African Architecture Competition
Nka Foundation invites entries for Mud House Design 2014, an international architecture competition open to recent graduates and students of architecture, design and others from around the world who think earth architecture can be beautiful. The challenge is to design a single-family unit of about 30 x 40 feet (approximately 10 x 12 metres) to be built by maximum use of earth and local labor in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Swiss Art Awards 2014 announce participating artists, architects and critics and curators. The committee selected 46 Swiss artists and artists who reside in Switzerland, as well as 4 architects and 18 critics and curators, from a total of 460 entries.
Design: Menkès Shooner Dagenais Letourneux Architects / Provencher Roy Architects. This project, which spread over four years, responded to the challenge of simplifying the building’s indoor and outdoor circulations, improving the quality of the gambling, recreational and dining areas as well as providing a thematic unity to the different designs.
Design: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. After months of research and community engagement across the Sandy-affected region, the BIG Team and the 9 other Rebuild by Design teams have unveiled their final proposals at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan and Liberty Science Center in Jersey City on Thursday. The teams, along with hundreds of tri-state residents and government representatives, gathered to view the proposals heard from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin.
Organisers: The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation announces the launch of one of the largest architectural prizes in the world — the Moriyama RAIC International Prize.
At Tesdorpfstrasse 8 in Hamburg, near the Dammtor railway station, a new office building has been completed to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) which meets top energy conservation standards and is likely to receive the gold certificate under DGNB rules
Organiser: UED Magazine + UIA. 2014 marks the third edition of UIA-HYP Cup International Student Competition in Architectural Design. Exclusive annual international student competition in Mainland China sponsored by UIA (Union International des Architects).
Moved To Care International Design Competition. Building Trust international announce the winners of their latest international design competition, which sought to find design proposals for a small, either mobile or relocatable healthcare facility that promotes health and wellbeing in a safe and clean environment. This architecture competition challenged professional and student architects, designers, engineers and artists.
Australian-based international architecture firm PTW Architects design African Games Stadium: world-class sports stadium in the Republic of the Congo with ecological features and high standard sports facilities for the 2015 All-Africa Games.
Design: Bennetts Associates. The Old Vic, one of the oldest working theatres in London, has been granted planning permission and listed building consent to restore and enhance the building
KB Design – finding the balance in things, finding the balance in scale and form,” says Keith Baker of KB Design, the designer responsible for creating, quite literally, the perfect home for Jennifer and Lorne Porayko. “That’s the best part of this house: it really meets all of our needs. We love it,” gushes Jennifer as we stand chatting in the sun on the rooftop patio.
Design: Architettura Matassoni. Project to achieve a single-family residential building in Arezzo. The work done by the client in the nursery sector and the natural vocation of the place with trees of great value, have inspired the basic choice to extend the interior spaces and their functional areas to the outside.
Design: A-cero – world’s only island destination that brings together the very best of European designs, heritage and hospitality in a truly breathtaking and unique island setting. A tranquil haven with effortless European living and an imaginative vacation experience.
Design: Paul Davis + Partners. Paul Davis + Partners has recently completed a quality, sustainable project for keyworker housing in Pimlico that respects the adjacent grade I listed St James the Less Church.
One Church Square is situated on the busy Vauxhall Bridge Road, and Paul Davis + Partner’s design ingeniously exploits its quieter elevation by locating its entrance off the public square it shares with the church. This move ensures that a previously under-utilised square has been revitalised and also reinforces its connection to the church and its grounds.