Events

Attention art and design lovers! The DesignTO Festival returns January 24-February 2, 2025, celebrating its 15th birthday! Join us in-person at venues across Toronto for 10 days of incredible exhibitions, installations, and events.
Known as Canada’s largest annual design festival, DesignTO transforms Toronto into a creative hub, featuring over 100 free exhibitions and events. Over the past 15 years, the Festival has welcomed over 1 million attendees, showcased 6,500+ creatives, reached 2.6 billion people through media, and generated $120 million in tourism impact. Explore bold and ambitious ideas that respond to the climate crisis, social justice, technology, and more.
“DesignTO isn’t just a festival; it’s an anti-loneliness machine,” said co-founder Christina Zeidler. It’s a place where creativity brings people together to shape a better, more sustainable, just, and joyful future.
Visit the DesignTO website to view the whole Festival Schedule, and start planning your Festival activities today!
DesignTO acknowledges funding support for the 2025 DesignTO Festival from the Government of Ontario, City of Toronto, and the Ontario Arts Council.
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Tropical Configurations
Lecture by Felipe Mesa, Principal of PLAN B Arquitectos.
Felipe Mesa is the founder and principal of PLAN:B Architects, a design practice based in Medellin, Colombia. During the last 20 years, he has built over 50 buildings, with different programs and scales: public spaces, sports, and educational buildings, hotels, offices, houses, and art installations. PLAN:B's work has been selected and exhibited in various venues: Colombian Architecture Biennial, Ibero-American
Architecture Biennial, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Biennial of the Americas, Pamplona Latin American Architecture Biennale; and has been published and disseminated in specialized magazines and digital websites: A+U, Architectural Review, Lotus, Domus, Abitare, Arquitectura Viva, Archdaily, Architizer,
Designboom.
www.planbarq.com
Mesa is an Associate Professor in The Design School (Architecture Program) at the Arizona State University. Before this appointment, he was an Assistant professor in the architecture programs of some Universities in Colombia: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) in Medellin; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) in
Bogota, Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota; and he was Ivan Smith Eminent Visiting Professor at the University of Florida School of Architecture (SoA) - 2014.
Felipe understands the architectural project as a provisional pact, a permeable configuration, and a positive expression of the eco-social constraints surrounding us. His projects and research topics related to the practice and teaching of architecture have been published in four books by Mesaestandar Editors: Acuerdos
Parciales (2005), Awaiting Architecture (2007), Permeability (2013), Architecture in Reverse (2017); one book by AR+D Publishing: 12 Projects in 120 Constraints (2021); and one book by ORO Editions: Design Build Studios in Latin America (2023).

Pioneering Biomaterials Symposium & Exhibition 2025

In a world facing unprecedented challenges, the need for innovative housing solutions that prioritize both people and the planet has never been more critical. Housing to Save Humanity brings together global thought leaders in sustainable architecture, regenerative real estate, and innovative design to explore bold ideas that are redefining how we live and build.
Hosted at the iconic Microsoft Research Lab in New York City, this event features a dynamic panel of professors, TED speakers, and industry leaders who are shaping the future of housing, including:

JIMEI X ARLES 2024 INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 29, 2024 — JANUARY 12, 2025
XIAMEN, CHINA

The Department of Architecture is proud to present the exhibition Winners! AIA Florida & Miami Design Awards 2024 showcasing the work and recognition of eleven students, eight alumni, four scholarship recipients, and five faculty members who received awards during this year's AIA Florida and AIA Miami Design Awards.

The Department of Architecture, in collaboration with Fundación Espacio, presents the exhibition A Fascination with Forms: The Architecture of Jesús & Ana Tenreiro, dedicated to exploring the work and practice of renowned Venezuelan architects Jesús and Ana Tenreiro.

Noutoupatou, Mondes caribéens en mouvement
Private view: 18th november, 6 pm
A plus A Gallery, Venice, San Marco 3073
Flavio Delice, Samuel Gelas, Shamika Germain
Organised by A plus A Gallery in collaboration with Campus Caraïbéen des Arts supported by the Institut français and the Direction des affaires culturelles de la Martinique.

IIA Southern Regional Conference aims to address complexities in design for eco-sensitive regions

Inside the iconic architecture of Eugenio Fuselli, the Casa del Mutilato in Genoa hosts the exhibition "Prove di Fede. Antonio Giuseppe Santagata" – a meeting with the religious artworks of the great Italian artist, known for his depictions of war, in dialogue with the historic rooms of the building.

The fifth edition of the Biennale svizzera del territorio concludes on Saturday, November 30, with a day full of activities at Villa Saroli Park in Lugano, combining craftsmanship, architecture, and collective reflection.

The Architect Show is a leading architecture and design event in Athens, bringing together industry professionals, creatives, and innovators. Featuring cutting-edge exhibitions, engaging talks, and interactive workshops, tAS highlights the latest trends and solutions in design and construction. A must-attend for architects, designers, and design enthusiasts alike.

You are invited to join students, faculty and staff for the opening reception of our annual exhibition of student work created during the fall term in Rome.

Open House Thessaloniki returns on November 23 and 24, bringing the city’s architecture to life with over 70 open buildings and a variety of parallel events. This year, the festival focuses on “Accessibility and Inclusion,” promoting architecture that is welcoming, functional, and open to everyone. With free guided tours led by dedicated volunteers, visitors will have the opportunity to explore Thessaloniki’s rich architectural heritage and contemporary designs that shape the city’s landscape today.

Exhibition: Sergei Tchoban: Toward a New City
OPENING: November 5, 2024; 4 PM
EXHIBITION: November 6, 2024 – November 24, 2024
VENUE: Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
ADDRESS: 45 Maxwell Road, 069118 Singapore

This exhibition presents an ongoing, cross-cultural design collaboration between Finnish interior architect and designer Esa Vesmanen and the Japanese brand minä perhonen. Within the interior of Maison Louis Carré, Vesmanen and Akira Minagawa—artist, designer, and founder of minä perhonen—integrate the influence of Alvar Aalto into their shared creative dialogue. Minagawa, inspired by Nordic design culture, shares with Esa Vesmanen a deep interest in tactile materials and craft-based techniques. Their design discussions inspired a special edition of Vesmanen's Finom lighting line, which explores the possibilities of paper-thin plywood, continuing Aalto's legacy of experimenting with wood's formal potential.

Jeffrey Huber:
Jeffrey Huber, FAIA, ASLA, NCARB, LEED AP, WEDG is a principal and manages the South Florida studio of Brooks + Scarpa. In addition to practice, Huber currently serves as a Professor of the School of Architecture at Florida Atlantic University. He holds master's degrees and licenses in both architecture and landscape architecture. A distinguished architect and landscape architect, Huber's work specializes in public realm projects that combine ecological, landscape, urban, and architectural design. He has advanced sustainability initiatives in soft cities, agricultural urbanism, green school design, missing-middle housing, transit-oriented development, low-impact development/green infrastructure, and adaptation/transformation design methodologies to address emerging and future climate disruptions.

View of the City: Vedute and Panoramas from the Albertina