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Smiljan Radić awarded 2026 Pritzker Prize
Chilean architect Smiljan Radić Clarke is the fifty-fifth laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
2026 RIBA Gold Medal won by ‘humble visionary’
The honour has been awarded to Swiss-born Irish architect, educator and writer Níall McLaughlin, recognising the “resounding impact he has had on the profession”.
Architect of 2026 Serpentine Pavilion revealed
The 2026 pavilion, titled A Serpentine, will be unveiled at the Serpentine South Gallery in London on 6 June 2026.
Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu named curators of Venice Architecture Biennale 2027
Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu were appointed to curate the twentieth edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, opening in May 2027.
Frank Gehry, Pritzker Prize-winning architect, dies aged 96
The American-Canadian architect, known for his unorthodox and adventurous projects across the globe – including a university building in Sydney – has passed away.
RIBA Gold Medallist Sir Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85
Highly esteemed British architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has died aged 85.
Marina Tabassum’s kinetic 2025 Serpentine Pavilion opens
The 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm Marina Tabassum Architects, opens to the public on 6 June.
Composed in contrasts: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Barcelona
During the final leg of the tour, participants discovered that Barcelona’s beauty lies not in aesthetic cohesion, but in the city’s imperfections and rich layering of styles, ideas and histories.
Stacking the city: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Australia’s housing crisis stems from sprawl; the Netherlands’ from a lack of land. Recipients of the 2025 Australian Institute of Architects Dulux Study Tour noted that despite their differing circumstances, both nations need urban densification.
Pursuit of happiness: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Copenhagen
On the first leg of the tour, discussion between the winners consistently circled back to the very Danish idea that architecture must return to the public what it takes, offering value in exchange for space and presence.
2025 Pritzker Prize awarded to Chinese architect Liu Jiakun
The jury praised the way Liu “constructs new worlds, free from any aesthetic or stylistic constraint.”
‘True pioneers’ SANAA awarded 2025 RIBA Gold Medal
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Japanese architecture firm SANAA will receive the Royal Gold Medal 2025 for architecture, with their design for Naala Badu in Sydney applauded in the accompanying citation.
Architect of 2025 Serpentine Pavilion revealed
Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects, have been revealed as the designers of the 24th Serpentine Pavilion.
RIBA Gold Medal-winning architectural historian dies aged 98
Joseph Rykwert, the prominent architectural historian, author and 2014 recipient of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, has died aged 98.
Grimshaw’s Elizabeth Line takes out RIBA’s top prize
The London tube line has been commended as the UK’s best new building, winning the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 2024 Stirling Prize.
Culture-led architecture: 2024 Dulux Study Tour, Madrid and Valladolid
In reflecting on their time in Spain, the 2024 Dulux Study Tour winners found that the most successful architectural projects are culture-led, rather than design-led.
23rd Serpentine Pavilion opens in London
The 23rd Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Korean architect Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies, has now opened to the public in London’s Serpentine South gardens.
Diversity in uniformity: 2024 Dulux Study Tour, Berlin
The architects participating in the 2024 Dulux Study Tour consider Berlin’s contrasting architecture as a testament to the city’s tumultuous history, reflecting periods of prosperity, division and reunification.
Complexities and contradictions: 2024 Dulux Study Tour, Tokyo
The five early-career architects on the 2024 Dulux Study Tour reflect on the level of high-quality craftsmanship they have observed in Tokyo.
‘Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.’: 2025 Venice Biennale theme revealed
The president of La Biennale di Venezia Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and exhibition curator Carlo Ratti have jointly announced the theme for the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.
