Austrian architects soma have recently won the first prize in the international competition for the Thematic Pavilion for the 2012 Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. The Thematic Pavilion will be one of the major facilities of the Yeosu Expo. Its exhibitions will…

Yesterday, Bustler reported about the AIA Seattle 2009 Honor Awards that were presented to Washington State’s most outstanding architects and design teams earlier this week. One of the award winners that received the Citation Award in the ‘Envisioned’ category was a team comprised of Seattle-based firms…

It’s been almost one year ago, since the Commissioner General of the German Expo Pavilion, Dietmar Schmitz, signed the EXPO 2010 Shanghai participation contract between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Chinese organizers. The official ceremony was followed by a press conference, at which the German delegation presented the…

Foster + Partners’ design for the UAE pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo has broken ground. Drawing inspiration from the form of a sand dune, the pavilion is a reference to this symbolic feature of the desert landscape shared by each of the seven emirates.

Yesterday, Bustler announced that the proposal by SPAN & Zeytinoglu has won the architectural competition for the design of the Austrian Pavilion at the Shanghai EXPO 2010. Here’s another noteworthy entry by Vienna-based studio Architects Collective that made it into the round of finalists.…

On March 25, Singapore unveiled the theme and design of the Singapore Pavilion for World Expo Shanghai 2010. The winning design “Urban Symphony” pays tribute to Singapore symbolizing its harmony of culture, progress and sustainability. Following the call for design submissions last year,

Singapore-based design firm Design Act was a finalist in the competition for the World Expo 2010 Singapore Pavilion organized by the Singapore Tourism Board (for the winning pavilion design by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, click here). Titled “MY DREAM, OUR VISION”, Design Act’s…

Here’s another exciting design that made it into the round of finalists for the Singapore 2010 World Expo Pavilion, this time by Ministry of Design (MOD) (for the winning pavilion design by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, click here). The title of the MOD…

Christine St-Pierre, Quebec’s Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, today announced the classification of Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada as a historic monument. Units 1011 and 1012, which are owned by architect and designer Moshe Safdie, were also classified. Mr. Safdie was present at…

London-based Plasma Studio has won the first prize in the competition for the International Horticultural Fair in Xi’an, China. The project comprises of the redevelopment of a large area between the airport and the ancient city center of Xi’an, known as the home of the Terra Cotta…