Bizarre Columns is a manifesto on columns that assert their prominence in an architecture of the strange, the exceptional, the bold, the daring... the bizarre.

This book compiles the project memoirs that Aldo Rossi wrote throughout his professional career. For Rossi, writing these memoirs was an opportunity to shape reflections on a specific place, historical reality, or circumstance, employing a deeply personal narrative style imbued with the same communicative and emotional power found in his sketches and drawings. These writings offer a chance to discover the architect's thoughts on their projects and the paths taken when approaching them. As you leaf through these pages and examine the beautiful drawings—many of which are previously unpublished—it becomes possible to uncover new and unpredictable facets of the projects and works that defined Rossi's career.

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Currently in its seventh year, The Architecture Drawing Prize continues to celebrate the art of drawing in three categories: hand-drawn, digital and hybrid.

Atelier Caracas is an architecture and design studio founded in 2015 by Julio Kowalenko and Rodrigo Armas. Their practice spans architecture, design, sculpture, and scenography. The studio operates as an effervescent platform for formal, aesthetic, and cultural experimentation. Heavily influenced by pop culture and the ordinary, Atelier Caracas is dedicated to creating scenographically curated, intellectually provocative objects and spaces, saturated with symbolism and narrative.

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The International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture returns in 2024, offering students the opportunity to innovate the concept of daylight in the built environment. The award has grown considerably since its launch and attracts competitors from all around the world, spanning 800 schools, 130 countries and amassing over 6,000 projects to date. The total prize money amounts to 30,000 euros.

Gaggenau’s commitment to innovation and eye-soothing aesthetics in the kitchen is well known; its appliances aim to please the most demanding cook and meet the rigor of the dedicated minimalist. Its latest launch, however, turns the idea of appliance design on its head.

6th Edition of ARENA OFFICE.
The Premier Gathering of Leaders and Specifiers in Corporate and Commercial Environments in Brazil.

“A Compendium of Rammed Earth and the Women Within It” is an editorial publication that, from a feminist perspective, positions earth as a creative element that, as it interacts with the body, deepens the intimate relationship with a material that serves as both an enabler and a witness.

The fourth cohort of the postgraduate program in Social Urbanism at the Insper Arq.Futuro Cities Lab will begin its activities with an inaugural lecture on January 31. Applications are open until January 29. The hybrid program will hold classes on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Classes take place one week per month (with the exception of February, when they will be held during the first and last weeks).

Standing prominently on the Alameda in Santiago, Chile, is a giant that has undergone significant changes in both name and appearance over the past 50 years.

From Wednesday 17 - Saturday 20 January 2024, students from the MA Architecture programme at the Royal College of Art will present a selection of work-in-progress. See the architects and designers of the future as their newest creations take shape, and take a peek behind the doors of the world's number 1 university for art & design.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (UCLA AUD) is pleased to share its program of winter and spring lectures and events, all free and open to the public. UCLA AUD’s public lecture series is a proud tradition at the Department, with public dialogue as a cornerstone of AUD’s mission. The winter and spring program features another AUD tradition: the annual Rumble year-end exhibition, on view Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

As a way to understand the contemporary project in architecture, this book provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that string into a methodology for evaluating the contemporary language of architecture described as “contemporism” through a review of topology (form) and typology (system and elements).

Through selected works this monograph showcases the design work and research of leading landscape architect Richard Weller, Chair of Landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. The book documents the evolution of Weller’s practice from small scale artworks to planning megaregions, including his latest proposal for a World Park. With essays by Jillian Walliss and Dirk Sijmons as well as his own writing, the book explains Weller’s methods and motivations; a unique window on to the ways in which the discipline of landscape architecture has matured over the last 40 years. Through a carefully curated selection of work, the book makes the case that landscape architecture is at best “art of instrumentality.”

Dreamy coastal residences from Martha’s Vineyard to Vermont to Maryland, and beyond

The Fast Guide to Architectural Form, while staying on theoretical ground, is a very practical guide to the basic forms and shapes in architectural planning and design. The book is foremost a visual guide. The author presents sixty different architectural basic forms with both a schematic illustration and images of the forms applied in buildings. The text is extremely short, just focusing on the dos and don’ts of the forms and some tips to keep in mind when applying these forms, perfect for students and architects looking to browse for inspiration and guidance.

This book explores ways to create a project that focuses on accessibility. It is a reminder that serves as a checklist for those who design everyday spaces we live in. It is a random (but not too random) collection of indications to make cities more accessible. This book wants to remind us that we are not alone and as long as we take this into consideration, we will design welcoming, inclusive and functional spaces.

Transform your architectural projects with “The Fundamentals of Architectural Design.” Whether you're just starting out or are a seasoned professional looking to refine your skills, this book will prove a rich source of information on how to solve problems related to architectural design.