As reported the other day, six visions of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture will be on display from 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, through Friday, April 3, in the Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castle),…

Six visions of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture will be on display from 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, through Friday, April 3, in the Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castle), Washington, DC. The exhibition features design…

The Woburn Public Library Expansion Ideas Competition recently revealed three winners and two honorable mentions. With 100 received proposals in total, the jury decided to award New York-based Lacina Heitler Architects with the first prize. The intent of this ideas competition was to broaden the field of ideas through…

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,…

“Urban China: Informal Cities” is a multifaceted exploration and physical manifestation of the groundbreaking magazine Urban China. Founded in 2005, Urban China is the only magazine devoted to issues of urbanism published in and about China. In addition to offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the magazine has a network…

New York-based BKSK Architects has been selected to design a new, green convent for The Community of the Holy Spirit, a contemplative order of Episcopalian nuns in New York City. The New York Times featured the story…

Via NYT: The architects Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith (MOS) have won the annual competition to transform the courtyard at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens. Their project, titled “afterparty,” is a mix of what could be described as cones,…

Last night, MIT presidential research fellow Neri Oxman was named the winner of the first annual The Earth Awards.  Presented the award by TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair and Datin Azrene Abdullah, Oxman was recognized for her groundbreaking project FAB.REcology, which combines the principals of biomimicking with the design and…

Victoria Walsh and Hannah Purdy from Walsh & Purdy Architects, and Aurelie Paradiso from Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects, were awarded the 2008 Independent Projects grant from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Architecture, Planning, and Design Program for their proposal:

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