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OMA, in collaboration with Shenzhen-based architects Urbanus, has been awarded first prize in the design competition for a major new cultural center, transport hub, and public landmark in the heart of the city of Shenzhen, southern China.
Kaohsiung City Government invites young planners and students born after 1970 to participate in Idea for Action Kaohsiung International Competition, giving innovative suggestions for Kaohsiung urban planning and design.
Letts Wheeler Architects has won the competition to re-design Maidstone High Street as part of a circa £4m public realm improvement project in the town centre
After presenting the design to Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif, Zaha Hadid Architects was announced as architects of the new Cairo Expo City. Zaha Hadid Architects will be designing Cairo Expo City together with global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold.
In September 2008, on behalf of Urban Splash and Muse Developments, the RIBA launched an international open design competition “Make me a Home” challenging architects to shape the future of family housing
The Prefecture of Natal launched a National Competition for the Design of a new Icon and a Christmas Square in Natal (Brazil). ‘Natal’ meaning ‘Christmas’ in Portuguese, the city wants to develop this specific characteristic as a tourism attraction feature.
Studio Daniel Libeskind has been named winner of the master plan competition for the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. The new large-scale district features a cluster of residential, office and retail neighborhoods in an extensive urban park along the Han River.
Old London Bridge was an inhabited bridge and the competition asks today’s designers to imagine a new version of the inhabited bridge, based on the present structure (which for the purpose of the competition is to be deemed strong enough to carry buildings on its deck)
ARQUITECTUM, a company which organizes architecture competitions, is pleased to welcome architects from all over the world to the “PARIS 2009” International Architecture Competition, to be held from May 2009 to July of the same year.
The empty space between the islands draws an axis that continues on dry land, on Draga. The location is marked by a geological structure that produces empty and full spaces.
Foster + Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor, part of C.F. Møller Architects, have been appointed to design a masterplan for the heart of Stockholm, transforming the waterfront area of Slussen from an urban aberration to a popular destination.
The purpose is to advance the state-of-the-art in building retrofitting technologies. The task of re-skinning existing infrastructure to increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact is a timely and urgent challenge. The Z-Prize: The winning 5 entries will be monitored for a period of 3 years after completion of the retrofit.
A design competition is being launched at New London Architecture later this week (17 October), in order to select a design team that would develop a comprehensive scheme to replace the canyon-like barrier that Wellesley Road and Park Lane presents as it bisects the town centre.
This emblematic shape, made of sands and winds by extreme climatic conditions, is also representative of the new architectural stakes: more than an esthetic design, it is a sustainable concept that uses renewable energy.