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Continuing the international dialogue and cooperation initiated in 2015, we are pleased to announce that the 11th FIPA – International Forum on Architectural Heritage Brazil-Portugal will be held in 2026 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. The capital of Santa Catarina won the bid to host the event, which will take place in partnership with IPHAN, CAU/BR, and UA/PT.

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COSENTINO CITY CDMX CELEBRATES ITS SECOND ANNIVERSARY
We invite you to join us in commemorating two years of collaboration, inspiration, and memorable experiences in this space that has brought together the design and architecture community.
It would be an honor to have you with us for a special evening to toast to everything we have built together.
Please RSVP and join us in celebrating this significant milestone.

Are you an interior furnishings professional? You are invited to the latest edition of The Design Room Madrid 2026. Register here!

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The internationally renowned art collective _marina_morón (comprising Dr. Jesús Marina, PhD in History, and architect Dr. Elena Morón, PhD) inaugurated their latest work at the Pabellón de Mixtos of La Ciudadela in the city of Pamplona.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Basque-Navarrese Association of Architects and the Pamplona City Council, and will remain open to the public until March 15, 2022.

Delivering productivity levels up to 50% higher than previous models, HP introduces its new range of HP Latex large-format printing solutions. The series consists of four devices—the HP Latex 700 and 800, and the HP Latex 700W and 800W—introducing white ink printing to this category for the first time. Print jobs executed by this new series will not only deliver brighter colors and finer details, but will also do so at even faster printing speeds, reaching up to 36 m2 per hour.

Paint is synonymous with color, even when it is white. It is the simplest way to restore and correct imperfections on any surface, whether interior or exterior. Without detracting from this significant aesthetic benefit, paint also possesses composition-based properties that turn an attractive, well-finished project into a healthy building—one with a lower environmental impact throughout its life cycle.

Since the publication of "Popular Overflow and the Crisis of the State: The New Face of Peru in the 1980s," the ideas presented by José Matos Mar have been fundamental to understanding 20th-century Peru. Beyond its academic value and conceptual argumentation, "popular overflow" became a reference framework that accompanied and shaped public debates and much of the academic analysis regarding rural-to-urban migration, the explosion of the informal economy, the accelerated expansion of cities through informal settlements, and the new urban culture during the second half of the 20th century. These processes, grouped and partially interpreted under the label of "popular overflow," have defined the urban reality of contemporary Peru.

As part of the academic dialogue and reflection space "From Territory to Detail," which brings together architecture professors, students, and renowned architects, the spin-off "From Territory to Detail .re" explores—through informal conversations with key figures—the thesis that a territory's richness stems from its capacity for renewal, activating its own disused spaces to transform them into challenges and resources.

On Tuesday, March 29, from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (CET), a virtual reality talk will take place at the Meetaverse Cultural Center, hosted on the AltspaceVR application.

The Sarañani! Festival of Native Architectures of the World (Let’s Walk) fulfills its promise as a traveling festival, arriving in Oaxaca, Mexico, for its second edition. From January 27 to 29, the Sarañani! Festival will bring together global architectures that share the goal of achieving more equitable and responsible living. Hosted from Oaxaca, the event is made possible through a partnership with the Roots studio, led by architect and artist João Boto Caeiro, whose work is recognized for its exceptional quality, integrating tradition, sustainability, and social purpose. This year’s theme, presented in the Nahuatl language, references the Oaxacan custom of Tequio—a form of collaboration that invites collective efforts to preserve the knowledge of living in community.

The exhibition The Vienna Model - housing for the twenty-first-century city opens on Thursday, May 5, at the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM). The exhibition is organized as part of the AHA (Affordable Housing Activation) UIA International Forum 2022.

April 20, 2022, marked the 150th anniversary of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna taking office as Intendant of Santiago and proposing the challenge of its transformation. Two weeks later, on Wednesday, May 4, the opening of this temporary exhibition commemorating such a unique initiative took place.

'Unusual Architectures: "Other" Experiences in the Architecture and Urbanism of Santiago de Chile (1950–2020)' is an exhibition of city representation and photography. It showcases a collection of objects and cases from Santiago, a capital that increasingly presents itself as a casual, uncontrolled, and contingent accumulation of matter and experience—an expression of the "other" and the unfathomable.

The Atraviesos Urbanos (Urban Crossings), organized by the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae, consist of four walking tours through different sectors of the capital during the first semester of 2022. Each tour is led by an architecture faculty member who discusses the history and heritage value of each site for an audience of students, faculty, and the general public interested in learning more about the city.

This upcoming session, titled "From Plaza de Armas to the General Cemetery," will take place on Monday, May 16, at 3:00 PM. The route begins at kilometer 0 in Plaza de Armas, continuing through the Central Market, the Mapocho River, the Pérgola de las Flores, and Avenida La Paz, ending at the cemetery. The tour will be led by academic Max Palma.

Within the academic dialogue and reflection space 'Del territorio al Detalle,' which brings together architecture professors and students alongside renowned architects, the spin-off 'Del territorio al detalle .re' explores, through informal conversations with key stakeholders, the thesis that a territory's richness stems from its capacity for renewal, activating its own disused spaces to transform them into challenges and resources.