November 24, 2009
by: Murrye Bernard Assoc. AIA LEED AP

The Sam Fox School announced the winners of the 2009 Skandalaris Awards:
Rick Lowe, the founder of Project Row Houses won the Award for Excellence in Art + Architecture; Anna Rubbo, founder of Global Studio, and John Bielenberg, founder of Project M won Awards for Entrepreneurship in Design & Visual Arts…

The Shanghai World Financial Center, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, garnered three MIPIM Asia 2009 awards, including Best Chinese Project and Best Mixed-Use Building, while also earning the “Participants’ Choice” award…

The award winners of CANstruction NY 2009 include Feed the Bank (Piggy Bank) by Arianna Braun Architects, Juror’s Favorite; A Fungus to Feed Us by Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, Best Structural Ingenuity; Basic Goodness by HLW International LLP/Turner Construction, Best Meal; We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends by Ted Moudis Associates, Best Use of Labels; and Honorable Mentions The (Not So) Very Hungry Caterpillar by Polshek Partnership Architects, and Lend a Helping CAN by Dattner Architects

McGraw-Hill Construction announced that Norbert Young, FAIA, who served as president, has left the company… Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. discontinued the publication of Metropolitan Home magazine, ending with the December issue…

Artist Jeanne-Claude, who worked alongside and under the name of her husband, Christo, has died at the age of 74…

Spector Group announced the opening of its first office in Abu Dhabi, and has also established its presence in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with a small consortium of international professional engineers…

HDR CUH2A announced that Randle Pollock has joined the firm as Central Regional Business Development Director..

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