The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has announced that seven architectural practices have been invited to submit proposals for the Museum’s Exhibition Road development. The shortlisted companies are: Amanda Levete Architects (London) Heneghan.peng.architects (Dublin) Jamie…

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…

Today, the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition unveiled its five finalist designs for a next generation wildlife crossing at West Vail Pass, Colorado. The competition is intended to solve the problem of ensuring safe travel for humans and wildlife. Collisions between vehicles and wildlife have increased by…

The shortlist for the new V&A at Dundee building has been unveiled today. The six shortlisted firms are Snøhetta, Steven Holl, REX, Kengo Kuma, Delugan Meissl and Sutherland Hussey. The V&A at Dundee is looking…

Landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and a multidisciplinary team introduced as experts in “urban renewal, preservation, commemoration, social connections and ecological restoration” have been picked for the planning phase of The City+The Arch+The River 2015 International Design Competition.

The finalists of the International Highrise Award have recently been selected: In Frankfurt/Main, Germany, an international jury of architects, engineers and property specialists chose five projects for the final shortlist. They will compete for the award and EUR 50,000 in prize money, which is bestowed by the…

In St. Louis, Missouri, the CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation and the National Park Service opened an exhibition today that showcases the design concepts of the five finalist teams of The City+The Arch+The River 2015 International Design Competition. The exhibit, in the Arch Lobby, will…

Design engineers from 18 countries have entered projects for this year’s James Dyson Award. A panel of judges has already shortlisted the finalists for each country, and the international shortlist will be announced soon. You can get involved by rating each of the finalist entries on the

The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today by the Master Jury. The nominees, which range from a textile factory in Turkey to a school built on a bridge in China, are located in Albania, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, India,…

Five teams have been selected to advance to the design phase of the international competition to reinvigorate the area around the Gateway Arch and connect it to downtown St. Louis, the Mississippi River and the Illinois bank, it was announced on April 7 (