cheyanne turions is a curator, cultural worker and writer currently based on the unceded territories of xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and Səl̓ílwətaɬ Nations. Her work positions exhibitions and criticism as social gestures, where she responds to artistic practices by linking aesthetics and politics through discourse. Recent projects include Affirmations for Wildflowers: An Ethnobotany of Desire, a solo exhibition by Tania Willard, and The Pandemic is a Portal a group exhibition co-curated with Karina Irvine and Christopher Lacroix, featuring works by Sharona Franklin, S F Ho, Cecily Nicholson, Carmen Papalia, Jayce Salloum, any many others. She is the Curator at SFU Galleries, and sits on the Board of Directors at 221A and the National Editorial Advisory Committee of Canadian Art.
Spitzer School of Architecture Spring Lecture Series 2021 Please join us for the new Sciame Lecture Series, &/Or. To learn more, please ‘see link in bio ’
Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. This lecture will feature Liza Jessie Peterson and Raphael Sperry, introduced by Elias Beltran, for a discussion of art and architecture.
LEAP, a tech exhibition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 28-30 Nov 2021, aims to solve the major challenges facing humanity through the large scale investment in game changing technologies that have the potential to reshape the way we live.
With a background in landscape architecture, international development cooperation, and social impact measurement, Jia currently leads a research, analytics, and evaluation team at the City of Toronto's Parks, Forestry, and Recreation Division to provide decision-support to improve quality of life for the public. She has a special interest in community development through design, performance measurement, and socio-ecological resilience research. Jia is also a research collaborator with the University of Toronto, working on translating resilience thinking into practical policy and operational priorities.
Project Colette together with the The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia wishes to support this new generation and help them propose a new sustainable architecture and urbanism capable to face the challenges of our century.
Non Architecture Competitions aims to find unconventional and unexplored design solutions in the field of architecture. The second phase of competitions is structured in 9+1 themes: a Research Ecosystem with the purpose of exploring each theme from different perspectives. All competitions have their focus on tackling the big issues of tomorrow, by seeking nontraditional approaches in the architect’s work.
INTRODUCTION Metaphysics in Architecture is a 2021 Architecture Essay Competition, organized by Archiol. Architecture as a part of the physical world provokes metaphysical reactions such as feelings and thoughts in the individual experiencing the architecture. How can designs reach the metaphysical aspect of architecture? The competition, Metaphysics in Architecture is looking for essay submissions on the Metaphysical aspect in architectural design. • A write-up of 1500 words on metaphysics in architecture. • An Image supporting your essay (size 42cm X30cm) What can be submitted? • Text of up to 1500 words or less. (1000 words min.) • Image of size 42cm X30cm • Illustrations • Graphics • Diagrams
Carl Pruscha is an unusual architect. His works are found in New York, Kathmandu, and Vienna. Far removed from each other, these three geographical areas profoundly influenced his outlook and career. In the United States Pruscha planned visionary and utopian projects. He began to deal with the real world in Nepal where the UN had sent him as a consultant in 1964. In this foreign culture the young architect grew with the challenge. Aside from complex development proposals for the Kathmandu Valley he created remarkable buildings that blend tradition and Modernism in close harmony with their natural and landscape environment.
Specifying motorized shades seems simple enough, but the intricate design details can be intimidating even to an experienced design professional. Lutron is now offering its popular shades specifications workshop for architects, interior designers, and specifiers at no cost. Time-sensitive, 20-minute sessions hit key aspects of window treatment specification, help you avoid design pitfalls, and ensure you achieve your design intent.
THE EUROPEAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INTERVENTION OPENS REGISTRATION FOR ITS 5TH EDITION, COINCIDING WITH ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
The Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention’s 5th call, addressed to professionals related to interventions in architectural heritage –architects, historians, archaeologists...–, opens its online registration on Monday, December 21, 2020 and will remain open until March 12, 2021. On this occasion, any completed work, carried out or published in the European geographical area during the period between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2020, and which meets the requirements of the 4 categories of the award can be entered:
VALENCIA 360 - A GLIMPSE AT THE CITY OF THE FUTURE
Non Architecture together with World Design Capital Valencia 2022 and Las Naves, is delighted to launch the Open Call for design teams for the following project:
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is offering scholarships to bright individuals whose projects address the challenges of a changing world in 2021.
