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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) partners each year with the American Library Association (ALA)/Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) to recognize the best in library architecture and design. The [...]

BLANTON, PA--Rasmussen/Su Architects of Philadelphia, PA has been awarded the grand prize in BlueStar's annual design competition. This contest recognizes designers, architects, builders and remodelers from across the country and [...]

Issues concerning the characteristics of the architectural competition taking place in Scandinavia in 2001 are discussed. Particular attention is given to the exhibition's location, namely The Nordic Watercolor Museum in Sweden and to the winners Niels Bruun & Henrik Corfitsen

Grassroots and glamorous visions of Manhattan's last frontier. Late last year, Phyllis Lambert, the founding director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), announced its 'Competition for the Design of [...]

Architects rise to the challenge of melding solar electric technology into buildings. Recent developments in photovoltaic technology, which converts sunlight directly into electricity through semiconducting silicon cells, have significantly lowered [...]

The Westport, CT-based American Institute of Building Design (AIBD) has more than 1,000 members in 46 states and Canada who design custom homes. Some AIBD members are also into the predrawn home plans business while others also offer building services. Fifteen entries to the AIBD's 1995 design competition are presented.

More than 1,000 design teams from 65 countries registered for the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom, a contest hosted by the organization Architecture for Humanity and partners. Inspired designs range […]

TAIWAN A collaboration between architectural firms Bio-Architecture Formosana and Italy's Carlo Ratti Associati won the international design competition for the southern branch of the National Taiwan Library and Repository in [...]

There are concerns over the fairness of architectural competitions. In some recent competitions the successful candidate had worked with the judges. The European Commission has undertaken investigation into the problem when it has affected public procurement.

The Welsh public is being given the opportunity to see the final design choices for the new parliament building to be built in Cardiff, although critics claim a lack of detail and time allocated for public debate has been limited. There are six final designs, which range from the practical to the obscure. The Welsh Office claim the public have a right to debate the design of the new parliament building, although industry officials believe a design may have already been chosen.

Bucharest 2000 is an international architectural design competition staged by the Union of Romanian Architects to reinvent the city and the architectural profession. Germany's Meinhard von Gerkan won the 1st prize of $100,000 with his flexible urban network scheme of perimeter blocks.

Sponsored by the New Mexico Building Branch, Associated General Contractors; the New Mexico Business Journal, and the Gas Company of New Mexico THE WINNERS Exteriors BRANCH BANK Owner: Norwest Banks [...]

In August, three industry professionals hailing from Washington, D.C., Colorado and California determined the outcome of this year's Architectural Portfolio competition. The jury considered important the following criteria when choosing [...]

Greenpeace this week launched an architectural competition to help it build an 'impenetrable fortress' on land earmarked for the third runway at Heathrow airport. The environmental campaigner hopes to build [...]