TensoTalk 2025: India by Architectural Membrane Association
TensoTalk 2025: India Edition is a tensile architecture lecture series and conference event organised by the Architectural Membrane Association (AMA) together with IMS BAUHAUS® Archineer® institutes e.V. AMA is an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes tensile architecture worldwide and represents industrial companies active in tensile architectural membrane practices.
"Sheltering in Space – A Guide" will delve into the concept of sustainable space shelters, addressing the extreme conditions of space while considering cultural, social, and psychological factors.
Healing the Heart of LA Exhibition Opening Reception Flyer
FORT: LA’s Healing the Heart of LA Design Competition invited architects and designers to reimagine one or more of Los Angeles’ historically, culturally, and beloved public or semi-public sites that were lost in the recent LA Fires. Sites include Altadena's Bunny Museum, Scripps Hall and Park Planned Homes by Gregory Ain, Pacific Palisades’ Will Rogers Ranch House, Business Block and Corpus Christi Church, and Malibu’s Reel Inn, Moonshadows and Feed Bin, among others.
The exhibition "INCISIONE PER L'ARCHITETTURA –La Porta della città" is the result of the second Engraving Workshop that took place in Spoleto in 2024 following the successful experience of the first Workshop, "The urban facade". The workshop promoted by OFARCH and SPAZIO MTR saw the participation of 19 architects who attended the studios of the artist Maria Teresa Romitelli, creating plates and prints on the theme "La Porta della città" with different engraving techniques. The architects through the "time of drawing", architectural thought, a synthesis of analysis and projection towards a possible reality, created "points of view" of the city, investigating the contemporary and urban role of the Gate. The visual stimuli multiplied with each sign that appeared between the sheets, gradually building the sense of the workshop enriched by strong experimentation of the engraving technique starting from etching, aquatint, drypoint, photo-engraving, "non-printing" and artificial intelligence. As at the center of a compass, the copper plate and the black color, have maintained the course of reasonings increasingly intense and rambling at the same time; plate and print, the two halves of the same thought. The engravings on display are by the architects: Aldo Aymonino, Laura Bacchi, Carmelo Baglivo, Alessandro Bulletti, Maria Caterina Cimminella, Elisabetta Cleri, Raffaella Conte, Andrea Dragoni, Fabio Fabiani, Amanzio Farris, Ruggero Lenci, Antonio Pallotta, Giorgios Papaevangeliou, Filippo Parroni, Giovanni Pernazza, Franco Purini, Giovanni Romagnoli, Carlo Vitali, Lorenza Zuccari.
The inaugural Alan Golin Gass Annual Lecture will take place on Wednesday, April 23, and feature Los Angeles-based architect Ron Radziner, whose first job for an architectural firm while studying at CU Denver's College of Architecture and Planning was working for Gass. Ron now leads Marmol Radziner, an award-winning design-build firm that offers architecture, landscape, interior design, and fabrication services. Ron will be in conversation with Adam Wagoner, AIA Colorado Architect of the Year, Principal of Denver's High, Low, Buffalo, and host of the podcast Architect-ing.
In occasion of the Milan Design Week, Spazio Lima and pconp studio are pleased to present Sconvolti, a project in collaboration with the Carlo Zauli Museum, Faenza.
Everything we build has value – even after it has been used. How can we rediscover the beauty of reuse and create a future where used materials gain new life and circular resources take on new value? How can reuse become part of architecture's aesthetic? What does architecture look like if we stop throwing things away? Construction is one of the world's biggest climate offenders. We build, demolish, and discard resources as if they are infinite. But a new movement is gaining ground—we are starting to build circularly. Across different places, design and construction are being reimagined to make use of what already exists. More buildings are being preserved, and repurposed materials are finding new functions.
You will explore the latest innovations in eco-friendly building materials and practical solutions to enhance efficiency while reducing your projects' environmental impact.
Open House Slovenia poster, courtesy of Afront zavod za prostorsko inovativnost.
Open House Slovenia returns on 11–13 April with a carefully curated programme of over 70 architectural projects opening their doors to the public across the country. Now in its sixteenth year, the festival invites visitors to discover the richness of Slovenian architecture through free expert-led guided tours of private residences, public institutions, cultural landmarks, and contemporary buildings.
Seoul National University Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering (SNU DAAE) is pleased to announce its Spring 2025 Lecture Series. This semester's lectures will feature speakers from various fields invited from around the world, offering diverse perspectives and international viewpoints at the forefront of contemporary architecture and architectural engineering.
The Columbia University Department of Art History is pleased to announce the Emilio Ambasz Lecture Series: Architecture as Poetry. The inaugural lecture will be presented by the renowned architect Kengo Kuma on the topic of "The Materials and Structues of a Poetic Practice." The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Leo Café, located in the Asia Society's Garden Court.
Open House Athens 2025 poster by Odysseas Zacharatos, courtesy of Open House Greece.
Open House Athens returns on 5–6 April, with more than 70 buildings opening their doors for free guided tours and an extensive parallel programme starting on 29 March. Now firmly established as one of the city's most engaging cultural events, the festival invites the public to explore public and private spaces—from historic buildings and monuments to contemporary offices, residences, and hotels—led by a team of 500 volunteers.
Sergei Tchoban: Sections of the Mind. Poster design by Peter Bankov
Sergei Tchoban: Sections of the Mind
Comprising fantastic visions, idea competition submissions, personal manifestos, and depictions of buildings now under construction, all artworks presented in Sergei Tchoban: Sections of the Mind—an assembly of 30 freehand charcoal and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and prints—explore effective and imaginary use of the architectural section. Cutting through buildings, colonnades, domes, and whole chunks of cities, the architect not merely exposes his structures' spatial and material complexities but reveals hidden histories and meanings. In his drawings, Tchoban addresses clashes of extreme dualities head-on. He looks for the right balance between pragmatic and artistic, ordinary and spectacular, historical and contemporary, and offers his take on how to build more engagingly, responsibly, and ecologically.
"Game of Goose," is a site-specific exhibition at Los Angeles's iconic Neutra VDL House by multidisciplinary artist Maayan Elyakim. Curated by Dan Handel, this marks Elyakim's first solo exhibition in the U.S., following his 2022 show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Construmat is more than just a trade fair; it is the reference point for the construction industry, where ideas, solutions, and professionals come together to shape the future. With a clear commitment to sustainability, innovation and cross-industry collaboration, we are the place where architects, engineers, CEOs and consultants find the tools and opportunities to face the great challenges of the market.