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,…

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently announced the winners of the 2009 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence have been presented across the country with 103 buildings in the UK and Europe winning awards (97 in the UK and six in the rest of the EU). The…

The RIBA Journal, the magazine of the Royal Institute of British Architects, invites the public to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the RIBA and vote on the best of the best! Crystal Palace, south London by Paxton and…

Tent London and The Lightbox today announced that The Art Fund Pavilion 2009 will be designed by Brooklyn-based Tina Manis Associates. To see all shortlisted competition entries, click here.

Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA today released a first rendering of their design for the 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London’s Hyde Park. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA SANAA:…

Commissioned by the global networking company Cisco to investigate how ‘connected’ the British public feel to their local communities, the ‘Urban 2020’ survey found that 87 per cent of the respondents believe that it’s the people that live there that make a community, while 64 per cent also believe it’s…

Tent London and The Lightbox just announced the shortlist for The Art Fund Pavilion architecture competition. The competition received an overwhelming level of interest with over 600 entries from 52 countries, including Columbia, Georgia and Iran. Applicants were asked to design a…

Six leading teams of architects have been shortlisted to develop their ideas for a brand new public square for London at King’s Cross station. Bigger than Leicester Square, the new square at King’s Cross station is one of the most important schemes of its kind for the capital, giving London…

One of the last remaining blights of 1960s London is set for regeneration following the selection of DSDHA as the design team for the Waterloo City Square scheme. Fighting off competition from Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and EDAW, DSDHA has been selected to rethink the ugly and inaccessible street…

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announced that four architectural firms have been selected for the final phase of the design competition for the new United States Embassy in London. The four firms, KieranTimberlake; Morphosis Architects; PEI Cobb Freed & Partners; and Richard Meier &…