Located on an estuary of Prien Lake, straddling the Louisiana/Texas border, Pelican House exudes an elevated cabin aesthetic. Clad in Western red cedar and embellished with Texas Lueder limestone columns, broad overhangs, and exposed wood beams, it's a stunning bayou home anchored by glass walls that connect it to the surrounding landscape – and keep it safe when Mother Nature rages.
"It's a very picturesque location, but as you would imagine, it's also a very stormy one," says architect Winn Wittman, who designed the home for indoor-outdoor living in the Gulf Coast climate. Embraced and hammered by nature, Pelican House has withstood four hurricanes, both during and after construction. "The only evidence of the hurricanes is that the wood, which was initially smooth, now has a sandblasted appearance," Wittman says.
Concéntrico, in its aim to initiate new formats that respond to urban transformations, presents a call for proposals with Logroño City Council and LIF 2002, Logroño Integración del Ferrocarril, within the framework of the strategic plan to face heat waves in the city of Logroño. The aim of this call is to create a permanent urban climate island, which will be located around the lake in the Felipe VI Park on the terracing that forms a hexagonal square.
Can you imagine a learning experience where traditional architectural knowledge merges seamlessly with gaming, AI, simulation, and augmented reality (AR)? This is exactly what SCI-Arc's MA2 curriculum offers. This innovative blend not only equips students with essential skills in traditional design, theory, and practice, but also provides them with the tools to delve into cutting-edge technologies that are reshaping the design industry.
The INSPIRELI AWARDS, the world’s largest architectural competition for students, proudly announces a new competition as part of its global platform: the Kashitu School Competition in Zambia. This initiative invites architecture students worldwide to reimagine and design innovative structures for the Kashitu Secondary School Campus, challenging them to push both architectural and technical boundaries beyond the conventional designs of typical Zambian schools.
About the Book: The second expanded edition of the book Remanescentes da Mata Atlântica presents, in an even broader and more compelling way—with nearly 200 new images—the visual history of this biome, which dominates Brazil's entire coastal landscape and has been devastated throughout recent history.
CUADRANTE serves as a meeting point for both emerging and established talent, fostering dialogue and cross-disciplinary collaboration on a national level. The event features an extensive cultural agenda, including conferences, exhibitions, and workshops that enrich the creative industry in Monterrey, Nuevo León.
As Kharkiv embarks on the long road to recovery following the devastating conflict in Ukraine, a global design competition has been initiated by the Norman Foster Foundation and Buildner to reimagine one of the city's most significant landmarks—Freedom Square. A symbol of Soviet-era urban planning, the square, along with the Regional Administration Building, was heavily damaged by a missile strike on March 1, 2022. The attack left the building in ruins and the square scarred by conflict.
Festival poster. Courtesy of 48h Open House Barcelona Association.
The 48h Open House Barcelona architecture festival returns on the weekend of 26 and 27 October for its 15th edition and asks the public, "How do you want to live?"
VARES invites architects and spatial practitioners living, studying, or working in the Nordic and Baltic countries to participate in a winter school on the theme of darkness, taking place in Valga from December 4 to 8.
The Architerrax Fellowship Program is a prestigious initiative created for architecture students like you. It offers a platform for learning, collaboration, and networking with fellow students from around the world. Through engaging activities and discussions, you will have the opportunity to expand your architectural knowledge, enhance your skills, and build meaningful connections within the field.
View of the "Monsters" exhibition_Photo by Jaime Acioli
This Saturday, October 26, at 5:00 PM, artist Fernanda Leme, curator Alexandre Sá, and art critic Marisa Flórido will host a guided tour of the exhibition “Monstros,” which remains on view through October 31 at Z42 Arte in Cosme Velho. The exhibition provides an overview of the eleven-year career of Rio-based artist Fernanda Leme, featuring approximately 80 paintings—most of which are previously unseen—produced from 2013 to the present. These works explore the intersection of painting and photography in contemporary life. Drawing from her own experiences, the artist uses her work to address universal themes, such as the liquid society we inhabit, the fleeting nature of images, grief, loss, and longing. “The exhibition is a chronicle of our time, a work of memory and imagery,” the artist explains.
“Idea and Process” A collective exhibition featuring works in various media, curated by Lia do Rio, opens on Saturday, October 26, at Galeria Casa do Paulo Branquinho.
SIZA Photography Exhibition | Pedro Cardigo at the Gramaxo Foundation
The work of Álvaro Siza is revisited through the lens of Pedro Cardigo, who returns to the black-and-white origins of early architectural publications, evoking “the wise, correct, and magnificent play of volumes assembled under the light”—as Le Corbusier would say. Step by step, both seek this light in silence, patiently revealing the (un)expected, the never-before-seen framing, the architect's precise vision, and the photographer's emotional record, or vice versa. The discovery of L'Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui in the early 1950s had a profound impact on Siza, instantly triggering the conception of his seminal works, like snapshots.
Plates that make up the book Beagá Decô, by graphic artist Fernanda Goulart
Aiming to safeguard part of the memory of Art Deco architecture in Belo Horizonte—which became popular as a decorative element on the facades and parapets of commercial and residential houses in the capital of Minas Gerais starting in the 1930s—graphic artist and associate professor at the UFMG School of Fine Arts, Fernanda Goulart, will launch her new book, Beagá Decô - Patrimônio gráfico da cidade ao papel, on October 26 at 10:00 AM at the Mercado da Lagoinha, in the neighborhood of the same name.
The exhibition “Carmen Portinho: A Pioneer of Urbanism in Brazil” presents a series of photographs, drawings, and facsimiles that highlight the leading role of Carmen Velasco Portinho in the proposals and programs within the field of modern national architecture and urbanism. The exhibition is installed on the 5th floor of the Jorge Machado Moreira Building, at the University City. The opening takes place this Friday, October 18, at 10:00 AM.
The 8th {CURA} Prize continues the initiative of hosting idea competitions on themes aligned with current discussions in architecture, the city, and society, with a focus on contemporary Brazil. In a national and global context facing the many consequences of the global climate crisis, this year’s competition theme is Collective Housing for the 21st Century.
On October 24, the winning projects of the fourth edition of the Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Prize will be announced at the Virgilio Barco Public Library auditorium. Concurrently, the book and exhibition featuring the 26 most representative works from the 47 participants will be launched.
