A new model of compact, environmentally enhanced urban design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) for the rapid development of satellite cities along Chinese high speed rail corridors has won an international design competition with its Beijing Bohai Innovation City master plan.

SOM Wins Master Plan Competition for Beijing Bohai Innovation City

Call for Submission: 2012 MNPG Arch Competition
Competition to Design a Cultural Center for La Semilla de los Ingenios (Mexico)

Big + Architectural Nexus Win The Architectural Competition For The Kimball Art Center In Utah, Usa
BIG + Architectural Nexus + Dunn Associates + VBFA + Envision Engineering + Big D design the winning proposal for the renovation and expansion of Kimball Art Center in Park City, projected for completion by Mid-2015.

Call for Submission: OBA’12 Northern Lights Obersvatory
Aurora Borealis arctic observatory // Architecture Competition for Students organized by ArchMedium

Call for Submission: AZ Awards 2012
AZURE Magazine’s international awards program is open for submissions. Now in its second year

Five design teams vie to build a pavilion for Nelson-Atkins
Proposals by five teams of architects and designers have been named finalists in a competition to build a temporary pavilion on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

SOM Chicago Wins Competition to Design the Greenland Group Suzhou Center
The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) announced that it has won an international competition to design the Greenland Group Suzhou Center, in Wujiang, China.
“inmidtown Habitats” New Design Competition Launched
The Architecture Foundation is running a new open and international competition that calls on design teams to submit proposals for urban beehives, bird/bat-boxes and planters.

Call for Submission: Coworking Building (COB) Madrid 2011
Arquideas informs that the registration period for the Coworking Building (COB) Madrid 2011 academic competition is open. The purpose of this competition for students of architecture is to provide ideas for creating a coworking Building (COB), in the city of Madrid, Spain.

The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), AIA NY Chapter, announced its fifth biennial design ideas competition
The Harlem Edge/Cultivating Connections competition will explore the redevelopment of the decommissioned Department of Sanitation marine transfer station located in the Hudson River at 135th Street.

Berkeley Prize Announces 14th Annual Competition Cycle
The international Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence announces that the 2012 BERKELEY PRIZE launches on September 15, 2011. Details after the jump

Annual Visionary Design (AViD) // Breaking Grounds: Designing the National Pavilion
The competition is to design a “National Pavilion” for a future World’s Fair. The pavilion can be a free standing pavilion or complex of structures and landscape – using native construction materials on a structural framework of a choice of wood, bamboo, reinforced concrete, steel or any combination of these. There is no budget constraint.
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- John Pawson: A Visual Inventory February 23, 2012
- The Rhythm of a City Block February 22, 2012
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- New director to take over reins of The Glass House February 21, 2012
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- ‘Safe Enough to Stay’ at SPUR Urban Center February 19, 2012
- Alleys Alleys Alleys… February 18, 2012
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- An Early Eco-City Faces the Future February 18, 2012
- (Sub)urban Realities February 17, 2012
- Rem Koolhaas to Build Marina Abramovic’s New Museum of Performance Art February 17, 2012
- Lebbeus Woods on Zaha’s Aquatic Center February 17, 2012
- Exit Interview: Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s Ousted Planning Director February 16, 2012
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