Emily Allchurch, Grand Tour: In Search of Soane (after Gandy), 2012.
The engine of contemporary architectural production, and the basis of societies around the world, is economic growth. Global political orthodoxy declares GDP growth is always good; that more is more. Throughout the last two centuries increased economic growth brought with it many measures of prosperity, but for many decades now the limits to growth have been visible on the horizon. Social equity, health and wellbeing, quality of life, happiness and other non-monetary measures of success are faltering while resource extraction, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and toxicity, temperatures, sea levels, extreme weather, and many such indicators of climate breakdown make clear daily that the time of this worldview is running out.
Turkistan Architect Awards is an international architectural competition for the conceptual development of objects located in the historical city of Kazakhstan — Turkistan, initiated by the Governor of the Turkestan region. The main objective of the competition is to give a new impetus to the development of the Turkestan region: as a touristic hub with the unique architecture. The competition is aimed at creating equal conditions for creative competition between the participants in order to determine the most interesting and progressive solutions, both architectural and engineering, taking into account the use of innovative technologies, materials, design and methods of building structures in the project.
HOUSING: WHAT’S NEXT? FROM THINKING THE UNIT TO BUILDING THE CITY
During the twentieth century the world population increased at a higher rate than at any other period in time, from around 1.5 billion people in 1900 to nearly 7 billion today. Facing these figures, it is impossible not to think about what we have done to accommodate this population, or rather, what all these people have done to obtain housing. Figures indicate that although we have been able to build large quantities of houses, and have begun to cover the quantitative deficit, today the great challenge is to improve the quality of the existing housing stock. At a time in which this effervescent population growth persists–particularly in the geographical regions of the Global South and in emerging economies–the question is how do we change the paradigm and start thinking about housing in relation to the quality of the urban fabric to build better cities.
Every year, the Festival is visited by a large public. In 2018, it received 18 000 visitors and has been widely published in France and abroad. For the 14th edition, the Festival des Architectures Vives in Montpellier will take place from June the 11th to the 16th 2019. The festival thematic is Beauty. The FAV will keep to aware a wide public to architecture, to highlight a young generation of architects and to discover places from the urban heritage.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS : The call for submissions is launched to realize 10 installations for the FAV in Montpellier The deadline so as to
Marghera City of Making: International Design Competition
The invited design competition aims to explore visions and urban schemes envisaging the re-articulation of manufacturing areas in the territory in-between Mestre and Marghera industrial area. In a condition of radical transformation of labor and productive activities, among the ones that are suitable for Marghera areas, some relevant processes seem to be more feasible and innovative. They consist of the increase of the level of digital content within enterprises, the profound innovation in the manufacturing sector, the inclusion within circular economy processes, the ever-increasing sharing of services and equipment that become places for urban sociality.
The fifth edition of the Cities Connection Project is taking place in collaboration with Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures.The first part of the CCP double exhibition focuses on the re-use of existing spaces, mixed uses and reconstruction, beginning in Wallonia-Brussels, the second part will be in Barcelona in 2019.
In its 27th year, Pasadena Heritage will present the Annual Craftsman Weekend on November 9-11, 2018. The Weekend will feature house tours of notable Craftsman properties, along with bus and walking tours of the surrounding neighborhoods. Other events scheduled include a Show and Sale with exhibitors of antique and contemporary furniture and decorative arts, a silent auction, workshops and presentations. In addition, Pasadena Heritage will be offering exclusive receptions at historic locations throughout the weekend.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro announces the concept design competition for staging the exhibition of the National pavilion of Montenegro at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai. According to its participants, the competition is international; according to its type, the competition is public; according to its task, the competition is project; according to its form, the competition is one-instance; and according to its method and entry submission, the competition is anonymous. The competition is open from October 15th, 2018 to December 3rd, 2018.
Sergei Tchoban: Drawing Buildings/Building Drawings
Russian-German architect, artist, and collector Sergei Tchoban is the focus of Sergei Tchoban: Drawing Buildings/Building Drawings, an exploratory exhibition that brings together fifty of the architect’s large scale urban fantasy drawings, deeply personal contemplations about the past, present, and future of his favorite cities – Saint Petersburg, Rome, Amsterdam, Venice, Berlin, New York – along with documentation on five realizations – two museums, two exhibition pavilions, and a theater stage design. The show traces design process and highlights the architect’s intentions behind his searching architecture. Tchoban is questioning his own impact on some of these cities.
This international design ideas competition aims to discover new designs for a modern garden city to meet the needs of the 21st century, whilst recapturing the pioneering spirit that led to the development of the world’s first garden city at Letchworth.
INDEX: Award is the biggest design award in the world, worth €500,000, and is commonly referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize of design’.
The importance lies in the unique, over-arching theme of Design to Improve Life: a concept enabling design to be used as a tool to address the world’s biggest challenges and reach our biggest goals.
The nomination process for INDEX: Award 2019 is open until March 10th 2019. It is free of charge, and anyone can nominate anything - as long as it improves life.
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TAB 2019 Installation Programme Competition “Huts and Habitats” invites participants to design an experimental wooden installation in the heart of Tallinn
The Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2019 (www.tab.ee), which takes place from September 11th – November 3rd, 2019 (Opening Week: September 11th – 15th), has presented its Installation Programme Competition “Huts and Habitats”, which offers emerging architectural talents the opportunity to design and build an experimental wooden structure in the heart of Tallinn.
The open two-stage competition (first stage submission deadline is November 2nd, 2018, and second stage submissions are due by January 30th, 2019) challenges participants to develop creative designs
The 8th edition of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation’s international architecture competition will continue this year once again to encourage creation, audacity and the capacity to imagine visions of anticipations of a world to come, while respecting the precepts of sustainable development turned towards the ocean and space.
IE School of Architecture and Design announces its fifth IE SPACES FOR INNOVATION PRIZE for young architects and designers worldwide. This award recognizes talented young designers by offering scholarships to our world-class Master’s Degree, and facilitating full-time, paid internships in some of the world’s top design firms.
The competition is open to all young architects and designers who completed their undergraduate or graduate studies during or since 2014.
The winning entries will be awarded admission* to IE’s Master’s in Strategic Design of Spaces for the 2019-2020 academic year; a partial scholarship towards the program tuition fees; and a full-time, paid, professional internship
The Seoul Metropolitan Government, in an effort to overcome the current spatial and functional limits of Gwanghwamun Square and to restore historical and cultural symbolism of Gwanghwamun area, is opening this international design competition. All experts or firms that are interested in this opportunity are strongly encouraged to register and submit a proposal.
1. Eligibility Either an individual or a group of expert from the relevant fields such as urban planning/design, architecture, landscape architecture, road engineering or transportation engineering
2. Schedule ● Announcement: October 12 (Fri), 2018 ● Distribution of guidelines &
The World Bamboo Workshop is the largest international multidisciplinary theoretical and practical event in which people from all over the world participate as well as world leaders and experts in the use of Bamboo.
World Bamboo Workshop is an annual event organized by World Bamboo Organization (WBO), every year with an objective to spread the traditional use and application of bamboo of a particular place or region of the world and at the same time bring all the scientific, technical and traditional knowledge available around the world in bamboo at that particular place. The World Bamboo Workshop focus on promoting sustainable
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