Humankind is rapidly becoming an urban species, with projected growth of city dwellers quadrupling from 2.3 billion to 9.3 billion between 1980 and 2080. Despite this growth, governments are slow to respond with urban policies that reflect changing demographics.
Be a part of the design week that attracts thousands of visitors to New York City to celebrate global creative accomplishments, share new ideas, and inspire through design. Major events like ICFF and WantedDesign, LightFair, Design Pavilion, and DIFFA by Design as well as independent shows, open studios, and panel discussions will shine a bright light on key talent within the design capital.
Avani Institute Of Design Conducted ‘The Avani Learning and Teaching Colloquium 2023’. The Avani Learning and Teaching Colloquium (ALTC) is a bi-annual forum for the Avani faculty cohort, Avani Advisors, Governing Council and Students to come together to reflect on academic practices, pedagogies, and scholarship towards strengthening academic pursuits for the overall growth and collective development of the community.
A partnership between the Laboratório da Cidade and the 5th Collaborative Urbanism Meeting (COURB), the Amazon and Brazil Cities Meeting is a new event format designed to raise and debate the primary challenges facing our cities and their inhabitants in the current landscape.
The course "Strategies for Architectural, Urban, and Territorial Sustainability Management" will be held over ten sessions. It features a certified teaching team with extensive professional experience in the field, led by Constanza Echeverría, a consultant in corporate, urban-environmental, and social sustainability.
We invite teams from across Brazil to submit projects for the 5th Collaborative Urbanism Project Exhibition, to be held on May 5, 6, and 7 in Belém, Pará.
Mariana Bunn Arquitetura e Acessibilidade will present civil engineer Augusto Fernandes in its series ACCESSIBILITY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH: ALL THE VOICES OF BRAZIL
Mariana Bunn Architecture and Accessibility will host a conversation with civil engineer Augusto Fernandes this coming Easter Sunday, April 9, as part of its series "Accessibility from North to South: All the Voices of Brazil."
The Fundación Universitaria de Popayán, through its Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, in strategic partnership with the Banco de la República, cordially invites you to the "VI Colombian Colloquium on Architecture and the City: A Territory of Multiple Meanings." The event will take place on April 13 and 14 at the Casa de la Moneda Convention Center in Popayán.
On April 6, SPACE10 will introduce a global design competition to reimagine home — using AI. Over the past year, generative AI tools have enhanced imaginative and creative capabilities, allowing millions of people to visualise worlds beyond those we ever thought possible. In a first of its kind competition, SPACE10 challenges participants to apply new AI tools to future homes and cities. Regenerative Futures is part competition, part open-source research, and open to everyone. The competition encourages play and imagination to create visual concepts of future homes, communities, and cities that help address some of the biggest challenges facing everyday life.
Studies reveal that we spend roughly 90% of our time indoors, and even when we do venture outside, we often remain tethered to technology, with a speaker in our ear, smartphone in our hand, or both. To address this, architects and designers have been pursuing innovative methods for incorporating nature into our living spaces. After already embracing green walls, seamless indoor-outdoor living areas, and strategic natural lighting, it looks like exploring the world of sound is next.
Enter plant music, the latest trend propelled by a device called PlantWave, that’s taking social media by storm. This unique device, developed by Data Garden, invites us to experience nature in a whole new way, with just a single tap.
The Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil is hosting a debate series titled "Memory, Projects, Works," held in conjunction with an exhibition of the work of Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. The series aims to expand the discussion surrounding his work and the importance of preserving architectural archives.
The American Institute of Architects UK Chapter is pleased to announce its 2023 Design Awards. For over 20 years, these awards, which are not restricted to AIA members, have proven highly valued by architects as they confer international recognition for design excellence.
Madera: Innovation for Social Architecture in Uruguay is an international architecture competition organized by the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay (Ministerio de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial, MVOT) and MEVIR, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank. The competition is a call for proposals for new low-rise, single family, housing typologies using innovative wood technology. The winning proposal will be built by MEVIR in a demonstration complex of 20 units in the town of Tranqueras, in the Department of Rivera, in the north of Uruguay. The main objective of the competition is to promote and enhance the use of Uruguayan wood as a construction material for social housing, incorporating design and technological innovation, energy efficiency, and sustainability principles.
The Society of Façade Engineering (SFE) and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineering (CIBSE) have joined forces with Zak to co-located the SFE Façade Awards and Dinner with the Zak World of Facades London conference for the second year running.
"Communal Space for Social Raise” International Architecture Student of Wiswakharman Expo 2023.
Wiswakharman Expo is an annual architecture event series held by architecture students of Universitas Gadjah Mada. Every year, Wiswakharman Expo brings a fascinating theme. This year we hold an International Architecture Competition with the theme of “Communal Space for Social Raise”