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Forum ‘t Zand in Utrecht by architects VenhoevenCS is one of two projects to be awarded the 2007 Rietveldprijs for architecture. More »

A lot of people have been asking for more on The Dairy House by architect Charlotte Skene Catling, which is shortlisted for the Bombay Sapphire Prize (see our earlier story). So here you go… More »

The winners of the Architectural Review’s Awards for Emerging Architecture 2007 were announced last night, with three buildings sharing the £15,000 prize money, including Wall House in Chile by Far: Frohn & Rojas (above and below). More »

Designers, artists and architects who have completed projects using glass have until the end of October to enter the Bombay Sapphire Prize 2007 - the world’s richest international glass award. More »

The winners of the Index Awards 2007 - the self-styled “world’s biggest design award” with prizes of €100,000 for each winner - have been announced at a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark. More »

Property developer Urban Splash has launched an international architecture competition to bring life back to Birnbeck Island and Pier, a faded tourist attraction at the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare, England. More »

Emerging designers and architects are invited to enter the Urbantine Project – a competition to design a workspace for the 21st Century. More »

Property developer Urban Splash has launched an architectural competition for 26 canal-side homes at the New Islington regeneration site in Manchester, England (above).

Each of the houses will be designed by a different competition winner, all of whom will also be given the chance to buy the plot of land and build the house for themselves. More »

A new architecture competition has been announced for virtual buildings designed for the Second Life digital world. More »

Adobe is calling for entries to its 2007 Design Achievement Awards for students, which reward creative work produced using the software company’s products. More »

The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office is holding a competition for the design of the British Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. More »

British design graduates and final year students have until next week to enter the British Council’s Top Ten competition. More »

There’s a week to go until entries close for the Drawing Water Challenge - a design competition organised by Arup on behald of charity WaterAid as part of the engineering firm’s 60th birthday celebrations. More »

Blueprint magazine and Air New Zealand have launched a garment design competition with a trip for two to New Zealand as the prize. More »