Berlin-based architecture studio SMAQ, in collaboration with HL landscape architects, has won the international competition for the re-de­sign of the historical port area in Magde­burg, Germany.

Global materials consultancy Material ConneXion announced last week the launch of its first annual MEDIUM Award for Material of the Year, naming UK-based company Concrete Canvas’ Concrete Cloth as the inaugural winner.

The jury for the Upjohn Research Initiative, a joint program of the College of Fellows and the Board Knowledge Committee to support knowledge sharing between practitioners and academicians, has announced the four projects selected to receive grants. The purpose of this grant is to provide base funds for applied research…

Seven projects have been named winners of the 2009 Great Places Awards. The Great Places Awards reflect the related missions of the program’s sponsors: Places, the Environmental Design Research Association, and Metropolis magazine. Design Awards (for completed projects that demonstrate excellence as human environments) were given to: The Norwegian National…

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for entries for this year’s RIBA President’s Awards for Research. The deadline for submissions is 15 June 2009. This is the fourth year of the awards, which are presented annually to reward and encourage outstanding research in architecture. Entries are invited…

Rafael Viñoly Architects (RVA) just announced the award of four independent Research Fellowships for 2009. The global call for entries saw over 180 proposals from 39 countries with a wide approach to the suggested general theme: how architecture can better meet the needs of communities…

The San Francisco office of Perkins+Will, winner of an international design competition for the project, has been retained by Singapore’s National Research Foundation to design ‘CREATE’ (Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise), a precedent-setting, 650,000 sq. ft. scientific research center to be located at the National University of Singapore’s…