Wing Luke Asian Museum, designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, received a Great Places Award from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)… The Wing Luke Asian Museum also won an award as part of the International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) 36th Annual Interior Design Competition; other winners include: Greenhouse Nightclub by Bluarch Architecture + Interiors; Museum of Tolerance by Cannon Design; Cathedral of Christ the Light by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and Gallery More North by KOKO Architecture + Design, which was chosen as the winner of the 17th Annual Will Ching Design Competition…

Bernard Spitzer is giving the City College of New York (CCNY) $25 million for the benefit of the School of Architecture…New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) will celebrate the inauguration of its sixth president Dr. Christopher John Cyphers on 04.17.09…

The second annual International Design Awards (IDA) competition nominated Metropolis as the Architecture Magazine of the Year…

HOK Sport Venue Event has changed its name to Populous…

Robert Klein, AIA, has joined MKDA as Managing Director, Strategic Services… John Patey, AIA, has joined Mancini Duffy as a Senior Associate and will lead the firm’s Healthcare practice…RMJM appointed Dr. Vladimir Kvint as chairman of the Russian and CIS division…