Austin, Texas - This week, the Austin City Council selected a team to design the new Central Library located on the site of the Seaholm Substation plot at 704 W. Cesar Chavez Street. The chosen design team is Lake|Flato Architects and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott.

On the initiative of President Victor Yushchenko, “Mystetskyj Arsenal Cultural-Art and Museum Complex,” a central cultural district consisting of several new and existing buildings, will be established in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in the next few years. An international competition was conducted to select both, an urban master plan…

Recipient known as distinguished educator The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) named Adèle Naudé Santos, FAIA, as the 2009 recipient of the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. The AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion honors an individual who has…

Firm noted for its commitment to sustainable design The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors (BOD) voted today for Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects to receive the 2009 AIA Architecture Firm Award. The distinction is based on its 35 years of consistently excellent work, including its seamless blending…

65th Recipient of AIA’s highest honor is noted for his sustainable style The AIA Board of Directors voted today to award the 2009 AIA Gold Medal to Australian architect Glenn Marcus Murcutt, Hon. FAIA. Murcutt was recognized by the AIA Board in large part for the depth of his…

The Daewoo Consortium and the municipality of Gwanggyo announced the MVRDV concept design for a dense city centre winner of the developer’s competition for the future new town of Gwanggyo, located 35km south of the Korean capital Seoul. The plan consists of a series of overgrown hill shaped buildings with…

Slovenia-based OFIS Arhitekti have won the first prize in the invited competition for a student dormitory in Paris’ Route des Petits Ponts. The project had to deal with an odd-shaped site, tight completion deadlines, accessibility for handicapped people, and high demands in sustainability due to the…

Martha Schwartz Partners Ltd has won an international design competition to provide the public realm and landscape design for Henning Larsen Architects-designed Massar Children’s Discovery Centre and public park in Damascus, Syria. Massar Children’s Discovery Centre and public park in Damascus, Syria…

London-based Metropolitan Workshop has won a closed competition for the new Museum of Conflict in Tripoli, Libya.  The museum will house permanent and special exhibitions on Libya’s unique history, telling the story of campaigns and conflicts that have shaped the country from colonial power to independent…

(Los Angeles, California - November 24, 2008) - The AIA’s California Council presented an Honor Award for Urban Design to Culver-City, California-based ah’bé landscape architects for its streetscape for “South,” the first new high-rise residential development in downtown Los Angeles in 23 years and a key part of its revitalization.…