Our friends at Wallpaper* today announced the winners of their 2011 Design Awards program. The annual award series honors exceptional design in eleven different disciplines, spanning from fashion design over architecture to industrial design. This year's panel of judges hosts big names like Pharrell Williams, Mario Bellini,…

The interior design of the new Mandarin Oriental Hotel Barcelona, by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, recently helped the hotel win the title "Best Hotel Project of 2010" by Interior Design Magazine. Architects of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's latest luxury offspring were Carlos Ferrater and Juan…

Henn Architects have won second prize in an international competition to design the new South West Hotel in Beijing, China. The proposal was designed by Henn Architects Design & Research Studio HENNStudioB.

RRA and teams project “Sjørdarnsjenerøs” wins the invited design competition for the New Regional Cultural Center of Stjørdal, Norway. The Jury was unanimous in selecting the project as a winner. The planned program includes a concert hall, cinema, library, hotel and church with proposed completion by 2013.

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design a 54,000m2 concert, congress and hotel complex in Malmö, Sweden. The competition, where firms like Snøhetta, Baumschlager Eberle and Daniel Libeskind participated, also included the development of additionally 35,000m2 for housing and commercial use. This…

Just one week after winning the design of the new permanent premises for the International Criminal Court in The Hague (previously on Bustler), schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL) wins the architectural competition to design an approx. 40,000 m2 5-star hotel…

Danish schmidt hammer lassen architects have won a competition for a Congress and Hotel Center on the central harbor front of Helsingborg in Sweden, which is a 15-minute ferry trip from Elsinore in Denmark. The property development competition was won in conjunction with Swedish developer…

Wallpaper* just published the winners of their 2010 Design Awards. Entries come from every possible part of the design field, from architecture to fashion design to industrial design, and were awarded in 66 respective categories. A panel of judges, including icons like architect Steven Holl, fashion designer John…

Mashhad—home to the shrine of the 8th Imam of Shiites—is one of the most significant religious sites in Iran. It attracts many more visitors than the holy city of Mecca; almost 10 times as many per year. Given the economic and political power of the religious authorities in Iran, as…

Yesterday, UNStudio was selected in the competition for a 110 meter tall hotel tower in Frankfurt, Germany. From the six projects presented, the jury, chaired by Prof. Johann Eisele, chose the designs by UNStudio - Ben van Berkel (Amsterdam), and Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (New York) and recommended proceeding…