{CURA} continues its series of ideas competitions on themes aligned with current architectural, urban, and social discussions, operating under the premise that architecture is a profession rooted in action.

This time, the {CURA} Award focuses on the scale of everyday life. Consequently, the theme of this ideas competition is Apartment Renovation.

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Despite the ongoing pandemic, IE University has found a way to welcome 7,000 students from 140 different nationalities back to their physical and digital campuses. Since the start of the crisis, the institution has been working to protect the health of their community of students, professors and staff. They guaranteed the continuity of academic activity through online platforms during the weeks of confinement by incorporating new methodologies and interactive solutions.

In October, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (ACFNY) presents Spaces of No Control, an international group exhibition curated by Walter Seidl exploring the notion of the modern city and its signifying dystopias of the 20th and 21st centuries. The multifaceted show brings together contemporary artists based in Austria and the United States to comment on the current definitions of citizenship and public space.

It is necessary to redefine horizons for transformation, and the municipal elections offer this possibility. This is the theme of the upcoming conversations with candidates on our program, Meia Hora com o BrCidades. The first of these features Guilherme Boulos, candidate for mayor of São Paulo; it will take place next Tuesday, September 29, at 8:00 PM, hosted by Paolo Colosso and Erminia Maricato.

The Department of Architecture at the UFRGS Faculty of Architecture is launching a series of remote events with an inaugural lecture by Portuguese architect and professor Graça Correia Ragazzi. These events aim to engage and connect the entire academic community, while also opening the space to the general public. Graça (Porto, 1965) is an architect (FAUP, Porto, 1989) and holds a PhD in Architecture (UPC, Barcelona, 2006). She serves as an Associate Professor (FCATI-ULP, Porto) and Guest Assistant Professor (FAUP, Porto), and has served as a visiting professor at various international universities. Alongside Roberto Ragazzi, she is a partner and lead architect at the firm CORREIA/RAGAZZI ARQUITECTOS, with work that has been widely awarded, published, and exhibited both nationally and internationally.

The monster that ate seeds.

A room faces the metropolis. The volume is vast, completely empty, like a blank sheet of paper. Welcome to Andar 43, the penultimate floor of São Paulo's tallest building, the Mirante do Vale. What can sprout from here, at such heights?
Open to architects, set designers, illustrators, and dreamers, this manifesto is for those who enjoy building sandcastles in oceans of concrete. We invite you to envision a hybrid, modular space—a place for work, social interaction, and poetic refuge.

On September 25, the 6th Open House Madrid architecture and design congress will take place. Titled GREEN IN THE CITY, the event will delve into the capacity of cities to transform and address critical issues such as public health, climate change, and energy generation, among others. Under the slogans "GREEN is the new black" and "Radical GREEN, time to rewrite the rules," the congress will feature top professionals from each sector to share their unique perspectives on the selected theme.

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For almost two decades, Wienerberger AG has been hosting the international Brick Award every two years, providing a stage for excellent brick architecture and its architects. Architects from all over the world showcase their innovative concepts with ceramic materials: 644 projects from 55 countries have been submitted for this year's award. The winners of the Brick Award 20 impressed the jury with bold and creative architectural concepts for sustainable and forward-looking spaces.

In 2012, Belgian software developers Peter Eerlings and Jerry De Paepe were contacted by an architecture firm looking for a solution to simplify their field reports. Creating field reports was an extremely time-consuming activity for them: first, writing down notes on paper and taking photos during a site visit. Back at the office, transferring the photos to the PC with a cable. Next, adding annotations to photos with Paint, deciphering and typing out the handwritten notes, struggling with the layout while inserting photos in Word, and so on. Over and over again. It was an administrative hassle that easily took more than an hour for each field report - sometimes two or three.

Change Is Now is an international lecture series that brings together architects from around the world to share their diverse perspectives on the new design challenges they face in their immediate contexts, as well as their responses to them.

On Friday, September 25, the discussion "Citizen Initiatives: A Proposal for Lima 2035" will be held.

The Quechua Architecture Competition (Q.A.C.) invites all participants to take part in a new challenge: to develop and present a project that explores diverse fields of thought and design. This time, the challenge is "CUICOCHA Mirador."

The Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Universidad de los Andes is pleased to invite you to Emprende, the annual event of the Master's in Strategic Management of Architectural Projects. This initiative was established to create and consolidate a supportive community centered on entrepreneurship within the industry that shapes the development of the built environment.

Professionals seeking to influence and transform the built environment require competencies that transcend architectural design and building construction. With this premise, the Master's in Strategic Management of Architectural Projects offered at the Universidad de los Andes focuses on developing capabilities that allow for proposing ideas that create value and alternative approaches to practice within the field of architecture.

The Leopoldo Rother Architecture Museum invites you to the virtual lecture "Ricaurte, Carrizosa y Prieto 1950-1975: A Legacy of Architectural Firms in Colombia."

This express online course, an introduction to architectural photography, is presented by photographer Ana Amado.

On Wednesday, September 23, at 5:00 pm (Mexico City time), Igor Zotti, General Manager of Soprema Mexico, and Jorge Echeverría, Commercial Manager of Soprema Mexico, will introduce the brand's liquid systems, covering their technical characteristics and specification guidelines.

Strange Primitivism and Other Things’ is a conversation between Adrian Phiffer and Tei Carpenter, moderated by Hans Ibelings. It takes as its subject Phiffer’s new book ‘Strange Primitivism’, published by the Architecture Observer in June 2020.