The winners of Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence and innovation in urban design were announced at the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra on Tuesday, August 11. The Australia Award for Urban Design highlights the best of design in the built environment and acknowledges the critical role of good urban design…

Our friends at Inhabitat just announced the Top 20 finalists of the Reburbia design competition to revitalize the suburbs. Reburbia invited architects, urban designers, renegade planners and imaginative engineers to design future-proof spaces and systems using the suburban structures of the present, from small-scale…

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…

On Thursday, July 16, the mayor of Korça, Albania and the international jury pronounced German architecture firm BOLLES+WILSON winner of the competition for the new Korça City Center Master Plan. The international two-stage competition was decided in favor of the Münster-based office for its concept of “Scenographic Urbanism”,…

The Steering Committee for the A2 Maastricht project in Maastricht, Netherlands recently announced that the project will be carried out by the Avenue2 Consortium, which consists of Ballast Nedam and Strukton. The decision to award the contract to Avenue2 also signals the approval of the Groene Loper (Green Boulevard) plan.…

The design concept “Jakarta Bersih!” by Dutch firm Nunc Architects has won the first prize in the international architectural and urban design competition “Gotong Royong City: Envisioning the Future of Jakarta”. The competition was hosted by the International…

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in collaboration with Shenzhen-based architects Urbanus, has been awarded first prize in the design competition for a major new cultural center, transport hub, and public landmark in the heart of the city of Shenzhen, southern China.…

The first Re-Inventcities competition recently announced the three winning concepts. The competition is dedicated to (re) think the basics physical and social structures of the cities on the contemporary scenario. Re-Inventcities asked to be understood as an urban-theoretical project seeking to promote the discussion about contemporary landscape…

With urban density expected to soar over the next 100 years, what will the future city look and feel like for its inhabitants?  Across the street from City Hall in downtown Dallas, a neglected parking lot spanning one square block will soon be transformed into one of the world’s most…

The municipality of Helsingborg, Sweden, chose Schønherr Landscape and ADEPT Architects (both from Denmark) as winners of the planning competition of the 100Ha site of H+ in Helsingborg. The competition was invited and included: White architects AB (Sweden), KCAP Architects & planers (the…