Skanska USA Building Inc. announced today the completion of the Methodist Stone Oak Hospital located in the fast growing Northwest region on Sonterra Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas.
 
The hospital, designed by HOK Architects, is the first new facility built in the area in more than a decade.  The facility holds 132 beds with an overall master plan that allows for as many as 350 beds.
 

Rafael Viñoly Architects (RVA) announced yesterday the award of four independent Research Fellowships for 2009.

The global call for entries saw over 180 proposals from 39 countries with a wide approach to the suggested general theme: how architecture can better meet the needs of communities undergoing social and environmental stress. The successful teams include researchers from Mexico, Australia, Colombia, France, China and the USA. They explore architecture from both standpoints of designer and user, in locations as diverse as Bogotá and Shanghai, the slums of Mexico City and the tsunami-torn villages of Aceh, Indonesia.

Two previous rounds of research grants focused on environmental and scientific themes, including green roofs and the performance of carbon-fiber composites. This year's grants represent a shift towards themes of architecture in society, as well as a significant expansion of the program.

A meticously designed house is getting the  acknowlegement that it deserves.  “Casa no Gerês” by  CORREIA/RAGAZZI ARQUITECTOS , featured on Archinnovations back in June,  has received prices from around the world.

After a 1st prize (ex-aequo) at the III Prémio Enor Portuguese category,  Gold Medal for Single Family Housing at the  Bienal Miami+Beach 2007, the International Architecture Award 2008 and the recognition at New York with the selection “Europe 40 Under 40”, is now awarded the 1st prize  IDA-International Design Award new residential building category, and 2nd prize on the building category at Project of The Year by AI Quarterly.

Steven Holl Architects have been selected as the winning firm for the design of the master plan of the “4 Tower in 1” competition by unanimous decision.

This competition was for an office tower complex around the new Shenzhen Stock Exchange Headquarters located in Shenzhen’s Futian commercial business district. It was organized by the Shenzhen Planning Bureau to create a unified urban plan, around the Headquarters, for the new office towers of Shenzhen Media Group, China Construction Bank, China Insurance Group, and Southern & Bosera Funds.  A six-member jury chaired by Arata Isozaki selected the winners of the competition. Other participants, including Morphosis, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Atelier FCJZ, Hans Hollein, and MVRDV, won for their individual tower designs.

The new Randers Museum of Art in Denmark will be a building both extrovert and introvert in nature; with reinterpreted classic Danish roots.

In itself a sculpture sitting in a sculpture garden, the new Randers Museum of Art will be a transition point between town and landscape, art and nature. Opening up at one end towards the town – and at the other towards the landscape; the Museum will merge these two concepts through the experience of the works of art within it.

Scandinavian practice schmidt hammer lassen architects (shla) has been selected to design the masterplan for a commercial and cultural complex that will transform the city centre of Horsens in Western Denmark.

The 70,000 m2 development on the site of a former abattoir is located on a 34,000 m2 site adjacent to the Horsens railway station and will include recreational spaces, office development and new retail facilities.