New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has won the competition for the new Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro‘s postcard beach.

The recipient of the international Spirit Of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2008 is architect José Cruz Ovalle from Chile. Amounting to 40,000 euros, the award is given by the Wood in Culture Association. “José Cruz Ovalle is an…