How is a city managed? What makes a good city? Approaching urban territory management from multiple perspectives, the Specialization in Cities offers a unique educational experience, training students in consulting, as well as the development and implementation of strategic management plans and projects for municipal territories.

Photo contest encourages the contemplation of nature and greenery found while walking in the city

The book launch for Santiago de Chile 1977-1990: Arquitectura, Ciudad y Política by Daniel Talesnik will take place next Tuesday, July 27, at 6:00 p.m. via the UC School of Architecture's Facebook Live. The event will feature commentary from Andrea Insunza, Amarí Peliwoski, and Tomás Errazuriz.

Join us in the ongoing discussion around the Future of Architecture in the emerging virtual economy.

The PROJETO + PROCESSO series features prominent figures in national and international architecture to present their work, introducing their design methodologies—from initial studies and sketches to client presentations and their active involvement in the process. The series explores the references used in the project and the relationships with the surroundings, the city, and the environment.

The Colombian Society of Architects is launching the 2021 Award for Excellence in Sustainable Architecture – Vidrio Andino. This award was established to recognize Colombian projects that have excelled in the field of sustainable construction. The award seeks to promote sustainability in architecture by recognizing the collaborative efforts of designers, developers, and builders in creating projects that combine construction quality with architectural design, innovation, material selection, and positive environmental and social impact.

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The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Ibarra invites you to participate in the seventh edition of the EARQ International Congress: "Diversity and Convergence in Public Space," taking place from July 26 to 30, 2021. The event will be held in a virtual format via a specialized online platform.

This second monograph represents circumstances and projects, which have occurred beyond the span of Hansen’s original monograph. Through sketches, diagrams, rendering, photographs and narratives, this book portrays the criteria and conceptual thinking that was primary in finding an inclusive architectural solution for a diverse selection of projects. Though, Hansen has always attempted to create a comprehensive matrix of interrelated design criteria on his client’s vision, site, context, sustainability, climate, culture and tradition, some issues must be weighted above others. And sometimes, a story must be told that is inexorably tied to the essence of the land or building. These commentaries can even provide deeper meaning than the determinants of the building themselves.

Fairy Tale Architecture is a ground-breaking book, the first study to bring architects in conversation with fairy tales in breathtaking designs. Little Red Riding Hood, Baba Yaga, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Snow Queen: these and more than fifteen other stories designed by Bernheimer Architecture, Snøhetta, Rural Studio, LEVENBETTS, LTL Architects and many other international vanguards have created stunning works for this groundbreaking collection of architectural fairy tales. Story by story, Andrew Bernheimer and Kate Bernheimer—a brother and sister team as in an old fairy tale—have built the ultimate home for lovers of fiction and design.

CONNECTIVE TISSUES is a philosophical work framed on epistemological and ethical questions, sustained by Joseph Campbell in The Hero of a Thousand Faces. Not only is this a philosophical work, it also seeks to identify the contemporary vitality of American cultural history and contemporary topographic landscapes. If the Lawn is a tabula rasa for citizenship, is Monticello the enduring place for the engagement of both the familiar and the strange? Perhaps the roots of a topographic imagination are found in generative settings. On our way tour collective sense of WE the People, one must remember there as once the HE as in Campbell’s singular hero as Jefferson enters from the 38th North latitude connecting the myth of Daedalus onto the Grounds of Jefferson’s own Labyrinth.

Of the 7.8 billion people on the planet, more than 70 million are now refugees and asylum seekers. With few countries willing to receive these displaced people, many refugees are restrained in tents, or makeshift cities. These temporary solutions often become permanent, which come with significant challenges. City of Refugees – a three-year research by the University of Houston College of Architecture + Design under the direction of the studio professors, Peter Jay Zweig and Gail Peter Borden – offers a provocative approach to the discussion of new solutions: Four imaginary cities on four continents were designed as prototypes for the accommodation of migrants providing facilities to meet their immediate needs and long-term opportunities for their self-empowerment. The projects not only give insights into the diverse aspects of these utopias, but also chronicles the plight and journeys of refugees in contemporary society.

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The Europan 16 topic focuses on living cities as a new paradigm, in which new kinds of synergies can be considered between the environmental, biological, social, economic, cultural and political dimensions.
This paradigm leads us to think in terms of co-evolution and interactions, and to work with regenerative project dynamics, combining metabolic and inclusive vitalities.
The italian cities of Bitonto and San Donà Venezia are looking for ideas to implement a strategic urban revitalization project and intend to start a process of implementation with the awarded teams.

India is vulnerable, in varying degrees, to a large number of disasters. Most of us will remember the year 2020 for the coronavirus pandemic. However, while the pandemic brought our human lives to a standstill, nature could not be reigned in.
Amidst the raging pandemic, India survived cyclones, floods, rains, biblical plagues, industrial disasters, locust attacks, and whatnot.

Submission deadline: September 6, 2021 (11:59 PM PST)
Voting Opens: September 8, 2021
Voting Closes: September 27, 2021
Winners announced: September 30, 2021

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The modern workplace has evolved a lot over the past few decades, and the introduction of new technologies and the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic is set to completely change how we work even more in the future.

EMERGING ARCHITECTS SELECTION & EXHIBITION GEMSS’21 APPLICATIONS BEGIN!

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The Architerrax portfolio competition 2021 aims to provide an international platform for architecture students to showcase their designs.
A portfolio is essentially a tool used to present and demonstrate one's skills. This competition identifies outstanding students who balance academic excellence with a versatility and it helps them gain recognition amongst architecture firms globally.