Today, the names of the new Praemium Imperiale Laureates were announced in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, New York and Tokyo. The 5 recipients in their respective fields are Ricardo Legorreta (Architecture, Mexico), Anish Kapoor (Sculpture, UK), Bill Viola (Painting, USA), Seiji Ozawa (Music, Japan), and Judi Dench…

Vancouver-based design and production studio molo has shared with us their project Nebuta House (ねぶたの家 ワ・ラッセ), a museum and center for creative culture in the Northern Japanese city of Aomori. In 2002, molo partners Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen won an international architecture competition for their design…

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network just announced the results of its ‘Help Japan’ competitions, a multi-faceted effort to support Japan and help provide relief to the disaster areas at different stages of the recovery process. Two product competitions, based on the design of a greeting card…

Winning entries of the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2010 have recently been announced. This round of the annual competition was judged by SANAA-partner Ryue Nishizawa under the theme "A New Spirit", asking designers to envision a new residential architecture that is based on the here and now,…

Japanese architect and Metabolists charter member Fumihiko Maki has been announced recipient of the American Institute of Architects 2011 Gold Medal.

Today, the Japan Art Association named the 2010 Praemium Imperiale Laureates. The winners of this year's prestigious Praemium Imperiale arts awards are Toyo Ito (Architecture, Japan) , Sophia Loren (Theater/Film, Italy), Enrico Castellani (Painting, Italy), Rebecca Horn (Sculpture, Germany), and Maurizio Pollini (Music, Italy).

The Stephan Jaklitsch-designed Marc Jacobs Collection flagship store, scheduled to open late this year, has won an Award of Excellence from the New York chapter of the AIA.

MoNo was selected as one of exhibitors for the 5th FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE,  and as the only team outside Western area this year, becoming the first winner from Asia in this competition. For 4 days, from June 17th, MoNo exhibited “UKIGUMO - floating clouds” in…

A Japanese team of star architects – Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop – is the winner of the architectural competition launched by the Zurich Airport for “The Circle”. The project involves an upscale complex for innovative services within walking distance of…

British Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture by the Japan Art Association. “It is indeed an honor to receive this recognition from the Japan Art Association.” said Hadid. “Working in Japan has been critical to the development of my work around the…