And here's another entry to the international competiton for a hotel residence at ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, in the Atacama Desert, in the foothills of the Chilean Andes. This proposal here, we received from Paris-based LAN Architecture who collaborated with German structural engineers…

Finnish architects Kouvo & Partanen have just recently been chosen to design a hotel residence for the astronomers, engineers, and other observatory staff working at ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. At 2,900 meters above sea level, the hotel residence will be built at the…

The winners of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from across Latin America have just been announced. A total of USD 300,000 was presented to eleven outstanding projects at a ceremony in Buenos Aires. The winning projects mainly address the challenges of intensified…

Somatic Collaborative, an architectural practice based out of New York City and Quito, Ecuador, has shared with us their proposal "Plaza República - a new fine grain open space" to a national competition for Quito's urban renewal. The design team included Felipe Correa, Anthony Acciavatti, Andrew S.…

In the competition for the Olympic Port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the winning entries have been announced.  Sponsored by the City Government through the Instituto Pereira Passos, organized by the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the Institute of Architects of Brazil, and supported by…

Today, the five winning designs of "Kay e Sante nan Ayiti" (Creole for Housing and Health in Haiti) were announced. Organized by ARCHIVE (Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments), the open-innovation design competition aims to demonstrate the importance of health considerations in housing.  Of course, today also…

Snøhetta was recently selected by the University of Guadalajara as the winner of the competition to design the new Museum of Environmental Science. Other firms shortlisted for this project were Shigeru Ban (Japan), Diller Scofidio + Renfro (United States), Smiljan Radic (Chile),…

Architects Jose Herrasti and Maria Fernanda Oppermann Bento have shared with us their design proposal for the MUMA Museum of the Environment expansion in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. The exciting concept draws its main inspiration from the shape of the roots of the Botanical Garden 'Walking' Tree. …

Olympic Games are always a terrific occasion to flex the architectural muscles beyond your every-day-joe-schmo assignment. For the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Swiss studio RAFAA flexed quite a bit and propose the competition entry “Solar City Tower” that—packed with solar panels and sustainable features—wants…

Mexico City-based RVdG arquitectura + urbanismo sent us their recent project that we’re excited to publish: “THINKING BEYOND THE SATION”, SUBURBAN TRAIN IN AGUASCALIENTES CITY, MEXICO. The concept recently had an international response being awarded as the category winner ‘Future Projects / Infrastructure’ at…