We are thrilled to announce the “AI in Practice Competition,” a prestigious event sponsored by Studio Tim Fu, where architects and designers from across the globe will explore the intersection of AI and architectural design🚀

Premise:
In a world where urban populations are rapidly expanding, space is becoming a limited and valuable resource. High land prices, increasing density, and growing environmental concerns have led to the urgent need for innovative compact living solutions. This competition calls for a redefinition of urban living, where the challenge is to create livable, functional spaces within constrained footprints. Participants are encouraged to explore the potential of compact design to address housing, education, and overall city planning in ways that prioritize both efficiency and quality of life.

The 49% Architect, 51% Entrepreneur: A Blueprint for Entrepreneurship in Architecture will inspire architects and aspiring architects with its insights into the visionaries of the past and a look to the future of architecture—and sustainability, the planet, and an urgent call to global stewardship of our fragile world.

BambooU(niversity) was an idea originally conceived to help teach professionals about the potential of bamboo as a green building material. In its current form it is a design and bamboo build workshop in Bali hosted by Bamboo U at the Green School; facilitated in collaboration with the bamboo design firm, IBUKU.

On September 14th, we are happy to announce an upcoming session that will center on the "Future of Architecture and Design Publication." The event, as part of PA Editorial Fellowship 2024, will be headlined by Christele Harrouk, Archdaily's Editor-in-Chief, who will deliver a presentation on the changing landscape of architectural media. The session will kick off with a brief introduction, leading into Christele's presentation, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session allowing attendees to engage directly with her.

"The Complete Work in Progress" is an open invitation to explore the Copenhagen-based architecture studio Spacon & X's journey over the past decade. Arranged in an office-core inspired binder with removable chapters, the publication aims to reflect the studio's commitment to fluidity and experimentation in design. Giving a second life to undesired office ring binders, the work challenges the conventional architecture publication and presentation format, offering readers an honest experience of the studio's triumphs, beliefs, values, and insights. Ultimately, the "book" mirrors the studio's at-home creative process, radically questioning the lifeline of the design industry and shaping it to fit a fluid, interdisciplinary approach that embraces continuous evolution and authentic storytelling.

On September 13-14, UREHERIT will host a creative workshop “Holistic renovation of modernism housing in Ukraine”, focusing on post-war mass housing districts in Ukraine and across Europe.
This workshop, supported by Creative Europe and the Lithuanian Culture Institute, brings together professionals from Ukraine and the EU to dive deeper into the potential and future of modern housing built after World War II experts in the field of architectural heritage had their first meeting discussing key issues. Experts will address economic, social, and ecological challenges, working to develop recommendations for quality renovations in Ukraine.
During the workshop, a group of experts from Ukraine and EU countries will continue the work started a year ago on drafting recommendations for the holistic renovation of Soviet-era apartment blocks. The workshop will begin and end with public events, open to everyone.
Members of the “UREHERIT | Holistic Renovation of Soviet-Era Apartment Blocks” working group: Rūta Leitanaitė (UREHERIT project coordinator, Lithuania), Martynas Marozas (working group leader, Lithuania), Andrej Shcherbina (Ukraine/Belgium), Alona Subin-Kozhevnikova (Ukraine), Gintarė Kapočiūtė (Lithuania), Anna Kyrii (Ukraine), Johan De Wachter (Netherlands), Yevgen Zapotochnyi (Ukraine), Martynas Mankus (Lithuania), P. Tomasz Wilk (Switzerland), Mykhailo Shevchenko (Ukraine), Tanya Boyko (Ukraine), Svitlana Biriuk (Ukraine)
Public Events:
September 13, 10:00 – 12:30: Discussion on “The Architectural and Cultural Value of Soviet-Era Mass Housing Districts”
September 14, 18:00 – 19:00: Review of workshop results
Location: Lithuanian Union of Architects, Kalvarijų g. 1 (2nd floor), Vilnius
Language: English

The 24/25 season of the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF), the world's largest festival dedicated to architecture and design, returns this fall. The season will kick off in NY, showcasing a rich selection of world and U.S. premieres that explore the inspiring, global influence of architecture, design, and art. ADFF's carefully curated program brings together works chosen for their cinematic and narrative excellence, touching on topics such as sustainability, artistic innovation and legacy, community impact, and the power of the built environment. The full festival program, including speaker lineups, detailed information about films, and ticket sales are now available at adfilmfest.com.

Despite the amount of information, certifications and guidelines available for the development of sustainable and healthy contructions, profissionals in the field still face many barriers to realize such projects.

Polish Job 2.0 exhibition at Dutch Design Week

Signal Festival takes over Prague Castle:
Video mapping and installations turn the Prague Castle District into an art zone

UDL Thesis Publication 2024: A Global Platform for Urban Design Innovation

Ways of Seeing will illustrate different types of art selection criteria — by theme, by artist, by size. Each work in The Art Aquatic, one of the exhibitions within Ways of Seeing, exists at the intersection of the artist's fascination with a variety of nautical themes and the artmaking process. Viewers will find imaginative uses of water-related materials: sculptures by Chris Drury of the UK — a kayak and paddle wrapped in salmon skin, Marian Bijlenga’s composition of fish scales, and Jeannet Leenderste’s baskets made of seaweed. Other works offer more abstract references to life in the deep, including Ulla-Maija Vikman’s “painting,” Biagga (Sea Wind), made of viscose threads in marine colors and Mariette Rousseau-Vermette’s Blue Water II, made of woven tubes of beachy blue, grey, white, and yellow. A third series of works offer watery imagery, like Judy Mulford’s Aging by the Sea which incorporates a conch shell and a tiny boat covered in knotless netting, Ed Rossbach’s Fish Trap Basket, with a whimsical fish motif, and the mermaid in Norma Minkowitz’s sculpture, My Cup Runneth Over.

Reimagining London's High-Rise Green Spaces: A Design Contest by EnviroBuild