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A Mayan house renovation workshop will be organized in August 2024 in Becal, Mexico
The Workshop "Taller de Arquitectura Maya" invites architecture students and the general public to participate in a week dedicated to the renewal of a Mayan architecture. The event will take place from August 1 to 8 and from August 9 to 16, 2024 in Bécal. The workshop will include a series of talks given by prominent personalities both internationally and nationally. The objective of the workshop is to develop construction skills and, over the course of a week, renovate some of the Mayan houses of inhabitants in economic difficulty, as well as promote the reactivation of rural networks and making participation in this territory more attractive. At the end of the workshop, a cultural event will be organized that will include a local plant weaving workshop, jarana dancing, Mayan poetry recitals and a collective dinner with local inhabitants, thus promoting the reactivation and attractiveness of rural networks in the region.
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Caravanserai Summer School 2024 Applications Started
Caravanserai Summer School 2024 returns to İzmir/Bergama/Ferizler Village for its third edition between 6 July - 6 August 2024. The project is organized by Depo Pergamon, Meydan Architecture & Design, Strüktür and Poçolana Works with the academic support of Izmir University of Economics and Yaşar University and the institutional support of the Embassy of Spain in Turkey and Bergama Municipality. Following the collaborative restoration philosophy of Depo Pergamon Workshops, Kervansaray Summer School 2024 will try to promote a new ecological restoration model for rural architecture based on the principle of circular sustainability: Sun, Water, Soil, Straw, Dung, and Wood. To complete the conservation of the pre-existing buildings, natural materials and techniques will be used in harmony with contemporary materials and ways of construction. All the work will be led by the students, but supervised by academicians and experts in vernacular architecture and building techniques. The Caravanserai Summer School 2024 is mainly open to anyone interested in ecological restoration and vernacular architecture, and specially to students who have to do office or construction site internships. Those who want to participate in the summer school can access more detailed information and application form from the link below. 👇 https://linktr.ee/caravanserai.ferizler *Application deadline is 21 June 2024. Quota is limited to 15 people. For any questions or suggestions: depopergamon@gmail.com Instagram accounts: @caravanserai.ferizler & @depopergamon
In 1949, at a time when Argentina was one of the most powerful countries in the world, the city of Buenos Aires launched the construction of the Sexto Panteón, an underground necropolis containing 150,000 burial plots. This monumental Brutalist-style cemetery is the first and largest experimentation of modern architecture applied to the funerary field, and yet remains unknown.
Achitectural gifts are everywhere: libraries funded by wealthy philanthropists, shelters donated by humanitarian organizations, farms paid for with development grants, mosques financed by Islamic foundations, and stadiums handed over as part of diplomatic charm offensives. Embedded in religious and imperial traditions of gift-giving, architectural gifts shape the urbanization process across the world. Humanitarian, developmentalist, and diplomatic building-gifts have become ubiquitous in rapidly expanding African, Asian, and South American metropolises and their hinterlands. In North American and European cities, philanthrocapitalists invest in cultural, social, and educational facilities passed down by the dwindling welfare state.
Terraco EIFS offers a cost-effective method to achieve thermally efficient external walls, significantly reducing energy consumption and operational costs. Image Courtesy of Terraco
In today's construction industry, achieving energy efficiency, sustainability and safety along with aesthetics are essential goals for architects and consultants. Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems (EIFS) are versatile, high-performance solutions that meet these requirements for both new builds and renovations. These multi-layered exterior insulation systems significantly enhance thermal performance and offer energy savings of up to 50% while providing flexibility in design.
According to the Markets and Markets report on "Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS) Market - Global Forecast To 2028," the growth of the EIFS market is mainly driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and rising development of green buildings, mandated through the introduction of stringent building energy codes in some countries. Therefore, the importance of using certified EIFS systems as per local energy codes is highly advocated.
The International VELUX Award jury has selected ten regional winners from the 468 submitted projects, from 220 schools of architecture around the world. The renowned jury, consisting of, Song Yehao (CN), Jenni Reuter (FI), Ewa Kurylowicz (PL) and Kent Holm from VELUX A/S (DK), met for the jury meeting in Copenhagen.
The A' Design Award and Competition in pursuit of recognizing excellent design works that were proposed and completed within the last 10 years. Every year, A' Design Award features a reputable jury panel of specialist in various categories, to evaluate design projects that submitted to A' Design Award.
BeeGraphy is thrilled to announce the launch of our Design Awards, an exciting competition designed to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation in computational design. Whether you're an architect, designer, engineer, or a creative enthusiast, this competition offers a unique platform to showcase your talents and make a mark in the world of design.
In the competitive fields of architecture and design, mastering the art of visualization is as crucial as generating innovative ideas. Whether you harness 3D models from SketchUp, use AI-generated images with Diffusion [Labs], or employ external rendering programs like V-Ray, selecting the right visualization technique can significantly advance your professional journey.
Here’s a closer look at the top ten benefits of architectural visualization, illustrated by real-world success stories from the industry.
The Epistle Writing Prize is an annual competition dedicated to recognising outstanding writing on design, architecture and environment. Celebrating the power of the written word, participants are invited to inform, intrigue or persuade readers by presenting novel arguments or interesting narratives on the built environment. Stemming from Epistle’s mission to democratise architectural discourse, the 2024 edition seeks to highlight compelling voices and stories from the Global South, bringing attention to previously unheard perspectives.
Every project begins with a program brief outlining the spaces, areas, and requirements essential to kick off the design process. This essential document guides architects in understanding client needs, allocating space efficiently and ensuring the design meets the project's functional requirements.
However, manually converting this tabular data from a spreadsheet to spatial data in your massing tool is incredibly tedious and time-consuming. Tools such as Snaptrude are designed to help architects iterate faster and make more informed design decisions.
Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924) is a foundational figure in American architecture. Long considered the founding architect of the skyscraper, he first came to wide attention in 1889 with the completion of the Auditorium Building in Chicago. Here, for the first time, every remaining structure designed by Louis Sullivan is captured in striking color by award-winning architectural photographer James Caulfield and is accompanied by highlights of his life and accomplishments, detailed by Patrick F. Cannon.
Cover image: Didi Contractor in her home in Sidhbari, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photographed by Lakshmi Swaminathan. Cover page credit: Lakshmi Swaminathan
'A Call to Return: A Journey with Didi Contractor' offers a record of the life, values, and creations of an extraordinary self-taught woman architect. Born in the United States to Expressionist painters in 1929, Didi met an Indian student at college, married, and moved with him to India in 1951. She remained in India for the next seventy years and became a legend to many: as a painter, interior decorator (particularly of the Lake Palace Hotel in Udaipur), furniture and textile designer, and early proponent of solar energy.
The TUMO Center for Creative Technologies is now partnering with Institut Lyfe (ex-Institut Paul Bocuse) in Lyon to establish a unique culinary ecosystem in the Armenian city of Gyumri with the support of the European Union. The project involves revitalizing the historic food market of the city, establishing a unique culinary school in the heart of it, and surrounding it with restaurants and shops that are symbiotic with the market and the school. Information about the project and the competition can be found at https://market.tumo.org/
AI Sapien unveils a paradigm-shifting vision of the future where artificial intelligence (AI) transforms architecture into thinking machines. This experimental book features an alchemy of 128 original AI-generated artworks along with insightful dialogues and evocative poetry created in collaboration with AI, all set to Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
