Six leading teams of architects have been shortlisted to develop their ideas for a brand new public square for London at King’s Cross station. Bigger than Leicester Square, the new square at King’s Cross station is one of the most important schemes of its kind for the capital, giving London…

Just a few days ago, we reported on drdharchitects’s winning proposal in the international competition to design a new library and concert hall in Bodø, Norway. Here is another exciting proposal for Bodø‘s new cultural center that made it into the shortlist, by London-based

The Daniel Libeskind-designed Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, England is seeking the public’s view on the five landscape design proposals on display for developing its outside areas.  The finalists are KLA (UK), White Arkitekter AB (Sweden), Patel Taylor (UK), Topotek 1 (Germany), and Field Operations (USA).

A prestigious panel of judges met on Thursday, February 10, to choose, from a long list of 30 designs, the six projects that will compete to win the title of WAN House of the Year 2008. The standard for 2008 was so high as to require an extension of the…

The Ordre des architectes du Québec announces the 43 finalists for the 2009 Awards of Excellence in Architecture: architecture that bears witness to eco-responsible acts and a community of architects who put their hearts into action. Thirty years after the first Awards of Excellence in Architecture were handed out, the…

For the fourth consecutive year in Languedoc Roussillon, France, lively architecture will penetrate and appropriate themselves courtyards of private mansions of downtown Montpellier. Ten teams were selected by a jury composed of architects, journalists, and participants from the past edition of the Festival of…

The University of Northampton has shortlisted entries for the first stage of a design competition for teams to ‘master plan’ future developments at its 14.5-acre Avenue Campus on St George’s Avenue in Northampton. A panel of judges and University representatives met recently to assess 33 entries. Entries were received from…

The Design Museum, Don’t Panic and Flickr launched the Your Design City project back in October. The final 20 photographs will be on display at the Design Museum in London between January 6th through 11th, 2009. There will also be an…

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announced the jury and nine architectural firms that have been invited to participate in the second phase of the design competition for the new U.S. Embassy in London. The jury, led by Competition Manager Donald J. Stastney and comprised of…

The Taipei Performing Arts Center International Competition recently announced three shortlisted proposals, as well as four honorable mentions. Shortlisted Submissions:Number: 54, Tenderer: Morphosis Architects / Thom Mayne Nationality: USANumber: 71, Tenderer: Jose Ignacio ABALOS Nationality: SpainJoint Tenderer: Renata Sentkiewicz Nationality: Spain (ABALOS+SENTKIEWICZ ARQUITECTOS)Number: 99, Tenderer: Office for Metropolitan Architecture(OMA) STEDEBOUW…