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2008 Institute Honor for Architecture
Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA.
by Schwartz/Silver Architects, Inc.

2008 AIA Honor Awards Recog- nize Excellence in Architecture, Interior, and Urban Design

Washington, D.C., January 7, 2008 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the 2008 recipients of the AIA Institute Honor Awards, the profession's highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. Selected from over 800 total submissions, 28 recipients will be honored in May at the AIA 2008 National Convention and Design Expo- sition in Boston. read more...

 

Stormin Normin Invades NYC
It was the Beatles in 1964, now it's British architect Sir Norman Foster, who's brilliance has NYC intoxicated.


So when the Hearst people chose Foster, they knew they were getting an international star. Still, they might not have suspected he would give them the best building ... read more...
Sir Norman Foster on Pritzker Prize

Norman Foster's New Hearst
Tower Rises from Its 1928 Base

NEW YORK architecture has suffered a lot in recent years. The brief optimism born of a public rebellion against early proposals for ground zero has long since given in to cynicism. Since then it has often seemed that fear and melancholy have swamped our creat- ive confidence. read more...

Hearst Headquarters
New York, USA, 2000-2006

The Hearst Tower's distinctive facet- ted silhouette rises dramatically on Joseph Urban's existing six-storey Art Deco building, its main spatial event a vast internal plaza, occupying the en- tire shell of the historic base. Design- ed to consume significantly less en- ergy than a conventional New York office building, it is a model of sus- tainable office design. read more...


Hearst Tower              Photo: Fred R. Conrad

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The Verdesian             New York

N.Y. Leads Country in Green Construction

A 26-story rental building developed by the Alban- ese Organization, became the first multi-family, resi- dential high-rise building in the US to receive Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) status from the U.S. Green Building Council. read more

Exceptional Projects. Extraordinary Products. Defining the Most Signi- ficant Work of 2007.

Interior Design proudly pre- sents the 2nd annual Best of Year Awards, the pre- eminent design competition recognizing superior interior design projects and prod- ucts in more than 50 cate- gories. Best of Year: Project Design winners were cho- sen by editor in chief Cindy Allen and a jury of design leaders. Best of Year 2007: Designers' Choice winners were selected by architects and designers via an online vote October 15 ~ 6, 2007. read more

Small Office        Clive Wilkinson

Marcel Wanders StudioChristian de Portzamparc

Marcel Wanders' fame be- gan with his iconic Knotted Chair, which he produced for Droog Design in 1996. Wanders is now ubiquitous, designing for the biggest European contemporary de- sign manufacturers like Flos, B&B Italia, Bisazza, Poliform, Cappellini, Boffi, Moroso, Droog and Moooi of which he is also art director and co-owner. read more

Ciudad de la Musica, La Vilette(Paris)

Bisazza Soapstars Milan 2005

The Architectural League - New York

The Architectural League of New York is an independent forum for creative and in- tellectual work in architect- ure, urbanism, and related disciplines. The League pro- motes excellence and inno- vation in architecture and urbanism by furthering the education of architects and designers. read more

New New York Fast Forward
/ Photo: David Sundberg