New York-based d3 just announced the winners of the Natural Systems competition for 2009. The program, developed by co-directors Gregory Marinic and Mary-Jo Schlachter, promotes investigation of natural systems from microscopic to universal toward determining new architectonic strategies. The competition invited architects, designers, engineers, and students to collectively…

“Sustainable Personal Mobility and Mobility-on-Demand Systems (SPM/MoD)”, submitted by an interdisciplinary team of students at MIT has been selected as the winner of the prestigious 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The team will receive a $100,000 prize at…

In 2007, eight designers were asked to submit two designs for an international competition for Zero Energy Housing, on six sites in the middle of Sentul Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From sixteen designs six designs were chosen to be constructed. The project is envisaged as one of the the…

The winners for Andes Sprouts Society’s call for entries have yet to be announced (extended submission period ended February 28), but here’s a preview of some of the most exciting proposals for sustainable studio/living units at ASsociety’s meadow farmland in New…

Seven projects have been named winners of the 2009 Great Places Awards. The Great Places Awards reflect the related missions of the program’s sponsors: Places, the Environmental Design Research Association, and Metropolis magazine. Design Awards (for completed projects that demonstrate excellence as human environments) were given to: The Norwegian National…

The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) and the California Council of the American Institute of Architects (CCAIA) honored three LPA designed K-12 schools at their annual conference for school facilities. Hector Godinez High School, Santa Ana, CA Awards of…

At the close of last Friday’s Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City, the jury announced the winners of the Live Greener Gadgets Design Competition. After narrowing the wide field of submissions down to 13 finalists, the judges awarded…

Houston-based Morris Architects took top honors for its two entries to Radical Innovation in Hospitality, an international design competition co-sponsored by the John Hardy Group and Hospitality Design magazine. Projects from around the world were submitted by hospitality brands, designers, and consulting professionals.

Last night, MIT presidential research fellow Neri Oxman was named the winner of the first annual The Earth Awards.  Presented the award by TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair and Datin Azrene Abdullah, Oxman was recognized for her groundbreaking project FAB.REcology, which combines the principals of biomimicking with the design and…

New Delhi, India – The winners of the second Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction from across region Asia Pacific were announced at a ceremony in New Delhi. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to ten projects that show future-oriented and tangible approaches to urban renewal and development, energy…