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Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) College of Architecture Dean Wiel Arets and Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Director Dirk Denison have announced the five MCHAP.emerge 2014/15 Finalists. John Hill

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) College of Architecture Dean Wiel Arets and Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Director Dirk Denison have announced the MCHAP 2014/15 nominees and jury. John Hill

Alejandro Aravena, director of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice and recipient of the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize, hit the press circuit recently to discuss his Biennale theme, Reporting from the Front, and explain what exactly is going on in that photo... John Hill

Last night the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANY) announced the winners of the 2016 Design Awards in four categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. John Hill

French architect Odile Decq has won The Architectural Review's Jane Drew Prize, which "recognizes an architectural designer who through their work and commitment to design excellence has raised the profile of women in architecture." John Hill

Two weeks after being named the architect of the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion, the design by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group has been unveiled by London's Serpentine Galleries. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects has announced the three keynote speakers for the AIA Convention 2016 in Philadelphia: an Isreali designer, an actor who plays a fictional president, and a Pritzker Prize-winning Dutch architect. John Hill

Five new creations from Canada, United States, France and Switzerland have been selected by the jury for the International Garden Festival, to be presented at Les Jardins de Métis / Reford Gardens from 23 June to 2 October 2016.  John Hill

London's Serpentine Gallery has announced the selection of Denmark's BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group to design the 16th pavilion in Kensington Gardens, to be accompanied by four summer houses designed by architects from Europe and Africa. John Hill

Indian architect Bijoy Jain, of Studio Mumbai, follows in the footsteps of Sean Godsell and Amanda Levete to design the third MPavilion in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens. John Hill

Following the November 2014 announcement by Mayor Anne Hidalgo and her Deputy Mayor in charge of urban planning, Jean-Louis Missika, to solicit ideas for 23 urban sites in Paris, the winning proposals have been revealed. John Hill

With 20 percent of the votes, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's (AS+GG) FKI Tower in Seoul, South Korea, has won the Building of the Year 2015 on American-Architects. John Hill

"The Weight of Sacrifice," by 25-year-old Chicago architect Joseph Weishaar and New York sculptor Sabin Howard, has been chosen as the winning design in the two-stage competition for a World War I memorial in Washington, DC. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the recipients of the 2016 Institute Honor Awards, 18 projects from approximately 500 submissions in three categories: architecture, interior architecture, and regional and urban design. John Hill

The Hyatt Foundation has announced that Alejandro Aravena of Chile has been selected as the 2016 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.  John Hill

In 2013 and 2014, the Building of the Week on American-Architects took a state-by-state look at American architecture, but last year we went overseas to see how US architects design for other countries – and the inverse, to see how foreign architects build in North America. Now it's... John Hill

The Japan Sports Council has unveiled two competing designs for the 2019 Rugby Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, following the shelving of Zaha Hadid's competition-winning design earlier this year. John Hill

Following mentorships by Japan's Kazuyo Sejima and Switzerland's Peter Zumthor, British architect David Chipperfield has been selected as the architecture mentor for 2015-16 in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects has named the influential Postmodern architects from Philadelphia the 2016 recipients of the AIA Gold Medal, the first duo to receive the honor since the AIA allowed collaborations two years ago. John Hill

The recipients of the 27th Piranesi Awards were announced last week at the conclusion of the Piran Days of Architecture in Slovenia. John Hill

The Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE - Higher Council of Architectural Colleges of Spain) has announced the winners of its Spanish Interational Architecture Prize 2015. John Hill

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has selected Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale in Milan as the overall "2015 Best Tall Building Worldwide" at the 14th Annual CTBUH International Best Tall Building Awards Symposium and Dinner recently held in Chicago. John Hill

Collective-LOK's design featuring "a faceted ring of golden, mirrored hearts to create a kaleidoscopic pavilion that multiplies the spectacle of Times Square" has won the invited competition for the 8th annual pavilion celebrating Valentine's Day. John Hill

The Interlace, a residential development in Singapore designed by OMA/Buro Ole Scheeren has been named World Building of the Year 2015 at the World Architecture Festival. John Hill

Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney has been named the recipient of the 2015 Gold Medal from the Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). John Hill

LEAF International has announced the winners of the 12th annual LEAF Awards, which "recognizes innovative architectural design projects and celebrates excellence in building design on an international basis." John Hill

Burntwood School, a girls’ school in Wandsworth, London designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, has won the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize, the 20th annual award for the UK’s best new building. John Hill

Photographer Hilla Becher, who famously documented industrial structures with her husband Bernd in and beyond their native Germany, has died at the age of 81. John Hill

Santiago Calatrava has been named the 2015 recipient of the European Prize for Architecture, awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. John Hill

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Dame Zaha Hadid will be the recipient of the 2016 Royal Gold Medal, what RIBA calls "the world’s most prestigious architecture award." John Hill

Although the legacy of Antoni Gaudí dominates architectural histories of Barcelona, the great architect was not alone in developing a unique Catalonian strand of modernism. Miriam Giordano takes readers on a tour of Lluis Domenech i Montaner's Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital,... Miriam Giordano

After their competition-winning design for the 2020 Olympics stadium in Tokyo was scrapped due to rising costs, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has stepped down from the revised competition, unable to find a contractor to partner with. John Hill

"Shaping European Cities," the opening event of the exhibition "European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015" at BOZAR, Brussels, aims to strengthen the dialogue between policymakers, architects and a wider audience about the role of... Miriam Giordano

French architect Dominique Perrault has been named a recipient of the Japan Art Association’s 2015 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists. John Hill

Five finalists have been named in the Finnish Association of Architects' (SAFA) 2015 Finlandia Prize for Architecture, with the winner to be selected by composer Kaija Saariaho. John Hill

A month and a half after being appointed director of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has defined "Reporting from the Front" as the theme of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. John Hill