From 27 April to 5 May 2024, the Peter-Behrens-Bau in Oberschöneweide will be the heart of BERLIN DESIGN WEEK 2024. Visitors can look forward to a comprehensive programme including everything from exhibitions to talks all the way to interactive workshops, all offering in-depth insights into innovative design concepts.
Milan Design Week rarely fails to deliver on compelling showcases of design and innovation.
One of the exhibitions this year, created by Swatchbox, conveys the “true cost” of traditional approaches to construction. The sample platform founded by architects to provide sustainable sampling methods to the design community launched its thought-provoking showcase at the heart of the Brera Design District in Milan.
The exhibit boldly confronts the issue of wastefulness inherent in traditional construction practices. Installed inside an office in Brera that is ordinarily occupied by a Milan architecture firm, the exhibit displays a large pile of construction materials typically destined for landfill. The materials are meticulously arranged to showcase the sheer volume of waste generated by the design community.
The "A Construção da Profissão" (The Construction of the Profession) project was coordinated and executed by the Institute of Architects of Brazil, Federal District Department (IAB.DF), with sponsorship from the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal District (CAU/DF) and support from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Brasília (FAU/UnB).
In celebration of Book Month, the Instituto Cervantes in São Paulo will open the exhibition "Anaqronías" by award-winning photographer Juan Cerón on April 25. Following an extensive conceptualization process and various projects that allowed for artistic growth, "Anaqronías" is the photographer's second personal project, a journey that has led to exhibitions in several countries across three continents—including Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic—before finally arriving in Brazil.
“Abstract Alchemy”
Group exhibition opens on May 1st at the Centro Cultural Correios RJ
The book presents the remarkable history of the emergence in the past two decades of a dramatically new design of multi-tower and multi-functional tall building clusters. Based upon a decade of architectural research, the book provides a definition of the new typology, here termed The Tower Cluster, and its major concepts, design characteristics, and the typological knowledge required to design creative sub-variants. It provides the detailed analysis of a large series of outstanding recent case studies of the typology.
Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures sets focus on the pressing need to develop new models for architectural production that rethink how resource is deployed, its intensity, its socio-ecological origins and sensitivity to environment.
Like many small residential practices Cohen & Hacker Architects have made a career of doing house additions. In a practice spanning almost forty years they have evolved strategies for making additions that represent both a theoretical and philosophical position about altering older buildings. They believe that recycling existing houses, retrofitting them to meet new energy standards, preserving their embodied energy as well as their cultural significance is the most sustainable way to practice architecture.
Through “Re/Creation,” Lasvit —a leader in hand-made glassmaking— sets up a sanctuary for creative escapism amid the hustle and bustle of Milan’s Salone Week. In the serene embrace of Palazzo Isimbardi, “Re/Creation” offers a space where minds are free to wander, inspired by the fluid grace of molten glass. The title refers to the innovative technique of fused glass, where the essence of fused glass lies in letting go. Extremely hot melted glass is allowed to relax, spread and take shape of a form designed for the glass to lie on. Its own weight and gravity take care of the rest. Similarly, a creative mind is most prolific and innovative when relaxed, free of everyday pressures and demands. This is why, at the beautiful location of Palazzo Isimbardi, Lasvit creates a haven for creatives to escape, recharge and relax.
The Bom Fim Ecological Market (FEBF) and the Ecological Farmers' Market (FAE) will host a citizen science initiative this coming Saturday, April 20. The project focuses on collaboratively mapping the space and its unique characteristics, gathering data from farming families and agro-industries alongside information regarding the habits of market-goers.
2024 Edition of Real Estate of the Art to Feature Artwork in a Building Under Construction
The platform by developer Helbor, this time in partnership with MPD Engenharia, brings an exhibition to a construction site in Itaim Bibi, São Paulo.
