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Clashing titans, pixelated panache, and architectural convictions gone metaverse! Buckle up for "Façade," where Oren Safdie's play throws museum drama into a mind-bending mix of live human actors, holographic images akin to Tupac, and Macross Plus anime vibes. Think high-stakes art, ambition gone rogue, and a scene that's part stage, part digital playground, sans VR headset. Bring your open mind and thirst for the future of storytelling... today! Limited seats, so grab your curiosity goggles and join us in this experimental experience of a staged reading in the metaverse, intersecting with architecture, technology, and performance.

On March 1 and 2, Miami Beach will host the Open House Worldwide Architecture Festival for the first time. Spearheaded by The Miami Center for Architecture and Design, the inaugural edition of Open House Miami will delve into themes including Sacred Spaces, Culture Resilience, Building Miami, Sports, Glamour & Grandeur, Curiosities & Colorful Past. The two-day long festival is all free and open to the public and will give attendees access to over 50 individual experiences in 15 distinct neighborhoods with support from 75+ partners. Open House Miami will explore the stories, design, architecture, and experiences that define the vibrant city.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (UCLA AUD) is pleased to share its program of winter and spring lectures and events, all free and open to the public. UCLA AUD’s public lecture series is a proud tradition at the Department, with public dialogue as a cornerstone of AUD’s mission. The winter and spring program features another AUD tradition: the annual Rumble year-end exhibition, on view Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

Mirror in the Mirror, the most recent collaborative book between architect Kengo Kuma and photographer Erieta Attali, was born from the authors’ shared desire to transcend the limits of architecture and imagery and enhance the sensorial experience of the featured spaces. Attali’s photographs capture the interconnectedness of the built space with nature central to Kuma’s design practice where architecture reaches out into its surrounding environment, bringing nature back into its interiors. Meticulously crafted by designers Koma Amok for Hartmann Books, Mirror in the Mirror is a narrative depicting atmospheric moments and thresholds of transition, in an unfolding interplay of light and texture.