Highly qualified architects, planners, companies and suppliers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland introduce themselves in the catalog "The Best in Architecture & Construction" 2009/2010. View online, download as pdf or request on DVD.

Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Ole Scheeren have announced that Ole Scheeren will be leaving the firm in order to establish his own studio. Scheeren has been working with OMA since 1995 leading several important projects.

The International Day for Monomuents and Sites is carried out annual on 18 April 2010. The special day was created by ICOMOS to raise public's awareness towards the diversity of the world's heritage and the efforts to protect and conserve it. This year's theme: Agricultural Heritage.

The New York City based Magazine eVolo for architecture and design has announced the winners of their 2010 Skyscraper Competition. The annual award recognizes avant-garde ideas by young talents that redefine skyscraper design.

Japan's largest architectural and engineering firm Nikken Sekkei has won the competition to design the sustainable headquarters of Tadawul in the new financial heart of Riyadh. The SAR 1 billion development project 'New Saudi Stock Exchange' aims to be an energy saving model.

Publish your architectural project in a book! Cologne based publisher daab has launched a search for new book projects. Architects, artists and designers worldwide are invited to submit their projects by 31 May 2010. The appeal is for innovative projects that are less than 3 years old.

The Architecture Forum Aedes showcases the work of the New York based Office for Visual Interaction (OVI). The lighting design firm by J. Sundin and E. Peiniger has collaborated with various renown architects. The exhibition takes place from 12 March to 25 April 2010 in Berlin, Germany.

The UIA Council invites architects worldwide and its Member Sections to offer their help to the people of Haiti. Additionally, Louise Cox AM, UIA President, asks for support for saving Haiti's heritage buildings and all the cultural heritage items affected by the earthquake.

Hydraulic lifting devices prevent Neumayer Station III from sinking in the ice. The snow and ice surface in the Antarctic grows continuously so the research station has to be raised annually. The construction concept and technology prove effective right from the beginning.

The recipient of the 2010 AIA Twenty-five Year Award Hajj Terminal at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed by SOM was completed in 1981. It serves as gateway for millions of pilgrims on their journey to the holy city of Mecca.