Saudi Arabia is undergoing a remarkable transformation, guided by Vision 2030, with investments in tourism, culture, technology, and sustainability reshaping the Kingdom's identity. As part of this cultural evolution, the Mujassam Watan Urban Sculpture Challenge, organized by Buildner in partnership with the Mujassam Watan Initiative (an initiative by Al Fozan Social Foundation), invites architects and artists to shape Saudi Arabia's evolving public spaces through contemporary sculptural design.
The next generation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s green and inclusive cities is just around the corner, but only if designers embrace the opportunity. Can small-scale entrepreneurship drive new sustainable housing, or will the overburdened sector fail to meet the challenge of climate change?
DxD Block Party: César Pelli Day is an annual FREE public event that connects hundreds of students of all ages with local architecture, design, engineering, and construction professionals. This year's event will be hosted by Pasadena City College (1570 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91106) on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 9 am to 2 pm.
An international European cultural project “UREHERIT. Architects for heritage in Ukraine: recreating identity and memory” together with Architects Association of Lithuania (liet. Lietuvos Architektų Sąjunga ) launches a third conference on 11th April 2025 in Vilnius! This year's theme: “Reconstructing Ukraine: Heritage is home”. Save the date: The third public UREHERIT conference, dedicated to Ukrainian architecture and cultural heritage, will take place on 9:00 11th of April at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius. During the event, project participants will present the progress of the UREHERIT initiative, including completed and ongoing research, developed methodologies, and past and upcoming professional and community-focused activities—such as workshops, seminars, training programs, and educational initiatives for Ukrainian architecture schools. The conference will address key topics related to the preservation, recovery, and adaptation of cultural heritage. The conference will be held in a hybrid format – in person and live-streamed online. The streaming link will be provided later. The event will be conducted in English and Ukrainian with simultaneous translation available (to/from both languages). Follow UREHERIT on social media for more news.
Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) is a conference where both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometrical developments is presented. It involves architects, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, software and algorithms designers and contractors. We aim at connecting researchers from architectural and engineering practices, academia and industry. AAG has become a reference both in research and in practice and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with research laboratories.
The Cecil Gale Charmers - Free Self Guided Architectural Trail Map
Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.
Superdesign Show celebrates an important anniversary: the 25th anniversary of the birth of Superstudio Più on Via Tortona, the historic venue from which the Fuorisalone phenomenon started. It does so with a special theme: HAPPINESS, inherent in the products, evident in the installations, which it proposed as a challenge to those who wanted to participate in this edition. With the participation of more than 70 designers from 10 countries, the involvement of 3 continents and the presentation of more than 20 projects, this year's choral and international event is once again confirmed as a must-attend event for anyone who wants to explore the latest trends and future visions of design. Project by Gisella Borioli, art direction by Giulio Cappellini.
How can major transit projects drive positive social change? Deconstructing TOD: Transit Roots playfully explores how transit can shape thriving communities, spur new housing, create public spaces, and support local businesses—while addressing the challenges that come with it.
Women Architects at Work. Making American Modernism
The Spring Scholars Series: Women + Architecture at Mather Homestead will take place on March 27, 2025. It will feature a discussion on the contributions of women in architecture and how their work is shaping the built environment today. The event will begin with a lecture by the authors of Women Architects at Work, honoring the legacy of Bertha Mather McPherson (1906-1993), one of Connecticut's pioneering female architects.
The design competition of the Small Lots, Big Impacts initiative gives designers, architects, and students the opportunity to propose how small vacant lots across Los Angeles should be converted into compelling, community-oriented, resilient housing developments that make better use of land that typically sits empty or accommodates just one housing unit. We call on designers everywhere to bring their ingenuity and compassion to the Small Lots, Big Impacts design competition with proposals that advance Los Angeles' legacy of multifamily housing design and offer housing ideas rooted in equity, resilience, and sustainability.
London Festival of Architecture in collaboration with Architecture LGBT+ and Freehold, sponsored by Brookfield Properties, has launched an exciting design competition for a Pride Float to celebrate LGBTQIA+ architects at Pride in London 2025. Inviting architecture students, emerging designers, and professionals to create a float that amplifies LGBTQIA+ voices within the built environment.
Calling creative minds and innovative urban and architectural design students (bachelor and master) around the world, the committee of the 4th International Design Competition is looking for smart and sustainable solutions to reimagine Nha Trang’s urban landscape!
The National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscape Designers, and Conservators, together with PAYSAGE – Promotion and Development for Landscape Architecture, promote and organize the CITY'SCAPE AWARD International Design Competition within the International Symposium CITY'SCAPE. Landscape project for life and climate. This initiative aims to attract excellence in international landscape architecture and award the best projects. The recognition seeks to promote and explore new possible balances in spaces designed to foster dialogue between architecture and landscape, aspiring to create synergies between built environments and nature for new territorial dynamics within sixteen proposed thematic categories: • CATEGORY A – Urban Forestry and Landscape Redevelopment of Urban Spaces • CATEGORY B – Drosscape: Landscape Redevelopment of Former Industrial Areas • CATEGORY C – Street Landscape & Slow Landscape: Slow Mobility, Bike Lanes, Traffic Calming • CATEGORY D – Parks and Gardens of Historical, Artistic, or Landscape Interest • CATEGORY E – Brand & Landscape: Landscape Design for Industrial, Retail, and Brand Identity Locations • CATEGORY F – Landscape for Wellbeing and Care: Landscape Integration of Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities, and Healing Gardens • CATEGORY G – City Sport & Play: Sports Areas, Play Spaces, and Leisure Areas in the Landscape • CATEGORY H – Urban Furniture: Innovative Products and Technologies for Urban Furnishings • CATEGORY I – Tourism Landscape: Landscape Design for Tourism • CATEGORY L – Energy Landscape • CATEGORY M – Hi-Tech Landscape: Green Roofs, Vegetated Covers, and Green Walls • CATEGORY N – Landscape in Light: Lighting Design for Landscape Enhancement • CATEGORY O – Landscape Green Company: Product Innovation, Processes, Start-ups, and Patents • CATEGORY P – Digital Landscape: Software for Landscape Experience • CATEGORY Q – Research on Landscape Design • CATEGORY R – Initiatives for the Promotion and Enhancement of Landscape
Volume Zero invites you to re-imagine the idea of Library as a 21st-century self-learning and educational incubation space that not only is a center for knowledge but also encourages its users to interact, share ideas and grow together.
As the world is continuously transforming and expanding, the amount of data and information created every day is also increasing constantly. Human intellect today is expected to evolve at the same rate as our world to continue our journey into the future. Despite all the information, reading and self-learning remain the most powerful tools available to mankind to consume knowledge. Learning bolsters awareness, exposure and productivity, which in turn results into development.
