Sustainable Architecture Comes Into Focus For This Year's Stirling Prize
In contrast to recent years, this crop of RIBA Stirling Prize nominees foreground sustainable design practices ranging from low-carbon materials to adaptive reuse.
Awards
2019 Architectural League Prize Winners Announced
The Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers—now in its 38th year—recognizes exemplary work from six rising practices in North America.
World Resources Institute Announces Its Inaugural Ross Prize for Cities Winner
The awardee, the School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program, drastically improved pedestrian safety levels in sub-Saharan countries.
Announcing the Winners of the ASID's Outcome of Design Awards!
The winners of the first Outcome of Design Awards set a new bar for design research, practice, and evaluation.
Arata Isozaki Wins 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Isozaki has been prolific, with a career that began in Post-War Japan but has surpassed six decades and produced over one hundred buildings on multiple continents.
Five Finalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
The national prize, which recognizes urban-focused designs and initiatives, has tapped a range of projects this year, from a DIY skate park in New Orleans to a public lighting initiative in Lynn, Massachusetts.
One Month Later, the Campaign to Recognize Doriana Fuksas Is Growing
Metropolis interviews key figures from two groups—Voices of Women (VOW) and Rebelarchitette—pushing to have Doriana Fuksas included in an architecture award that only names her partner Massimiliano.
Richard Rogers Wins AIA's 2019 Gold Medal
Today, the AIA also announced its AIA Firm Award, Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award recipients.
School in Remote Corner of Brazil Wins the 2018 RIBA International Prize
The 270,000-square-foot Children’s Village, designed by São Paulo–based firms Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum, was selected by a panel that included Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima.
BREAKING: Stirling Prize Awarded to Foster + Partners' Bloomberg European HQ
The London office, where 4,000 Bloomberg employees work, was lauded for its sustainable architecture, workplace design, and new public spaces.
Golden Lions Go to Eduardo Souto de Moura, Kenneth Frampton, and Switzerland at Venice Biennale
The Portuguese architect won the prestigious prize for a contemplative chapel he designed for the Vatican's Biennale contribution.
Opinion: It’s Time to Reconsider the Architecture Prize
The #MeToo movement and allegations against Richard Meier should push us to rethink how we evaluate architectural merit.
The Cooper Hewitt Announces National Design Award Recipients
Neri Oxman, Blu Dot, Weiss/Manfredi, and more will receive the Smithsonian Design Museum's highest design honor at a ceremony this fall.
2017 Stirling Prize Goes to dRMM's Hastings Pier
The London-based firm restored a burned-down 1872 Victorian pier for a diverse array of public uses.
Architect Neave Brown Wins RIBA Gold Medal
Brown is most renowned for his Alexandra Road housing project in London's Camden borough.
Tezuka Architects Win 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize
The firm won the $100,000 award for its Fuji Kindergarten, which is specially designed for autistic children, in Tokyo, Japan.
La Kretz Innovation Campus Showcases LA's Leadership in Green
The campus, a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, is one of several major public investments redefining the identity of Los Angeles as a clean tech leader and sustainable urban center.
Gere Kavanaugh Awarded Ladislav Sutnar Prize
The American designer renowned for her innovation in textiles, pattern, and color was awarded the Ladislav Sutnar Prize today, along with four other laureates.
The 10 Best Houses of 2016
The AIA has selected the ten winners of the 2016 Housing Awards.
How Design Thinking Is Changing Medicine
PInCH, a competition that embraces design thinking, is attempting to revolutionize biomedical research.h.
