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 As you leaf through these pages and examine the beautiful drawings—many of which are previously unpublished—it becomes possible to uncover new and unpredictable facets of the projects and works that defined Rossi's career.

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.

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.

Cultural hub inaugurated in celebration of the
“150 Years of Italian Immigration in Brazil”

Humans are not the only animal architects. Across virtually the entire animal kingdom, building habits can be found to some degree, and species with the greatest construction capabilities are distributed across all phyla, from protozoa to primates. Fascinated since childhood by the architectural work of other animals, Juhani Pallasmaa reviews the construction activity of countless species in this book, focusing on the functions performed by these structures and their construction methods. The text invites us to reconsider human architectural work in light of the creations of other living beings and to delve into the essence of an animal activity where invention and perfectionism are governed by the most basic vital needs.

“ObjetoCorpo”

“Landscape of a Broken World”

The Santa Cruz International Architecture Biennial (BASC) is one of the most important architecture events in Bolivia and one of the fastest-growing in Latin America. Now in its ninth edition, it will take place in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from March 14 to 22, 2024. This year, the theme will revolve around the concept of “Latin American Parallels.”

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"Stories Collective," a multifaceted platform dedicated to art, culture, and contemporary fashion, proudly presents its third edition. Since its launch in August 2014, "Stories Collective" has served as a beacon of creativity, connecting people worldwide through inspiring stories, striking photography, and engaging interviews.

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EVENT AT IABSP – REFLOREST SAO PAULO
03.21.2024 – 6:30 PM
IABsp Building
Bento Freitas, 306 – 1st floor – Vila Buarque – São Paulo – Brazil

The Instituto Cervantes de São Paulo celebrates Women's History Month with the inauguration of two exhibitions by Spanish artists.

The Experimental Final Degree Projects (PxFC) course at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the PUCP presents PERIFERIAS, an exhibition of work by its alumni developed between 2019 and 2022.

The strategic focus of the 29th Colombian Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism centers on the importance of viewing HABITAT as a fundamental right of the citizenry.
The way we live and use our environment must contribute to the preservation of ecosystems and nature; however, reality confronts us with a critical situation. In many of our cities and urban developments, the urgent need for environmental solutions and strategies that align with existing ecological structures is evident. These solutions must enable the recovery of vast urban areas and ensure our safety against all types of risks. We intend to address crucial issues, such as housing, cities, and urban developments, which have been built partially, in remote areas, often excluding segments of the population.

The Surface Design course, taught by Celso Lima, explores perspective, volume, surfaces, and color through exercises focused on creating projects across various grids, such as direct rapport, scar, circular, and counter-exchange for tiles, reliefs, textiles, and diverse standardized structures like openwork and cobogós, flooring for hospital, urban, and transport areas, biome research, and other segments. The course will also cover the history of surface design from the 18th century onward and include the creation of prototypes and models.
Celso Lima is a visual artist, researcher, and professor of the history of design and textile technology. He was a co-curator of the 2018 exhibition "Vkhutemas: The Future in Construction" at Sesc Pompeia, co-author of the book "Vkhutemas: Drawing a Revolution," and author of the biography of Aleksei Gan in the book Constructivism. He currently works on the creation and production of textile art using various techniques and researches the history of Russian and Soviet design.

Foro Fachadas is a one-day conference series aimed at building connections and fostering a Spanish-speaking community for professionals and entrepreneurs in architecture, construction, real estate development, and the building envelope industry, through design inspiration, professional training, and technological updates.

This theoretical and practical workshop, led by Lebanese architect and artist Angèle Keserwany, is open to anyone interested in exploring the world of raw earth as a medium and its potential for transformation into a building material. The workshop will take place in a single session, covering everything from theory and references on vernacular architecture to a hands-on creative exercise using earth construction techniques.