The 2012 Alvar Aalto Medal was awarded to Portuguese architect Paulo David last night at the World Design Capital Gala in Lahti, Finland. In the view of the jury, David’s architecture forms a convincing synthesis of contemporary and traditional architecture.

Portuguese collective DOSE has sent us images and a fascinating time-lapse video of their project BLUETUBE BAR, a temporary bar to operate at the annual academic festival in Oporto, Portugal, Queima das Fitas. The project won the student competition sponsored by the School of Architecture at…

Eduardo Souto de Moura from Porto, Portugal is the 2011 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the professions highest honor. As a young architect, from 1974 to 1979, the now 58-year-old, worked in Alvaro Siza's office -- Siza having been the Pritzker Prize winner himself in 1992. This makes Moura…

Last November, Living Architecture and Artangel, two of Britain's leading cultural organizations, held a contest open internationally to design a room in the roof of one of London's most prominent buildings for a visitor from the future Olympic Games in 2012. "A Room for London"…

Portuguese practice OODA Architecture have shared with us their fascinating entry to the Taiwan Conceptual Tower International Competition that won the team a Merit Award. The competition called for conceptual designs for "Taiwan Tower", a landmark building in Taichung to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding…

Portuguese practice EXTRASTUDIO, in collaboration with landscape architects Oficina dos Jardins, has won the competition for Tavira’s Island Regeneration, in Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. Launched by Sociedade Polis Litoral Ria Formosa in collaboration with Parque Expo…

The International Competition A HOUSE IN LUANDA: PATIO AND PAVILION, promoted by the Lisbon Architecture Triennale together with Luanda Triennale, with the goal of selecting the best proposal for the conception of a family unit house in Luanda,…

RISCO architects has been awarded first prize in the design competition for Seixal riverside, Portugal. RISCO’s urban design concept seeking to upgrade the Seixal historical core riverside, namely Square May 1, Republic Square and Seixal Garden, stood out because of its simplicity. The spatial concept…

Yesterday, Urban Re:Vision and the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation announced that “Forwarding Dallas” has been selected as the winning design from Re:Vision Dallas, an international design competition. The challenge, to transform a vacant inner-city block behind City Hall into a carbon-neutral community, drew hundreds of entries…

Within its 2009 edition and the theme “It’s About Time”, EXD and Portuguese Galp Energia Foundation invited architects, engineers and all respective firms to design a new infrastructure for Portugal’s capital Lisbon. The open international competition asked for ideas for a new cycling bridge…