SCI-Arc Distinguished Alumni Awards

Bestor, founder of Barbara Bestor Architecture, and Siegal, founder and principal of Office of Mobile Design, will be recognized at the Association’s 8th Annual Main Event on Nov. 5 at Inner-City Arts in Downtown Los Angeles.

Yale School: Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship

Pritzker-Prize laureate and Yale School of Architecture alumnus Norman Foster and his family have donated $3 million to Yale School of Architecture to fund a visiting professorship in his name, Yale University President Richard C. Levin has announced.

Praemium Imperiale 2009 Winner: Zaha Hadid

It is indeed an honour to receive this recognition from the Japan Art Association.” said Hadid. “Working in Japan has been critical to the development of my work around the world

LEAF Awards Berlin 2009 Event, Germany

The 2009 LEAF Awards took place on 4 September at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Berlin. The awards, sponsored by Emirates Glass, have rapidly become one of the most prestigious global architectural prizes acknowledging excellence in the international architectural, design and build professions.

LEAF Awards Winners 2009, Berlin

LEAF Awards Winners 2009 – winning architects buildings photos, Ritz Carlton Hotel Berlin event, Germany – LEAF 2009 winners designs pictures, dinner, Forum

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards, organized in partnership with Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC), seek to recognize and encourage world-class research at an international level.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards

Cooper-Hewitt 2009 National Design Awards, Buildings, Projects, News, Design Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards 2009 American Architecture Prize, USA Jun 25, 2009 National Design Awards White House Ceremony First Lady Michelle Obama Celebrates the National Design Awards with Public Programs and White House Ceremony The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced First Lady Michelle Obama … Read more

RIAI Awards Ireland Winners

Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop win a Special Award in recognition of their work. The Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) awarded the Radisson SAS Hotel in Glasgow, the Special Award for the Best Commercial Building at the Irish Architecture Awards 2003 ceremony in Dublin, Ireland

Carbuncle Cup 2009 Winners News, UK

The Carbuncle Cup award was launched in 2006, with the first winner being Drake Circus Shopping Centre in Plymouth by Chapman Taylor. A shortlist is announced by Building Design each year.

Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art

Wolf D. Prix, Design Principal of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU received the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art in 2009. The Federal President Dr. Heinz Fischer awarded the highest honor of the Republic of Austria within a ceremonial act at Hofburg Vienna.