French architect Jean Nouvel has won the competition to remodel the central port area in Vigo, Spain (actually he won back in May - thanks to eikongraphia via dezain for the tip). More about Peirao XXI in Vigo by Jean Nouvel
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent over a few more images of Dubai Renaissance, a 300m-tall rotating skyscraper. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA 2
Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are more images of the six shortlisted designs for the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 (see previous story) plus, further down the story, text describing each one. Above: The Pavilion of Ideas by Heatherwick Studio, Casson Mann, Adams Kara Taylor & Atelier Ten. More about British Shanghai Expo pavilion shortlist 2
Shanghai Expo 2010: Images of the six designs shortlisted for the British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 have been released. More about British Shanghai Expo pavilion shortlist
Architects Denton Corker Marshall have won a competition to design a 50-storey office tower in their home town of Melbourne, Australia. More about 4th Building by Denton Corker Marshall
Building Design magazine has published the shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize. The six shortlisted buildings are: More about Stirling Prize shortlist
We're not making it up: Leeser Architecture of New York have won a competition to design the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. More about Mammoth and Permafrost Museum by Leeser Arch.
Here are some photos of the newly opened expansion of the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio, USA designed by Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. More about Akron Art Museum by Coop Himmelb(l)au
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent us some new renderings, plans and sections of Porsche Design Towers I and II, which they are jointly designing with Porsche Design. More about Porsche Design Towers by OMA/Porsche Design
We've updated our blog for the Design Museum's Zaha Hadid exhibition with new content, including photos and movie footage of Metapolis II, a ballet featuring stage designs by Hadid that opens at the Lincoln Center in New York next week (above and below). More about Zaha Hadid blog update
Slovenian architects OFIS have completed two apartment projects, including a block in a mountain village near Ljubljana that is based on local Alpine hayracks (above). More about Hayrack Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have designed a new international airport for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. More about Jeddah International Airport by OMA
OMA in the Middle East: RAK Gateway is a masterplan by Office for Metropolitan Architecture for a large urban development at Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates. More about RAK Gateway by OMA
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture has sent images and text of its Kuwait Al-Rai Development Masterplan - a study for a major mixed development in Kuwait City. More about Kuwait Al-Rai masterplan by OMA
J Mayer H architects have completed an extension to the Danfoss Universe science park in Nordburg, Denmark. More about Danfoss Universe extension by J Mayer H
We've just updated our Zaha Hadid blog with a time-lapse movie showing the construction of the Lilas installation at the Serpentine Gallery (see previous post). The blog also features loads more exclusive content including a video interview with Zaha and a film of the Zaha Hadid exhibition opening party at the Design Museum.
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Time to wind up the Zaha conspiracy theorists again... here are some photos of Lilas, the architects' installation at the Serpentine Gallery in London, which opens to the public today. More about Lilas by Zaha Hadid Architects
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition for the new National Library and Bank in Kazan in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. More about Erick van Egeraat in Tatarstan
In our final post on Wall House by FAR frohn&rojas, here is a full description of the project from the architects plus drawings, plans and models (plus some of Cristobal Palma's photos again to help make sense of it): More about Wall House by FAR frohn&rojas architects 4
Here is the third and final set of photographs of Wall House in Chile by FAR frohn&rojas architects, this time showing the interior of the dwelling (we'll be showing plans, drawings and models in the following post). More about Wall House by FAR frohn&rojas architects 3