This symposium aims to decode and challenge the societal attitudes and design conventions that shape contemporary design and impact bamboo use. Highlighting case studies from bamboo growing regions such as Colombia and Indonesia, it draws on the expertise of three leading voices:

The 2nd Forum of Architects and Designers of Central Asia will be held in September in Kazakhstan.

The event is open to all and free to attend.

Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.

7-8 May 2026 Istanbul , TÜRKİYE
Hybrid Conference
(Both online and In-person presentations will be available)

Overview
What can happen in a hundred years ?

We are looking for the next AI Design Starchitect.

The 5th annual VMSD Scholarship + Experience recognizes and supports leadership potential in the Interior Design, Retail Design, Hospitality Design, Visual Merchandising, Architecture, UX Design, Engineering, and Product Design fields through a $1,500 scholarship plus an invitation to attend the 2024 International Retail Design Conference (IRDC) in Providence, Rhode Island, this October with airfare, hotel, and daily per diem covered—a prize package totaling $4,500 for this year's recipient.
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One of the most prestigious Architecture Prizes in the world is back for a new edition!

In contemporary architecture, façades have evolved beyond their traditional role as protective exteriors—they now serve as powerful expressions of identity, creativity, and sustainability. As the visual gateway to a building, façades play a dual role: safeguarding structures from environmental stressors while enhancing their aesthetic appeal and architectural character.

Much like interior design reflects the personality of its occupants, a façade communicates the essence of a building. It forms the first impression and serves as a canvas for architectural storytelling, often embodying the vision and creativity of the architect.

The Latin American Meeting of Architecture Students (ELEA) is a space for academic, cultural, and professional exchange that brings together architecture students from across Latin America. The 37th edition will be held in Cuenca, Ecuador, as part of the 40th-anniversary commemoration of the Latin American Coordinator of Architecture Students (CLEA) and will be co-organized with ONEA Ecuador, the country's National Organization of Architecture Students.
Through workshops, lectures, debates, and collaborative activities, ELEA promotes meaningful learning based on experimentation, creativity, and critical analysis, with an emphasis on sustainability, innovation, and Latin American cultural identity.

The Landscape I Inhabit, The Landscape We Inhabit.

The UFRRJ SEMAU is an academic event conceived by students with the support of the Architecture and Urbanism program. Now in its fifteenth (15th) edition, the event’s primary objective is to foster the exchange of experiences and enrich academic training through lectures, practical workshops, exhibitions, debates, and cultural activities that broaden perspectives on the profession and its multifaceted experiences.

The Lugar Comum research group, affiliated with the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at FAUFBA, announces the 15th Urbanism in Bahia Seminar, urbBA[25], to be held on November 3, 4, and 5, 2025, at the Faculty of Architecture of UFBA in Salvador, Bahia.

The School of Architecture and Urbanism and Design at USP, the Center for Cultural Preservation - Casa de Dona Yayá, the research group "Archive, sources and narratives: between architecture, city and design," 216 - Cultural Heritage, History and Criticism, QUALICON - Quality and Performance in the Built Environment, LabIndus - Laboratory of Industrialization, and Labdias - Laboratory of Studies on Culture, City and Diaspora are pleased to invite professionals, researchers, master craftspeople, holders of traditional knowledge, and other interested parties to submit papers for the 5th Vernacular/Popular Architecture Seminar, to be held from June 8 to 11, 2026. Building on a tradition of studies in the field that began in the 1970s, and currently driven by the democratization of access to the university, FAU-USP is witnessing a resurgence and growing expansion of interest in, and the assimilation of, new perspectives on the diverse processes of vernacular and popular architecture.

The city of Rio de Janeiro will host the 4th Experimental Construction Site Seminar in Architecture and Urbanism and the 2nd National Meeting of Experimental Construction Sites in Schools of Architecture and Urbanism. The events will take place from November 17 to 20.

A global survey of 250 of the most creative women practicing interior design from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day

A new edition of the definitive monograph on Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata, featuring a new introduction from author Deyan Sudjic