FIGMENT, the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) announced the finalists of the 2010 City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition: ECHOMATERICO (Berardo Matalucci, Fabiano Spano, Guillermo Ivan López Dominguez, Enrico Crobu); Unchung Na and Sorae Yoo of NAMELESS ARCHITECTURE; Ann Ha and Behrang Behin; and Lonn Combs, RA, of EASTON+COMBS…

The Santa Barbara Chapter of the AIA has awarded a 2009 Honor Award to the Santa Barbara Bowl Amphitheater, designed by Handel Architects with Executive Architect DesignARC…

Daniel Libeskind, AIA, has been chosen as the 2010 recipient of the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal; he is the first architect to ever receive this honor, which is bestowed by the DKR (German Coordinating Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation)…

Terreform ONE, jointly founded by Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova, Assoc. AIA, won a Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment in the category of “Research & Initiative” for their project “New York City Resource & Mobility,” a visionary plan for NYC that converts waste to buildings and reinvents the city transit system; in the category of “Built Environment,” award winners include The High Line by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro…

Paul Seletsky, Assoc. AIA, has formed a new professional consultancy focused on advanced Digital Design services, called ArcSphere… Eugene Flotteron, AIA, has returned to CetraRuddy after spending some years working for developer Kent Swig…