For the 2020 iteration of University of Westminster's annual Robin Evans Lecture, we are delighted to be joined by Eyal Weizman, founding director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London.
DigitalFUTURES Talk on Space Architecture
14 November @ 9:00am EST / 3:00pm CET/ 10:00pm China
Founded in 1988 by Gilles Saucier and André Perrotte, Saucier + Perrotte Architectes is a multidisciplinary practice that is internationally renowned for its institutional, cultural, and residential projects. Saucier + Perrotte’s highly acclaimed buildings have been published the world over, reflecting the office’s status as one of Canada’s premier design firms.
The forest, the island, the mountain and the desert are engaged as non site specific spatial metaphors informing architecture. The abstracted idea of landscape as model in these drawings and projects challenges the myth of site specificity in landscape and architecture.
The 21st Annual Steel Design Student Competition challenges undergraduate and graduate students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Steel must be used as the primary structural material and contain at least one space that requires long-span steel structure, with special emphasis placed on innovation in steel design. The 2021 Steel Design Student Competition will offer architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate categories:
The theme of Nurturing Architecture explores the discipline as both processes and constructions with an ethos of care, of providing nourishment and of supporting growth and development. Inherent in the multiple interpretations of nurturing, is the notion of wellbeing, and the ways in which architects and educators consider the wellbeing of future and current generations of users and other stakeholders, including our communities of architects and students.
The 2021 AIA/ACSA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition invites design solutions integrating health, sustainability, and equity into the design of a building.
UPDATE: The 13th International Architecture Biennial of São Paulo has extended the deadline for the Co-Curatorship Competition proposals until January 31, 2021, at 11:59 PM. Proposals may be submitted via the Biennial website. This edition features a 12-member committee, including representatives from the IAB (Institute of Architects of Brazil) from other states to ensure plurality in overseeing this event of national and international reach.
The Urban Housing and Habitat Practices Platform (UHPH) invites entries for the 2021 Competition: Public Policies and Inspiring Practices.
Lima Cómo Vamos, an institution with over a decade of experience, is calling for submissions of research and projects focused on our cities and their development. Selected research will be presented at the III Foro Ciudades Cómo Vamos, a platform for sharing approaches, evidence, and proposals with public authorities, private institutions, and the general public committed to improving the country’s cities and the quality of life of their inhabitants.
From November 5 to 29, the Arquitectura Film Festival Chile will be held entirely online, free of charge, and accessible throughout Chile. The event will feature discussions, urban screenings, exhibitions, and much more.
Counter-territories is an international urban and art competition and project with a research orientation to encourage local architects, artists, researchers and creative practitioners to work and network with international architects and professionals, to re-read and critically understand the current planning and geographic situation of our cities and territories by focusing on its social and cultural contexts, by using (counter-mapping) methodologies to re-documenting and re-drawing cultural and socio-spatial phenomena that are usually not visible in official maps, including the suspended, excluded and silenced phenomena, the dynamics of minorities use of space, the phenomena of placelessness, unhomeliness and loss of identity, hidden layers ... etc.
On 27 February 1960 Adriano Olivetti died. With the disappearance of the businessman-guide, the construction cycle of its industrial and social project terminated and a period of great uncertainty opened up: the company, financially fragile, underwent a forced change of ownership and strategy.
This past September, Brick Week took place, coinciding with the launch of the Brick Architecture Award. The goal: to highlight the relevance of brick within the national architectural landscape.
In this pandemic period when the comfort of our homes is especially valued right now, the next architect to speak virtually to the Dallas Architecture Forum on November 5 at 7:00 pm will be of special interest. Dirk Denison is the founder of the Chicago-based firm Dirk Denison Architects which is particularly known for its award-winning residential work, which includes the interiors and furniture design.
Architects, not Architecture is turning five and we are celebrating it with a series of virtual events around the world. Welcome to our Virtual World Tour!
Join a panel to discuss the role of planning, architecture and landscape design in understanding the collective memory contained in the land. From the horizon to the Cartesian grid, what have we built and how does this influence a sense of belonging that one feels? What is the relationship between memory and the land?
Join Asa Bruno from Ron Arad Architects for an in-depth workshop on 4th Nov, 6.30-7.30 pm.