Ever since the 20th century, many human missions have been proposed to Mars. But aside from exploratory missions, the potential for colonization of Mars as a permanent base is being investigated.

｢International Design Competition for Yeonsu-gu Youth Center｣

ARKxSITE is pleased to announce the ‘SITE BATHHOUSE’ international architecture ideas competition for architecture students and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old).

SUMMARY:
Co-organised by the Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen (UPDIS), the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), the international agency ARQ and curated by Non Architecture, this competition, titled “Community 2050”, aims to gather reflections and design inputs for a more sustainable and equitable progress of cities.
The competition theme proposes to look at communities through the lenses of technology and innovation. What is ahead?
+ Five overall topics are considered central:
+ Environmental Sustainability
+ Safety and Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters
+ Ecology and Health
+ Urban Regeneration, Densification and Heritage Protection
+ Social Inclusiveness and Community thriving
These five topics can be conjugated into the two competition sites. The sites present common features but also radical differences.

INTRODUCTION
"People ignore design that ignores people."

Life and old-age

The condition of »fake« and »real« in architecture is rarely publicly discussed nor has it encountered broad journalistic or scholarly attention. This book explores the realm of truth, authenticity and fakery in architecture, providing a timely collection of analytical essays and projects. The authors challenge our perception of »authenticity« through the examination of built and simulated environments, architectural fiction, theatric illusions and mannerist trickery. Expanding from the discussion about truthful materiality and tectonics, this book provides an understanding of real, authentic, and fake in urbanism and architecture.

Be part of Saudi Design Festival's inaugural edition, and make creative cultural history in the Kingdom with us.

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Shaping the City: A Forum for Sustainable Cities and Communities is a forum organized by the European Cultural Center in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Architect and engineer Werner Sobek has a knack for making the world’s most complex designs possible. His imaginative structural solutions have aided the work of Helmut Jahn, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaus and others over a fruitful career.

You're invited to the launch of Sent! One hundred ideas about space have now been compiled into a box of treasures, co-published with Post-Post-.

“Architects After Architecture”

Following the success of the 1st Edition and 2nd Edition international conference on “Urban Regeneration and Sustainability”, this year's 3rd edition will address all the aspects of the urban environment. Urban regeneration is discussed thoroughly in this conference, by rendering it as a process and a strategy that aims to transform and renovate areas in hopes of upgrading public housing, public buildings, private buildings, infrastructure, and services. It could also be considered as a highly effective way to improve urban performance by targeting countless areas and taking their economic levels and developments into consideration which could affect society either negatively or positively.

The following online programs at the Daniels Faculty are open for registration for Winter 2022 (January 16 - March 27)

The Daniels Faculty at the University of Toronto and Black Students in Design (BSD) are launching a 10-week mentorship program called Building Black Success through Design (BBSD). BBSD is a free mentorship + design competition created by Black students for Black students interested in design and architecture. Participants in this program will work with Black architecture and design university students who will act as mentors, guiding them through a series of workshops that reflect each step of the design competition. Learn more about the BBSD Mentorship program by visiting our website, or join our online information session on Thursday December 2nd at 6PM.

Join us to tour the liminal space between public and private realm. We're talking about public art on (private) garage doors.