Boston-based research and design firm PRAUD have shared with us their competition entry for the Prime Minister's Official Residence of Korea. The proposal for this structure in Sejong Special Autonomous City right outside of Seoul was a collaboration with Sunghyun Architects, landscape architects were Lee Yoon-joo and…

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's entry 'Open Parliament of Albania' in Tirana has won the First Prize. The concept incorporates fundamental democratic values such as openness, transparency and public co-determination. The building, located on a site area with approximately 28,000 m², is going to be the first project in Albania…

The United States General Service Administration recently recognized the best in public architecture and civilian federal workplaces at the 2010 GSA Design Awards in Washington, D.C. This year’s 11 award winners showcase the federal government’s commitment to cutting-edge architectural design and its focus on sustainability.

It is always nice to see that our Federal Government does not only care about the state of our economy or the state of this war but also, the state of design.  The National Design Awards is a program that was developed by the White House Millenium Council to…

Norwegian practice a-lab has been awarded first prize in the competition for two border stations between Norway and Russia. The six existing border stations shall be merged into two bigger stations with a complex program. The challenge has been to design a building where work and private life…

The proposal for the new Embassy of the Czech Republik in Washington, DC by Prague-based Chalupa Architekti has been awarded the first prize. Design collaborators for this entry were Adam Gebrian, Petr Babak / Laborator, Zdenek Sendler, Vit Musil + Radim Petruska / miss3.

The design of a new Government Complex of Chung-Nam Province - one of the nine South Korean provinces – re-imagines the idea, image and functions of an institutional building and government center.  The design reconciles two opposing concepts: 1. BUILDING vs. NATURE and 2. GOVERNMENT vs. CIVIC.  By blurring the…

The foundation Design Den Haag invites German designers and architects to send in projects that are commissioned by the German government. Projects concerning design for public space, visual communication and architecture will be placed on Design Den Haag’s website. Design Den Haag 2010-2018 researches the relation between…

Exemplary work in public design took center stage these days as the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) honored 18 projects at its biennial Design Awards ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. “These projects represent the best of the best of GSA’s work for its federal agency customers…