
Summer School 2026

I do not intend to speak about; just speak nearby—Trinh T. Minh-ha, Reassemblage

Join us in Berlin to explore how water shapes urban life. Over two weeks, students and experts in design, ecology, and urban studies will investigate Berlin's water systems and their role in shaping cities. Through site visits and collaborative work, we will study water as a connector, resource, and driver of change. Discover new ways to rethink urban resilience through the lens of water.

Celebrating the Dialogue Between Earthen Architecture and Landscape

Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.

We are pleased to announce an evening conversation hosted by the Pan-African Biennale (PAB), in collaboration with Black Females in Architecture (BFA), a collective that advocates for greater representation, support, and visibility for Black women working across architecture and the built environment.

What’s That Green? Governance Lab is excited to launch an open call for projects that demonstrate good practice in the long-term co-care and co-maintenance of urban green spaces together with civil society.
We are not looking for governance models where green spaces are solely managed by public or private actors, nor where citizens are acting entirely on their own. Our focus is on blended stewardship models - where cities, private organizations, and civil society care for green spaces together.

Angeleno architects and curators made their mark at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale — with installations featured in the U.S., China, and Iceland Pavilions, among others.

From November 7 to December 19, Friedman Benda presents "Adam Pendleton: Who Owns Geometry Anyway?", marking the gallery’s first collaboration with the artist and Pendleton’s inaugural exploration of furniture typologies. Pendleton’s works, stemming from the seeds of simple geometric figures, explore themes of the historical avant-garde that influenced modern and contemporary aesthetics.

India has a strong tradition of films that explore cities as characters in themselves — their social dynamics, architecture, chaos, and contradictions. Over three days, the Nagari Film Festival presents a curated lineup of Indian films and discussions that engage with urban life through fiction, documentary, and experimental cinema.
The festival opens with the Nagari 2025 Award Ceremony, premiering this year’s anthology of short films and initiating a dialogue on the role of the public realm in our cities. The following days feature themed screenings and conversations exploring how cinema reflects, critiques, and reimagines the urban experience.
The Nagari Film Festival is supported by a generous grant from the Tata Trusts.

The project brings together architects, artists, researchers, scientists, and social workers, the project explores how embodied, material, and technological practices can help us rethink our relationship with the planet’s energy infrastructures.

The home is often understood as the physical manifestation of one’s identity, a space shaped by the longing for reprieve from societal expectations. Historically defined by rigid heteronormative ideals of domestic life, the reproduction of these models concretizes a universal, and often restrictive, understanding of what a home should be. TO·BE·LONGING: Portraits of Queer Living seeks to shift this dominant social narrative, focusing on the nuanced existence of queer domesticity, belonging and resilience in spaces for self-determination.

Organized by ASF with Susan Chin of DesignConnects, in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects New York, and American Institute of Architects Continental Europe, Nordic American Connections: Conversations on Architecture and Design is a 4-part series that presents prominent architects, critics and scholars to reflect on Scandinavian and Nordic design's enduring impact in shaping modern American design since the 19th century.

Reflections: In Conversation with Time
An exhibition by ADND

ZETHAUS Symposium ININ will take place at the IUAV – Università Iuav di Venezia, gathering architects, artists, and thinkers to reflect on how we build, dwell, and imagine the world we share.

Open House Thessaloniki returns on 22–23 November, once again inviting the public to experience the city through its architecture. During the festival weekend, over 70 buildings, ranging from historic landmarks and adaptive reuse projects to innovative new constructions, will open their doors for free guided tours led by volunteers, offering a unique opportunity to explore Thessaloniki’s diverse architectural identity.

Following the success of previous editions in Venice, Chicago and New Orleans, Shaping the City is returning to the floating city for two days of conversations focusing on housing and community. The sixth edition of the conference, curated by ECC Italy in the context of its biennial architecture exhibition Time Space Existence, will take place at Palazzo Michiel on 21 and 22 November 2025, and streamed online on the YouTube channel of ECC Italy.