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The Call for Papers is now open for the international conference Critic|all IV, which is dedicated to themes related to architectural and urban criticism and theory. Critic|all is organized by ETSAM-UPM (Madrid), and its fourth edition will be held in partnership with FAUUSP and the PC3 Research Group.

With DIALux EVO, you can design, calculate, and visualize light with professional precision in individual rooms, entire floors, buildings, and outdoor scenes. DIALux is used as a planning tool by more than 700,000 lighting designers worldwide, undergoing constant development to meet the requirements of modern lighting design and calculation.

As part of the commemorative events for World Architecture Day 2020, the Valencia-based firm ERRE arquitectura will host a conference on Thursday, October 22, at 7:00 PM. The firm will present their most significant built works, such as L'Alqueria del Basket and Marina de Empresas in Valencia, as well as ongoing projects like the Valencia Arena multipurpose venue, which has recently broken ground.

Ocean Immersion launches online class project for ocean professionals

The Interior Lighting Course aims to provide you with the tools necessary to develop lighting projects for residential and/or commercial spaces. You will learn how lighting can personalize and shape new spaces based on the program and its specific lighting requirements.

The Leopoldo Rother Architecture Museum invites you to the virtual lecture "Atmosphere, Light, and the Intangible," as part of the first cycle of "Architecture Lessons from a Distance." This session will be led by speaker Mauricio Rocha.

During the pandemic, the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae has hosted the "Isolated Dialogues" lecture series, in which professionals from various fields discuss art, music, design, architecture, urbanism, and creative processes, among other topics, through the lens of confinement.

On April 24 and 25, 2020, the Ciudades Comunes Congress will take place—an online meeting to rethink and redefine the co-construction of the city in light of the current global health crisis. Ciudades Comunes brings together individuals with experience in collaborative practices that impact the territory and the community. Organized from Buenos Aires, the event will feature speakers from across Latin America and will be broadcast live to the world at ciudadescomunes.org

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Last weekend, films exploring diverse urban experiences across various Latin American countries kicked off the fifth edition of the Architecture and Film Festival of Chile, ArqFilmFest. This free, online event will run through November 29 for audiences across the country and the continent, accessible via arqfilmfest.cl.

Isolation, viewed from various perspectives and disciplines, is the central theme of the "Isolated Dialogues" series, organized by the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture, which takes place every Wednesday through July. The series features national and international artists, architects, designers, musicians, scientists, and journalists.

Isolation, viewed from various perspectives and disciplines, is the central theme of the "Isolated Dialogues" series, organized by the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae, which takes place every Wednesday. Participants include artists, architects, designers, musicians, scientists, writers, journalists, and others, both Chilean and international.

Brazilian architect Matheus Seco and artist Patrícia Osses will discuss "Universal Influences and Local Expression: A Look from Isolation," analyzing the cases of Brasília and São Paulo, the cities where they reside, respectively. This conversation will take place as part of "Isolated Dialogues" (Diálogos aislados), an online series organized by the School of Architecture at Finis Terrae University, which brings together guests from various disciplines to analyze the theme of isolation from different perspectives.

Architectural photography has existed for nearly 200 years. With a fluid nature, caught between commercial and artistic photography, the act of photographing spaces since 1826—and the impact and relevance of these images—are increasingly being debated.

The online seminar and workshop "Del Suelo a la Obra" (From Soil to Construction) aims to share the latest developments in contemporary earth construction materials and systems. It is based on rigorous analysis and an understanding of this heterogeneous material to achieve products with consistent, standardizable characteristics.

4 sessions | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Thursdays
September 24 + October 1, 8, 15

This course on color in architecture guides the observer through significant architectural works, focusing on chromaticity.

God is in the Details

The projects by studio mk27 value formal simplicity and are crafted with extreme attention to detail and finishes. Using photographs and executive drawings of select projects, architect and director Diana Radomysler demonstrates the complexity and care required to achieve the aforementioned formal simplicity.

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ConnectArch Summit: Eliane and Decortiles bring together major national and international names in architecture and design
The digital event will take place from October 20 to 22 to discuss the theme "Design in edition."