The prestigious Rome Prize in Architecture is an exciting opportunity for a young architect to spend three or six months in Rome, and be a member of a vibrant residential community of architects, artists and researchers. It provides an extraordinary opportunity to study the contemporary architecture of Rome, as well as its historic context. The Prize

On 4 March officials from the City of Copenhagen, local community members and the design team gathered to celebrate the start of construction of Amager Bakke (Amager Hill), the new waste-to-energy plant replacing the by now anachronistic Amagerforbraending plant next to the site which recovered energy from waste for the city and its region for

On 4 February the Guangzhou Municipal Government announced that West 8, the international office for urban design and landscape architecture, had won the Guangzhou Fangcun Huadi (Flower Village) Sustainable Masterplan competition for a 2050 hectares (450 of which is wetlands) in southern China. Appropriately enough, in view of the fact that West 8 are Dutch, it

The Cities and Green Growth – Urban Evolution conference in Stockholm (23-24 May 2013) will investigate how cities embrace the challenges of urbanization and the shift to a green economy through green growth, and consider the potential of cities and regions globally to foster economic growth and reduce environmental impact through innovative policies and political

Fit Cities – Fit World 2013, an international conference at the Greater London Authority and at Hackney Marshes Centre, a venue by the London Olympic Park site, held from 18-19 March will analyse the ways in which health has been placed the centre of urban regeneration plans for the Olympic legacy through ‘active design’ principles.

Veronika Valk, the Estonian architect, has won her country’s Young Architect Award 2012, a competition held annually by Union of Estonian Architects with the support of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia to encourage innovative and creative thinking by young architects. This accolade recognizes her diverse, original and bold activities in the field of architecture, extending

Lime Wharf is a new Hackney based futures gallery and artistic laboratory on Regent’s Canal in the heart of East London’s creative quarter on Vyner Street, which opened in spring 2013. ‘It’s an innovative and experimental centre which welcomes both artists and scientists to collaborate on residencies, think tank gatherings and exhibitions’, says founder and curator, creative

The Cycling Visionaries Awards programme highlights new ideas to evolve cycling cultures around the globe, seeking to support young individuals from different backgrounds and cultural contexts engaged in the evolution of cycling as their impact is key to the future of urban mobility. Participate in the global discourse on urban cycling! Send in your ideas and projects

The LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, a multidisciplinary cultural centre that supports artistic exchange and fosters relations among society, art, science, technology and creative industries in Gijón (Principality of Asturias), Spain, has launched a call for proposals for Next Things 2013 – Next Space, the Second Global Art & Technology Challenge, in conjunction with Telefónica I+D, the research and

Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas will be the Director of the 14th Venice International Architecture Exhibition to be held in 2014, from Saturday 7 June to Sunday 23 November, a now extended version as long as the 6 month Art Biennale, it was announced on 8 January 2013. He takes over from David Chipperfield, the British