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on 01/09/2015
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
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on 19/08/2015
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are the winners of the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award. John Hill
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on 19/08/2015
The World War One Centennial Commission has announced that five design concepts for the National World War One Memorial at Pershing Park in Washington, DC have been selected to proceed to Stage II of the design competition. John Hill
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on 10/08/2015
Design software developer Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.'s second annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship program offers international students from all design disciplines the opportunity to win up to $10,000 USD. Submission deadline is 31 August 2015. John Hill
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on 29/07/2015
The official LEAF judging panel has announced its 2015 shortlist of entries, projects in 14 categories that "are setting the benchmark for the international architectural and design community." John Hill
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on 27/07/2015
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has released renderings of a new building for Brighton College's Sport and Sciences departments. The design was recently submitted for planning approval following its selection in a 2013 invited competition.
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on 23/07/2015
WOHA's PARKROYAL on Pickering in Singapore has won the 2015 Urban Habitat Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). John Hill
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on 19/07/2015
The Board of la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, has named Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, who heads the firm Elemental, as director of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition to be held from 28 May to 27 November 2016. John Hill
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on 16/07/2015
A school, an apartment building, a cancer center, luxury housing, a university building, and a gallery: The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the six projects shortlisted for the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize. John Hill
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on 14/07/2015
The organizers of the second MPavilion have revealed AL_A’s design: "an enchanting, highly technical and weather-responsive forest canopy set among the trees and flowers of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens." John Hill
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on 10/07/2015
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have announced the over 60 new buildings from 26 countries as winners of the Interational Architecture Awards for 2015. John Hill
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on 25/06/2015
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named the four regional winners of the Best Tall Building Awards as part of the organization's annual awards. John Hill
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on 17/06/2015
Charles Correa, widely considered one of the most influential, prolific, and diverse Indian architects and planners, died in Mumbia on 16 June 2015 at the age of 84. John Hill
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on 11/06/2015
The American Society of Landscape Architects has announced its 2015 honors recipients. Selected by the ASLA’s Board of Trustees, the honors include the Landscape Architecture Firm Award being given to The Office of James Burnett. John Hill
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on 15/05/2015
Diller Scofidio + Renfro has released preliminary concept renderings for the United States Olympic Museum, scheduled for a spring 2016 groundbreaking and an opening prior to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea. John Hill
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on 13/05/2015
Assemble, an 18-member "collective based in London who work across the fields of art, architecture and design," is one of four finalists in the Tate's prestigious Turner Prize 2015. John Hill
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on 08/05/2015
The European Commission, along with the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, announced today that Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is the winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. John Hill
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on 06/05/2015
World-Architects is saddened to learn of the death of Los Angeles-based architect Austin Kelly of XTEN Architecture. He succumbed to cancer last month at only 49 years of age. John Hill
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on 06/05/2015
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2015 National Design Awards, including a posthumous lifetime achievement award to Michael Graves. John Hill
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on 22/04/2015
The Australian Institute of Architects’ Venice Biennale Committee has selected the team of Aileen Sage and Michelle Tabet as creative directors of the Australian Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale with their proposal "The Pool." John Hill
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on 21/04/2015
Three winners of the 4th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been selected with projects on public space, social integration, and resilient infrastructure in Colombia, Sri Lanka, and the USA, respectively. John Hill
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on 14/04/2015
The Chicago Architecture Biennial, directed by curators Joseph Grima and Sarah Herda, has announced the preliminary list of participants for the inaugural event taking place from 3 October 2015 to 3 January 2016. John Hill
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on 01/04/2015
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2015 Skyscraper Competition, which asked entrants to "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments." John Hill
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on 31/03/2015
The Glasgow School of Art has selected a team led by local architect Page\Park for the restoration of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece that was damaged in a fire last year. John Hill
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on 20/03/2015
Chilean architect Smiljan Radić's design for the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion has been relocated to Hauser & Wirth's Durslade Farm in Somerset, England. John Hill
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on 13/03/2015
Michael Graves, influential architect of postmodernism, designer of kettles, healthcare design advocate, professor, and member of the New York Five, died yesterday at his Princeton, New Jersey, home. John Hill
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on 11/03/2015
The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has annouced the winners of its 2015 Design Awards – 12 Honor and 25 Merit awards in 4 categories. John Hill
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on 10/03/2015
Tom Pritzker of the Hyatt Foundation announced today, one day after Frei Otto’s death, that the German architect is the 40th laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. John Hill
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on 27/02/2015
Five of the six winning projects in this year's Progressive Architecture Awards were designed by World-Architects member firms. John Hill
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on 25/02/2015
Stadium Database has announced the winners of its 2014 Stadium of the Year contest, this year inaugurating a special Jury Vote in addition to the usual Public Vote. John Hill
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on 25/02/2015
At a press conference in London today, the five finalists were announced for the 2015 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. John Hill
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on 24/02/2015
The American Institute of Architects California Council has given Lawrence Scarpa, principal of Santa Monica's Brooks + Scarpa Architects, its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. John Hill
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on 23/02/2015
Over the weekend, a fire swept through the Torch tower in Dubai's marina district. The fire damaged the skyscraper, the tallest residential building in the world when it was completed in 2011, but no one was killed. John Hill
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on 19/02/2015
London's Design Museum has announced 76 nominees in 6 categories vying for the 8th annual Designs of the Year. John Hill
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on 11/02/2015
Architect Jon Jerde, founder of the The Jerde Partnership, died Monday at his Los Angeles home after a long illness. John Hill