Awards architecture news

Low-carbon building pioneers Hemcrete Projects, Demand Logic and German firm Kéré Architecture have been named as finalists for the 2014 Ashden Awards, the internationally recognised green energy prize

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.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced a 27 strong shortlist for its 2014 awards. 83 buildings range in scale from £26k for a little garden pavilion to £125m for a nationally important entertainment arena. This architecture award is now the single most important recognition of architectural achievement in Scotland

At the fourth edition of GIS International Interior Architecture, Design and Lighting Expo Conference, which will take place in Bucharest, the British architect David Kohn will present, as the special guest of the event, the interior of the year 2013

GIS International Interior Architecture, Design and Lighting Expo Conference will take place in Bucharest, where architect Martin Lesjak will present the Rolling Stones, project that has won the LEAF Interior Design Awards 2013

RIBA Gold Medal 2014, architects – architecture prize winner – Joseph Rykwert wins Royal Institute of British Architects architectural award, England

Troldtekt A/S invites architectural and design students from all over the world to participate in the Troldtekt Award 2014. The most creative idea for using the company’s acoustic panels in a different and imaginative way wins a cash prize of EUR 5,000

The winners of the Surface Design Awards: champion the best in progressive design and innovative surfaces and are the only international awards to focus exclusively on surface design. Twelve winners in six categories were announced

Tile of Spain Awards 2013 Winners. First prize in the Architecture category – Pol Fermenias for the “Renovation of Riera de la Salut” – an urban intervention using ceramic tiles.

AR+D Awards for Emerging Architecture 2013 Joint winners – Hernan Diaz Alonso, Pitch Black ; RAAAF & Atelier de Lyon, Bunker 599 ; SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov, Museum for Architectural Drawing ; Studio Weave, Lullaby Factory.

Alicja Borkowska and Iris Papadatou from you&me architects announced as the UK winners of the first Old Doha Prize, an architectural competition to redesign part of the old city of Doha in Qatar

The winners of The Structural Awards 2013 announced. The Awards, organised each year by The Institution of Structural Engineers, celebrate the world’s most talented structural designers and their indispensable contribution to the built environment.