Islington Council has announced that the 'homesown' scheme by Levitt Bernstein, in conjunction with Aecom and Arcadis, has won the 1st Prize of the Islington Housing Design Competition. The winning proposal suggests a new philosophy on 21st century family living: spacious family homes…

Danish practices ADEPT and LiWplanning just received The Danish Landscape Award for the project ”Måløv Axis” in Ballerup, Denmark, developed in collaboration with Imitio and Søren Jensen Engineering. The project will be inaugurated October 1st.

Paris-based firm LAN has won the competition organized by ICF Novedis to design the block 4.2 of the new Cardinet-Chalabre urban development zone in Paris, France. The project sits at a sensitive transition point between two Parisian urban areas and will act as a fulcrum between the…

The concept A.WAY by Berlin-based J. Mayer H. Architects has been announced the Winner at the Audi Urban Future Award - Building a Vision for 2030. The award aims to establish a dialogue on the synergy of mobility, architecture and urban development by means of a tangible…

Three Conceptual Plan Options for the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) have been unveiled during the opening ceremony for the Stage 2 Public Engagement exercise. Following is the concept "Project for a New Dimension" – prepared by Office for Metropolitan Architecture, led by Rem Koolhaas. The…

Three Conceptual Plan Options for the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) have been unveiled during the opening ceremony for the Stage 2 Public Engagement exercise. Following is the concept "Cultural Connect: Key to Sustained Vitality" – prepared by Rocco Design Architects Limited, led by Rocco Yim.…

Three Conceptual Plan Options for the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) have been unveiled during the opening ceremony for the Stage 2 Public Engagement exercise. Following is the concept "City Park" – prepared by team Foster + Partners, led by Lord Norman Foster. The vision shown…

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has unveiled three Conceptual Plan Options for the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) during the opening ceremony for the Stage 2 Public Engagement exercise, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

Austin-Smith:Lord have shared with us their entry to the international competition for the Nairobi Greater Metropolitan Region. In January 2010, the UK-based firm together with its Kenyan partners Saad Yahya & Associates and engineering firm Mott Macdonald were shortlisted along with 5 others to develop a concept for…

Norwegian architects Snøhetta seem to be on a winning spree in America: the firm that was just announced winner in the SFMOMA competition last week was also awarded the Times Square Reconstruction Project to create a series of pedestrian plazas along Broadway, including Times Square.