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A colourful, sculptural cornice by Richard Deacon caps the St James’s Gateway development on London’s Piccadilly more

As part of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013, The Estonian Centre of Architecture in cooperation with Tallinn City Government has announced the open international architecture competition, TAB 2013 Vision Competition: Recycling Socialism.

The competition is seeking architectural ideas for the future of an iconic circular block housing district in Tallin – Väike-Õismäe (Little Blossom Hill). The jury includes Bjarke Ingles of BIG and prizes total £6,900. The deadline for competition entries is April 30, 2013.

Further details Tallinn Architecture Biennale

A photographic tour of modernist and contemporary architecture in the Lake Lucerne region.

Central Switzerland. A Metropolis
Edited by Bund Schweizer Architekten
Park Books, 156pp, £50

Photographs documenting the work of local architects in the region of Lake Lucerne since the 1920s are complemented by texts on the history, the present and future of the Lake Lucerne region, socio-economic and demographic changes, and challenges and failures in spatial development and urban planning.

Agriculture and, from the late nineteenth century, tourism have been drivers of architectural development. More recently, the growth of financial and other service industries and the dynamic and growing population of the nearby region of Zurich, Switzerland’s largest city, have increasingly influenced the spatial development of the region.

Ceiling paintings by British artist Richard Wright have been unveiled more

Designed by Foster & Partners, Vieux Port Pavilion opened on Saturday 2nd March. more