British practice Smeeden Foreman, working in collaboration with Seven Architecture, Arup, and Davis Langdon, have won the competition to regenerate the seafront zone of Redcar, a seaside resort in England’s North East.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently announced the winners of the London Bridge 800 Ideas Competition: 1st Prize – Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods, London Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods, London 2nd Prize – Lawrence Friesen, GenGeo, Ilona Hay, London

From dawn til dusk on Saturday, July 25, artists Heather and Ivan Morison led a crew of volunteers to build a remarkable temporary public artwork in Victoria Park in Bristol, UK. The pavilion-like timber structure, The Black Cloud, was commissioned by Situations at…

A pioneering health center in London, an imposing winery in Spain, an elegant museum in Denmark and a mixed-use scheme residential scheme contributing to the regeneration of Liverpool are among the six building projects which have made it onto this year’s shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 in association…

The National Stadium in Beijing - nicknamed ‘the bird’s nest’ - by Herzog & de Meuron, with the China Architectural Design and research Group, Arup Sport and Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong, and artist Ai Wei Wei, has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious Lubetkin Prize…

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…

Jan Kaplický, who passed away earlier this year aged 71, was the Czech architect responsible for some of the most remarkable buildings that Britain has ever seen. The exhibition “Remembering Jan Kaplický - Architect of the Future” at the Design…

Back in March, the first rendering of the 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London was released (Bustler reported). This morning, the press viewing took place for this temporary structure, designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA. The

If you’re in Manchester, England this Summer, don’t miss the opportunity to experience an absolutely spectacular cultural highlight: the solo works of Johann Sebastian Bach performed in an extraordinary new chamber music hall designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The chamber music hall has been installed within Manchester Art Gallery…

Irish architecture firm O’Donnell & Tuomey has won the RIBA-organized design contest for a new $35.6 million student center at the London School of Economics.