A revealing new look at modernist architecture, emphasizing its diversity, complexity, and broad inventiveness

As more of the earth’s surface is swallowed up by the built environment, architects are increasingly looking to integrate urban flora into their designs. Whether developing green roofs, living walls, abundant indoor courtyards, or balconies that connect interior and exterior spaces, the urge to intertwine nature and architecture has never been more apparent.

A photographic exploration of the Soviet monotowns − urban settlements erected around single industries in the hinterlands of the former USSR −; some thriving, others struggling to survive, still others partially abandoned.
Through nine chapters with over 130 photographs taken by Russian photographer Alexander Veryovkin, Monotowns by Zupagrafika captures the post-industrial landscapes and Soviet-era architecture of the monogorods extending from the Arctic Circle to the Russian Far East, such as Vorkuta, Norilsk, Mirny, Kirovsk, Tolyatti, Cherepovets, Magnitogorsk, Monchegorsk and Nikel, and the daily lives of their inhabitants.

A Question of Education, an Architecture Teaching Seminar, is held as part of the Road to BIALIMA, the pre-biennial event for the Lima International Architecture Biennial (BIALIMA 2021), organized by the CAP Regional Lima.

On April 27 at 5:00 p.m., a discussion on Landscape Design, Habitat, and the Tropics will be held as part of the launch activities for our Undergraduate Program in Urban Design and Habitat Management, featuring Brigitte Baptiste, Belinda Tato, Anita Berrizbeitia, and Juan Luis Mejía.

We are pleased to present a new Fábrica de Ciudad Update Seminar (SAC-FAB), a digital space designed to foster encounters between architects, students, and professors with a focus on reflecting on architectural thought.

On Thursday, May 27th, 2021 live at 19:00 CEST we will “visit” Denmark and meet two of its most relevant architects. If you can’t make it live, save the link and watch it later.

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The City Nature Challenge is an international global citizen science event that brings together cities around the globe in a friendly competition to observe and identify the biodiversity in their communities. The event focus on urban areas to promote the idea that one does not need to leave the city to connect with nature. This year, we will be exploring local parks, backyards, and neighborhoods to observe wild plants and animals that share our environment.

Cuestión de Educación (A Matter of Education), an architecture teaching seminar, takes place within the framework of Rumbo a la BIALIMA, the pre-biennial event for the Lima International Architecture Biennial (BIALIMA 2021), organized by the CAP Regional Lima.

On Thursday, May 20th, 2021, live at 13:00 CDT (CDMX time) / 20:00 CEST (Berlin time), we will welcome two of Mexico’s most influential architects. Register below to receive the access link to the live stream. Don’t worry – you can watch the event later via the link if you can’t join live.

The house has evolved from an individual concern into the built element with the greatest impact on the planet. In this study, Fernanda Canales analyzes the evolution of this space over the last two centuries through projects, exhibitions, and books that have transformed ways of living toward a collective understanding of housing.

About this Event
Pasadena Heritage is proud to present a new version of our annual Spring Home Tour. Instead of a one-day event, tours of six architectural works of art will be offered as a series. Recordings of two different home tours will premiere on the last Sundays of April, May and June. Recordings will be available through July 4.

On Thursday, May 6th, 2021, live at 18:00 BST (London time) / 19:00 CEST (Berlin time), we will welcome two of London’s most influential architects. Register below to receive the access link to the live stream. Don’t worry – you can watch the event later via the link if you can’t join live.

Martes de Ruido is a brief, informal conversation series lasting approximately 30 minutes. Featuring up to three sessions per day, it brings together national and international guests to address specific topics and foster discussion and reflection.

The Ordem dos Arquitectos proposes a dialogue regarding current challenges for a post-pandemic future, intersecting architecture, art, the city, and politics in response to the European Commission President’s call for a New European Bauhaus. The event serves as a debate on new ways of inhabiting space, grounded in the premise of sustainability.

The 7th edition of Open House Madrid will take place from September 24 to 26. The international architecture festival offers guided tours of a hundred spaces in Madrid that are typically closed to the public. It is the premier open house event for Madrid's architecture.

The Campo Comum conference series presents Edições de Arquitectura (Architectural Publishing). Guests include Maria Shéhérazade Giudici, founder of the publishing platform Black Square and editor of AA Files—the Architectural Association's journal—and Spanish architect Moisés Puente, founder of Puente Editores and editor of 2G Magazine since 1998. Both will present their editorial projects, developed in collaboration with a vast constellation of authors, and offer a critical assessment of the discipline's contemporary output. The session will conclude with a conversation curated by Diana Menino and Felipe De Ferrari, during which the audience is invited to participate with questions. The conference will be held in English and exclusively via livestream (at 6:30 PM WEST).