After the success of the 2015 IASS expo in Amsterdam and the 2019 expo in Barcelona, WG21[1] is organising a new exhibition to celebrate this success during the annual international symposium of the IASS and the 7th international conference on Spatial Structures. The expo, symposium and conference will take place in Surrey from 23 to 27 August 2021.
The 3rd edition of Tubądzin Design Awards is an international competition for architects, designers and students. We appreciate your commitment and inspiring ideas. TDA is a chance to unleash the creative potential of architects and designers.
Hessenwald School in Weiterstadt, Germany, is an example of energy-efficient, contemporary architecture that offers a new teaching and pedagogical model. At the centre of both model and building stands a well-lit and well-ventilated three-storey atrium.
Presentation of finalists.
This summer, as part of our special issue "Provisions // Observing & Archiving COVID-19", The Site Magazine will host its first online event series with The Architecture Foundation, Critical Distance, BEAT, and Triennale Milano.
PUSH is a film about housing and affordability. Filming Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing over two years, the director notes that “words like gentrification are not sharp enough at describing the issue.”
As ride-sharing services grow and personal ownership of automobiles declines, office building owners and developers are re-thinking the value of parking structures, and their capacity and ability to convert. As part of the total transformation of One Post Office Square (OPOS), located in the heart of Boston's financial district and designed by Gensler, a new automated parking garage will optimize the use of valuable leasable space, enhance the user experience and create long term flexibility.
Reactivando Hitos stems from the need to revitalize potentially underutilized urban spaces. The inaugural edition focuses on the Plaza de Toros in Quito, Ecuador.
Conversations on Interior Design with architect Germán Velasco, leader of Germán Velasco Arquitectos, a firm dedicated to the architecture and interior design of hotels, restaurants, and residences. His keen sensitivity to space—both interior and exterior—earned him a seat on the jury for PRISMA, the Mexican Interior Design Award.
2020 has radically reconfigured our relationship with our immediate surroundings. The outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent shutdown of cities around the world have kept many people confined to their homes and neighborhoods, prompting them to observe both their domestic spaces and the surrounding streets at a new level of detail. A few months later, the murder of George Floyd led to protests on a scale not seen since the civil rights movement, with people around the world taking over public spaces to demand justice for Black and brown communities.
Designregio Kortrijk is looking for 3 highly motivated and recently graduated designer-makers or creative artists to join in a regional residency program in Kortrijk, Belgium. The Designers in Residence Kortrijk program is a 3-month full time working residency from October 2020 to January 2021.
This publication presents five essays and five architectural projects in mutual dialogue under the title "Technopastoralism."
The objective is to convert a traditional residential building into a co-living space.
Isolation, viewed from various perspectives and disciplines, is the central theme of the "Isolated Dialogues" series, organized by the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae. The series takes place every Wednesday and features national and international artists, architects, designers, musicians, scientists, and journalists as guest speakers.
Join the upcoming online event hosted by Cosentino City Barcelona and ArquinFAD to discover the trends in architecture and interior design for the coming year, presented by the FAD Awards 2020 jury.
Mobility is a central issue in inquiries and research regarding cities and urbanization processes.
The Covid-19 outbreak completely changed the landscape of the everyday throughout the whole world. We have seen striking images of the most famous and beautiful cities completely emptied of human life. We have seen surreal images of booming nature and felt as surplus in the world that is our home. We have started to recognize what is already named “a visual landscape of Covid-19” consisted of sanitarian and disciplinarian techniques that impose new orders of everyday functioning - the “two-metre rule” is the new architect that draws queues and grids on public space layouts. We have become faceless figures that practice distancing.
A celebration of outdoor swimming – looking at the history, design and social aspect of pools.