Two years after holding an international architectural competition that saw world renowned designers face off in a public presentation, Calgary's National Music Centre has just revealed the final design by competition winner Allied Works Architecture. National…

Among 64 submissions, a team of Slovenian architects was assigned the 1st prize in the open competition for the kindergarten „Mavrica“ in the small town of Brežice, Slovenia. The municipality of Brežice in cooperation with the Chamber of Architecture and the Spatial Planning of Slovenia had invited applications for…

The United States General Service Administration recently recognized the best in public architecture and civilian federal workplaces at the 2010 GSA Design Awards in Washington, D.C. This year’s 11 award winners showcase the federal government’s commitment to cutting-edge architectural design and its focus on sustainability.

The architectural competition Griffintown Interrupted seeks to revive Montreal’s oldest industrial district through a collective design experiment. Griffintown Interrupted is an open platform for discourse and debate which uses the competition model to create a space for agency, debate and transformation. Architects and designers from 10 countries have come…

Young Danish practices WE ARCHITECTURE and Sophus Søbye Architects have won the first prize in the invited competition Kulturcenter Mariehøj. The proposal for the culture center in Denmark’s Rudersdahl municipality seeks to create open spaces for various activities where interactivity and connections between…

FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architect Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) announced that their competition jury has selected Ann Ha and Behrang Behin’s “Living Pavilion” as…

Just a few more days left to vote for your favorite design at the Athens Bench Mark competition! This international competition called for designers and creative teams to submit designs for new benches throughout Athens, Greece. The contest closed for new submissions on April 6 and is still open for…

The design of a new Government Complex of Chung-Nam Province - one of the nine South Korean provinces – re-imagines the idea, image and functions of an institutional building and government center.  The design reconciles two opposing concepts: 1. BUILDING vs. NATURE and 2. GOVERNMENT vs. CIVIC.  By blurring the…

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organized by six European institutions, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris), The Architecture Foundation (London), the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Rotterdam), the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna)…

Mexico City-based RVdG arquitectura + urbanismo sent us their recent project that we’re excited to publish: “THINKING BEYOND THE SATION”, SUBURBAN TRAIN IN AGUASCALIENTES CITY, MEXICO. The concept recently had an international response being awarded as the category winner ‘Future Projects / Infrastructure’ at…