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Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger today announced his appointment of Amale Andraos as the next dean of the University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects' Los Angeles chapter (AIALA) has announced that Platform for Architecture + Research will receive the highest honor they bestow on an emerging architecture firm for consistently producing innovative architecture. John Hill

Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair launches the Dead Prize, which highlights the worst designs, projects that have caused harm to the environment. John Hill

To celebrate its new home designed by 2014 Pritzker Prize laureate Shigeru Ban, the Aspen Art Museum is holding a free 24-hour opening on August 9th and 10th with art, music, performance, film, tours, activities, talks, and food. John Hill

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBP) has unveiled fourteen design proposals for two parcels at Pier 6, issued in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP). John Hill

Seven years after completing the Bloch Building, designed by Steven Holl Architects, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and New York's Weiss/Manfredi are imagining a cultural district anchored about the museum. John Hill

The New York-based architect has been selected to design the building complex of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and TR Warszawa Theatre at Plac Defilad. John Hill

Russia's Strelka Institute has selected MVRDV founder Winy Maas as the curator of the 2014/2015 academic year, where he will help formulate "ten fundamental questions about the future." John Hill

Blair Wilson of Wilson Architects, the Brisbane, Australia firm that turned 130 this year, has passed away at the age of 83. John Hill

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. "wants to reward students who are determined to solve today’s most challenging design problems." Submission deadline is July 30, 2014. John Hill

China's MAD Architects and Chicago's Studio Gang Architects will design the building and landscape, respectively, for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) in Chicago, according to an announcement released today. John Hill

The Australian Institute of Architects’ International Area Committee Jury has announced the winners of the 2014 International Architecture Awards. John Hill

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

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

Architects Tod Williams, Billie Tsien, and Johnpaul Jones will receive medals from President Barack Obama on July 28, 2014. John Hill

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

Zurich's E2A Piet Eckert und Wim Eckert Architekten have won the international competition for the new "Taz" office building in Berlin. John Hill

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

Los Angeles-based architect Randall Stout died on July 11 after a battle with cancer. John Hill

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the six projects shortlisted for the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize. John Hill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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