From May 20 to 21, 2023, the Open House architecture and urbanism festival will take place in the city of Rosario, opening the doors of 98 architectural works alongside 8 urban tours to discover and rediscover the city's architecture and urban design. For its sixth edition, this year's festival aims to venture deep into the heart of the city—the home—applying an urban approach committed to the individual and collective memory of the city and its residents, merging tangible built heritage with the traces of time.

With a capacity of 42,500 spectators, the first images of the new La Romareda Stadium, home of the Spanish soccer club Real Zaragoza, have been released. Spanish architecture firm IDOM is in charge of the preliminary design of the future stadium, addressing a series of factors considered key in modern sports venues today. These include creating a vibrant soccer atmosphere to enhance the spectator experience, hosting major international competitions, becoming a benchmark in sustainability, utilizing advanced safety and broadcasting technologies, and establishing a landmark for the city, consolidating a stadium for the club, Zaragoza, and the wider Aragon region.

Spanning a 12-hectare site, the Innovation Park (Parque de la Innovación) located in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires recently inaugurated its public areas, opening free access to a project that integrates businesses, universities, scientific institutions, housing, service areas, and gathering spaces. Aiming to develop an innovation ecosystem, the development is expected to house around 6,000 residents and accommodate approximately 18,000 students.

The headquarters of the College of Dentists of the Province of Santa Fe is located in the city's macrocenter, a metropolitan urban area rich in cultural and heritage buildings. By incorporating concepts of innovation, sustainability, functionality, flexibility, and technical and economic feasibility, the project aimed to foster integration between the public sector and the association's administrative activities through a flexible design capable of adapting its functional layout.

With the goal of constructing a dynamic and participatory space, the Government of the Province of Neuquén aimed to create a new metropolitan facility, seeking to promote the creation, training, and dissemination of the province's cultural scene, while also establishing itself as a productive platform for the region, as well as nationally and internationally. Bares-Bares-Bares-Schnack: Estudio de Arquitectura, Poggi-Schmit Arquitectura, and Franklin Consultora worked together to envision a spatial, architectural, and landscape model through a contemporary building that represents the aesthetic and technological criteria of the spirit of an era.

Ecuadorian firm Uribe Schwarzkopf has unveiled plans for a mixed-use project set to redefine the skyline of Guayaquil. Located in the Puerto Santa Ana neighborhood, the new YOO GYE project aims to deliver residential and commercial spaces through a design shaped by the local environment. Its interiors are designed by YOO Inspired by Starck, under the creative direction of Philippe Starck himself.

The nine winning projects of the second edition of the ARQUITECTURA Awards, organized by the Superior Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain (CSCAE), have been announced. Showcasing fundamental values of architecture and urbanism—such as social responsibility, cultural preservation, and environmental sustainability—the awards received a total of 429 submissions. In the first stage, the Official Colleges of Architects and Regional Councils selected 177 proposals, which were narrowed down to just 21 finalists.

Year after year, organizations, government authorities, and other global entities face the challenge of implementing regulations and measures to address rising water scarcity: as of 2017, according to the World Health Organization, roughly 3 out of 10 people lacked access to safe drinking water at home, while 6 out of 10 lacked access to safely managed sanitation.

The Municipality of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca commissioned the Catamarca Union of Architects to organize the National Preliminary Draft Ideas Competition for the Southern Environmental Park, aiming to gather innovative ideas to create the province's first carbon-neutral urban park.

As part of the collateral events of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Creative Europe and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the winners of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards 2023 in the Young Talent category. Alongside a series of debates, the awards ceremony took place at Palazzo Michiel in Venice.

Navarre-based architecture firm Vaillo + Irigaray Architects has won the design competition for the Navarre Security and Emergency Coordination Center (CCSE) to be located in Mutilva, in the municipality of Valle de Aranguren. Led by Antonio Vaillo, Juan Luis Irigaray, and Yago Vaillo, the firm has developed projects both nationally and internationally. They currently have several projects under construction, including the Faculty of Tourism in Malaga, the Basque Ethnographic Museum in Bilbao, the Cultural Center of Letters for the Barcelona City Council in Barcelona, and the World Car Center in Vigo.

The Municipality of Miramar de Ansenuza, along with the Association of Architects of the Province of Córdoba, launched a National Ideas Competition for the creation of the Coastal Urban Park of Barrio 105 in Miramar de Ansenuza, Córdoba, Argentina. The objective was to gather ideas and proposals to integrate the park into the local public space network, creating high-quality environments that facilitate socializing, recreation, leisure, and outdoor activities.

From July 7 to September 2, 2023, the exhibition “Nicolás Campodonico: Muros” is on display at the Bisman Ediciones Architecture Gallery and Residence, located on the Buenos Aires corner that houses the “Casa de Estudios para Artistas”, a 20th-century housing masterpiece in Argentina designed by Antonio Bonet, Abel López Chas, and Horacio Vera Barros.

The José A. Balseiro Foundation, along with the Association of Architects of the Province of Río Negro District III (CARN District III) and the Argentine Federation of Associations of Architects (FADEA), launched the National Ideas and Preliminary Project Competition for the "Las Golondrinas" Academic Meeting Complex of the José A. Balseiro Foundation in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. Aiming to strengthen the dialogue among the sciences, culture, education, and the business world, the complex seeks to establish itself as a reference center that positions science as a key driver in generating content and shaping societal decisions.

Out of a total of 576 submissions, the 2023 FAD Awards have announced the list of finalist and selected projects, which will be on display from October 5, 2023, to January 7, 2024, during the exhibition "The Best Design of the Year" at the Disseny Hub Barcelona. 

Organized by the Association of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires (District I) and promoted by the Association of Land Surveyors of La Plata, the Provincial Preliminary Design Competition was launched for a new headquarters building for the Association of Land Surveyors of La Plata. Seeking to transform the workspaces of the Professional Council of Land Surveying of the Province of Buenos Aires – District V, the initiative aimed to rethink and design new spaces that foster exchange across multiple activities, opening the Association to both professionals in the discipline and the community.

The Municipality of Temuco launched a design competition for the new Young Pablo Neruda House Museum in Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile. Highlighting Neruda's childhood memories and his formative years as a poet on the site, the competition sought proposals that integrate architecture and the environment into a cultural destination.

Organized by the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay (MVOT) and MEVIR, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), the International Architecture Competition "Wood: Innovating Social Interest Architecture" involved submitting proposals for new types of wooden housing extensions. These could be either paired or standalone single-level structures, to be built by MEVIR in a demonstration set of 20 social interest houses within the town of Tranqueras, Rivera Department, Uruguay.