An international idea contest was held for Tallinn’s new City Hall in Estonia, and the best concept was presented by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) from Denmark together with Adams Kara Taylor of the UK. The purpose of the international idea…

The municipality of Helsingborg, Sweden, chose Schønherr Landscape and ADEPT Architects (both from Denmark) as winners of the planning competition of the 100Ha site of H+ in Helsingborg. The competition was invited and included: White architects AB (Sweden), KCAP Architects & planers (the…

Construction has finished on schmidt hammer lassen architects’ striking design for a new District Court in Malmö, Sweden. The completed scheme includes a new 10,000 sq m courthouse adjacent to the existing 3,000 sq m listed court building.

Danish architects BIG, together with Michel Rojkind Arquitectos, have won the competition for the New Tamayo Museum which is to be build right outside of Mexico City. Based on the concept of an “opened box” which unfolds into a cross shape, the Museo Tamayo will occupy a hillside overlooking the…

Last Friday, Bustler posted the news of Italian architect Alberto Catalano of Teknoarch winning the international competition to design Lebanon’s new Arts and Culture House. Here’s another competition proposal by Copenhagen-based firm JAJA Architects. The title of the concept is “Culture…

The Belgian architect Julien De Smedt (b. 1975) of JDS Architects has been awarded the Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2009. Julien De SmedtThe prize goes to De Smedt because he combines typological innovation…

In the competition to design a new Culture House and Library in Copenhagen, a collaborated design by Danish architects COBE and Transform has been awarded the first prize. This is how the architects describe their project: The Northwest…

Kim Herforth Nielsen, Photo: 3XNThe founder of 3XN, Kim Herforth Nielsen, receives the C. F. Hansen Medal – the highest honor among architects in Denmark. As Principal and Creative Director of 3XN, Kim Herforth Nielsen has…

Young Danish architects Cornelius + Vöge have won a large international competition for a new church building in Norway. From 123 competing proposals from all over Europe, their project was announced as the winner. The church is located…

Danish practice schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL Architects) has won an international competition to design “Urban Mediaspace”, the largest public library in Scandinavia.  The €228 ($288) million scheme, located in Aarhus, Denmark, will become a new visual and cultural focal point for the city whilst pioneering the next generation of…