Events

How do we construct and maintain community centers for People of African Descent in Western contexts? What are the many potentials and challenges of such an endeavor? How do we incorporate the groundwork that has already been conducted elsewhere and which dimensions require special attention to honor the diversity of needs in our communities?

Join us to learn the technique of rammed earth and plaster by intervening and transforming an abandoned tobacco house next to the Zaza River, in the central region of the island of Cuba. This is a workshop for all interested professionals, students and practitioners.

re:arc institute invites you to join the second iteration of their biannual symposium program dedicated to exploring the architectures of planetary well-being, which we understand as ongoing practices of custodianship and care towards our socio-ecological environments. Architectures of planetary well-being offer an approach to understanding the frameworks that connect these systems, in turn allowing us to imagine the relational change needed to move beyond extractive paradigms.

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The first public event – public conference “UREHERIT: architects for heritage in Ukraine” dedicated especially to the project happened on 13th of October 2023. Despite the war, experts from three countries - Lithuania, Estonia and Romania - visited Ukraine. As many as 120 speakers ( 50 experts offline and 70 experts who participated in the event remotely, in total the event united 300 participants and listeners ) share their knowledge and experience, and will experiment with the aim to build competence on the heritage protection, regeneration of culturally meaningful plans and projects and empowering of local communities as a tool for building the new, democratic, and sustainable Ukraine with a unique yet European cultural DNA.

We are excited to announce the call for papers for the upcoming Avani Annual Research Symposium 2023, "REFUGE City: Towards a New Urban Perspective in the Global South." We are fortunate to have Prof. Neelkanth Chhaya as the Symposium advisor. This symposium aims to challenge conventional views of urban environments and invites you to contribute your scholarly work to this transformative dialogue. The theme promises to serve as a catalyst for a nuanced exchange of diverse viewpoints pertaining to the concept of cities as places of refuge, resonating across a spectrum of contexts and disciplines.

WORKSPACE EXPO "The international Workspace Projects & Design Solutions Exhibition” is the only event in Egypt & Middle East specialized for showcasing the latest mega administrative & workspace projects with recent unique design solutions in a business environment

The inspiration behind the name "游人如織" (Interweaving Travelers) is derived from a Chinese idiom, symbolizing the countless travelers as intricately woven pieces of brocade, layer upon layer. The exhibition's concept expands upon this metaphor with the aim of exploring the interconnectivity and complexity of global mobility. Especially in the post-pandemic era, as people once again regain the "freedom" to move, this exhibition, on the one hand, examines the co-constructive relationship between mobility and contemporary globalization, and, on the other hand, seeks to critically reexamine the fundamental essence of "mobility," exploring its potential to transcend national governance, geopolitical conflicts, and the influence of capitalist expansion.

Japanese art has an allure that transcends time, from the resplendent beauty of paintings on golden screens to the elegant lines of ikebana flower arrangements. In modern times, new technologies are revolutionizing our engagement with these art forms. High-precision replicas of precious paintings can be created, allowing the originals to be safely preserved, while still being accessible to the public. Meanwhile, contemporary artists are using technology to express traditional Japanese artistic concepts in novel ways. At this talk, Frank Feltens, Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, and Japanese new media artist and Professor of Kyoto University Naoko Tosa, creator of Sounds of Ikebana, examine the applications of technology in the world of Japanese art today. Moderated by Monika Bincsik, Diane and Arthur Abbey Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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The 13th edition of Asia’s leading international trade fair for the woodworking and furniture manufacturing industry will be held from 22 – 26 February, 2024 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru, India. Our aim is to drive the growth of the Indian furniture manufacturing and woodworking sector, positioning India as a top manufacturing hub in the region.

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We are happy to share with you that the School of Architecture at the Anant National University, Ahmedabad, is organising an International Symposium on Architecture for All: Call of the Future scheduled from 23rd to 25th February 2024. The symposium discusses the design position of our time as we embark on the quest to find what the architecture of the future should be. The symposium calls for proposals that explore the identified themes through the lens of either questioning the existing or embracing the future.
Three prominent international keynote speakers have been finalised to enrich the discourse. They are Architect Madhura Prematilleke from Sri Lanka, Architect Marina Tabassum from Bangladesh, and Architect Peter Rich from South Africa.
We invite you all to submit abstracts and share your ideas and research with an opportunity to get the work published. The last date to submit the abstracts is the 5th of November, 2023.

Hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, this two-day symposium brings together academic, government and industry experts to set the national research agenda to support the transformation of Australian cities. A series of keynote lectures, site visits and panel discussions featuring local and international speakers will explore the need for an increase in the scale of retrofitting in Australia. Join us for these timely conversations about our evolving cities. The symposium will also be livestreamed, find out more on the registration page.

The year 2023 marks the celebration of the 850th anniversary of the start of construction on the Tower of Pisa. To mark the occasion, the Museo della Grafica Palazzo Lanfranchi is holding an exhibition of drawings by the architect Sergei Tchoban. In his work as an architect and in his drawings, he has constantly treated the tower as a type of building.
There have never been so many towers as there are today. Never have they been so ubiquitous. Tower building has become a challenge for architects all over the world. Even those who do not find the task particularly appealing must come to terms with tower construction. For it is precisely in the architecture of towers that the latest techniques and materials are tested in order to reach and exceed aesthetic as well as physical limits.
Sergei Tchoban is very familiar with the history of architecture from his studies at the Petersburg Academy. This history is reflected both in his own design work and in his drawings. The Museo della Grafica Palazzo Lanfranchi in Pisa has taken the 850th anniversary of the Tower of Pisa as the occasion for this exhibition, bringing together around 90 drawings that Tchoban has made on his numerous journeys, especially in Italy, and which in many cases combine the reproduction of what he saw with his own reflections on architecture. In six chapters, the exhibition presents through the architect’s drawings views of individual towers, reflections on the history of tower architecture and on the political role of towers and the threats they pose.
Tchoban’s interest in the multifaceted phenomenon of tower construction is evident in the abundance of drawings in which the architect depicts these buildings, imagined as well as real towers or a combination of both. Drawing, with its capacity to make the imagined as vivid as the real, proves to be the apt medium for Tchoban to express his thoughts on tower architecture.

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