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Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) College of Architecture Dean Wiel Arets and Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Director Dirk Denison have announced the MCHAP 2014/15 nominees and jury. John Hill

Jeanne Gang has been named "Architect of the Year" by The Architectural Review, and her firm Studio Gang Architects has been selected to design the new U.S. Embassy Compound in Brasilia, Brazil. John Hill

Last night the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANY) announced the winners of the 2016 Design Awards in four categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. John Hill

The New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects is conferring the Medal of Honor, its highest honor for an individual architect or firm, to Annabelle Selldorf, principal of the 65-person New York firm Selldorf Architects. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the recipients of the 2016 Institute Honor Awards, 18 projects from approximately 500 submissions in three categories: architecture, interior architecture, and regional and urban design. John Hill

Assemble, the architecture and design collective from London, has won the Tate's prestigious Turner Prize, beating out three finalists with a community-based project based in the Granby Four Streets area of Toxteth, Liverpool. John Hill

The BigMat Group, distributors of construction materials, has announced the winners of the second BigMat ’15 International Architecture Award, with the Grand Prize going to Alberto Campo Baeza's office building in Zamora, Spain. John Hill

The recipients of the 27th Piranesi Awards were announced last week at the conclusion of the Piran Days of Architecture in Slovenia. John Hill

The Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE - Higher Council of Architectural Colleges of Spain) has announced the winners of its Spanish Interational Architecture Prize 2015. John Hill

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has selected Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale in Milan as the overall "2015 Best Tall Building Worldwide" at the 14th Annual CTBUH International Best Tall Building Awards Symposium and Dinner recently held in Chicago. John Hill

Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney has been named the recipient of the 2015 Gold Medal from the Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). John Hill

LEAF International has announced the winners of the 12th annual LEAF Awards, which "recognizes innovative architectural design projects and celebrates excellence in building design on an international basis." John Hill

Burntwood School, a girls’ school in Wandsworth, London designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, has won the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize, the 20th annual award for the UK’s best new building. John Hill

Santiago Calatrava has been named the 2015 recipient of the European Prize for Architecture, awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. John Hill

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Dame Zaha Hadid will be the recipient of the 2016 Royal Gold Medal, what RIBA calls "the world’s most prestigious architecture award." John Hill

"Shaping European Cities," the opening event of the exhibition "European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015" at BOZAR, Brussels, aims to strengthen the dialogue between policymakers, architects and a wider audience about the role of... Miriam Giordano

French architect Dominique Perrault has been named a recipient of the Japan Art Association’s 2015 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists. John Hill

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are the winners of the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award. John Hill

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced that this year’s winner of the 10 Year Award is Malmö’s Turning Torso, designed by Santiago Calatrava. John Hill

The official LEAF judging panel has announced its 2015 shortlist of entries, projects in 14 categories that "are setting the benchmark for the international architectural and design community." John Hill

WOHA's PARKROYAL on Pickering in Singapore has won the 2015 Urban Habitat Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). John Hill

A school, an apartment building, a cancer center, luxury housing, a university building, and a gallery: The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the six projects shortlisted for the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize. John Hill

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have announced the over 60 new buildings from 26 countries as winners of the Interational Architecture Awards for 2015. John Hill

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named the four regional winners of the Best Tall Building Awards as part of the organization's annual awards. John Hill

The American Society of Landscape Architects has announced its 2015 honors recipients. Selected by the ASLA’s Board of Trustees, the honors include the Landscape Architecture Firm Award being given to The Office of James Burnett. John Hill

The Design Museum in London has selected six Designs of the Year in its eighth annual awards. Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena and his firm Elemental have won in the Architecture category with the UC Innovation Center - Anacleto Angelini. John Hill

Assemble, an 18-member "collective based in London who work across the fields of art, architecture and design," is one of four finalists in the Tate's prestigious Turner Prize 2015. John Hill

The European Commission, along with the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, announced today that Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is the winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. John Hill

The Catalan studio of Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes, and Igor Urdampilleta has won for the Luz House, a single-family house born from the transformation of an existing structure in Cilleros, Spain. John Hill

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2015 National Design Awards, including a posthumous lifetime achievement award to Michael Graves. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the "top ten examples of sustainable architecture and ecological design projects that protect and enhance the environment." John Hill

GRAFT's design for the Old Mill Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia, has won First Prize in the "Renovation" category of the 8th Annual International Design Awards. John Hill

Three winners of the 4th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been selected with projects on public space, social integration, and resilient infrastructure in Colombia, Sri Lanka, and the USA, respectively. John Hill

The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has annouced the winners of its 2015 Design Awards – 12 Honor and 25 Merit awards in 4 categories. John Hill

Five of the six winning projects in this year's Progressive Architecture Awards were designed by World-Architects member firms. John Hill

At a press conference in London today, the five finalists were announced for the 2015 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. John Hill