Dusk view of flat-roofed house upon girders, thrust out from hillside. All-glass walls reveal bright interior with modern furniture.
Although “midcentury modern” has evolved into a highly popular and ubiquitous architectural style, this term obscures the varied perspectives and approaches of its original practitioners. In Nothing Permanent, Todd Cronan displaces generalizations with a nuanced intellectual history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970, revealing the conflicting intentions that would go on to reshape the future of American domestic life.
Dubai Design Week is gearing up for its ninth edition taking place 7 - 12 November 2023. The annual event is one of the region’s most significant cultural occasions with a line-up of programming demonstrating Dubai’s commitment to design.
Are you a designer working in the fields of Architecture, Product Design, Interior Architecture, Interior Design, Rugs, Ceramics, Home Accessories, and Furniture? We invite you to be part of We Design Beirut. The event celebrates design in its many forms by engaging the creative talent of designers synergistically, in the event’s themes of empowerment, preservation, and sustainability, with the presence and attention of regional and international press. Apply by filling out the Application Form for Established Designers on our website before July 15th.
Already known to be a great tool for experiencing a building before it’s built, real-time visualization also serves as an excellent means to understand the history of buildings that no longer exist.
Here’s how two researchers from the University of Salerno (UNISA) retraced thousands of years of existence and unveiled the rich past of Villa Rufolo with the help of real-time visualization.
The School of Architecture at the Campus Creativo of the Universidad Andrés Bello is launching an open call for the second edition of the Remote Residencies. This project aims to foster openness and interdisciplinary experimentation regarding contemporary and relevant themes, posing questions that challenge the status quo and creating spaces for research and free creation.
In a context where cultural expressions are increasingly valued, and their presentation and representation are vital to conveying diverse content, the design of exhibition spaces becomes particularly relevant when projecting and establishing different perceptions and narratives, both in daily life and during specific events.
Tic Art Exhibition Center / Ann Yu. Image: Ann Yu, 2022. Image Courtesy of A' Design Award
As a designer, it can be difficult to find one's way through the many awards and competitions that currently exist. One award, however, offers a one-stop solution to honor designers, architects and design-oriented companies, anywhere in the world, and with global recognition and publicity. The A' Design Award is an international, juried design competition that spans over 100 categories, from Furniture Design, Architecture, Building and Structure Design, to Landscape Planning and Garden Design, and Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design.
The event will take place in the city of João Pessoa, capital of the state of Paraíba—formerly known as Parahyba, which gave the meeting its name—between July 25 and 31, 2023.
These gatherings are FeNEA's largest and most well-known projects. The EREA (Regional Meeting of Architecture and Urbanism Students) is a deliberative body of FeNEA (National Federation of Architecture and Urbanism Students of Brazil) that takes place annually across the country's regions in different host cities. Now in its 12th edition, the Northeast Regional meeting brings together hundreds of students from all nine states for a week of theoretical and practical activities, including roundtables, project presentations, immersive experiences, workshops, collaborative work sessions, and cultural events. The primary objective is to facilitate the exchange of practical experiences and knowledge gained across different educational institutions, fostering deep integration among participants.
Next Sunday at 8 PM, Mariana Bunn will interview Edmara Gadelha
In the upcoming episode of the series "Accessibility from North to South: All the Voices of Brazil," Mariana Bunn Architecture and Accessibility will host a conversation this Sunday, June 11, with Edmara Gadelha, a native of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte.
Which are the criteria for the regeneration of a former industrial site? Restore to Impact, the international Call for Ideas powered by the Chiesi biopharmaceutical Group, aims to identify innovative, evolutionary and transversal concepts as guidelines for the future regeneration project of its historic industrial site in via Palermo in Parma. In this context, it has defined its guiding principles to evaluate the concepts submitted by April 30th.
Flexibility, adaptability over time, and porosity are understood as the ability to dialogue with the physical and social context. In addition, the quality of the landscape and public spaces are also related to connectivity and sustainability in technological, environmental, economic, business and innovative terms.
El público de la arquitectura brings together, for the first time in Spanish, two of the most important texts from Giancarlo De Carlo’s theoretical body of work. Published in the early seventies, they remain curiously relevant to the most pressing issues of today. In these texts, De Carlo analyzes architecture's complicity in materializing the social gaps imposed by economic, political, and cultural power structures, while questioning the role of schools, criticism, and the media in consolidating the inconsistency and aimlessness of the architect's position. The book proposes alternative paths for the methodological reconstruction of disciplinary creative processes, moving toward a total commitment to the real context of society and its most fundamental spatial needs.
OmniRoom is a new room-in-room system developed by Mute. The product uses patented technological innovations and the benefits of modular architecture to offer a quick and easy solution for building comfortable and reshapable workspaces suitable for new, hybrid work environments. The product has already been recognized with the Mixology'23 Product of the Year award nomination.
The Banco Nacional de México, through Fomento Cultural Citibanamex, and the Fundación Sordo Madaleno invite you to the panel discussion "Art and Design in Architecture," part of the public program accompanying the exhibition "Urban Transformation: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos."
The architecture festival Hello Wood will be back in July, bringing together designers, educators, students and young creatives from all over the world. This year the Hello Wood Festival is moving to a new, fascinating location: the “post-apocalyptic” crater of Haláp Mountain in Hungary. At this inspiring venue, participants will build for 8 days, which will be followed by a two-day music festival called Kráter. Lectures by invited renowned designers and architects (Karim Rashid, Arthur Mamou-Mani, Numen/For Use collective) will enrich the program.
The often difficult relationship between art or artists and algorithms will be at the center of an exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, entitled "CHAOS//LOOP 2023". Developed by Christof Babinsky, CEO of ASB GlassFloor, the exhibition will include ten works of art using digital technology and exhibited on LED panels called "Digital Wallpaper," which also extend the scope of architectural design and are now being put into a new context in Venice.
Enlace. Image Courtesy of Brick Industry Association
Since 1989, the Brick Industry Association (BIA) has sponsored one of the most prestigious architectural award programs in the US: the Brick in Architecture Awards. As the only national association to represent both manufacturers and distributors, BIA is an authority in the clay brick industry. Throughout the years, the Brick in Architecture Awards has become a premiere architectural award featuring clay brick.
This year, the award introduced a new Thin Brick category, and 45 winning projects spanning the United States, Australia, Canada, China and Germany. As this video shows, winners include nine Best in Class, 10 Gold, eight Silver, 17 Bronze and an overall Craftsmanship Award.