On Saturday, November 19, at 5:00 PM, the Institute of Architects of Brazil – São Paulo Department (IABsp) will open the exhibition "Black Widow in Motion," featuring audiovisual art installations and projections of historical images of the iconic work by American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898–1976). This cultural activity is part of the implementation of the "Black Widow: Management and Conservation Plan," which will be launched at 5:30 PM on the same day and at the same location, with the presence of authors Silvio Oksman, Sabrina Fontenele, and Renato Anelli, who are also the exhibition’s curators.

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Archstorming, in support of the NGO PROVS and UNHCR, is launching an architecture competition in Mayukwayukwa, the oldest refugee camp in Africa. Working in the field of emergency architecture, the competition will be looking for designs for a new Sustainable Development Center to be built in the camp, a space where refugees will be able to carry out projects in areas such as health, education or construction. Special attention will be paid to the use of sustainable materials and easy-to-build construction techniques, with the ultimate goal of enabling refugees to use the method learned when building their own houses. You can register today here.

The launch of Materia Arquitectura 22: Aire will take place on Thursday, November 24, at 6:30 PM in the Patio de las Rosas at the Los Leones campus. The event will feature Pedro Ignacio Alonso, guest editor of this issue and head of the PhD program in Architecture and Urban Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

This symposium explores concerns central to the history and theory of architecture today. Formed around three panels featuring invited speakers and contributions from the cohort, the event addresses the missing links in relationships between histories, theories, and the practice of architecture; architecture and related disciplinary fields; and the voices, bodies, and stories omitted from the canon.

Sustainability was a hot topic at this year’s Cersaie trade fair, the biggest international ceramic tile and surfacing event, held annually in Bologna, which exhibits the latest developments in ceramics industry trends. Dynamic discussions explored the environmental impact of the raw materials of ceramics, the thermal properties of ceramic tiles as insulators, the biophilic effect of ceramic tiles within urban interiors – and much more.

Various initiatives have been promoted by public authorities aimed at the recovery of São Paulo's central area, whether focusing on buildings, seeking ways to encourage private investment in the restoration of underutilized or vacant properties, or focusing on open public spaces, such as the squares remaining from road interventions that are the subject of an international public competition.

For centuries, architecture has been one of the most publicly discussed topics by architects and users or inhabitants, as well as by critics, theorists, historians, and writers. This book provides an overview of these discussions as they have unfolded in the Western world through four thematic paths: housing, society, history, and art.

Paulo Tavares’s work explores the potential of architectural archaeology, imagery, and fieldwork conducted alongside communities to reveal and reconstruct historical processes of violence against both human and non-human populations and the environment.

Following the compilation 'Cada tanto aparece un perro que habla y otros ensayos' (Puente Editores, Barcelona, 2018), Smiljan Radić has continued to write short texts as an activity parallel to his professional practice as an architect.

The Call for Entries is now open to North American and International submissions to the 2022-23 Wood Design and Building Awards program recognizing excellence in wood architecture.

The Wood Design & Building Awards program recognizes design teams that are passionate about celebrating wood as a safe, strong and sophisticated building material.

This publication is a compendium of Latin American architecture, filtered through the architects who have undertaken the 12-month journey to pursue the Master’s Degree in Architectural Design at the University of Navarra. 32 authors from across the continent present their architectural practice through a project developed over four double-page spreads, with one double-page spread reserved for the presentation of the firm and the Master’s experience.

The fourth edition of "Jornal Coletivo," to be distributed for free in November, explores the theme of creativity. This focus is informed by the Cannes Advertising Festival, which ranks Brazil as the third most creative country in the world, trailing only the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Zambia has been hosting Angolan refugees since 1966, when the Angolan revolution against the Portuguese spread to the east of the country, forcing people to flee to neighboring Zambia in search of safety.
Nearly 60 years later, Zambia continues to receive refugees from a long list of countries, predominantly from the Congo, Burundi, and Somalia. In total, there are approximately 105,000 refugees in camps and settlements across Zambia, 65,000 of whom are from the Congo and 20,000 from Angola.

Since its inception, UNStudio has been known as a speculative practice, producing real world projects through the means of research, experimentation, testing, and conceptual frameworks.

This exhibition demonstrates how the principles of the circular economy can help create more sustainable, net zero architecture for the future.

Discover what’s happening at the Melbourne School of Design at MSDx Summer 2022, as the building is transformed into a multi-floor gallery showcasing hundreds of pieces of studio work by talented students in one of Australia's largest design exhibitions.

Tokyo and New York-based Ippodo Gallery will present Extreme Surfaces, an exhibition of contemporary Japanese kogei (art and craft), November 30–December 4 at Design Miami 2022 (booth G36). The installation will feature works by twenty two living artists including Kodai Ujiie, Yukiya Izumita, Terumasa Ikeda and Hirotomi Maeda, with a focus on the juxtaposition of the surfaces of three distinct object types. Shigeru Uchida’s stunning life-sized tea house will play host to a traditional Japanese tea service each day at 3PM. Marking the gallery’s debut at the fair, Extreme Surfaces comes on the heels of the opening of Susumu Shingu’s landmark Sculpting with Wind exhibit, which is running at Ippodo’s New York location through December 29, 2022.

From November 25-27, 2022, Driving the Human realizes a three-day festival marking the culmination of three years of collaboration, research and experimentation connecting disciplines between sciences and the arts.