Various projects of the Pritzker Prize award winning Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA will be on display at Aedes am Pfefferberg in Berlin. The exhibition will run from 18 November 2010 to 20 January 2011.

The Burj Khalifa was honoured as first recipient of the CTBUH’s new Tall Building “Global Icon” Award. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat bestows this new prize to recognize very special tall buildings that make a profound impact on the genre of tall buildings on a global context.

The winners of the prestigious WAF Awards were announced at the World Architecture Festival 2010. Zaha Hadids project MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Italy, was chosen to be 'World Building of the Year'.

From 23 October to 26 December 2010 the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery showcases a cross-section of Dominique Perrault's work. In the 1980s the Paris architect Perrault got famous with his design of the French National Library.

The Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA has announced Sir David Chipperfield CBE as the winner of the Royal Gold Medal 2011. The prestigious architectural award is conferred annually in recognition of a lifetime's work.

The coveted £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 was awarded to Zaha Hadid at the awards ceremony in London in October 2010. RIBA President Ruth Reed, who announced the award, called the MAXXI "a much deserved winner".

OMA’s first completed project in Hong Kong has opened: museum-quality exhibition space and offices for the Edouard Malingue Gallery, the city’s first gallery dedicated to Impressionist and Modernist masterpieces.

After its presentation at the SFMOMA, the exhibition travels to several European museums. From 17 October 2011 through 8 January 2012 it stages at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao, Spain. New Topographics is a restaging of an exhibition held in 1975 in New York.

Among four finalists, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has selected Snøhetta to work with the museum on the design of expansion. The architecture firm joins the team to expand and enhance the museum facilities and visitor experience. Local architect of record: EHDD.

Innovative design techniques can provide a cost-effective and sustainable alternative for overburdened communities. David Yocca testified before the US Congress on behalf of the ASLA to promote green infrastructure. Read more on the ASLA Campaign for Green Architecture.