This ninth volume of the Essays on Architecture and Ceramics collection, edited by Cátedra Cerámica Madrid, continues to explore the significance of ceramics in architecture. It compiles a series of reflections, ideas, and thoughts concerning ceramic materials and architectural space. In doing so, it expands the scope of interest in a material deeply rooted in architectural practice, offering a contribution that broadens our understanding by bridging its historical, technical, and spatial values.

The School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae is launching a new series titled "Isolated Dialogues," a set of online conversations in which prominent international and national guests will analyze the theme of isolation from various perspectives.

We aren't entirely sure what the world needs in uncertain times like these, but taking the time to come together and refine our ideas regarding territory, architecture, gender, cleanliness, or mobility can undoubtedly make a contribution. That is why, just as we have done for the past 15 years, we have been working to offer you free, high-quality content about our cities and the ways in which we inhabit them.

The CAP Regional Lima invites you this Thursday, June 25, to a conversation with David Sim and Alexander Spitzer—partners at Jan Gehl—on the relationship between quality of life and urban density. They will present their latest book, "Soft City," and discuss the firm's project experiences in South America.

Simbiotika and Archmotion present the Portfolio Cycle featuring Urzúa Soler Arquitectos, a firm that seeks to enhance the spatial experience through design and construction. Their approach focuses on material development, structural modulation, the creation of intermediate spaces, and the pursuit of an architectural form that expands the possibilities of each commission. By consistently considering use, program, expression, and context, they develop habitable works that resonate with their users.

FOCO is a lecture series organized by the University Commission of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos every Saturday at 7:00 PM. Now in its 11th edition, the series has featured presentations from over 45 figures in architecture, design, and related disciplines, with a dozen artists featured for the closing segment.

FOCO is a series of talks organized by the University Commission of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos every Saturday at 7:00 PM. With over 10 editions held to date, the series has featured presentations from more than 45 prominent figures in architecture, design, and related disciplines, along with a dozen artists for the closing segment.

For this edition, the CAP Regional Lima is organizing the 10th Architecture and Heritage Discussion, featuring Abel Perles (PRODUCTORA, Mexico), Mauricio Rocha (Taller de Arquitectura, Mexico), David Mutual (David Mutual Arquitectos, Peru), and panelist Patricia Dias.

Do you have questions about project eligibility or how to participate in the 2020 Biennial Competition?

Don't miss the live presentation on Thursday, July 2, at 4:30 PM (Ecuador time). You will have the opportunity to interact directly with the organizing committee and coordinators.

After setting aside his career as an architect to serve on the front lines during World War I, Walter Gropius sensed that the world needed a radical change—a change in which art and architecture would play a fundamental role.

Architectural criticism will be the central focus of "Laboratory Critique," an online conversation series organized by the Postgraduate and Continuing Education Department of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Universidad Finis Terrae, as part of the launch of the Projective Critique Laboratory diploma program.

COVID-19 has forced us to question the parameters we once considered "normal." For humanity, our journey through the world and the mark we leave behind have led us to confinement—a quarantine of our homes, which have been re-inhabited after being abandoned for work imposed by a world driven by production, the market, and capital.

Join the online class from your computer and learn how to develop furniture (families) in Revit in this YouTube course taught by Alberto Figueroa Arquitectura. Simply join the stream to participate. It is highly recommended to watch the basic Revit course available on this YouTube channel.

The Guatemala Architecture Biennial recognizes excellence in the architectural profession through the DANTA AWARDS. In previous editions, the awards have received over 100 projects from Guatemala and Central America, competing across various categories for both professionals and students.

As turbulence of every kind increasingly defines our contemporary climate, there is a growing focus on a handful of attitudes and works that, throughout the 20th century, cultivated the poetics of silence and were able to interpret the chaotic and elusive reality of our era through it. These pages are dedicated to unraveling some of the keys to this alternative sensibility.

In 1926, Walter Gropius presented a housing density diagram that calculated the spacing between buildings in proportion to their height, ensuring that each housing block would receive an appropriate amount of light. Shortly thereafter, in 1931, Adams, Lewis, and Orton argued that the beauty of the Manhattan skyline was due to the 'mass effect': a collection of buildings of varying heights, forms, and facades located in close proximity to one another (Koolhaas, 1994).

She studied architecture at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, earning her Master’s degree in History and Philosophy of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and her PhD in History and Theory of Architecture at the Architectural Association. She is the editor of the book Dust & Data: Traces of the Bauhaus across 100 Years, published by Spector Books, Leipzig (2019). In 2014, she edited Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence, published by Routledge.

Héctor Esrawe is a leading figure in contemporary furniture and interior design in Latin America. From his studio, Esrawe, based in Mexico City, he develops everything from furniture and objects to interiors, architecture, public space installations, and museography.