The Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe to the United Nations in New York, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works of Zimbabwe, has launched a call for submissions for the selection of consultancy firms to provide architectural consultancy services to the Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe for the supervision of demolition, design and construction of the Chancery in Manhattan, New York, as well as the design and supervision of construction of the Official Residence in the City of Rye, New York. The Government of Zimbabwe owns properties in New York City and the City of Rye and is therefore inviting local firms in New York with proven record to participate in the tender.
Best Practice Interview with WORKac's Dan Wood, FAIA
Join us for Best Practice, a virtual fireside chat series dedicated to practice operations at architecture firms and beyond. From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture and engineering industry are innovating through new business models and managerial techniques.
Fifth Avenue, 2018. Photo by Melissa O'Shaughnessy
Join MAS on Wednesday, July 13, at 5:30 PM as we explore photographer Melissa O’Shaughnessy’s new exhibition The Sidewalk Ballet. The photography collection is the most recent exhibition at the Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman Digital Gallery. Melissa will be in conversation with MAS President, Elizabeth Goldstein. The pair will discuss Melissa’s process of documenting people as they move around New York City’s built environment and how the exhibition embodies the vitality that pedestrians bring to the city’s urban space.
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Exhibition "The Reasons Offsite", on display at theCasa da Arquitectura until September 25th 2022
Curated and designed by the SUMMARY studio, the virtual/immaterial exhibition "The Reasons Offsite" focuses on modular and prefabricated building systems and includes the participation of Pedro Ignacio Alonso & Hugo Palmarola, Jorge Christie & Martín Alvarez, Pablo Jimenez-Moreno and Yona Friedman.
On Saturday, July 16, starting at 10:00 AM, the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo hosts the third meeting of the Open Pavilion 2022 program. The initiative aims to open the historic Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion—designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and located within Ibirapuera Park—to the public, while offering free programming including dance workshops, children's activities, guided tours, and open discussions.
Slow living is a trend inspired by growing interests in mindfulness and sustainability – and our growing cultural need to escape from the negative effects of fast-paced digital living and high consumption. Yet how exactly can the design of our interior and exterior spaces interpret this trend and help us slow down?
Architect and collage artist Camila Mancilla presents her book Las casas de los espejos rotos: El collage como método de investigación creativa (The Houses of Broken Mirrors: Collage as a Creative Research Method). In it, she invites readers to explore this simple yet noble technique, highlighting its value not only as a finished work, but above all as a creative process.
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.
The International VELUX Award jury has selected ten regional winners from the 507 submitted projects, from 211 schools of architecture around the world. The renowned jury was comprised of Anupama Kundoo, Anupama Kundoo architects (IN), John Ronan, John Ronan Architects (US), Rainer Hofmann, Bogevischs Buero (DE), Fuensanta Nieto, Nieto Sobejano Arquitos (ES), and Lotte Kragelund from VELUX A/S (DK), all of whom met for the jury meeting in Copenhagen.
The 'No País dos Arquitectos' podcast will be present at the 6th edition of the Archi Summit. In this exhibition, you will be able to learn more about the projects and architects from the podcast's three seasons.
The 'No País dos Arquitectos' podcast will be featured at the 6th edition of Archi Summit. The exhibition offers an opportunity to learn more about the projects and architects featured across the podcast's three seasons.
Puerta de Oro: Empresa de Desarrollo Caribe and the Colombian Society of Architects invite you to participate in the effort to green the city through the "Design Challenge: Greening the City of Barranquilla" competition.
At the CreativeDays Symposium there are outstanding lectures by international designers, architects and thinkers who talk about sustainable design, smart solutions and the challenges of the conurbations for the future of cities.
Image: Carlton Learning and Community Hub by Law Architects.
Is your local school a community hub? Could it offer more to students, families, and community members as critical neighbourhood infrastructure? How can we improve the design of school facilities and extend their use to enhance community connection, wellbeing and resilience?
