Back in December 2009, Bustler reported that the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors had selected Southern Californian practice Pugh + Scarpa Architects to receive the 2010 AIA Architecture Firm Award. Last Thursday, on June 10th, Pugh + Scarpa…

The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco chapter (AIA San Francisco) announced the winners of the 2010 AIA San Francisco Design Awards program. The winners were revealed and celebrated last week at a special gala held at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.…

The Safe Trestles International Design Competition announced the finalist proposals. With 104 entries from 25 countries, the jury had the tough job to narrow it down to 5 teams in the finalists round. Finalists will receive a stipend to work with Trestles Stakeholders to…

The University of California, Berkeley announced yesterday the selection of three architecture firms to submit design concepts for the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA). The three firms chosen from a field of ten are

A team of students representing North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill has won the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition with a…

STANDARD DESIGNS BAHIA MEADOWS: Senior Housing Based on Indigenous Dwellings Click above image to enlargeBirdseye Standard recently received an honorable mention from Suburban Alternatives Land Trust (SALT) and Northbay Family Homes (NFH),  sponsors of…

March 11 marked the groundbreaking celebration at the historic Beverly Hills Post Office for the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Studio Pali Fekete architects (SPF:a).  The historic building will be restored and adapted, and the spaces that were once…

Some of the biggest names in architecture are among the shortlisted firms for the planned expansion for the Mario Botta-designed home of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The museum announced in early February to have raised $250 Million for the ambitious…

Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) and Bruce Mau Design (BMD) have won the competition to design the Big Blue Bus Shelter and Branding Package by the City of Santa Monica, California.

Donald Wexler, who helped define Palm Springs architecture in the 1960s, will be honored for his contributions to the profession at the three-day Wexler Weekend, Jan. 22-24 in the city where he built his reputation. Image from the upcoming…