The “Rethink Mumbai Flooding: Open Competition and Exhibition” is a ground-breaking initiative designed to educate and empower students, architects, designers, and local communities to tackle the urgent challenges of climate change and flooding in Mumbai. This competition seeks to inspire innovative solutions that can reshape the city’s future.
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Applications are now open for a specialized training program in the application of new design and additive construction technologies, particularly using cementitious mixtures for building. The program aims to leverage the potential of 3D printing in architecture, urban furniture, and infrastructure, drawing on the expertise and facilities of the Universidad del Bío-Bío, a leader in this field in Latin America.
Dearq magazine, published by the School of Architecture and Design at the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), announces the opening of its Call for Papers on an open topic. We invite submissions of original and unpublished research articles, not under simultaneous submission, in either Spanish or English, that address topics related to architecture, the city, and related fields.
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- The official name of this design competition is "The International Competition for the Pyeongtaek-si Administrative Town"
Qatar Museums will open a first-of-its-kind exhibition exploring the arts and architecture from Pakistan since the 1940s. Organized by the future Art Mill Museum and presented in collaboration with the National Museum of Qatar, "MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today" presents the enormously diverse output of the painters, photographers, architects and others who have defined the array of narratives, histories, and contemporary perspectives of Pakistan’s cultures over the past eighty years. The artworks, programs and events extend from the gallery spaces to the courtyard of the Palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani for a broad immersion in Pakistani art and architecture. The ground-breaking exhibition, designed by renowned architect Raza Ali Dada and unfolding across twelve sections, will reveal how artists responded to and reimagined international modernist movements.
SHIFT2024
International Architecture Conference
Taylors University Lakeside Campus, 21st-22nd September 2024
Re-Building Communities
The International Summer School on Mosque Design will take place in Istanbul from September 18-27, 2024, in collaboration with the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Faculty of Architecture and the Taksim Mosque Foundation. The deadline for applications to this summer school, which offers a significant experience for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as young designers who want to shape the future of mosque architecture, is August 25, 2024!
Registration here
For the past eleven years, MEXTRÓPOLI has served as a space for reflecting on the city through architecture, bringing together specialists, students, citizens, public officials, artists, and journalists. The festival fosters the analysis and enjoyment of cities, one of humanity's greatest inventions.
“The Art That Unites Us”
Brazilian and Argentine artists present their work starting August 29 at the Consulate of the Argentine Republic in Rio de Janeiro
The Arquitectura Film Festival Santiago marks a milestone as it enters its second decade, inviting reflection on how we live and interact within today's changing landscape. The open call for the international competition will remain open until August 30, 2024, and filmmakers from around the world are invited to participate via www.arqfilmfest.cl.
In the construction industry, light wood-frame offsite construction has emerged as a game-changing approach, promising faster build times, higher quality, and reduced environmental impact. Member companies of the Quebec Wood Export Bureau (QWEB) have launched a digital tool that harnesses the benefits and potential of prefabricated light wood-frame products for projects.
CBCA extends registration for its online courses until August 19. The organization offers special discounts for employees of partner entities and students, upon presentation of proof of enrollment.
Three teams will be selected as winners of the WARMING HUTS COMPETITION: Arts + Architecture Competition on Ice from submissions of designs for a warming hut or art installation. Winning entries will be placed along the Nestaweya River Trail located on the Assiniboine and Red rivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A jury will select the winning designs based on their creativity in use of materials, providing shelter, poetics of assembly and form, integration with the landscape, and ease of construction.
The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has opened entries for the 2024 Brick in Architecture Awards, the leading international design competition featuring fired-clay brick. Entries are due by Nov. 1.
The performance “Cult against the Frauds” (Culto contra os embustes), by artist Panmela Castro, will take place this Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 4:00 PM, at the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR). It is part of the exhibition “Radical Ideas about Love,” which remains on view until November 24, 2024.
New Humanitarian Competition for the Creation of Mobile Schools in Palestine