The Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe to the United Nations in New York, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works of Zimbabwe, has launched a call for submissions for the selection of consultancy firms to provide architectural consultancy services to the Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe for the supervision of demolition, design and construction of the Chancery in Manhattan, New York, as well as the design and supervision of construction of the Official Residence in the City of Rye, New York. The Government of Zimbabwe owns properties in New York City and the City of Rye and is therefore inviting local firms in New York with proven record to participate in the tender.
Best Practice Interview with WORKac's Dan Wood, FAIA
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture and engineering industry are innovating through new business models and managerial techniques.
Fifth Avenue, 2018. Photo by Melissa O'Shaughnessy
Join MAS on Wednesday, July 13, at 5:30 PM as we explore photographer Melissa O’Shaughnessy’s new exhibition The Sidewalk Ballet. The photography collection is the most recent exhibition at the Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman Digital Gallery. Melissa will be in conversation with MAS President, Elizabeth Goldstein. The pair will discuss Melissa’s process of documenting people as they move around New York City’s built environment and how the exhibition embodies the vitality that pedestrians bring to the city’s urban space.
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Exhibition "The Reasons Offsite", on display at theCasa da Arquitectura until September 25th 2022
Curated and designed by the SUMMARY studio, the virtual/immaterial exhibition "The Reasons Offsite" focuses on modular and prefabricated building systems and includes the participation of Pedro Ignacio Alonso & Hugo Palmarola, Jorge Christie & Martín Alvarez, Pablo Jimenez-Moreno and Yona Friedman.
The new Lento collection by Vincent Sheppard is designed to bridge indoor and outdoor spaces with its careful balance of comfort, style and durability. Image Courtesy of Vincent Sheppard
Slow living is a trend inspired by growing interests in mindfulness and sustainability – and our growing cultural need to escape from the negative effects of fast-paced digital living and high consumption. Yet how exactly can the design of our interior and exterior spaces interpret this trend and help us slow down?
The International VELUX Award jury has selected ten regional winners from the 507 submitted projects, from 211 schools of architecture around the world. The renowned jury was comprised of Anupama Kundoo, Anupama Kundoo architects (IN), John Ronan, John Ronan Architects (US), Rainer Hofmann, Bogevischs Buero (DE), Fuensanta Nieto, Nieto Sobejano Arquitos (ES), and Lotte Kragelund from VELUX A/S (DK), all of whom met for the jury meeting in Copenhagen.
At the CreativeDays Symposium there are outstanding lectures by international designers, architects and thinkers who talk about sustainable design, smart solutions and the challenges of the conurbations for the future of cities.
Image: Carlton Learning and Community Hub by Law Architects.
Is your local school a community hub? Could it offer more to students, families, and community members as critical neighbourhood infrastructure? How can we improve the design of school facilities and extend their use to enhance community connection, wellbeing and resilience?
NAPOLI SUPER MODERN Everyone seems ‘to know’ Naples, even those who have never been there: its setting, its sounds, its people, its tastes, its informality and, not least, its stories, shaped by the fervour with which the inhabitants live this city. As numerous as these narratives are reproduced in literature, music, or film, countless stories about eras, styles, and uses also overlap in the city's architecture. To avoid being drawn in by stereotypes, guides are needed to decipher this delightful cacophony.
"Edition I" of the International Competition "Art in Public Spaces" for the year 2022
On behalf of the Ministry of Culture, it is our pleasure to share with you one of the recent and most ambitious initiatives of the Albanian government: "Edition I" of the International Competition "Art in Public Spaces" for the year 2022. The International Competition "Art in Public Spaces" invites Albanian and foreign artists to share and compete through their projects for 18 different public locations within the territory of the Republic of Albania. This call aims the artistic and urban requalification of the chosen spaces in order to give value to local identity by supporting the independent artistic scene through the spirit of fine arts education. It is central to our mission to involve the younger generations by creating a synergy between the location, the community and artists. We hope that this initiative will engage not only independent stage artists, but also architects, urban planners, constructive-electrical engineers, etc.
Impact area of the future pedestrian bridge in South Park, aerial photograph
Sofia Municipality - Department of Architecture and Urban Planning is announcing an open international competition under the Public Procurement Act for a conceptual design of a new pedestrian bridge over Byala Cherkva Street.
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia has announced a competition "Concept and Implementation of the Latvian Exposition at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale". The competition aims to select the most valuable concept of Latvia's exposition for the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, the best architectural solution, and the implementation proposal for the exhibition, as well as the curator and project team, which will represent the Latvian contemporary architecture or the Latvian architectural heritage at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The Latvian exposition is going to take place in Venice, in the historic premises of the Arsenale. Architects, designers, artists, creative interdisciplinary teams that are legal or natural persons or associations of persons are invited to participate in the competition. The selection process will be organised in two stages. The first three highest-ranked proposals for the concept and implementation of the Latvian exposition will be selected by the jury, and the highest-ranked winner will be invited to a negotiated procedure for the award of a procurement contract. The total budget of the Latvian pavilion shall not exceed EUR 94 000 (excluding VAT). The Ministry of Culture is responsible for covering all costs of the Latvian pavilion and providing the rental of the premises necessary for the pavilion's implementation at the Arsenale. The competition provides for a prize fund of EUR 4 000 (excluding VAT), where the 1st prize winner will receive EUR 2 000 (excluding VAT), while the 2nd place and 3rd place beneficiaries will each receive EUR 1 000 (excluding VAT). The applications submitted will be evaluated by the jury of the following members: Niklāvs Paegle, chair of the jury, architect, co-founder of the architectural studio “ĒTER”, co-curator of the Baltic Pavilion for the 15th Venice Biennale; Linda Leitāne, chair of the board of the Latvian Association of Architects, co-curator of the Latvian exposition at the 14th Venice Biennale; Elīna Lībiete, architect (architect’s office "NRJA"), co-curator of the Latvian exposition at the 17th Venice Biennale; Jānis Lejnieks, architect, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Latvijas Architektūra"; Ingūna Elere, designer, chair and leading designer of the Design Studio "H2E", professor at the Art Academy of Latvia. The 18th International Architecture Exhibition will take place from May 20th to November 26th,2023. The title of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 is The Laboratory of the Future. The curator and artistic director is Lesley Lokko, architect, academic, and novelist. The Regulations of the competition of the Latvian exposition at the Venice Architecture Biennale can be found on the website of the Ministry. Applicants can submit their proposals by 11 AM on 6 September, 2022. The proposals must be submitted in Latvian in person at the Ministry of Culture or sent by post. Latvia has participated at the Venice Architecture biennale since 2002 and will be represented at the Venice Architecture Biennale with a national pavilion for the tenth time next year. Latvia's pavilion “It's not for you! It's for the building” at the 17th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in 2021 was realised by the creative team of the architect’s office “NRJA” (No Rules Just Architecture). For more information on the 2022 Venice Architecture Biennale, visit the Venice Biennale website. Regulations of the competition (in Latvian): https://www.km.gov.lv/lv/media/25730/downloadhttps://www.eis.gov.lv/EKEIS/Supplier/Procurement/83974
NZCC project aims to mobilise universities in achiev- ing Net Zero Carbon Campuses by 2050 while simul- taneously creating a ripple effect into the communi- ties and businesses that will lead to positive changes within local communities and governments. This could be achieved by embedding net zero carbon expertise in teaching, learning, research and train- ing, and exploring the efficiency of net zero carbon technologies in university estates and operations culture and infrastructure
