Raymond Johansen was Governing Mayor of Oslo from 2015 to 2023, a period in which the city advanced policies linking climate objectives with urban management and development. During his mandate, Oslo incorporated environmental criteria into mobility planning, public space design, and municipal procurement, influencing how the city plans and builds. In his lecture within the series "Re_Solution" at IE School of Architecture&Design, Johansen will address his role in developing clean construction policies and the introduction of zero-emission construction sites within this broader framework. His experience provides insight into how municipal governance can affect the built environment through regulatory, technical, and administrative decisions.
Richard Fleischner, aerial photograph of “Sod Maze” in winter, Newport, Rhode Island, 1974. Courtesy of the artist.
In 1974, Monumenta’s 54 works by 40 artists made headlines as one of the world’s first large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Fifty-one years later, FULL CIRCLE returns to this canonical exhibition through the lens of works by Richard Fleischner, one of Monumenta’s last surviving artists, and his contemporaries.
Harold Bissner: The Progression of an Architect Trail
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.
Crest’s waffled plywood shell creates a sheltered interior that frames views of the Lake Ontario shoreline at Woodbine Beach, inviting visitors to pause in shared reality.
Crest is a student-led, design-build installation produced by F_RMlab at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture for Winter Stations 2026, an international competition transforming Toronto’s lifeguard stations into immersive works of public art. This year’s theme, Mirage, invited participants to address the “boundary of what is seen and what is real in the age of AI”, exploring art as a medium that disengages from the digital world by immersing audiences in shared, tactile experiences.
This May, Building Trust International will host a Design + Build workshop in Italy in partnership with Semplicemente, an Italian volunteer organization formed by people with disabilities who promote inclusion, autonomy and respect for the environment through collective and creative activities.
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Architecture Competition "The Cabin Festival," between Architecture and Landscape, 11th Edition - Open to Architects and Architecture Students From January 1 to March 23, 2026
New School Building in Bhadli Village. Photo credit: Somaya Sampat.
In 2026, the annual Paul Mellon Lecture will be given by architect and urban conservationist Brinda Somaya. Drawing on decades of experience, she will explore the idea that architecture is not just about buildings and aesthetics but also about people, politics and social responsibility.
Sustaining Bangkok Identity by Chulalongkorn University Professors Jenchieh Hung + Varunya Jarunyaroj + Chomchon Fusinpaiboon
This exhibition is part of the Advanced Architectural Design and Development studio by graduate students of the Master of Architecture in Architectural Design (International Program), Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, collaborated with Bangkok Design Week. The design brief began with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s projects in 2024—such as the redesign of the city’s identity system and the launch of a new landmark billboard in the city center—which are part of a broader effort to “rebrand” the city.
As part of the international contemporary art exhibition Segrete. Tracce di Memoria, the interior spaces of Eugenio Fuselli’s architecture host an intervention by Matteo Pulvirenti.
Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT: LA) announces the launch of Frame the Future! LA’s Housing Manifesto + Poster Showdown, an open competition and public exhibition inviting designers, architects, artists, writers, students, and creative thinkers to translate bold housing ideas into a visually striking poster, a punchy slogan, and a short manifesto capable of inspiring a broad public.
LVIV BUILD FORUM is a professional event for architects, urbanists, developers, and investors focused on shaping high-quality, responsible, and sustainable built environments in Ukrainian cities. The Forum creates a space for meaningful professional dialogue between the architectural community and key stakeholders of the construction process — those who directly influence the character of cities, their development scenarios, and the quality of everyday life. At the core of the discussions is the role of architecture as a driver of systemic change: from residential and public spaces to complex urban and infrastructure solutions.
Craft & Care at IE School of Architecture & Design
This year’s lecture series CRAFT&CARE at IE School of Architecture and Design, curated by Grazielle Bruscato, invites students to reflect on how making, maintaining and repairing—across architecture, fashion and design—can be a transformative practice of attention, commitment and responsibility. The series highlights the resurgence of craft as both contemporary practices and cultural heritage, celebrating voices from across the globe, embracing diverse material traditions and design processes, and affirming care as a transversal force that fosters well-being, social cohesion and ecological sustainability.
Otto Wagner (1841–1918) is one of the internationally most influential figures of early modern architecture. Many of his buildings – for instance, the Vienna City Railway, the Postal Savings Bank and the Church at Steinhof – are now considered key works of twentieth-century architecture because they shed their historical stylistic trappings and speak instead a language appropriate to “modern life”, based on purpose, materials, and construction.
Meet the architects and designers of the future as their newest work comes together, and take a peek behind the doors of the world's #1 university for art and design.
The ATN Summit is a bold new conference at the intersection of architecture, technology, and entrepreneurship. Taking place in London on 18–19 March 2026, the summit brings together leading architects, technologists, innovators, and AEC influencers for two days of visionary talks, hands-on workshops, and meaningful networking.
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 four-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.
Open House Europe Annual Summit "Future Heritage", courtesy of Architektūros fondas.
Open House Europe will hold its third Annual Summit in Athens on January 9–10, 2026. Hosted by Open House Athens, co-hosted by Open House Slovenia and Open House Thessaloniki, and coordinated by Architektūros fondas, the Summit will once again convene festival organisers, architecture professionals, students, enthusiasts, and partners from across the continent and beyond for shared reflection, exchange, and dialogue.
