German practice HENN ARCHITEKTEN has won the first prize in the international competition to design the new 'Nano-Polis Master Plan' in Suzhou, China. The proposal was designed by HENN ARCHITEKTEN’s Design & Research Studio HENN StudioB.

The board of Danish waste to energy supplier KARA/Noveren recently signed a contract with Dutch Architect Erick van Egeraat for the realization of their new incineration line at Roskilde, Denmark. Erick van Egeraat won the design competition for this incinerator in 2008 with his proposal seeking to…

Longbridge in Birmingham, England once the site of the largest manufacturing plant in the world, could be transformed into a new place for young people through the MyPlace initiative, a multi-million pound government program. The aim of MyPlace is to design, in partnership with the young people who will…

Steelstacks is a dynamic arts, culture and education campus that will be constructed on 4.5 acres of former Bethlehem Steel Corporation land in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The SteelStacks campus is envisioned as a premier destination for people of all ages to experience the visual, musical and performing arts, all…

The winning designs of the suckerPUNCH-curated Lavender Lake Art Factory competition have recently been announced. The international competition asked architects to submit concepts for an ‘art factory’ at the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York that will contain private/shared art studios, a storefront gallery/bar, analog/digital…

The competition to regenerate a former industrial area in the North Italian city of Modena into a mixed-use public space has been won by a conglomerate of the firms Modostudio, CCDP, and Studio Cattinari. The site will host the new DAST, the city’s center for design, art, science and technology.…