Pac-Van, Inc. has won two First Place awards and an Honorable Mention at the Modular Building Institute’s annual convention – adding to its long history of success in the modular building industry’s most prestigious event
The MBI Awards of Distinction are given annually to recognize the world’s best modular building projects. The projects are scored in categories of: A – Architectural excellence; B – Technical innovation; C – Cost effectiveness/ energy efficiency; D – Calendar days to complete.
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Geared for youthful car buyers, Scion is the latest line of cars from Toyota Motor Corporation. To carve out a home for the brand, the car manufacturer has launched an international showroom design competition, Scion Floorplan.
Applicants should submit a written description and a complete design concept for a 750-square-foot showroom online. The first prize winner will take home $5,000—and earn the opportunity to see his or her idea realized. Second and third place winners will receive $1,000 and $500, respectively. (more…)
To mark Architecture Week, each day the Magazine will look at a notable building opened in Britain in the past 12 months and ask what makes it different.
Donnybrook Quarter in Bow, east London, is an island of white in a sea of brown and grey. And even discounting the unusual whitewashed effect, it would still diverge dramatically from the surrounding area, with its squarish modernist look.
Finished in January, the £4.5m development was honoured with a RIBA award on Thursday and a place on the long list for the Stirling Prize, British architecture’s top prize. (more…)
