'Design is not about solving technical problems or only about beauty,' says lighting planner extraordinaire Ulrike Brandi. 'It's a social profession and we have very big challenges right now", she adds.

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Archstorming, in support of the NGO PROVS and UNHCR, is launching an architecture competition in Mayukwayukwa, the oldest refugee camp in Africa. Working in the field of emergency architecture, the competition will be looking for designs for a new Sustainable Development Center to be built in the camp, a space where refugees will be able to carry out projects in areas such as health, education or construction. Special attention will be paid to the use of sustainable materials and easy-to-build construction techniques, with the ultimate goal of enabling refugees to use the method learned when building their own houses. You can register today here.

This symposium explores concerns central to the history and theory of architecture today. Formed around three panels featuring invited speakers and contributions from the cohort, the event addresses the missing links in relationships between histories, theories, and the practice of architecture; architecture and related disciplinary fields; and the voices, bodies, and stories omitted from the canon.

Sustainability was a hot topic at this year’s Cersaie trade fair, the biggest international ceramic tile and surfacing event, held annually in Bologna, which exhibits the latest developments in ceramics industry trends. Dynamic discussions explored the environmental impact of the raw materials of ceramics, the thermal properties of ceramic tiles as insulators, the biophilic effect of ceramic tiles within urban interiors – and much more.

The Call for Entries is now open to North American and International submissions to the 2022-23 Wood Design and Building Awards program recognizing excellence in wood architecture.

The Wood Design & Building Awards program recognizes design teams that are passionate about celebrating wood as a safe, strong and sophisticated building material.

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Zambia has been hosting Angolan refugees since 1966, when the Angolan revolution against the Portuguese spread to the east of the country, forcing people to flee to neighboring Zambia in search of safety.
Nearly 60 years later, Zambia continues to receive refugees from a long list of countries, predominantly from the Congo, Burundi, and Somalia. In total, there are approximately 105,000 refugees in camps and settlements across Zambia, 65,000 of whom are from the Congo and 20,000 from Angola.

Since its inception, UNStudio has been known as a speculative practice, producing real world projects through the means of research, experimentation, testing, and conceptual frameworks.

This exhibition demonstrates how the principles of the circular economy can help create more sustainable, net zero architecture for the future.

Discover what’s happening at the Melbourne School of Design at MSDx Summer 2022, as the building is transformed into a multi-floor gallery showcasing hundreds of pieces of studio work by talented students in one of Australia's largest design exhibitions.

Tokyo and New York-based Ippodo Gallery will present Extreme Surfaces, an exhibition of contemporary Japanese kogei (art and craft), November 30–December 4 at Design Miami 2022 (booth G36). The installation will feature works by twenty two living artists including Kodai Ujiie, Yukiya Izumita, Terumasa Ikeda and Hirotomi Maeda, with a focus on the juxtaposition of the surfaces of three distinct object types. Shigeru Uchida’s stunning life-sized tea house will play host to a traditional Japanese tea service each day at 3PM. Marking the gallery’s debut at the fair, Extreme Surfaces comes on the heels of the opening of Susumu Shingu’s landmark Sculpting with Wind exhibit, which is running at Ippodo’s New York location through December 29, 2022.

From November 25-27, 2022, Driving the Human realizes a three-day festival marking the culmination of three years of collaboration, research and experimentation connecting disciplines between sciences and the arts.

For the twelfth time, the Bauwelt Award “First Works” will be tendered this year – from now on you can submit your first work.

What Design Can Do urges creatives to build a circular society — one great idea at a time

Combining high style with low maintenance, Corian® Design’s Solid Surface aids designers and architects to create healthy spaces for complete peace of mind. designboom and ArchDaily continues its three-part webinar series with the material producer, this time to explore the future of healthcare facilities. Including Studio Fluid, Operamed and NOAS Sweden, leading architectural and design experts join the conversation which can be watched live – register here.

Concéntrico 09, International Architecture and Design Festival of Logroño, proposes to reflect on the urban environment and the city through architecture and design proposals in different formats. The new edition will be held from 27 April to 2 May 2023.

Low Hammond Rowe is an architecture firm from Victoria, Canada who are discovering that switching to a new design software can provide them with amazing results. You’ll read about how the firm continues business operation during the switch as well as how they’re realizing undeniable efficiencies that save them time and money.

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‘Inside Iconic Houses’ at Case Study House #26

The "River Somes" exhibition is one of the events included in this year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale. It focuses in a large-scale river regeneration project that the Madrid-based firm PRÁCTICA is carrying out in the city of Cluj-Napoca, in Romania. This project consists in the redesign of the River Somes waterfronts along a 15-km section of its course through the city of Cluj. It includes a large number of bridges, squares, parks, public spaces, pedestrian paths and bike lanes, and it's scheduled for completion in mid-2023. The curators of the 2022 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Cristina Veríssimo and Diogo Burnay, have selected the River Somes project to be features in this year's exhibition, titled "Terra", due to the international interest it is receiving, as well as for its relationship to the event's main themes.