Grafton Architects’ new faculty building for the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan has become the first World Building of the Year at the inaugural World Architecture Festival. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Festival director Paul Finch described the building as ‘a totally 3d piece of…

The city of Wroclaw, Poland, recently announced the winning proposal of an international competition for the architectural design of a contemporary art museum building. The winning team is NIZIO Design International, represented by Miroslaw Nizio (Warsaw,…

Accordia in Cambridge designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, and Macreanor Lavington has won the 13th RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects’ Journal. The judges commented: “This is high density housing at its very best, demonstrating that volume house-builders can deliver high quality architecture –…

The Taekwondo Promotion Foundation is promoting to build The Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea. 70 million athletes from 188 member nations are expected to come to Muju to train and be a representative of this Korean cultural brand. The Taekwondo Park Master Plan International Competition recently announced New York…

NEX, with engineering support from AKT, has won an open international design competition for a bridge across the River Dodder in central Dublin. The pedestrian bridge is being commissioned by the Mountbrook Group as part of their major redevelopment of the site of the existing Jury’s/Berkeley Court Hotels in Ballsbridge,…

Florian Beigel and Philip Christou’s Architecture Research Unit (ARU) at London Metropolitan University is one of 3 equal winners of the Saemangeum international urban design competition in Korea. The Architecture Research Unit, under the direction of Prof. Florian Beigel, was 1 of 7 international design research teams selected to participate…

The Google SketchUp and Dwell.com Design Your Dwelling contest just announced the grand prize winner: Out of almost 150 impressive entries, North Carolina-based Drew Wilgus has emerged the victor. Wilgus’ considered design stood out for its sustainable elements, integration into the local landscape, keen material use, and striking aesthetic.