With almost 50 entries from 16 countries, the 2009 Copper in Architecture Awards revealed an exceptional diversity of projects – many not yet published – representing some of the very best in contemporary European architecture. Copper in Architecture sponsors and organizes the biennial European Copper in Architecture Awards which recognize…

Construction work has begun on the auditorium and congress center “Paisaje telurico” in Morro Jable, in the Pájara municipality of Fuerteventura, the Canary Islands, Spain. The center, organically flowing with the rock formations near the beach, has been a 1st prize competition win for Spanish architecture practice

Lord Foster is to be the 29th laureate of the prestigious Prince of Asturias award for the Arts, it was announced today and will be formally presented with the prize at…

The team formed by Jon Montero and Naiara Montero has recently won the International Competition for the Architectural Renovation of Tabakalera, located in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian, the capital of the Gipuzkoa territory, in the Basque Country, next to the border between Spain and France.

The Nicolai project, carried out by Kristine Jensen in Kolding (Denmark), was recently presented with the fifth Rosa Barba European Landscape Award. The project was to transform the former Nicolai educational center (1890-1930) in the city of Kolding into a multidisciplinary cultural space to be used for activities related to…

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…

It’s Day 2 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain, and the winners of the World Architecture Festival Awards have just been announced. Previously headed by Lord Norman Foster, the international judging panels, comprised of architects, allied professionals, clients and critics, decided on the…

A Polish-Spanish consortium has won the competition for the new New Lublin International Airport in Poland. The program foresees a massive airport renovation and expansion with an administrative building, control tower, and a 17,345 m2 terminal. The winning consortium consists of…

224 buildings from 43 countries have made it on to the first ever World Architecture Festival Awards shortlist. Every single shortlisted project in the Awards will be presented live at the Festival taking place in Barcelona this fall, October 22-24 (see this event in the