The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week awarded more than $1 million in grants to 14 college teams across the country who participated in the 6th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The P3 award…

The University of California, Berkeley announced yesterday the selection of three architecture firms to submit design concepts for the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA). The three firms chosen from a field of ten are

On Friday April 9 2010 the 2010 Cavin Family Traveling Fellowship was awarded to Garrett van Leeuwen.  Runner up was awarded to Ruth Oh. Garrett van Leeuwen is a 2009 5-year Bachelor of Architecture graduate from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Garret’s entry was…

A team of students representing North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill has won the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition with a…

Weifeng Victoria Lee (Photo: MIT)Architecture student Weifeng Victoria Lee, MIT alumna ’06 MArch ’10, has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar for 2010. Lee is the only scholar in the field of Architecture among…

Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy today announced the selection of Zeidler Partnership Architects of Toronto in association with Snøhetta of Oslo, Norway and New York City as the co-architects for Ryerson’s new Student Learning Center (SLC). “We are very pleased…

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture in collaboration with Leigh & Orange Architects has won the competition for the new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education in the New Territories in Hong Kong. The campus will give Chu Hai…

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), an international cultural and scientific center for conservation, recently held the ground breaking ceremony for its $48 million, 69,000-square-foot facility, which will be located adjacent to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.

BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and a team of consultants have won the largest ever commission on the Faroe Islands for a 19,200 m2 Education Center in Torshavn. In collaboration with Fuglark, Lemming & Eriksson, Sámal Johannesen, Martin E. Leo and…

The Board of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) named Michael Graves, FAIA, as 2010 recipient of the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. The AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to…