In conjunction with the 27th International Architectural Conference “Piran Days of Architecture” that took place in Piran, Slovenia last weekend, the international jury for the Piranesi Award announced the winning project: Aloni House in Antiparos, Greece by Athens-based decaARCHITECTURE. The judges praised how…

This article is co-published with Archinect The 6th annual SmartGeometry workshop and conference were held in March 2009 in San Francisco with Bentley Systems, (makers of MicroStation and new parametric software GenerativeComponents) as the principal sponsor. GenerativeComponents (known as GC), is…

If you happen to be in Slovenia this spring, make sure you don’t miss this event: Ljubljana-based Zavod Big will host its second annual architectural conference, entitled “BIG ARCHITECTURE: Sustainable Excellence”. The conference explores a host of questions which explore the relationship between quality design, innovation,…

At the close of last Friday’s Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City, the jury announced the winners of the Live Greener Gadgets Design Competition. After narrowing the wide field of submissions down to 13 finalists, the judges awarded…

Hanover, Germany—The winners of the contractworld.award 2009 have now been selected. Following two days of consultation, a panel of leading professionals has decided which projects will be awarded the prestigious European architecture prize for interior design.  A total of 570 projects from 36 countries were competing for prize money…

On Monday October 6th, the emir of Dubai, Sjeik Mohammed bin Rashi al-Maktoum, officially opened the seventh Cityscape Dubai 2008. During the gala dinner of the largest real estate and development event of its kind, Mecanoo director Francine Houben received the Cityscape Architectural Award for…