New York-based d3 just announced the winners of the Natural Systems competition for 2009. The program, developed by co-directors Gregory Marinic and Mary-Jo Schlachter, promotes investigation of natural systems from microscopic to universal toward determining new architectonic strategies. The competition invited architects, designers, engineers, and students to collectively…

The Andes Sprouts Society competition just announced the jury vote results with 3 finalist projects and 6 honorable mentions for the AS society design/build project (previously on Bustler: First Entries | Shortlist) Finalists G TECTS (image below, board)…

New York-based Asymptote Architecture nears completion of The Yas Hotel project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Yas Hotel is a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex now under construction by Aldar Properties PJSC. Asymptote was awarded the commission to design the buildings and environs from a closed competition two years…

Florida Southern College’s long-hidden treasure trove of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings—the largest single-site collection of the architect’s work in the world—is ready for a new dawn.  Known collectively as “Child of the Sun,” the 12 structures will be featured in the upcoming exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in…

The Andes Sprouts Society competition, asking for proposals for sustainable studio/living units at ASsociety’s meadow farmland in New York’s Delaware county, has unveiled the official shortlist. The jury selected 23 entries to continue on for further juror discussion. After the final discussion, three finalists and honorable mentions will…

Five past ADC Young Guns winners – three “veterans” and two newcomers – will be featured in the first pair of four upcoming Backstory | ADC Young Guns Live events.  The lecture series ties in with the current ADC Young Guns 7 competition for creatives…

President Obama’s stimulus package has the country thinking “infrastructure” with a focus on urban environments and mass transit. Although these projects are not shovel ready, some students graduating from New York’s School of Visual Arts have designed transportation centers that enhance travel coast to coast.…

The exhibition In Situ: Architecture and Landscape draws from the rich collection of The Museum of Modern Art to examine the diverse attitudes towards landscape over the last 100 years. Featuring approximately 60 drawings, models, and videos, projects include single houses that frame the…

The Art Directors Club will announce this year’s award winners at the ADC 88th Annual Awards Gala on Thursday evening, April 30, 2009 at the ADC Gallery in New York. Winners in the Advertising, Design, Interactive, ADC Design Sphere…

Last week, Bustler reported on the winners of the international competition for the new Munch Area in Oslo’s waterfront neighborhood Bjørvika. The proposal “Yin Yang” by New York-based architecture firm REX won the second prize in this competition (together with the proposal “Girls on the Bridge”…