An online event in memory of our founder, late Indian architect and urbanist Charles Correa. The event will consist of the award ceremony for the Charles Correa Gold Medal and the international release of Rahul Mehrotra’s new book ‘The Kinetic City and Other Essays’.
A wall at Auckland’s MediaWorks, composed of Autex Acoustics’ Cube panels that are cut and reassembled in careful compositions to make an irregular, sculptural surface, representing discordant noise. Image Courtesy of Autex Acoustics
Autex Acoustics’ intelligent, sustainable solutions not only integrate into different architectural contexts, they also contribute to greater well-being and performance in working environments.
Seminar on wooden heritage architecture co-organized by Patrimonio Sur and CIPYCS, uniting the north, center, and south through wood.
The significance of wood throughout Chile's architectural history, and how this has been reflected in the buildings and neighborhoods constructed with this material, will be among the topics covered at the Heritage Wood Architecture Seminar in Chile.
Organized by Patrimonio Sur and CIPYCS, the goal of this Heritage in Wood week is to promote this type of architecture and educate the community on the importance of preserving and conserving our heritage.
Designed in 1949, String Furniture has adapted over the years to different uses across different rooms, and different phases of life. A choice of materials allows it to fit with any environment. Image Courtesy of String Furniture
When it comes to creating timeless furniture, there's a lot to learn from modern classics like the String furniture system.
Bavarian wood furniture expert Zeitraum’s Curtain table marks a departure from classic table archetypes, while also embracing the company’s trademark commitment to sustainability.
Architectural discourse is often based on what is revealed in and by architecture, while this event draws attention to that which conversely can be hidden, concealed, omitted through architecture.
Architectures of Hiding considers apparatuses, modes, temporalities, motives, and materialities in the crafting of architecture—whether for the deployment of coercive power, exclusion, erasure, or as techniques of imagination, resistance, safety, or agency.
image description: Building Natural Connections - How can we leverage the interdependence of nature, society and economy to provide solutions for a sustainable built environment?
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Future Spaces Foundation BUILDING NATURAL CONNECTIONS webinar series
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Modulo’s horizontal pendants, seen here in satin bronze, can be grouped to create a one-off sculptural arrangement to fit a specific space. Image Courtesy of CTO Lighting
For CTO Lighting’s new Modulo collection, designer Federico Peri found inspiration in a childhood memory to create a luminaire family that is contemporary and timeless, all at once.
Graphisoft, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solution developer for architecture, has announced the full speaker list and final agenda for the Building Together 2021 conference. Scheduled for September 14-16, the carefully curated online program will cover a range of topics of interest to today’s AEC professionals, including sustainability, integrated design, Building Lifecycle Intelligence, and the future of architecture education.
From October 4th to 31st, all those interested in sustainable urbanization are invited to participate in the UN's global campaign on sustainable urban development: How to overcome the climate crisis?
Palabras y Trazos brings together architects from different generations whose work highlights an interest in architecture as a city-shaping element, integrating urban, environmental, heritage, and identity values.
Graphic by Gary Polk & Jungjae Suh (Winners of Alternate Realities 2020)
After an overwhelming response to the first edition, theCharette is thrilled to announce the second edition of ‘Alternate Realities’ - the world’s most experimentative architecture competition!
The 2021 AHRA conference will question what ‘region’ and ‘regional’ mean for architectural cultures past and present, and will speculate on the different forms and formulations they might take in the future.
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