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Santiago Calatrava was selected to receive the 2005 Gold Medal from American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) [Architectural Record]

Three architects, Enrique Norten, Jean Nouvel and Hani Rashid, compete to design Guggenheim Museum in Guadalajara (México). It should rise in Oblatos Canyon (Barranca de Huentitán) [el informador].

On december 1th, the World AIDS Day, Architecture for Humanity unveiled nine finalists of the competition to design a “field of dreams” for Somkhele (South Africa), in Kwa-Zulu Natal – the area with the widest diffusion of HIV/AIDS in the world > architectureforhumanity.org souce > archinect

In time for 2008 Olympic Games, chinese government is building new airport in Beijing. Designed by Norman Foster, it will be the largest in the world [Telegraph].

Images and information about projects and recent buildings in Sydney (Australia) [a-matter].

Information about Ninth Award Cycle (2002-2004) seven winners, that include new Library of Alexandria (Egipt) by Snøhetta and Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) by César Pelli > akdn.org

Recent images of several architectural works in Tokyo. They include, for example: Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Centre Headquarters Building by Kenzo Tange (1967), Tokyo International Forum by Rafael Viñoly (1996), Prada store by Herzog & De Meuron (2003) and Tod’s megastore by Toyo Ito (still under construction) > SkyscraperCity Forums [1] [2] [3]

Toyo Ito‘s going to visit Chile for the first time. The japanese architect will take advantage of his permanence to open the exhibition entitled Toyo Ito Made in Italy, in Santiago. He will also go to Marbella (160 km from Santiago de Chile) to see the place where his first american work – a house […]

Images of KPF Kohn Pedersen Fox design for ‘New York Sports and Convention Center‘ [europaconcorsi].

In consequence of a referendum, in Munich there will be no building higher than Cathedral Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche), whose famous two twin bell-towers raise to 99 metres from the ground [El Diario Montañes].

With SOHO Shang Du development in Beijing, Lab Architecture Studio started a mixed use complex (flats/offices), whose project is based on fractal geometry [Clarín].

Grupo FAM, a team made up by architects Esaú Acosta, Mauro Gil-Fournier, Raquel Buj, Miguel Jeanicke and Pedro Colón de Carvajal, has won the competition for march 11th victims memorial. The winning idea resemble a free shape crystal lamp, nearly 10 metres high, that looks like an irregular cylinder [CNN+ / Telemadrid / madridiario.es].