Open House Athens returns on 5–6 April, with more than 70 buildings opening their doors for free guided tours and an extensive parallel programme starting on 29 March. Now firmly established as one of the city's most engaging cultural events, the festival invites the public to explore public and private spaces—from historic buildings and monuments to contemporary offices, residences, and hotels—led by a team of 500 volunteers.

EWANE ASSETS, in partnership with CDG INVEST, is launching a call for applications for an international architectural competition for the design and development of the future Startup Campus in Casa Anfa.

Sergei Tchoban: Sections of the Mind

Comprising fantastic visions, idea competition submissions, personal manifestos, and depictions of buildings now under construction, all artworks presented in Sergei Tchoban: Sections of the Mind—an assembly of 30 freehand charcoal and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and prints—explore effective and imaginary use of the architectural section. Cutting through buildings, colonnades, domes, and whole chunks of cities, the architect not merely exposes his structures' spatial and material complexities but reveals hidden histories and meanings. In his drawings, Tchoban addresses clashes of extreme dualities head-on. He looks for the right balance between pragmatic and artistic, ordinary and spectacular, historical and contemporary, and offers his take on how to build more engagingly, responsibly, and ecologically.

Launch of the Moroccan Interior Design Awards (MIDA) – 1st Edition
Introducing the MIDA: a new stage for interior architecture and design in Morocco Casablanca, 25 March 2025. Archimedia Group announces the launch of the first Moroccan Interior Design Awards (MIDA), a biennial competition dedicated to interior architecture and design.
Long in the shadows, these professions are now enjoying remarkable growth, driven by a new generation of daring designers and a growing awareness of the importance of the living environment.
Interior architecture and design are shaping our spaces, transcending usage and revealing the identity of the places we live and visit.
MIDA is part of this dynamic, offering a new showcase for the different professions that are redefining the codes of interior design and decoration in Morocco.
A NEW STAGE FOR THE ‘MAKERS OF SPACES
In line with the Young Moroccan Architecture Awards (YMAA), the MIDA celebrates the men and women who, through their sensitivity and mastery, transform the environment in which we live on a daily basis.
This first edition will bring together architects, interior architects, designers, project developers and institutional and private players, thus affirming the fundamental role of design in enhancing living and working spaces.
AWARDS TO HIGHLIGHT THE BEST PROJECTS
With a range of 16 categories and three awards - Jury's Favourite, Audience's Favourite and the Archimedia Prize - the MIDAs will paint a striking portrait of contemporary interior architecture and design in Morocco. The aim of this initiative is to shine a spotlight on the professionals whose work is shaping the spaces of tomorrow, by offering them recognition matching their commitment.
Presided over by Lotfi Sirahal, architect and designer, the MIDA jury will bring together passionate experts to reward the talents redefining the way we design and inhabit spaces.
MIDA aims to become a benchmark event, a place where aesthetics, materials and expertise intertwine, where trends emerge, and where interior architecture is established not as a mere decorative art, but as an essential vector of well-being and emotion. This event is for all those who bring life to the places we live in, animate and share, by infusing them with harmony, character and meaning.

"Game of Goose," is a site-specific exhibition at Los Angeles's iconic Neutra VDL House by multidisciplinary artist Maayan Elyakim. Curated by Dan Handel, this marks Elyakim's first solo exhibition in the U.S., following his 2022 show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The Architect's Chair Competition offers architects and designers an exciting opportunity to showcase their creativity by designing a signature chair that embodies their unique architectural vision. Inspired by the tradition of renowned architects creating custom furniture as an extension of their work, this competition challenges participants to distill their design philosophy into a single, iconic piece.

Construmat is more than just a trade fair; it is the reference point for the construction industry, where ideas, solutions, and professionals come together to shape the future. With a clear commitment to sustainability, innovation and cross-industry collaboration, we are the place where architects, engineers, CEOs and consultants find the tools and opportunities to face the great challenges of the market.

Saudi Arabia is undergoing a remarkable transformation, guided by Vision 2030, with investments in tourism, culture, technology, and sustainability reshaping the Kingdom's identity. As part of this cultural evolution, the Mujassam Watan Urban Sculpture Challenge, organized by Buildner in partnership with the Mujassam Watan Initiative (an initiative by Al Fozan Social Foundation), invites architects and artists to shape Saudi Arabia's evolving public spaces through contemporary sculptural design.

Jazz, architecture, and culture

Remote Course: Understanding the New Master Plan for the City of Rio de Janeiro

Galeria Contempo Debuts at SP-Arte

Nara Roesler São Paulo is pleased to present, beginning March 29, 2025, at 11 am, the exhibition "Isaac Julien – Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement – Photographs & Collages." The show features 20 works—16 of which are being exhibited for the first time—derived from the film "Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement" (2019), in which Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) is portrayed by Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. The critical text is by Solange Farkas, founder of the Associação Cultural Videobrasil in 1991 and curator of numerous biennials and exhibitions.

“It Is in Our Nature” and “When You See a Centaur, Believe Your Eyes” will occupy the gallery's two floors with painting and photography, starting April 9.

The 1st Seminar on Contemporary Architectures in Brazil [arq.con.br] will take place in Fortaleza, Ceará, at SEBRAE Ceará, from April 1 to 4, 2025, under the main theme HYBRID FRONTIERS. The event is organized by the Laboratory of Criticism in Architecture, Urbanism, and Urbanization [LoCAU], affiliated with the Graduate Program in Architecture, Urbanism, and Design [PPGAU+D] at the Institute of Architecture, Urbanism, and Design [IAUD] of the Federal University of Ceará [UFC], and is coordinated by professors Ricardo Paiva and Bruno Braga from the UFC Architecture and Urbanism program.

“Painting and Its Mysteries” opens on April 1st
Recent works by Newman Schutze are featured in a solo exhibition at Sergio Gonçalves Galeria in São Paulo, curated by Marcus Lontra

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Pequena África is a space of singular significance, where culture, memory, and resistance intertwine along every path and within every evolving narrative. This territory has established itself as a bastion of Afro-Brazilian heritage, serving as a benchmark in the construction of Brazilian identity. To enhance its visibility, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is launching the BNDES Pequena África Competition, open to national and international participants. This represents a historic opportunity for recognition and reparation, ensuring that the memory of the formation of the Brazilian people is preserved and celebrated.

The next generation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s green and inclusive cities is just around the corner, but only if designers embrace the opportunity. Can small-scale entrepreneurship drive new sustainable housing, or will the overburdened sector fail to meet the challenge of climate change?