Danish architects BIG, in collaboration with British structural and civil engineering firm AKT, Swedish consultant Tyréns and German climate engineers Transsolar have just been awarded first place in a design competition in Malmø, Sweden for a 100,000 m2 first of its kind…

The five plans which have been nominated by the jury of the Ymere NAI idea competition 2009, are announced in New York. This year’s competition, ‘Open Fort 400’, which is jointly organized by the Ymere Housing Corporation and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in close collaboration…

In June 2009, OLIAROS, a young Greek property development company, issued a call for architects up to 35 years old to submit proposals for the design and construction of a model, affordable student housing complex in Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio (KM), an…

“Common Houses”, the design entry by Jude Barber and Phil Zoechbauer of Glasgow-based Collective Architecture, has recently been announced winner of the Common of Houses Competition. This British competition, open to all designers, asked to come up with creative (and sometimes…

Porto, Portugal-based Impromptu Arquitectos, together with their British partner Sergison Bates, have won the “Make Me a Home” competition to design the family homes at Tees Valley Regeneration’s flagship scheme on North Shore in Stockton-on-Tees, England. Developers Urban Splash…

New Orleans-based Billes Architecture selected some of the top design schools in North America to participate in a student competition for new home designs for the Gulf Coast of the United States. The original designs had to be contemporary, innovative, and sustainable. The entries came in on…

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the 17 recipients of the 2009 Housing Awards. The AIA’s Housing Awards Program, now in its ninth year, was established to recognize the best in housing design and promote the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for…

In 2007, eight designers were asked to submit two designs for an international competition for Zero Energy Housing, on six sites in the middle of Sentul Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From sixteen designs six designs were chosen to be constructed. The project is envisaged as one of the the…

The winners for Andes Sprouts Society’s call for entries have yet to be announced (extended submission period ended February 28), but here’s a preview of some of the most exciting proposals for sustainable studio/living units at ASsociety’s meadow farmland in New…

Peter Barber Architects, with Places for People Developments, have been announced as winners of a high profile competition run by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to design a high density urban quarter of 68 homes in Goldhawk Road, London. Goldhawk…