A team led by planning, design and engineering firm AECOM has won an international competition for a concept design and feasibility study for Seoul Grand Park in Korea. The winning entry, Gaia: The Living World, envisions an integrated entertainment and educational experience that revitalizes the urban realm and…

The next 40 years will see rapid urbanization and migration from country to city life. With the world’s mega cities (pop. +10mil) set to increase to 60 by the year 2050, and 75% of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by the same time – how can…

ResilientCity.org just announced the winners of their design ideas competition that hopes to stimulate new ideas about the way we plan cities and design buildings. The competition resulted in more than 50 inquiries and 22 formal entries received from around the globe, including proposals centered on…

The winners of Reburbia, the Suburban Design Competition, have just been announced today (see also previously Bustler). The competition, sponsored jointly by Dwell and Inhabitat.com, called for design solutions that would address the problems that plague…

The winners of Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence and innovation in urban design were announced at the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra on Tuesday, August 11. The Australia Award for Urban Design highlights the best of design in the built environment and acknowledges the critical role of good urban design…

The municipality of Helsingborg, Sweden, chose Schønherr Landscape and ADEPT Architects (both from Denmark) as winners of the planning competition of the 100Ha site of H+ in Helsingborg. The competition was invited and included: White architects AB (Sweden), KCAP Architects & planers (the…