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Lord Norman Foster, with Fernando Romero, has been selected to design Mexico City's new airport, while the Airports Commission has ruled out Foster’s Thames Hub proposal for a future London airport. John Hill

Six of the twenty architects participating in the closed competition for the first Porsche Design residential tower in Europe have been named, with a winner to be chosen in early 2015. John Hill

Zaha Hadid Architects is working with developer Sunland Group on a 486-unit residential development with three towers next to the Brisbane River in Toowong. John Hill

On Monday the Alvar Aalto Foundation announced a collaboration with the search-engine company Google, so the public can virtually visit Aalto buildings and learn more about the Finnish architect's architecture and designs. John Hill

New York Review of Books architecture critic Martin Filler has issued a letter of regret just days after architect Zaha Hadid filed a lawsuit with the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. John Hill

Architect Zaha Hadid has sued The New York Review of Books and architecture critic Martin Filler over comments in a recent book review. John Hill

Last week Chicago's Graham Foundation announced the 42 recipients of its grants to organizations, $480,000 to "support projects that engage original ideas in architecture." We highlight ten standouts from the bunch. John Hill

The "LEGO House" experience center broke ground in Billund, Denmark, yesterday as three generations of the LEGO Group family laid foundation stones for the Bjarke Ingels-designed building set to open in 2016. John Hill

The Moscow Times reports that the Shukhov Radio and Television Tower, threatened with demolition, has been placed on an official protected landmarks list. John Hill

The U.S. Department of State has announced that Ennead Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have been selected as design architects for new U.S. Embassies in, respectively, Ankara, Turkey, and Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Hill

Results for [AC-CA]'s [PARIS] River Champagne Bar competition have been announced. Here we highlight the three winners. John Hill

The official LEAF judging panel has announced its 2014 shortlist of entries, projects in 12 categories that "are setting the benchmark for the international architectural and design community." John Hill

Celebrity developer Donald Trump, working with Indian real estate developer Lodha Group, has unveiled his second foray into India (and first in Mumbai) with a 75+-story tower designed by Singapore's WOHA. John Hill

Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger today announced his appointment of Amale Andraos as the next dean of the University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. John Hill

The American Institute of Architects' Los Angeles chapter (AIALA) has announced that Platform for Architecture + Research will receive the highest honor they bestow on an emerging architecture firm for consistently producing innovative architecture. John Hill

Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair launches the Dead Prize, which highlights the worst designs, projects that have caused harm to the environment. John Hill

To celebrate its new home designed by 2014 Pritzker Prize laureate Shigeru Ban, the Aspen Art Museum is holding a free 24-hour opening on August 9th and 10th with art, music, performance, film, tours, activities, talks, and food. John Hill

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBP) has unveiled fourteen design proposals for two parcels at Pier 6, issued in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP). John Hill

Seven years after completing the Bloch Building, designed by Steven Holl Architects, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and New York's Weiss/Manfredi are imagining a cultural district anchored about the museum. John Hill

Docomomo International is pleased to inform that the headquarters have been transferred from Barcelona (Mies van der Rohe Foundation) to Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisbon University). Docomomo International

The New York-based architect has been selected to design the building complex of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and TR Warszawa Theatre at Plac Defilad. John Hill

Russia's Strelka Institute has selected MVRDV founder Winy Maas as the curator of the 2014/2015 academic year, where he will help formulate "ten fundamental questions about the future." John Hill

Blair Wilson of Wilson Architects, the Brisbane, Australia firm that turned 130 this year, has passed away at the age of 83. John Hill

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. "wants to reward students who are determined to solve today’s most challenging design problems." Submission deadline is July 30, 2014. John Hill

China's MAD Architects and Chicago's Studio Gang Architects will design the building and landscape, respectively, for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) in Chicago, according to an announcement released today. John Hill

The Australian Institute of Architects’ International Area Committee Jury has announced the winners of the 2014 International Architecture Awards. John Hill

In a statement posted on the CCA's website yesterday, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza reveals where he will donate the archive of his "many years of activity dedicated to architecture." John Hill

The organizers of the 2012 Olympics in London have reached an out-of-court settlement with Atopia over the design of the Cauldron that was witnessed by close to one billion people during the opening ceremony. John Hill

Architects Tod Williams, Billie Tsien, and Johnpaul Jones will receive medals from President Barack Obama on July 28, 2014. John Hill

Westadium, a consortium led by Brookfield Financial and John Laing, has unveiled their winning design for the new Perth Stadium, to be built on the Burswood Peninsula of the Western Australia city. John Hill

Zurich's E2A Piet Eckert und Wim Eckert Architekten have won the international competition for the new "Taz" office building in Berlin. John Hill

Furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has announced it will acquire the modern furniture retailer Design Within Reach for an estimated $154 million in cash. John Hill

Los Angeles-based architect Randall Stout died on July 11 after a battle with cancer. John Hill

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the six projects shortlisted for the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize. John Hill

New York architect Steven Holl has been named a recipient of the Japan Art Association’s 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists. John Hill

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has announced that University of Zurich professor and freelance curator Martino Stierli is The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design. John Hill