LPA Design Studios rose to national prominence and earned the 2025 AIA Architecture Firm Award by demonstrating that designers can make a real impact on carbon reduction and the human experience. No Excuses: Integrated Design for a Sustainable Future is a detailed exploration of the firm's culture and integrated, research-driven design process, hailed by the AIA as "a trailblazer in sustainable, high-performance architecture."
The Design-z competition is A-Class Marble's annual celebration of imagination and material mastery, aimed at fostering young talent. The Design-z theme for 2025, 'Upcycle with A-Class', is here to offer you the chance to reimagine discarded marble and craft a compact, functional product that blends sustainability with smart design.
Mute, a global manufacturer of adaptable architecture solutions for modern workplaces, has opened its new headquarters in the Ambassador office building in Warsaw, managed by Hines. Covering more than 840 m², it is the first office in Europe built entirely using a modular system — one that can be freely reconfigured without generating renovation waste or CO₂ emissions.
Sheep Meadow in Central Park, United States. Photo courtesy of Central Park Conservancy.
From increased flooding, longer dry spells, invasive pests, or new plant diseases, parks and gardens are uniquely vulnerable to shifts in climate. They also present valuable opportunities to build climate resilience by countering the urban heat island effect, mitigating pollution, fostering biodiversity, and more.
Scotland is now experiencing relative ‘Sea-level Rise’. All future projections expect the rate of this rise to speed up due to climate change /rising ocean temperatures.[1] The global mean sea level rose by 3.6mm per year from 2006–2015.[2] Estimated global mean ‘Sea-level Rise’ in the next 100 years is around half a metre.[3] There are local variations in sea level rise which have important effects on the UK. 1. (NatureScot: Scotland's Nature Agency, 2024, Present and future sea levels) 2. (Climate GOV, 2023, Rebecca Lindsey, Climate Change: Global Sea Level) 3. (POSTNOTE 363, September 2010, Sea Level Rise)
Experience Audacious New Projects Join the Forecast Forum from July 18–20 in Berlin for a weekend of bold ideas and immersive experiences by visionary creatives from all over the world.
The Festival des Architectures Vives offers the public an immersive exploration of the historic courtyards, architectural treasures of Montpellier, every year. The 2025 edition, held from June 10 to 15, featured 13 installations within these historic sites, attracting nearly 16,000 visitors and receiving very positive feedback.
Archinesia Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee - HAS design and research, Linghao Architects, Eleena Jamil Architect, mamostudio
The ARCHINESIA ASEAN Seminar is one of the most anticipated annual events for ARCHINESIA's readers and audience. This session brings together architects from across Southeast Asia to share their thoughts and ideas around a focused theme. For this edition, ARCHINESIA invites four leading architects from the region: Ling Hao of Linghao Architects from Singapore, Eleena Jamil of Eleena Jamil Architect from Malaysia, Adi Purnomo of mamostudio from Indonesia, and Kulthida Songkittipakdee of Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee | HAS design and research from Thailand. The discussion will be moderated by Kamil Muhammad of pppooolll from Indonesia.
For 2025, OBEL will grant two teaching fellowships of up to €75,000 and invite prospective fellows from around the world to apply in partnership with a host institution. The taught courses will preferably begin in 2026 (or soon thereafter) and revolve around the 2025 OBEL focus: Ready Made. The aim is to foster deeper exploration, development, and dissemination of knowledge on this key topic within the built environment.
The National Pavilion UAE has launched an open call for proposals to curate the United Arab Emirates’ Pavilion at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, set to take place from May to November 2027 in Venice, Italy.
Enel, a global leader in renewable energy, launched "WinDesign", an international contest where talented professionals and students, in the domain of engineering, architecture and design, are invited to imagine and design new wind turbines. The goal is to develop turbines projects that blend more seamlessly into the landscapes that host them, thereby supporting a wider role for them in the energy transition.
Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Bears Ears National Monument, Lalibela, Angkor, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
The world's heritage places, from iconic archaeological sites and historic buildings to vibrant urban neighborhoods and cultural landscapes, excite and enthrall us all. Yet, these awe-inspiring symbols of human ingenuity and identity require intentional protection and preservation. The impacts of climate change, the ravages of conflict, the pressures of new development, and the inertia of neglect all require thoughtful, science-based strategies to safeguard our world's most treasured places.
In the face of the global housing crisis, the challenges of affordable and social housing go far beyond construction cost and speed—they encompass spatial quality, social equity, governance mechanisms, and environmental impact. Directly addressing these complexities, this July, the Institute of Smart City and Management - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH - ISCM), in collaboration with partners from Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, will host the International Conference Dwelling in Transition: Reimagining Affordable and Social Housing across Scales and Systems. The conference will be a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral platform for professionals to come together, share knowledge, and rethink the meaning of "affordability" through lenses of design, policymaking, finance, and sustainability. With new definitions, models, and theoretical frameworks built upon expert research, this event aims to reshape housing paradigms to better suit today's economic and social realities. Main Topics: 🏠 Margins: Grey Areas and Emergent Practices 🏠 Materials and Methods: Constructing Affordability 🏠 Instruments: Policy, Finance, and Governance The conference also welcomes papers exploring topics related to design, planning, technology, finance, impact measurement, community engagement, sustainability and livability. ☀️Submission Guidelines: Please send a single PDF file including all required information to iscm@ueh.edu.vn, cc to haihln@ueh.edu.vn by 8:00 PM (GMT+7:00) | June 30, 2025. Submission must include: 1. Title (max. 100 characters) 2. Subtitle (max. 150 characters) 3. Author Information (full name, affiliation, email) 4. Short Bio (max. 300 characters) 5. Keywords (max. 3) 6. Abstract (max. 2000 characters, including spaces) 7. Representative Image (1 image, preferably original work by the author) 8. 3 References