In the context of the designation of Tripoli as Arab Capital of Culture in 2024, and the enlisting of the Tripoli Fair as World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO in 2023, the Embassy of Brazil in Lebanon, Instituto Guimarães Rosa Beirut and Marsah invite you to the opening of the exhibition "Tripoli Fair: The Way I See It" Art Prize - Selected Works.
With 66% of its exhibitors coming from abroad, Heimtextil Colombia—an international trade fair for home textiles and decoration—demonstrates its capabilities and opportunities within the interior design and hospitality sectors.
The Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2024, TAB 2024 (tab.ee), which will take place from 9 October to 1 December, 2024 (Opening Week: October 9th – 16th, 2024), has presented its Installation Programme Competition: "For-This-Situation".
This September, non-profit organization Building Trust will host a Live Build Workshop in Laos, in partnership with the local Free the Bears Fund rescue centre. Participants are invited to work with the Laotian local community and Free the Bears staff to construct a design a sustainable merchandise store within the bear rescue centre. The store will allow Free the Bears to sell merchandise that will in turn fund their ongoing bear conservation projects in Laos and beyond.
Architecture Matters 2024
Annual Summit on Cities and the Future
15–16 May 2024
House of Communication & Frau im Mond
On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2024, from 14 to 21 April, ASSAB ONE displays the graphic experimentations of the Parisian creative studio Undo-Redo. Three installations create an immersive spatial experience, in a visual vocabulary of vertical and horizontal lines, colors and transparencies. On show an interactive installation that can be activated by the public, two suspended screens that, when crossed by light, reproduce coloured patterns, and a video projection where graphic grids are composed and decomposed in a game of infinite possibilities.
The architectural festival Open House Slovenia will open doors to new and renovated architectural projects, as well as important cultural heritage buildings throughout Slovenia, from April 12 to 14, marking its fifteenth year.
The purpose of the festival, throughout its years, has remained true to its basic mission—to raise awareness among the general public about the values of well-designed spaces and to present examples of the best practices in contemporary architectural production as part of Slovenian culture and national identity. Through personal experiences in quality architecture, the festival enables a broader understanding of architecture and designed spaces, highlighting their importance for quality living.
Experts in the field of architecture and design, Blaž Budja, Maša Cvetko, Dean Lah, and Maja Stamenković comprised a professional jury that selected this year's festival programme from the submitted projects.
During the festival, visitors will have the opportunity to explore more than 70 projects across the entire country. They will be able to visit private apartments, single-family houses, renovations, educational and cultural institutions, as well as business and tourist facilities.
In Ljubljana, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the residential neighbourhood Dolgi Most II, social housing Rakova Jelša II, community centre Golovec, and the Biotechnology Hub of the National Institute of Biology. The doors will also be open at the Nuclear Reactor Institute Jožef Stefan – TRIGA. As part of the festival, visitors will also have the opportunity to see the projects Bohinj Kindergarten and the Covering of the Remains of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Žiče Charterhouse and Temporary Lapidary, which were shortlisted for the EU Mies Award 2024.
In alignment with the Open House Europe cooperation project, the festival adopts the theme "Architecture of New Opportunities," focusing on promoting inclusivity for all individuals and interest groups within built and designed spaces. It addresses questions of equal opportunities and new possibilities for living, working, education, living, and development of the entire society, all living beings, and nature with the aim of seeking answers about coexistence that good architecture can enable, promote, and protect.
In the festival programme, various thematic projects will be highlighted, promoting accessibility and enabling community development. The festival will also feature thematic tours and workshops targeting different audience groups.
The entire programme of the Open House Slovenia 2024 festival is published on the Open House Slovenia website. Registrations for tours and guided visits are mandatory. Visitors can sign up for tours on the website from April 3, 2024, onwards.
Open House Slovenia is part of Open House Europe, a cooperation project co-funded by the European Union. The project seeks to embrace a more inclusive debate about architecture and strengthen the role of architecture as a positive change-maker addressing relevant social and environmental challenges. For more information about the project, visit openhouseeurope.org.