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on 7/24/14
In a statement posted on the CCA's website yesterday, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza reveals where he will donate the archive of his "many years of activity dedicated to architecture." John Hill
Headlines
on 7/24/14
The organizers of the 2012 Olympics in London have reached an out-of-court settlement with Atopia over the design of the Cauldron that was witnessed by close to one billion people during the opening ceremony. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/23/14
Architects Tod Williams, Billie Tsien, and Johnpaul Jones will receive medals from President Barack Obama on July 28, 2014. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/23/14
Westadium, a consortium led by Brookfield Financial and John Laing, has unveiled their winning design for the new Perth Stadium, to be built on the Burswood Peninsula of the Western Australia city. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/22/14
Zurich's E2A Piet Eckert und Wim Eckert Architekten have won the international competition for the new "Taz" office building in Berlin. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/21/14
Furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has announced it will acquire the modern furniture retailer Design Within Reach for an estimated $154 million in cash. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/17/14
Los Angeles-based architect Randall Stout died on July 11 after a battle with cancer. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/17/14
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the six projects shortlisted for the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/16/14
New York architect Steven Holl has been named a recipient of the Japan Art Association’s 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/15/14
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has announced that University of Zurich professor and freelance curator Martino Stierli is The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/15/14
In response to budget cuts and criticism of the scale of the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Zaha Hadid Architects has tweaked their competition-winning design. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/15/14
Herzog & de Meuron's newest residential project for Ian Schrager is located at 357 West Street in New York's West Village, overlooking the Hudson River. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/14/14
KCAP Architects&Planners, in a team of international experts, was chosen from four international entries as the winning proposal in the architectural competition for a new RER E – Eole - station in Nanterre, France. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/11/14
Renderings have been released for Studio Gang Architects' design of a 40-story tower at 160 Folsom Street in San Francisco for developer Tishman Speyer. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/10/14
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, completes the final phase of the transformation of its 140-acre campus, centered on a Visitor Center designed by Tadao Ando. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/7/14
Herzog & de Meuron's seventh project for the Swiss manufacturer of herb drops has been completed in Laufen. Notably, the building is considered the largest loam building in Europe. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/4/14
Frank Gehry, designer of a mixed-use development in downtown Toronto for David Mirvish, scales down the project from three towers to two, saving some old buildings in the process. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/4/14
George Lucas's selection of Chicago for the home of his planned museum launches speculation on how the city was selected over San Francisco, who will design the museum, and what it will mean for Chicago. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/30/14
London's Design Museum has awarded Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Design Museum Design of the Year Award 2014. It is the first architectural project to be named Design of the Year in its seven-year history. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/29/14
The jury for the Cosentino Design Challenge 2014 has announced the six winners – three in the architecture category and three in the design category – in the Cosentino Group's 8th international student competition. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/29/14
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named four regional winners – Americas, Asia & Australia, Europe, and Middle East & Africa – as best tall buildings in the world for 2014. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/25/14
In lieu of cantilevering over the adjacent La Brea tar pits, Peter Zumthor's design for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art proposes to span Wilshire Boulevard. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/24/14
The Midwestern American city will host the first Chicago Architecture Biennial in fall 2015, to be held at the Chicago Cultural Center overlooking Millennium Park. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/23/14
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has selected Washington, DC's Oehme van Sweden & Associates (OvS) for its 2014 Landscape Architecture Firm Award, the organization's highest honor it bestows on a firm. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/23/14
The Municipal Art Society of New York awards nine projects for excellence in architecture and urban design, giving "Building of the Year" to Caples Jefferson Architects' Weeksville Heritage Center, one of seven winning projects in Brooklyn. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/20/14
Two new Manhattan projects by global superstars Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron have been unveiled. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/19/14
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the winners of the 2014 RIBA National Awards, what it considers "the most rigorously judged awards for architectural excellence." John Hill
Headlines
on 6/18/14
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Entasis have bested four finalists in the two-stage competition for a tower in Gothenburg, Sweden, that promises to be the tallest in Scandinavia. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/18/14
Madrid's José Maria Sanchez Gàrcia has won the 2014 BSI Swiss Architectural Award, a biennial prize that aims to draw the public's attention to international architects under 50. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/16/14
Zürich's CKÖ – Georg Krummenacher, Daniel Lütolf and Sara Widmer – wins the sole Architecture award in the 2014 Swiss Art Awards. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/15/14
Italian lighting designer/manufacturer Davide Groppi has won Compasso d'Oro international design awards from the ADI Foundation for the Nulla recessed lamp and the Sampei floor lamp. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/13/14
The Frick Collection, which turns 80 next year, has unveiled plans to renovate and expand its home on New York's Upper East Side with a six-story addition designed by Davis Brody Bond. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/12/14
The International Union of Architects (UIA) awards its 2014 Gold Medal – its most prestigious award – to the Chinese born American architect, Ieoh Ming Pei. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/9/14
In addition to the Gold and Silver Lion awards for National Participation, the jury of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition has awarded a Silver Lion best Monditalia research project and special mentions in all categories. John Hill
Headlines
on 6/9/14
The jury of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale has awarded the Silver Lion for National Participation to Chile for "Monolith Controversies." John Hill
