. Here’s another exciting proposal by LA-based…

Underscoring the city’s stature as a global center for innovation and excellence in architectural design, 29 project teams are being honored today at the 39th annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards. Hosted by the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC), the awards recognize a wide array of project types, all completed or…

The AIA San Francisco Chapter just announced six winning firms and two honorable mentions of New Practices San Francisco. New Practices San Francisco is the 2009, West Coast premiere of AIA New York’s annual portfolio competition and exhibition. It is a platform for recognizing and…

A team from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia has won the Global Social Venture Competition with their entry "EcoFaeBrick", high-quality, low-cost bricks made from abundant cow dung. EcoFaeBrick produces high-quality, low-cost bricks…

Our friends at LA and Athens based design collaborative Drifting City are proud to announce that Dreamgrove, its web page and interactive garden project, has been nominated for Best NetArt Site in the 13th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the…

The winners of the 2009 AIA San Francisco Design Awards have recently been honored at the gala of the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco chapter. Projects by local design firms were awarded in eight categories: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Energy + Sustainability, Integrate Practice, Unbuilt Design, Urban Design, Young…

The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco chapter (AIA San Francisco) in partnership with California College of the Arts (CCA Architecture/URBANlab), HOK and Matarozzi/Pelsinger Builders present 10x10 Cities: Green Facts, Challenges, Futures on view April 17 – May 15, 2009 at 3A Gallery, San Francisco. 10x10 Cities: Green Facts,…