A Mountain Sanctuary will be designed within the National Park in Argentine Patagonia as a space for pause and contemplation for hikers and mountaineers on their journey toward Mount Fitz Roy. The MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY must be conceived as part of the natural flow of the trail, functioning as an organic pause within the ascent experience. The expectation is for a space that provides protection against the extreme weather conditions of the Patagonian environment (wind, cold, snow) without becoming a permanent or massive shelter.
Since 1962, the Colombian Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism has served as the primary venue for recognizing, reflecting on, and disseminating architecture produced within the country.
Anan Alsama designed by Fatimah Alabid, Masud Alzunaifer, and Maha Alesawi. Image Courtesy of Mujassam Watan
In the city, aesthetics are not measured by the height of towers or the width of roads, but by their ability to evoke meaning within space. From this perspective, the Mujassam Watan initiative emerges as more than a mere artistic endeavor. It involves a deliberate attempt to redefine the relationship between people and place, between material memory and imagined identity. In the city of Khobar, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—where urban modernity intersects with rapid social transformation—this initiative raises the question: How can a sculpture become an open text, one that is both visually read and experientially felt?
Offsite construction dramatically reduces construction waste and ensures precision assembly, but long-term sustainability relies on the durability of the factory-applied building envelope.. Image Courtesy of Terraco
The global offsite construction market—encompassing modular, precast concrete, and hybrid prefabricated systems—was valued at USD 172 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 225.7 billion by 2030 (CAGR 4.9–8%). In the UAE, government targets call for 25–30% offsite content in public projects by 2030; the UK currently leads globally, with 15–20% of housing using offsite solutions. Offsite manufacturing is increasingly promoted as the sustainable future of construction, with benefits including reduced waste, accelerated delivery, and improved quality control. Sustainability is not defined by how quickly a building is assembled. It is defined by how long it performs.
Call for Pecha Kucha - 6th biennale svizzera del territorio - Handle with care
Participation is free of charge. The winners of the call will be announced by August 2026. The selected Pecha Kucha presentations will be included in the programme of the 6th biennale svizzera del territorio. Selected contributors will be entitled to free accommodation and full access to all three days of the biennale.
Fran Silvestre Architecture 2018–2026 brings together a carefully curated selection of houses that synthesize the studio's recent research on residential architecture. The house is approached here as a privileged field of work, where light, material, and technique are combined with precision to shape spaces that are clear, serene, and rigorous.
Puzzling Assemblies, by award-winning architects and educators Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, is an in-depth investigation into the robust relationship between architectural concepts and puzzle logics.
The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture invites abstract submissions for the upcoming EKA Arh Conference 2026: To Be Continued…, a biennial international peer-reviewed conference held as a satellite event of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale.
A new exhibition marking 150th anniversary of Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, founder of the global Baťa Shoe Company, explores Baťa's achievements and guiding principles and their realisation in East Tilbury, Essex. It reveals how ideas about work, culture, sport, health and community were embedded in the design of the built environment.
Portuguese Houses With History, ORO Editions, 2025
For almost a decade we had an interior design studio which led us a unique opportunity to discover and visit Portuguese family houses, with stories and beauty that deserved to be portrayed. Since then, time has passed and with the growth of tourism in our country, many of these houses ended up being transformed into hotels, vacation rentals, airbnbs and rural hotels, as it was too expensive to keep them just as family homes. Watching this made us feel the need to make a book about the ones that still resist. Our shared passion for these houses and their unrepeatable identity convinced us that this could be a project where we could work together again, photographing the properties that we still managed to find so that at least their visual memory didn't get lost. We want this book to pay homage to a memory, a Portuguese savoir-faire and taste that is disappearing with the massification of design, objects and furniture. We hope that this book will help raise awareness to what we feel is most valuable about these homes: the notion that this heritage is precious, that it is part of our history and must be preserved.
New York Geologics Representations of Manhattan from the Anthropocene, ORO Editions (2025)
Manhattan is commonly regarded as an iconic island-territory of the twentieth century. Conventional representations reinforce its reading as an urban condition resulting from neoliberal capitalism. These forces have expanded the city grid and extruded its architectures as a laboratory of urban ideas.
The Latin American Master’s in Architecture and the Doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Bío-Bío invite you to a tour of three projects designed by Smiljan Radic (and collaborators), recently awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The tour will include the Civic District of Concepción (2001), the Boca Sur Center (2008), and the Bío-Bío Theater (2011)—three projects awarded through public competitions that feature unique architecture and have become significant urban connectors. The tour will begin at the University of Bío-Bío’s Concepción Campus (Avda. Collao 1202), subject to prior registration via form and email confirmation. The event is intended primarily for architects interested in advanced studies. The activity is free of charge and includes local transportation and time for lunch, as well as an interior tour of the Bío-Bío Theater (organized by the TBB Corporation). Space is limited.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept in architectural practice. It is rapidly becoming a practical tool used by firms around the world to accelerate design workflows, generate visualizations, and explore new creative possibilities.
According to a new industry survey conducted by Chaos in collaboration with Architizer, architects are already integrating AI into their daily work. Nearly 800 architects and designers from around the globe participated in the study, sharing insights into how they use AI tools, how much time the technology saves, and how they believe artificial intelligence will shape the future of architecture.
The Architecture of Will Bruder. ORO Editions (2025)
In celebration of his 50+ years in practice, architect Will Bruder is pleased to share this selection of his most-exemplary projects, presented through hundreds of gorgeous photographs, drawings, and original sketches.
The Urban Design Lab (UDL) announces the fourth edition of its international Thesis Publication, inviting submissions from undergraduate and postgraduate students in urban design, architecture, landscape, and planning disciplines. Conceived as a global academic platform, the initiative curates and disseminates exemplary thesis work that engages with contemporary urban challenges through design, research, and critical inquiry.