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Stirling shortlisted practice wins £7.5m Brno bridge contest
William Matthews Associates has won a competition to design a £7.5 million bridge in Brno, the Czech city known for its early 20th-century Modernist buildings
Competition wins
Updates on architectural competitions, including shortlists, winners and other news
Jamie Fobert and Purcell win revamp of Greenwich Royal Observatory
The National Maritime Museum has appointed Jamie Fobert Architects and conservation specialist Purcell to design a £4.5 million revamp of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
Davidson Prize: final three contenders named for £10,000 purse
The three teams shortlisted for this year’s £10,000 Davidson Prize – which seeks ideas on the future of the home – have been announced
Oxford University names winner in 2,000-home masterplan contest
A team led by Hawkins\Brown has won the University of Oxford’s international competition to masterplan a £1 billion residential-led development at Begbroke Science Park in Kidlington
RSHP wins international contest for business centre in Lithuanian capital
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has won an international competition to design a new seven-storey office block in Vilnius, Lithuania
LFA names shortlist for Phoenix Road ‘pop-up’ contest in Camden
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) has named the six finalists in its competition for a ‘creative’ £25,000 public realm installation in Phoenix Road, Somers Town, central London
Grimshaw wins major Budapest railway station contest
Grimshaw has won an international competition to overhaul and expand Budapest’s main Nyugati station
Exclusive: Kew treehouse contest winners revealed
The three winners in the high-profile contest to design a trio of ‘spectacular treehouses’ at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, have been revealed
Studio Octopi submits plans to revamp listed 1930s Scottish lido
Studio Octopi has submitted plans for the next phase of an ongoing project to revive the Category A-listed Tarlair open-air swimming pool in Aberdeenshire
Pavilion for All: DaeWha Kang Design wins Brent Cross Town contest
The AJ can exclusively reveal the winner in the Pavilion for All competition, organised by Argent Related and Barnet Council