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Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall & Conference Centre in Iceland wins 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. John Hill

The American-born architect based in London died on April 20 after a short illness. John Hill

Architecture and other undergraduate students at the longtime tuition-free school will pay up to $20,000 in yearly tuition. John Hill

Not surprisingly the library, museum, and policy institute for the 43rd U.S. President is designed by Robert A.M. Stern. John Hill

After a three-year restoration, Norway's 1952 gift to the United Nations reopened in a ceremony last week. John Hill

Architect Renzo Piano's preliminary design for a $300 million museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles includes a "soap bubble." John Hill

The transformation of Tour Bois le Prêtre in Paris, by Frédéric Druot and Lacaton & Vassal, wins in the architecture category. John Hill

Architekturbild e.v. has announced the winners of its biennial award, to be exhibited at DAM in Frankfurt. John Hill

The Vancouver property of late Canadian architect Arthur Erickson is being eyed for development. John Hill

The architect says she deserves "a Pritzker Prize inclusion ceremony" during an event on women in architecture. John Hill

A special committe has chosen architects to compete in the design of new home of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. John Hill

Congress heard arguments for starting over with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in DC. John Hill

The winners of the 23rd MIPIM Awards were announced in Cannes, France, on March 14. John Hill

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been named the latest recipient of architecture's highest honor. John Hill

The Bjarke Ingels Group is selected to design the LEGO museum, and the Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant breaks ground. John Hill

The scheme by Stewart Hollenstein, with Colin Stewart Architects, has been chosen for the new library and plaza at Green Square Town Centre. John Hill

Seattle's NBBJ is designing Google's 1.1-million-square-foot "Bay View" complex in Mountain View, California. John Hill

The recently departed Director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute will serve as Creative Director of the 2013 Shenzhen Biennale. John Hill

A few months short of its completion, Russians are calling for the "Mariinsky 2"—the most expensive theater building in the world—to be demolished. John Hill

Five finalists have been chosen from 335 works for the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. John Hill

Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center is saved, but Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital will face the wrecking ball. John Hill

The world’s first re-locatable research facility opened on February 5, one hundred years after Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s tragic Antarctic expeditions. John Hill

The Spanish architect is the recipient of an award created in 1963 in honor of German architect Heinrich Tessenow (1876-1950). John Hill

The 1912 Cass Gilbert-design library has reopened after a $70 million renovation oversaw by Cannon Design. John Hill

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, has selected Steven Holl Architects to design an expansion to its Edward Durell Stone-designed building. John Hill

Foster + Partners, working with the European Space Agency, is exploring the possibility of using 3D printing to build a lunar base from the moon's soil. John Hill

Voting for the 2012 Building of the Year at American-Architects, German-Architects, and Swiss-Architects ends on Thursday, January 31. John Hill

Janjaap Ruijssenaars is designing the "Landscape House" as a Möbius strip to be built from blocks made from a 3-D printer. John Hill

The team of Monadnock Development, Actors Fund Housing Development, and nARCHITECTS has won a competition for mirco-units in Manhattan. John Hill

Two weeks after his appointment, 2014 Venice Biennale curator Rem Koolhaas has chosen the title for the exhibition: Fundamentals. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects has selected 28 recipients from over 700 submissions for its honor awards in architecture, interior architecture, and regional & urban design. John Hill

CODA wins the MoMA PS1 Young Architect's Program, and Situ Studio is chosen by the Times Square Alliance for Heartwalk. John Hill

Zaha Hadid Architects' third project for SOHO China is in a race to finish before a copycat in Chongqing is completed. John Hill

On January 7 the great architecture critic died at the age of 91, less than one week after her last article was published. John Hill

The British architect, educator and writer died in December at the age of 91. John Hill

Voting for the 2012 Building of the Year is now open at American-Architects, German-Architects, and Swiss-Architects. John Hill