I.M. Pei has been awarded the 2009 RIBA Royal Gold Medal…

The New York City Department of Buildings and AIANY announced the three finalists for the urbanSHED International Design Competition: “urbanCLOUD,” developed by Kevin Erickson, Brodie Bricker, Dan Campbell, Johann Riscahu, and Mathew Strack of KNEStudio, NY, NY; “Urban Umbrella,” developed by Young Hwan Choi from the University of Pennsylvania; and “Tripod MOD(ule),” developed by Jonace Bascon, AIA, Derrick Choi, AIA, Lynn Hsu, RA, Stephen Lew, PE, and Andrew Stark, PE, of XChange Architects, Brookline, MA… Honorable mentions were awarded to: Tenzin M. Phuntsok of the Cranbrook Academy of Art; “Kit-Of-Parts,” developed by Craig Tooma, Asaf Yogev, Frank Scanlon, Tim Jagisch and Jiro Baskin, NY, NY; and “64.8265,” developed by Michael Sullivan of the Cranbrook Academy of Art. See the winners here.

PREFAB 20*20: Visions for 400 SF Homes has announced winners and shortlisted entries including projects by NY-based firms: Jason David Designs (Urban (Tree) House), Honorable Mention; Studio Sanglot (Light Infill); and Measured Works Architecture (Scaffolding House: A Modular Prefab Home for Urban Rooftops), Shortlisted Entries…

Nordhavnen City Regenerative masterplan by FXFOWLE Architects received a WAN (World Architecture News) Urban Sector Award in the Unbuilt category… RMJM’s Global Education Studio won the Cityscape award for Best Islamic Architecture for the design of Al Asmariya University-Zliten campus in Libya…

The 26th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards recipients include an Award of Excellence for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts by Auerbach Glasow French; an Award of Merit for The New York Times Building by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE Architects with Gensler (interiors), for Façade Lighting by Office for Visual Interaction Architect; and a Citation for the TKTS Booth in Times Square by Perkins Eastman based on a competition-winning concept by Choi Ropiha Architects with lighting design by Fisher Marantz Stone…

Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau will be honored with the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Distinguished Public Service Award at a dinner on 10.28.09, which will directly benefit the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park…

Management consulting and research firm ZweigWhite and engineering media specialists Stagnito Media named EYP Architecture & Engineering one of the nation’s “Best Firms to Work For”…

The 11 teams participating in the 2009 Architects Regatta placed as follows:
Fuller & D’Angelo / Pei Partnership (1); Polshek Partnership I (2); William Nicholas Bodouva (3); Rogers Marvel Architects (4); HOK (5); AIANY (6), Mancini Duffy (7); Polshek Partnership II (8); Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (9); Cetra Ruddy (10); and Daniel Frisch (11)…

Will Alsop has been appointed to lead the new London-based studio “Will Alsop at RMJM”… Carol Karasek, AIA, has joined STV to lead the firms Health & Science group, which is a part of the firms Buildings and Facilities Division…