Egypt’s new Science City International – an oasis of knowledge in the desert
The complex will be located on the western edge of Cairo called "6th of October City". Nestled underneath a series...
COBE Architects to transform Copenhagen’s Paper Island into a bustling cultural hub
The artificial island occupies a prime location next to the Opera House and the Royal Danish Playhouse. Building...
Recycled wire hanger pavilion announced as winner of 2016 City of Dreams design competition
An airy new pavilion will be the perfect place to "hang" out this summer on Governors Island. Made out of old...
Turenscape and MAP Architects selected to redevelop Kazan Lake embankments in Russia
With their concept entitled "Elastic band: The Immortal Treasure of Kazan," Russian-Chinese consortium Turenscape...
Penda’s Bauhaus Museum proposal features a transforming floor level
The simple geometry of the building references the aesthetics of the Bauhaus era, but it is the rotating elements...
MVRDV, Snohetta, and BIG reveal their visions for a new business quarter in Oslo, Norway
BIG's proposal was a bright urban park that bridged the new structures with the site's existing historical buildings....
UNESCO announces winning design for the Bamiyan Cultural Center in Afghanistan
The proposal, entitled Descriptive Memory: The Eternal Presence of Absence, envisions a system of negative spaces...
Acclaimed architects unveil plans for the Obama Presidential Center library in Hawaii
Hawaii is up against the University of Chicago and Columbia University in New York, which are the current favorites...
Menis Architects’ Agora Garden is a rock-like residential tower wrapped in vegetation
Agora Garden creates a symbiosis of volumes and vegetation. It was inspired by the shape of primitive rocks emerging...
6 Finalists Revealed in Guggenheim Helsinki Competition
The shortlist includes practices with offices in seven countries: London-based Asif Khan, Zurich firm AGPS Architecture,...
D.C.’s Affordable Net-Zero Empowerhouse is Moving to Philadelphia
The building won the inaugural award for affordability at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in...
EMBT and Elizabeth de Portzamparc Unveil Plans for Two New Paris Metro Stations
EMBT will design the Clichy-Montfermeil station in collaboration with French architects Bordas + Peiro. Elizabeth...
DIALOGUE and Snøhetta Win Competition to Design Calgary’s New Central Library
Calgary’s New Central Library features an entry with wood-clad arches inspired by ‘chinook’ winds predominant...
Labyrinthine Green-Roofed Hangzhou Duolan Complex Combines a Mall With Urban Homes in China
Topped with a sloping green roof, the complex attempts to provide every floor with an immediate access to the roof...
Zaha Hadid Among Five Firms Shortlisted to Design Scandinavia’s Tallest Skyscraper
A shortlist of all-star architecture firms has just been unveiled in the competition to design the tallest skyscraper...
Daniel Libeskind Design Wins Canadian National Holocaust Monument Competition
Team Lord of Toronto, which includes architect Daniel Libeskind, was just announced as the winner of the new Canadian...
Winners of 2nd Annual Architizer A+ Awards Announced
Winners of the second Annual Architizer A+Awards have been announced and the shortlist of 129 projects includes...
17John: Design New York City’s First Crowdsourced Hotel and Win $50,000 in Prizes!
Heads up architects, designers, and creatives - Prodigy Design Lab just launched a groundbreaking competition where...
Architects Use Film Techniques to Design the ‘Cross-Cutting’ Masterplan in Norway
The site is divided into three main areas with the historical center working as a connective tissue between the...
Rutz Architekten Wins the Architecture at Zero Competition with Their Zero-Net Energy Building Design
Rutz Architekten's winning proposal in the 2013 Architecture at Zero Competition is a zero-net energy building,...
Metal-Clad Radiant House Boasts Clay Walls and a Whole Lot of Bamboo at the Solar Decathlon
Like all of the Solar Decathlon homes, the Radiant House takes its energy from the ubiquitous California sun vis–à–vis...
DALE: Brilliant Solar-Powered Micro Home is Set on Rails for Mobility
DALE, which is an acronym for Dynamic Augmented Living Environment, is a net zero micro dwelling that produces...
Nice Architects Reinvent Iconic 1970s Circular City as an Interactive Animal Reserve in Estonia
The proposal envisions a new function and look for an iconic circular block housing district from the 1970s as...
SANAA Wins Competition to Design the New Taichung City Cultural Center
SANAA’s proposal was designed in collaboration with local Taiwanese studio Ricky Liu & Associates Architects...
D.IS.H’s Seismic Harvest Re-Imagines Earthquake Simulators as Harvesting Systems for Urban Farming
Seismic Harvest is a proposed energy-efficient green belt above a freeway near San Francisco that combines wind,...
Go See Real New Yorkers Live in a Tiny Apartment Inside the Museum of the City of New York
MCNY's "Living Large While Living Small" will take place over the last month of the "Making Room: New Models for...
MVRDV’s Urban Hybrid Micro City is Set to be Constructed in Switzerland
MVRDV’s porous Urban Hybrid project was just declared to be the winner of the Feldbreite competition for a housing...
Dubai’s Sustainable City Will be Powered by 600,000 Square Feet of Solar Cells
The construction of Dubai Sustainable City is planned over 4 phases. According to Diamond Developers, the first...
Mist Tree Tower Harvests Water from Fog in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The desert is flanked on each side by tall mountain ranges, which prevents the water from traveling in the air...
PHOTOS: 325 Sq. Ft. Micro Apartment Opens at the Museum of the City of NY’s Making Room Exhibit
With an the estimated increase of one million residents by 2030 announced in Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC report, housing...