ResilientCity.org just announced the winners of their design ideas competition that hopes to stimulate new ideas about the way we plan cities and design buildings. The competition resulted in more than 50 inquiries and 22 formal entries received from around the globe, including proposals centered on…

Earlier this year, the Nature Museums of Montréal announced the winner of the international architectural competition for the new Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. The design concept by Cardin Ramirez Julien in collaboration with Ædifica_Architecture + Design was selected ahead of four other entries by…

Pamphlet Architecture, Ltd. announced the winner of the Pamphlet Architecture 30 competition, an international competition that called for “proposals aimed at inventive new infrastructure for the United States.” The winning entry, entitled Coupling: Strategies for Infrastructural Opportunism, was submitted by InfraNet Lab /

On July 27, Bustler reported about the big night at Calgary’s Grand Theatre where the five competition finalists presented their designs for the Cantos National Music Center competition. Presenting firms that night were Diller Scofidio and Renfro, New York, NY, Jean Nouvel Workshop, Paris, France, Allied…

Music fans, architecture buffs and engaged citizens of Calgary, Canada filled the Grand Theatre to capacity on July 23, to watch five of the world’s leading architects compete to design a major project in Calgary – Cantos’ new national music center at the King Eddy site in the East Village.…

The Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) and its major partner TD Assurance Meloche Monnex announced the winners of the 25th edition of the Awards of Excellence in Architecture (Bustler previously reported on the round of award finalists). A gala evening culminated months of anticipation during…

Montréal’s Nature Museums recently announced that Cardin + Ramirez & Associés architectes was chosen on May 21 by the selection jury in the architectural contest for the new Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium (previously on Bustler). The visual and…

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada just announced the recipients of the 2009 RAIC Awards of Excellence. Allied Arts Medal Paul Raff, MRAIC Paul Raff, MRAIC, Photo: Steven Tsai Innovation…

The new Dublin Veterans Park (in Dublin, Ohio) was dedicated last week on Memorial Day. More than 800 people joined the ceremony as the grounds were inaugurated. Toronto-based PLANT Architects Inc. were the project’s architects after an invited international two-stage competition.

Voting for the fifth annual Pug Awards, the people’s choice awards for architecture in Toronto, begins today. Toronto is one of the fastest-growing cities in North America. Buildings help define the streetscape in a city and the quality of new buildings in Toronto ranges from world-class architectural…