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Lecture by Alice Rawsthorn, an award-winning design critic and author, whose books include "Design as an Attitude", "Hello World: Where Design Meets Life" and, most recently, "Design Emergency: Building a Better Future", co-written with Paola Antonelli, senior curator of design at MoMA, New York. Alice's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and her weekly design column for The New York Times was syndicated worldwide for over a decade. In all her work, she champions design's potential as a social, political and ecological tool to foster positive change.

The Open House festival in Bilbao, OPEN Bilbao, returns for its ninth edition with an extensive programme of visits and activities that invite the public to discover the city’s architectural heritage while highlighting new ways of understanding and practising architecture. Taking place from September 29 to October 5, the festival not only explores some of Bilbao’s most emblematic buildings but also highlights alternative approaches to the profession, offering a broader perspective on what architecture can mean today.

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Held within the framework of Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona, Tomorrow.Building World Congress aims to catalyze a positive change in the way we plan, construct, renovate and operate buildings and urban infrastructures.