The Claude Parent Archives and The Front are pleased to announce the opening of Claude Parent - Architectural Fictions on October 14, 2023 from 6-9pm, at The Front, 2207 N. Broadway in Los Angeles. This will also be a rare opportunity for collectors and architects to view and acquire Claude Parent’s visionary drawings before they are returned to the archive in Paris in November of this year.
“Gaetano Rapisardi Architetto 1893-1988” [“Gaetano Rapisardi Architect 1893-1988”] edited by Clementina Barucci and Marco Falsetti, published by Campisano Editore, will be presented Monday 16th of October at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.
Following the success of previous editions in Venice and Chicago, the next edition of Shaping the City is scheduled to take place on the 5th and 6th of October, 2023, in New Orleans at the AIA, Center for Design and at the F. Taylor Library, Ogden Museum.
Building a Collective Archive: A Yale Traveler's Mnemosyne is a curatorial project that explores the impact and update of personal references in constructing a collective imaginario - a repository of collective imagination. Curated by architects Gabriel Hernández (Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Yale) and Alberto Martínez (La Caixa Foundation grant), the exhibition will be on display from 31 August through 6 October 2023 at the North Gallery space at Yale School of Architecture (YSoA), located at the iconic Rudolph Hall in New Haven, Connecticut.
As part of We Design Beirut's main program, under “We Preserve” a collective exhibition will be staged at Villa Audi. Curated by Babylon -The Agency founded by Joy Mardini and William Wehbe, the exhibition of over 33 product designers from the region celebrates the rich heritage of Middle Eastern design and its harmonious integration within the historic Villa Audi.
As part of We Design Beirut's main program, under "We Sustain" a collective exhibition will be held showcasing sustainability projects by student designers from ALBA, AUB, LAU, USEK, and USJ under the advisory of three internationally renowned design experts, Federica Sala, Anne-France Berthelon, and François Leblanc Di Cicilia.
As part of We Design Beirut's main program, under "We Empower" an exhibition will be held at PSLab in Mar Mikhael providing talented craftsmen and artisans in the fields of wood, copper, glass and rattan with an opportunity to showcase their crafts live to an international audience and to collaborate with fellow designers, architects and platforms.
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Juan Ignacio Ramos and Ignacio Ramos at the Honest Modernism Book Launch Event in Venice, Italy
Estudio Ramos presented its work in the 2023’s edition of Time Space Existence, the extensive architecture biennale exhibition organized by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) in Venice, Italy. This year’s show, which opened in May and will run until the end of November, focuses on sustainability and promotes an exploration of the challenges presented by current environmental issues.
Archtober, a New York City-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, will celebrate the next installment of its annual Festival from October 1–31, 2023.
The World Around and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, in collaboration with Triennale Milano, announce IN FOCUS: RADICAL REPAIR — a free public program in Milan as the first event of their collaboration.
The ongoing, rapid urbanization has significant effects on the future of urban development and the coexistence of people. This presents us with great challenges. Traditional functional planning models can no longer adequately capture the complex interrelationships and different influencing factors. A new, holistic understanding of urban planning that considers the interactions of sustainable design principles and can enhance the quality of life in cities is required. This should develop visionary approaches that anticipate and address future needs and challenges.
Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural conference dedicated to the preservation of modernist architecture in the Uzbek capital. The conference, titled Where in the World Is Tashkent, will be held on October 18-19, 2023, as part of the Tashkent Modernism XX/XXI research and preservation project. The event will be dedicated to the memory of architect and historian Jean-Louis Cohen (1949–2023), who was an important contributor to this project.
Chloe and Michael Humphreys. Image by the Landscape Studio.
Join us for the final Dean’s Lecture for 2023 with landscape architects Chloe and Michael Humphreys, founders of The Landscape Studio. Their unique approach is driven by careful observation and an in-depth understanding of the wider landscape. In this lecture they will present key projects in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya that showcase their innovative process, with design solutions that aim to improve the biodiversity and sustainability of their project sites.
This October 12-18, NYCxDESIGN will present Design Pavilion, New York's premier public design exhibition, for another year of experiential installations that engage, inform and inspire. Taking place during Archtober - New York’s month-long celebration of architecture - this year’s edition of Design Pavilion will feature three activations by creative visionaries from multiple disciplines that evoke motifs of materiality, sustainability, social justice, and more. Two built installations, Bamboo Cloud at Pier 57 and Public Display at Gansevoort Plaza, will act as ‘urban oases’ for passersby as well as temporary forums designed to inspire community gathering, productive conversation, and personal reflection. The third exhibition, I Was Here, will be a digital art projection on the World Trade Center Podium, a bold statement reflecting on our country’s legacy of enslavement and the wish to heal wounded sites.
