The University of Warsaw (PL) has launched an architectural competition for a new Psychology Department Building which will be built in the hearth of the Ochota Campus in Warsaw – a science campus located in a dense city fabric close to the strict city centre.
The Dubai Municipality and UN-Habitat present the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment. The 2017 Award comes at a critical time; with the New Urban Agenda being signed in October last year, this is a distinct opportunity to show case the most effective interventions for improving the lives of urban residents around the globe.
Join us in Ottawa to share your achievements and learn from others how we can best promote healthy, sustainable, equitable 10-minute neighborhoods. We shall discuss the best neighborhood models for encouraging walking, biking and public transit, high-density human scale mixed use, places to foster daily social life and community, opportunities for daily contact with nature, and equitable neighborhood planning.
The Indigenous Housing Competition Canada invites everyone, students and professionals, to submit ideas for remote access Indigenous Community housing in Canada.
In the era of globalization, small-mid size cities are the engine of local development, and the potential core habitat residence. The urbanization of Chinese Midwest cities are crucial to the development of a balanced city network of China. In such scenario, we are confronted with many emerging challenges such as climate change, population migration, energy crisis, inheriting regional characters, etc., which demands development of new innovative and adaptive urban approach and more complex urban morphology.
Thus, this competition is intended to initiate a conversation on the modern city life founded on nature, involving topics such as local vs global, tradition vs future, Eastern vs Western, landscape vs city, nature vs living habitat, preservation vs development, intention vs reality. The unique mountainous landscape of Guizhou has its own regionalism characters, that inspired many poets to write down grandeur and sensational lines.
Description via Amazon. Once upon a time, closets were merely a place to store clothes. LA Closet Design presents Closet Design Bible – a compilation of ultra high-end closet spaces, spanning multiple countries for more than a decade. As the industry leader in custom closet design, Lisa Adams’ clientele includes world-renowned figures in entertainment, professional sports, politics, and business. Complete with boutique display lighting and all the techy extras, these spaces reflect the specific needs of each client, while challenging conventional idea of the closet. For the first time, the details of these very personal sanctuaries are made public. Rich with imagery of carefully appointed spaces, this book gives readers an in-depth look at the fully custom features of Lisa’s closets. Among these pages are many of the designer’s own expert tips, which readers can use to elevate this once overlooked space, and ultimately calm the chaos of everyday life.
The American Architecture Prize celebrates creativity and innovation in the fields of architectural design, landscape architecture, and interior design. AAP welcomes submissions from architects all around the world.
Have you ever had the idea to occupy a space that is soulless and lacking of identity? When you are in a transitional space, for example, can your surroundings leave you any meaningful/memorable expressions or a positive impact?
Residual spaces. They are spaces of nothingness, physically and psychologically. Ironically, their widespread existence tend to be abandoned/forgotten and considered useless and hopeless.
"Lost and Found" challenges you to explore and address meaningful expressions of these spaces. How far can we dig in the potentials that correspond to the surroundings of these residual spaces? Either solving an issue or embracing a local phenomenon, architecture contributes to kick-start positive changes to our society.
Just look around you.
After all, they are just lost spaces, in need to be found.
HELMA© 2017 - 2018, Architectural Design Award is a project organised and managed by Balsam International (BI) proudly backed by Al Diwan Al Amiri in collaboration with other key strategic partners. HELMA is offered to honour young practicing architects and academics from all levels i.e. Student, Fresh graduates and Amateur creative in and around the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the Arab Gulf States and the world.
The May 2017 issue of a+u uncovers six teams of emerging architects in USA: Andrew Kovacs, Bureau Spectacular (Jimenez Lai & Joanna Grant), The LADG (Andrew Holder & Claus Benjamin Freyinger), Ellie Abrons, Mark Foster Gage, and Young & Ayata (Michael Young & Kutan Ayata).
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This international one-stage architecture ideas competition invites all architecture students, young architects and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old) to develop and submit compelling ideas for the design of a Site Theatre located on a site promontory near the Fortress of Baleal, Peniche, Portugal.
Senior Housing News (SHN) is seeking undergraduate and graduate students to participate in a senior housing architecture and design challenge. This contest gives students an opportunity to create industry-specific work and gain feedback from industry professionals. The senior housing sector faces incredible challenges around housing and caring for elderly individuals worldwide. This program will expose students to the design criteria and thought processes needed in developing housing solutions for this growing population.
The All Along the Watchtower Competition is open to architects, students of architecture, recent graduates, and associated disciplines from around the world.
The January 2017 issue of a+u is dedicated to the works by Japan-based architect Go Hasegawa. The issue introduces 19 works from his very first project House in a Forest, completed in 2006, to the latest completed works Yoshino Cedar House and Chapel in Guastalla—with newly taken photographs—and the projects in progress both in Japan and abroad.
The word "home" is an abstract word that could mean a lot of things. It is both a physical space where we live, and a life style which we choose to have. What kind of spaces, surroundings and life styles are the ones that are most suitable for the Chinese people? To answer it, designers are asked to make the full use of their innovative and creative ideas, in order to create the kind of home spaces that are inspiring, harmonious, and elegant.
"How does a thought evolve into a freehand sketch? What is the importance of the interaction between the mind, eyes and hand?“
2017/2018 Hyde Lecture Series opens another exciting chapter for the design and planning disciplines as speakers take a fresh, in-depth look at the latest developments in their respective fields.