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,…

The Los Angeles Conservancy has announced the recipients of its 28th annual Preservation Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation. As always, this year’s winning projects reflect a wide range of efforts to preserve L.A. County’s architectural heritage. “We received more…

The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) and the California Council of the American Institute of Architects (CCAIA) honored three LPA designed K-12 schools at their annual conference for school facilities. Hector Godinez High School, Santa Ana, CA Awards of…

Via SCI-Arc and Architects’ Newspaper: The passage in November 2008 of Measure R, a half cent sales tax in Los Angeles County, will provide as much as $40 billion for transit-related projects across the City of Los Angeles over the next 30 years. Meanwhile, U.S.…