From March to June 2009, architecture students from Gdansk University of Technology prepared concepts of land development plan for one of the most important places in European post-war history - a promenade called the Road to Freedom, which leads from Solidarity Square to the pier…

Eight teams were recognized yesterday as finalists of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. Finalists submitted designs ranging from an outdoor classroom for children in inner-city Chicago, learning spaces for the children of salt pan workers in India, safe spaces for youth in Bogota,…

In April 2008, 2A Magazine launched “Du(b)ailities: Supra_global_culture / micro_ethnic_localities”, an international architectural competition for students and young architects. Participants were allowed to submit in either one of two or both categories: Category A: Supra_global_culture – large-scale visions Category B: Micro-ethnic-localities…

If you happen to be in Sheffield, England, in the next few weeks, don’t miss to check out the Summer Exhibition 2009 which opens tomorrow, Friday, June 19, at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. After 43 years based in the Arts Tower, the…

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA)’s hotly contested 2009 Australasian Student Design Awards (ASDA) concluded recently, with design students from Australian and New Zealand tertiary institutions submitting their best final year work for judging by some of the industry’s most experienced designers. The…

The MIT Clean Energy Prize has announced that Husk Insulation was selected from more than 100 student entries from 40 colleges and universities across the country to receive the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Grand Prize sponsored by NSTAR and the U.S. Department of Energy. Husk…

In March 2009, Bustler reported on students from Imago Dei Middle School, Tucson, AZ, winning the regional School of the Future Student Design Competition. Now, the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) announced the Imago Dei students as winners of the…

Global design and architecture firm Gensler announced the winners of its first-ever Gensler African-American Internship & Scholarship (GAAINS), a program that recognizes the top emerging talent amongst African-American college students enrolled in NAAB-accredited architecture programs. Rachele Louis, a fourth-year architecture student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was awarded a…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the university teams who won the annual People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) competition. The P3 award competition encourages college students to apply technology in innovative ways to tackle global environmental challenges.  P3 designs must be economically profitable, which is why…

The American Institute of Architecture Students and the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) announce the top six winners of the fourth student design competition. Sponsored by the ICPF and administered by the AIAS, the program will challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of issues related…