Danielle Bowling . Articles Rant on America's "dead zones" are all infrastructure and no people, the need for the architectural profession to prove it's not "slavishly" following the party line and Queens Wharf design entrants lack the "wow factor". A snow dome like no other Restaurant Tusen, an obvious retreat from the harsh conditions of the Swedish ski slopes, won the Holiday category at this year's World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. Global round up Studio Daniel Libeskind setting new sustainability standards in Las Vegas, South Africa takes out World Building of the Year award and The Netherland unwilling to invest in sustainability. What's on, where? A round up of the must-see events for architects and architecture lovers. Global round up Italy's solar powered Energy Belt, UK's struggling architecture graduates and San Francisco's greenest office building, in today's international news. NSW guilty of "knee jerk" reaction: architect Regulations have more to do with protecting the state than guarding coastal homes, says an architect.