Maggie’s Centre, a cancer care sanctuary in west London by Richard Rogers’ practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 in association with The Architects Journal and Crystal CG. This is the second time the…

If you’re in London these days, don’t miss out on some very cool events that the AA is hosting as part of the London Design Festival: The Architectural Association School is showcasing the work of eight award-winning architectural projects which demonstrate the…

If you’re in London this weekend, don’t miss The Termite Pavilion at Pestival, a mobile arts festival examining insect-human interactivity in bioscience, through paradigms of contemporary art, cinema, music and comedy as well as direct scientific demonstration and educational projects.

“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…

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently announced the winners of the London Bridge 800 Ideas Competition: 1st Prize – Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods, London Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods, London 2nd Prize – Lawrence Friesen, GenGeo, Ilona Hay, London

Jan Kaplický, who passed away earlier this year aged 71, was the Czech architect responsible for some of the most remarkable buildings that Britain has ever seen. The exhibition “Remembering Jan Kaplický - Architect of the Future” at the Design…

Back in March, the first rendering of the 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London was released (Bustler reported). This morning, the press viewing took place for this temporary structure, designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA. The

Five outstanding developments have been selected as winners of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Awards for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition. This year, the competition also included the announcement of two special award winners. The Awards for Excellence competition is widely…

Irish architecture firm O’Donnell & Tuomey has won the RIBA-organized design contest for a new $35.6 million student center at the London School of Economics.

Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 by Foster and Partners; The National Stadium, Beijing by Herzog and de Meuron; Watercube, National Swimming Centre, Beijing by PTW Architects; Museum Brandhorst, Munich by sauerbruch hutton; Sean O’Casey Community Centre, Dublin by O’Donnell and Tuomey; and The British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka,…