Víctor Manuel Street, between Bio Bío and Placer, will be closed to traffic as the XXI Chile Architecture Biennial (Open Architecture Fair) brings its activity and exhibition carts out into the street.

Redevelopment is a process that is widespread throughout Russia, and Kazan is no exception. Kazan is developing rapidly and is raising a new generation of young, creative, and highly promising architects for the country. This is why Innopolis, Russia’s youngest and most high-tech city and a satellite of Kazan, will be hosting the Second Russian Architecture Biennale for Young Architects from October 24th to 26th, 2019. The aim of the biennale is to support young architects and draw them into the field of urban development. The concept devised by architect Sergei Tchoban, the biennale’s curator, involves giving young specialists a chance to carry out unique, contemporary projects all over Russia and to establish working relationships with local governments.

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A generous volume showcasing the impressive interiors and houses of this award-winning design and architecture firm, best known for its exceptional craftsmanship and refined sophistication, drawn from the founders' Mexican heritage. Ezequiel Farca and Cristina Grappin challenge stereotypes and think globally, designing luxury vacation homes in Mexico and, more recently, in Southern California and Europe. Their studio focuses on creating holistic spaces that are a perfect blend of timeless design and comfortable functionality, utilizing natural materials and elegant details.

The Brazilian building standard NBR 15575 establishes sound insulation levels for the built environment, and both engineers and architects must possess a foundational understanding of acoustics and environmental comfort to properly plan their projects. While undergraduate Engineering and Architecture programs in Brazil include courses on environmental comfort, the vast majority provide little focus on acoustic concepts.

Guilherme Wisnik and Luiza Proença discuss the avant-garde art of the Bauhaus at Sesc

Semana Design Salvador brings energy to the Bahian capital
Featuring lectures and exhibitions, the event begins on October 17

The Abierto Mexicano de Diseño (AMD) is an international festival that gathers and celebrates the community that enjoys, consumes, and practices design in Mexico in all its breadth and diversity. As the name suggests, it is an event open to all creative expressions related to design, without distinction of discipline, education, experience, age, socioeconomic status, or identity.

Curated by Tiago do Vale Arquitectos and the Galician firm Santos-Mera Arquitectos, the fifth edition of Mesturas, the Galicia-Portugal International Architecture Meetings, will take place between October 10 and 24, 2019, in the cities of Pontevedra, Ourense, and Vigo.

Presentation by the studio Peter Barber Architects (UK), featuring a conversation with its founder, Peter Barber.

Architect Juan Ignacio Cerda, a partner at ELEMENTAL, will present the housing projects of ELEMENTAL, an architecture firm led by Alejandro Aravena and also comprising Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan Cerda, Víctor Oddó, and Diego Torres.

The "Approaches to Housing Projects" forum will feature a series of presentations by Fabiola González and Yair Estay, Taller 25 (Encargos Comunes), Gabriel Lagos, Consolida (Small family condominiums, a work selected for the Biennial), Alejandro Soffia (SIP Panel System, a work selected for the Biennial), and Rodrigo Duque (Single-family homes).

The "Muros de Ar" (Walls of Air) exhibition, originally presented at the Brazilian Pavilion of the 2018 Venice Biennale, is embarking on an itinerant tour, with its first stop in Beirut at the Brazil Lebanon Cultural Center.

WHAT IS MAU?

The Architecture and Urbanism Moment at the Federal University of Paraíba (MAU-UFPB) is an annual, non-profit event organized by students in collaboration with the Academic Center for the Architecture and Urbanism Program (CACAU-UFPB). It aims to foster participatory and democratic discussions regarding the proposed theme within the field of architecture and urbanism. The event is structured around various activities planned according to specific themes, organized into discussion circles, lectures, workshops, experiential sessions, and conferences. Much like the National Federation of Architecture and Urbanism Students (FeNEA), the event aims to foster a creative, innovative, collaborative, human-centered, and socially conscious education, with the goal of expanding student participation as citizens within the student movement and as future professionals.

Escola Aberta no Galpão is a non-profit educational entity that promotes debates, meetings, and workshops on architecture, the city, the arts, and related fields.

Cinecubo is a film club hosted by the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) designed to foster dialogue between audiovisual and architectural languages while debating perspectives on the city. On the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM, Cinecubo presents film screenings followed by discussions at the IAB-SP headquarters. Curated and moderated by Nana Maiolini, Travessia Filmes, and guests, the sessions are free and open to the general public.

Do you know which key factor can significantly impact how architects and interior designers present their work, helping them attract new clients and maintain a strong market presence?

Presentation of the XXI Architecture and Urbanism Biennial catalog. This five-booklet publication collectively includes the curatorial narrative, a record of activities in the Barrio Franklin, photographs of the four cities where the event will take place, conversations with Andrés Jaque and Enrique Walker, an interview with current National Prize recipient Miguel Lawner, interviews with international guests, and the results of the various open calls.

As part of the 2019 Chile Architecture Biennale, Feria Libre, the panel "How to Survive as an Independent Architect" will take place on October 10 at 2:00 PM. Organized by the Young Architects Committee of the College of Architects, the discussion will address how to work independently, survive, and maintain the necessary balance to develop an emerging practice.