After an amazing response to the first Virtual World Tour, during the peak of the pandemic in late 2020 early 2021, we decided to continue our global digital approach to connect the architectural community on a personal level. From October 13th until December 8th, 2021 we will be hosting five events for the first half of our new Virtual World Tour. This year we will visit Hong Kong, Brazil, Japan, The United States, Turkey and Canada, where we have invited two architects respectively to tell us about their biographies, anecdotes and events that have shaped their architectural positions and personalities.
Ulla-Maija Vikman, Akureyri, 2009 and Jiro Yonezawa, Red Fuji, (Photo by Tom Grotta)
browngrotta arts is pleased to announce its forthcoming exhibition, Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences, exploring common approaches shared between Japanese and Scandinavian cultures through contemporary art. The show will feature 39 fiber and ceramic artists from Denmark, Finland, Japan, Norway, and Sweden.
Titled MIRALLES. A l'Escola, the fifth and final exhibition in the tribute cycle to Enric Miralles highlights his academic work as a professor at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB). This significant facet of the architect's career is poorly documented, despite its international impact, as Miralles served as a professor, visiting lecturer, and speaker at prominent universities worldwide.
Strategies and Technical Assistance for Social Interest Housing. Credit: Fabricia Zulin
Objective: To expand knowledge regarding housing policies and strategies for Technical Assistance for Social Housing (ATHIS). Target Audience: Professionals and graduates who wish to act as agents of social transformation in projects that promote the right to the city and to housing.
The inspiration that the masters of modern architecture in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway drew from their places of origin, combined with the experience they gained during their travels around the world, sparked a radical shift in history known as Nordic Architecture.
4th Ciudades Cómo Vamos Forum - Apply by October 3rd
The Ciudades Cómo Vamos Forum is a space for discovery and discussion regarding the present and future of cities, promoted by Lima Cómo Vamos. Its objective is to share approaches, evidence, and proposals concerning the country's cities, and to facilitate the dissemination of multi-stakeholder efforts aimed at improving urban areas in Peru.
The Center for Research in Sustainable Architecture (CIAS) will present the first edition of the International Congress on Architecture, Women, and Sustainability on October 30, 2021, at the Hilton Corferias Hotel in Bogotá.
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Iform, San Sebastián University School of Architecture, Concepción campus, and Francisco González.
The UPC Alumni IForm Club - Forma Moderna Internacional, the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Doctorates of the Universidad San Sebastián, the Faculty of Art and Design, and the School of Architecture at the Universidad San Sebastián (Concepción campus) are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the book "Documentos de Arquitectura Moderna. Volumen I. Templos de la Modernidad" (Edicions UPC. Iniciativa Digital Politècnica).
Fundación Tejido Urbano, a research space focused on urban habitat issues that aims to combat housing problems in the city and raise social awareness, has launched its second open call for research on urbanism, housing, and new forms of habitat in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA).
Temperature, lighting, air quality or noise development: MyData Analysis from Regent Lighting measures the framework conditions that influence whether employees feel comfortable in office spaces. Image Courtesy of Regent Lighting
With MyData Analysis, Regent Lighting provides a smart technological solution that saves costs, increases efficiency and simplifies workflows – confirmed by its successful application in one of Europe's largest smart building projects.
We would like to invite you to our second event in collaboration with The Developer UK, a publication for enlightened real estate developers working in the private and public sector along with their investors, local government, architects, placemakers and project teams.
As an evening program to the Wiki Women Design symposium "Women, Design and Heritage", taking place on September 23, the Flanders Architecture Institute is organizing a debate evening on the same day in collaboration with MAD Home of Creators in Brussels. For this occasion, architects and researchers are invited to debate the role of women in contemporary architectural practice.
Material Responsibility discusses issues of contemporary material fabrication in context to social, environmental, and construction related challenges. Researchers, designers, and builders assume the mantle of responsibility to address inherited legacies in everyday practices. This event tries to unravel not only assumptions about what and how we build, but also looks to question why, to situate our motivations and impact. In moving away from practices that simply justifies the present moment, the discussion on Material Responsibility aims to identify where our responsibilities lie in the complex global systems and networks that make up our contemporary practice.
An online event in memory of our founder, late Indian architect and urbanist Charles Correa. The event will consist of the award ceremony for the Charles Correa Gold Medal and the international release of Rahul Mehrotra’s new book ‘The Kinetic City and Other Essays’.
A wall at Auckland’s MediaWorks, composed of Autex Acoustics’ Cube panels that are cut and reassembled in careful compositions to make an irregular, sculptural surface, representing discordant noise. Image Courtesy of Autex Acoustics
Autex Acoustics’ intelligent, sustainable solutions not only integrate into different architectural contexts, they also contribute to greater well-being and performance in working environments.
Seminar on wooden heritage architecture co-organized by Patrimonio Sur and CIPYCS, uniting the north, center, and south through wood.
The significance of wood throughout Chile's architectural history, and how this has been reflected in the buildings and neighborhoods constructed with this material, will be among the topics covered at the Heritage Wood Architecture Seminar in Chile.
Organized by Patrimonio Sur and CIPYCS, the goal of this Heritage in Wood week is to promote this type of architecture and educate the community on the importance of preserving and conserving our heritage.
"The City Inside the House" is a collection of essays by various authors written during the 9th edition of the URBANBATfest architecture, urbanism, and social innovation festival. The experience of lockdown—spending so much time in our homes—has forced us to focus on the domestic sphere, a concept that has gained particular relevance in current reflections, research, projects, and public policy.
Designed in 1949, String Furniture has adapted over the years to different uses across different rooms, and different phases of life. A choice of materials allows it to fit with any environment. Image Courtesy of String Furniture
When it comes to creating timeless furniture, there's a lot to learn from modern classics like the String furniture system.
