Designing the Regenerative School profiles case studies from around the world that exemplify best practices in creating healthy, climate appropriate learning environments for early learners through high school with designs that are not only beautiful places to learn, but embrace restorative principles—enhancing the lives of the occupants, the environment, and the community they reside in. Each project will be profiled with eight pages of content including multiple photographs, plans, diagrams and approximately 1,000 words of narrative capturing the unique solutions. Case studies were evaluated on five metrics: • Net-Zero Energy/Carbon Strategies • Healthy, Regenerative Building Attributes • Utilization of Evidence Based Informed Design • Occupant Satisfaction • Post Occupancy Data The case studies will be supplemented will essays from leading subject matter experts addressing topics ranging from: • Evidence Based Design • Occupant Health • Net Zero Energy • Net Zero Carbon • Designing for Resilience in the face of Climate Change • Best Practices in Designing for Safety and Security • Biophilic Design • Pathways to Advocacy Extensive research, communications, interviews data analysis were utilized in compiling the book with the mission to share knowledge and insights that are vital to creating healthy, regenerative ECE-12 learning environments in all manner of contexts. Outcomes for each project will be profiled in the form of post occupancy data, certifications received, and client perspectives.
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM, we invite you to join us at Casa Somauma for a talk with the firms featured in the "Arquitetura Paulista" film series.
“Only Art Touches the Untouchable Truths” Group exhibition opens at the Galeria do Espaço Cultural Municipal Sérgio Porto on June 20, curated by Mario Camargo.
Gypsum Concrete Arquitectura en Corto invites you to the screening of Gypsum Concrete, which will take place on Thursday, June 13, at 7:00 PM at the Roca Barcelona Gallery (c/Joan Güell, 211). Directed by Simon Pénochet, the short film documents the research conducted by the French architecture studio Ciguë to replace cement with gypsum in floor screeds for a project in Montreuil, Paris. Gypsum is a material with a long history of use throughout the Paris region; it is recyclable and readily available through urban mining processes. A series of tests on samples produced by Ciguë, combined with a comparative life cycle analysis, demonstrate that this material is a viable alternative that drastically reduces CO2 emissions. Following the screening, architect Sara Ferran, a partner at taller11—where they are currently conducting similar research—and Albert Sagrera, an architect, environmental consultant, and co-founder of Societat Orgànica, will lead a discussion. Sagrera is an expert in the environmental impact of materials, life cycle assessment, and construction waste management.
Mass-produced from the 1970s to the 1990s, modular kiosks like the seminal K67, designed by the Slovenian architect Saša J. Mächtig, and similar systems – including the Polish Kami, the Macedonian KC190, and the Soviet ‘Bathyscaphe’ – could be found anywhere throughout the former Eastern Bloc and ex-Yugoslav countries, from bustling city squares to socialist-era housing estates. They served as hot dog and Polish zapiekanka joints, farm egg and rotisserie chicken vendors, funeral flower shops, newsstands, car park booths, currency exchange offices, and more. Featuring over 150 kiosks – from Ljubljana to Warsaw, and from Belgrade to Berlin – this photobook provides previously unseen documentation of the remaining modernist booths that witnessed the socio-political transformation of Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the 20th century. While some remain active or have undergone refurbishment, others have been abandoned or have slowly faded from the urban landscape. The photographs in this unique collection were taken over the last decade by Zupagrafika’s founders, David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka. The book includes a foreword and an introduction, offering invaluable insights into the history of these mobile structures.
"American Dream Homes in Watercolor" is a visual celebration of the architectural diversity and beauty that defines the American residential landscape. This book offers a journey through twelve distinct architectural styles, each captured in exquisite watercolor paintings that bring to life the unique features and charm of these homes.
Gazeley Regional Distribution Centre. Image Courtesy of Kingspan
Insulation plays an essential role in today’s buildings—whether it is to provide thermal efficiency to reduce energy demand and cut carbon emissions, or to reduce noise transmission to provide acoustic comfort. Every building has different requirements for the type of insulation needed in floors, roofs, ceilings and walls, and to meet these varying demands Kingspan has developed a range of holistic insulation solutions fit for the future of the built environment.
From lower embodied carbon products to bio-based materials, reducing environmental impact is an area of increasing importance. Meanwhile, the pressing need to upgrade the thermal efficiency of existing buildings often demands insulation technologies that can work with existing structures without requiring excessive thickness. For cladding systems, reaction to fire can be every bit as important as thermal conductivity, and for acoustic panels that form part of the internal décor, aesthetics is as crucial as sound absorption.
The film "Vida sobre as Águas" (2023), directed and researched by architect Danielle Khoury Gregorio, will be screened at the Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival, the largest and most significant socio-environmental film festival in South America. The film will also be featured at SEMEIA, the Environment Week at the Museum of Tomorrow.
Transforming an initial idea into a concept design is a complex process. It requires understanding project requirements like context, program, budget, and functionality and rapidly iterating—usually with a team—to arrive at a concept, leading to multiple iterations at an early stage.
A common frustration among architects is that concept tools today are either too rigid for design exploration or don’t integrate well with BIM tools—forcing them to either constrain their design to the tool or spend days re-working a concept model on Revit to transition to schematic and detailed design.
Promotional poster for the 4CIHU, to be held in November 2025. Credits: 4CIHU Organizing Committee
The Ibero-American Association of Urban History invites you to attend the 4th Ibero-American Congress of Urban History, to be held from November 24 to 28, 2025, in São Paulo. The event will take place at the University of São Paulo’s Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and the MariAntonia Center, as well as at the Escola da Cidade.
"Há que se cuidar do broto" will come to life through an experience divided into three acts.
Inspired by the timelessness of the song "Coração de Estudante" by Milton Nascimento and Wagner Tiso, architect Henrique Hoffman and Hunter Douglas, a global leader in window coverings and architectural products, have partnered to reimagine the facade of the historic Instituto de Educação de Minas Gerais (IEMG) building. The intervention, titled "Há que se cuidar do broto" (One must care for the sprout), is part of the Modernos Eternos architecture and design exhibition, which will be held at the iconic pink building in Belo Horizonte from June 18 to July 14. The event features over 35 spaces designed by renowned architects and interior designers, showcasing the latest industry trends across 6,000 m² of the school building; nine of these spaces are decorated with products from the Hunter Douglas blinds and shades division.
The Center for Contemporary Architecture Studies at the School of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella is hosting, with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, a traveling iteration of the exhibition Foodscapes, the Spanish Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa and Manuel Ocaña.
The Romanian Order of Architects (OAR), with the support of OAR Brașov, Covasna, Harghita Territorial Branch, together with the Contracting Authority – the Municipality of Brașov, are glad to announce the official launch of the „RULMENTUL, BRAȘOV” International Design Competition.
Founded in the memory of Professor Kurula Varkey, a former Director of the School of Architecture and a prominent figure in the institution’s pedagogical reforms, the forum brings together students from various architectural schools, academicians and practitioners from around the world.
