The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) just announced the winners of its Rising Tides competition. Six winners will share a total prize of $25,000. The selection of six winners was an unexpected twist in announcing the competition results and illustrated just how many…

The Seasteading Institute has crowned the winners in its first Seasteading Architectural Design Contest. The Contest, which ran from February 1st to May 1st, invited participants to design the floating city of their dreams. The winning design was awarded a $1000 grand prize, and there were…

Students of the University of Cincinnati are participating in a rather unusual competition: designs from their studio ‘Extreme Environments’ which explored chances and challenges of underwater architecture were submitted to France’s Archipelaego competition in an effort to win the Jacques Rougerie Architecture of the Sea Award.

‘Transformational’ Fountain Sparked New Era of Water Feature Design WASHINGTON, April 29 The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that the Tanner Fountain at Harvard University will receive the 2008 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meeting on October 6 in…

Architect and Professor Eric Olsen Wins 2008 Metropolis Next Generation® Design Prize San Francisco, May 2, 2008 A Bay Area architect and professor at the California College of Arts has been chosen as this year’s winner of the prestigious Metropolis Next Generation® Design Prize.