This design competition is part of a joint research initiative of the Concordia University Chair of Integrated Design, Ecology, and Sustainability for the Built Environment (IDEAS-BE) and the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions, Mediations of Excellence (CRC ACME) at Université de Montréal in collaboration with the Conseil reìgional de l’environnement de Montréal (CRE-Montreal) and the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM).
Mango Architecture is happy to announce their second edition of annual Architectural Thesis Award, after a great success in ATA2020 with 350+ registrations from around the globe. The International Thesis Award, launched with the aim of promoting and giving a global platform to showcase the talents of Young Graduates and Post Graduates, acknowledging the projects amongst young and influential industry professionals.
Typhoons and hurricanes, or more generally, tropical cyclones, are all spinning storms of high winds (sustained winds of 73 miles per hour or greater) and intense weather like thunderstorms. The only nominal difference is the ocean basin where they originate. The most alarming factor they all share is that intensity and frequency of these cyclonic superstorms are increasing with climate change.
INTRODUCTION Sustainable Architecture is a 2021 Architecture Essay Competition, organized by Archiol. Sustainability in architecture is achieved with the use of design strategies in the built environment that reduce the negative environmental impact. Environment that is built based on ecological principles and resource efficiency .The competition, Sustainable Architecture is looking for essay submissions on the topic of sustainability in architecture.
oin us celebrate architecture at Anthology Festival 2021! From March 19-21, 2021, is transformed into a 3-day virtual event that brings together architects, artists, designers, policy makers and advocates to shine a spotlight on our built environment.
For the past 5 years, Anthology Festival has delved into themes that revolve around current events in the hopes of furthering the practice of Architecture and its involvement in making the city a better place for all. This year, the 6th Anthology Architecture and Design Festival is transformed into a 3-day virtual event that will reach an even wider public with free online accessibility. It is centered around the theme, “Our City”, that shines a light on the continuous transformation of architectural necessities that make our cities. It seeks to break down the shapes of our past cities to inform the adapting city of today.
A Brick and Glass House. Photo by Marco Lorenzetti, Hedrich Blessing courtesy of Krueck Sexton Partners.
Refine your eye for design in this special series of programs hosted by notable Chicago architects. Held the first Tuesdays in March, April and May, See Like an Architect examines timeless fundamentals in conceiving and communicating architecture.
Inspired by the events that were unraveling in summer 2020, and acknowledging the fact that as architects and urban designers, we are stewards of public space, Urban Design committee in partnership with AIA|DC & Equity Committee by WIELD launched a design competition titled - POLITICS, PROTESTS + PLACE - The Role of Inclusion Urbanism in Civic Activism.
ATI 2021, 2nd International Symposium of Architecture, Technology and Innovation
ATI 2021, 2nd International Symposium of Architecture, Technology and Innovation aims to provide scholars and practitioners from various backgrounds with an academic environment to question state-of-the-art tools, techniques and methodologies applied in designing built environments which will be resilient to what the future brings.
Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, &/Or. Mel Chin and Ronald Rael will discuss art and architecture, introduced and moderated by Max Wolf.
ARCA, a leading group in the stone, tile and wood industry, is welcoming the public to its newly opened design warehouse to view an exhibition by international and local designers and makers “Balance as it Relates to the Environment.” The theme of the exhibition is restorative design, where hand-picked designers were tasked with using 38 recycled marble bricks to create a unique work that promotes an environmental message. The winning piece, selected by the esteemed Deans of University of Miami’s School of Architecture, will be displayed at ARCA Wynwood and open to the public as of February 5th.
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Offsite Wood software in Revit. Image Via QWEB
Quebec Wood Export Bureau is adding another tool to your arsenal: a free BIM plugin on Revit. With the help of its wood-producing members, the nonprofit group has stepped into the free software world to put a growing suite of structural wood system components at architects’ fingertips.
The second edition is finished and this time it presents architectural offices in Europe. As in the first book, they are snapshots of an observer hungry for knowledge. a voyeur of good design. The result is an almost intimate insight into the working environments of the people who not only design our living spaces today, but also have a decisive influence on our world of tomorrow with their ideas and visions.
India has an extraordinarily rich architectural history and a great variety of current professional practices in this field. Understanding them enriches the study of architecture everywhere. This book “20th CENTURY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE: Genesis and Metamorphosis of Modernism” focuses on describing the variety of ideas that shaped the architecture of India in the 20th century.
Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park (2019 RBA Silver Medalist) illustrates the resilient and connective potential of public infrastructure. Credit: Jonnu Singleton
A new Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) partnership with Northeastern University’s Myra Kraft Open Classroom, “Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America,” explores how people and places across the country are responding to this charge and creating equitable and inclusive places for all.