Palabras y Trazos brings together architects of various generations whose projects emphasize architecture as a city-shaping element that integrates urban, environmental, heritage, and identity values.

In antiquity, architects sought to defy the passage of time through their solid constructions. This chimera was challenged at the beginning of the 20th century by the Futurists' concept of planned obsolescence: “Houses will last less time than we do... Each generation must build its own city.”

This text explains how time has become an active material in the work of the contemporary architect. Architecture, like music, literature, or film, is a temporal discipline. We will see how, during the Renaissance, architecture became aware of its own history. We will also see how, with Palladio, the printed page became a more effective medium for conquering the future than the built reality itself. However, the true shift arrived in the 20th century, when a new temporal consciousness—infiltrating from the sciences, the arts, and the media—began to transform architectural discourse in the second half of the century. From the assimilation of space-time to the cinematic time-image or the spectacular time of capitalism, the author proposes a journey through the multiplicity of time, which inevitably reverberates in contemporary architecture.

TerraViva Competitions launches TACTICAL URBANISM NOW! 2021, a new edition of the architecture competition that puts the focus on the transformation of the public space all over the world. Prizes up to 7.000 € will be awarded to the winners selected by an international jury panel composed by, among others, Arturo Mc Clean (Miralles Tagliabue EMBT), Liz Wreford (Public City), Francesco Garofalo (Openfabric), Hannah Klug (Intuy Lab);

A New Legacy of Design,
Inspired by AlUla

During every summer since 2010, MEDS (Meetings of Design Students), an international workshop of architecture and design that takes place in different countries of Europe. This year, the workshop will be held in Zaragoza (Spain).

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This time we would like to challenge you to create a Concept Sequence Diagram!

Milan has a long history of navigable canals that formed a fundamental part of the city’s economy and the growth of the whole region, providing a direct connection between the northern lakes down to the sea.

**BIRD WATCHING IN THE CHESTER MEADOWS**

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International Competition for the (New) Agricultural Resources Management Institute in Gyeongsangbuk-do, S.Korea.

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International Competition for the (New) Agricultural Research & Extension Services in Gyeongsangbuk-do, S.Korea

Ever since the 20th century, many human missions have been proposed to Mars. But aside from exploratory missions, the potential for colonization of Mars as a permanent base is being investigated.

｢International Design Competition for Yeonsu-gu Youth Center｣

ARKxSITE is pleased to announce the ‘SITE BATHHOUSE’ international architecture ideas competition for architecture students and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old).

SUMMARY:
Co-organised by the Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen (UPDIS), the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), the international agency ARQ and curated by Non Architecture, this competition, titled “Community 2050”, aims to gather reflections and design inputs for a more sustainable and equitable progress of cities.
The competition theme proposes to look at communities through the lenses of technology and innovation. What is ahead?
+ Five overall topics are considered central:
+ Environmental Sustainability
+ Safety and Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters
+ Ecology and Health
+ Urban Regeneration, Densification and Heritage Protection
+ Social Inclusiveness and Community thriving
These five topics can be conjugated into the two competition sites. The sites present common features but also radical differences.

INTRODUCTION
"People ignore design that ignores people."

Life and old-age

The condition of »fake« and »real« in architecture is rarely publicly discussed nor has it encountered broad journalistic or scholarly attention. This book explores the realm of truth, authenticity and fakery in architecture, providing a timely collection of analytical essays and projects. The authors challenge our perception of »authenticity« through the examination of built and simulated environments, architectural fiction, theatric illusions and mannerist trickery. Expanding from the discussion about truthful materiality and tectonics, this book provides an understanding of real, authentic, and fake in urbanism and architecture.

International acoustic solutions provider Autex Acoustics’ latest net-zero policy gives the green light to mega-construction projects, without giving up on sustainability.