Sheffield Hallam University has announced plans to develop a new £25m building that will become a city center landmark thanks to its innovative design. The new 9,500 sqm building on Charles Street in Sheffield, England will enable the University’s Faculty of Development and Society - currently split between the City…

RMJM architects have recently been awarded a prestigious Cityscape Award in Dubai, UAE. Gordon Hood and Roger Klein of RMJM accepted the Islamic Architecture Award for their work on the Zliten Al-Asmariya University for Islamic Sciences in Libya.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) have selected 13 educational and cultural facilities for this year’s CAE Educational Facility Design Awards. The purpose of the design awards program is to identify trends and emerging ideas, honor excellence in planning and design, and disseminate knowledge…

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…

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, a New York firm known for its careful attention to context, creative use of materials and innovative modernist work, has been chosen to design Princeton University’s new Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. The firm is led by the eponymous husband and wife team,…

Following the presentation of the Master Plan for the new Campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) in May 2008, the WU and Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG), together with Austria’s Federal Minister of Science and Research Johannes Hahn and City Councillor Rudolf Schicker (Department for Urban Development and Traffic),…

The University of Northampton has shortlisted entries for the first stage of a design competition for teams to ‘master plan’ future developments at its 14.5-acre Avenue Campus on St George’s Avenue in Northampton. A panel of judges and University representatives met recently to assess 33 entries. Entries were received from…

Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected as the architects of the Library and Learning Center (LLC) at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna. The new Library and Learning Center will be the centerpiece of the University’s new campus and provide a significant upgrade to the University’s services. In addition…

Newman University College, Birmingham have appointed Glenn Howells Architects to develop the campus master plan and the refurbishment of associated buildings. A rapid program has been agreed to deliver a new building which is designed to be an inspirational public face for the University.  This will comprise an entrance building,…

Germany’s Behnisch, Baltimore’s Ayers/Saint/Gross Submit ‘Forward-Thinking’ Initial Concept The University of Baltimore has named Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany, in partnership with Baltimore’s Ayers/Saint/Gross, Inc., as the winner of the international competition to design the new