A project by Silva + Chartier Arquitectura, led by architects Herbert Silva Diaz and Adriana Muguerza Zárate, which seeks to reinforce, generate, and exchange knowledge and perspectives among professionals, students, and the community. This participatory workshop is an interdisciplinary, proactive effort aimed at fostering critical and reflective thinking regarding territorial issues.
Is waiting part of mobility? What happens when we cycle or run through the city? What is digital mobile work? Are food items a component of human mobility? These are some of the questions addressed in the book "New Key Terms for Mobility Studies in Latin America," edited by Paola Jirón, Dhan Zunino, and Guillermo Giucci, and published by Teseo Editorial.
Established by ABD in 1996, CONAD is the largest interior design congress in the industry and a leading event across Brazil. It brings together the most influential professionals in the market for a two-day immersive experience focused on professional development, knowledge sharing, and networking.
Many years ago, when living in Rio was nothing more than a dream, Susi Sielski Cantarino (an Argentine who is more "Carioca" than many born and raised in the city) discovered what she described as a "charming corner in Santa Teresa," then known as the Hotel dos Descasados. Four decades later, Sielski Cantarino returns to the space—now renovated and renamed Hotel Santa Teresa MGallery—not as a visitor, but as a guest artist. Her solo exhibition, "Connections," is open to the public through the end of September. Occupying the hotel lobby, the show stimulates and stirs the viewer's senses, and the pieces on display are available for purchase. Using diverse materials, including earth, bamboo, and even Swarovski crystals, the artist produces works ranging from leaves with transparent inscriptions to sculptures nearly two meters tall. Industrial steel shelves are transformed into objects of desire that honor the "Objet trouvé." Childhood linens, delicately worked with lace and pins, feature the face of the poet Virgínia Victorino, who, as a woman and a homosexual, was largely rejected by the hermetic Portuguese society of her time. All the works presented are the result of the artist's hundreds of experiences. SHALOSH (number 3 in Hebrew), for example, from 2008, was created three years after she won second prize at the Florence Biennale.
At the SCA, we seek to champion the contribution of architecture to social well-being and quality of life, celebrating the efforts made through best practices to understand the needs and desires of local communities and to design spaces that foster inclusion, equality, and social justice.
After a three-year hiatus, Galeria Paulo Branquinho has returned to the art scene in full force, opening a new collective exhibition on Saturday, August 12. "Sem Barreiras" (Without Barriers), the new exhibition hosted in the 18th-century Lapa house, features 16 artists who present works across a variety of media, styles, techniques, and materials. Alessandro Caròla, Ana Pose, Analu Nabuco, Eda Miranda, Edna Kauss, Gustavo Alves, Ira Etz, Istefânia Rubino, Jacqueline Dalsenter, José Senna, Laura Bonfá Burnier, Marcia Rommes, Maria Cecília Leão, Maria Eugênia Baptista, Maria Lúcia Maluf, and Teresinha Mazzei share a common goal: to capture the visitor's attention and evoke a range of emotions.
Through August 31, 2023, CAU Brasil will accept proposals for papers on the theme of Education, Professional Scope, and Practice. The goal is to discuss ideas that answer the question: What kind of architect do we need and what kind of architect do we want? Selected papers will be presented during CAU's 2nd National Seminar on Education, Professional Scope, and Practice. The free, hybrid event is organized by the Education and Training Commission of the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil (CEF-CAU/BR) and is scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20 in Brasília.
The latest edition of the long-standing magazine from the Association of Architecture Offices (AOA) covers the evolution, regeneration, and recovery of cities, along with the need to challenge the paradigms that have been mandatory in planning and that must be reconsidered to significantly improve the quality of life in neighborhoods, towns, and cities. This was stated by the magazine's director, Yves Besançon, while unveiling the contents of issue #48 at an event that brought together associates, professionals, and partners at Espacio AOA.
Throughout history, schools and prisons have shared the same spatial principles, as they were built to discipline and direct their inhabitants and users. However, in recent years, new visions have finally begun to emerge regarding how we should teach within an increasingly less hierarchical and pyramidal system, and how spaces intended to foster the creation and exchange of knowledge should be designed. Simultaneously, educational buildings in Colombia have become increasingly regulated, bringing their design to a level of specialization comparable only to hospital architecture.
Since its founding in 1937—85 years ago—Sordo Madaleno has shaped and been shaped by modern Mexico. The book Transformación Urbana. Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, presented by the Sordo Madaleno Foundation, documents key projects from three generations—Juan Sordo Madaleno (1916-1985), his son Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas (1956), and his grandsons Javier (1985), José Juan (1986), and Fernando Sordo Madaleno de Haro (1991)—featuring newly discovered material that makes up the firm's historical archive.
The Guided Tour created by the Felipe Caboclo Arquitetura firm is specifically designed to engage and inspire architecture students, recent graduates, and practicing professionals. Scheduled for its second edition on Thursday, September 28, this stimulating gathering will be hosted at the beautiful Fazenda Boa Vista, located in Porto Feliz, São Paulo.
The team behind "Reimagining the Railway Landscape: Heritage Infrastructures of the Southern Railway in the Maule Region" (file no. 674719), a project funded by the 2023 Fondart Regional (Dissemination line, single modality), invites submissions for a publication that will accompany the project's upcoming exhibition.
The competition aims to select an urban renewal project for the area surrounding the Mercado Municipal Paulistano. This area currently encompasses a range of functions beyond commerce, having evolved into a central tourist hub for the city.
The competition seeks two complementary approaches: a strategic intervention plan covering an area accessible within a 15-minute walk, with the Market at its center, and a set of physical interventions to improve the space within a broader twelve-block perimeter, addressing key urban challenges in the area, such as the relationship with the Tamanduateí River and the railway line.
The 2023 Guatemala Architecture Biennial will take place from November 15 to 17 at the Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center. This regional event is aimed at architects, designers, urban planners, developers, students, and anyone passionate about the built environment.
About the book: Within the vast kingdom of flora, trees are among the most important living beings; yet, we are still far from uncovering all their mysteries and secrets. They are beautiful, ingenious, and magnificent beings, incredibly capable of occupying space and resisting human control. They are unobtrusive and live longer than any other living creature. In some cases, they can live indefinitely! In this book, Francis Hallé—an internationally renowned scientist specializing in trees and the discoverer of botanical architecture—conveys his passion for these wonders of nature, offering surprising insights into their capabilities and characteristics. Understanding the plant kingdom, the French ecologist argues, requires an "intellectual revolution" and is now, more than ever, an urgent necessity.
With this new revised and updated edition, A modernidade superada—a collection of nine essays by Catalan theorist Josep Maria Montaner—reaffirms its role as a fundamental reference for understanding the modern movement in architecture. Through autonomous yet complementary texts, the author reflects on central concepts of the period's production, such as rationalism, the attitude of rupture, expressiveness, and technological, functional, and symbolic paradoxes. The result is a mosaic of arguments demonstrating how the shortcomings of modernity were overcome—particularly in Nordic countries, Mediterranean Europe, and Latin America (with numerous references to Brazilian production), as well as other peripheral contexts—giving way to new lines of thought and forms of expression tied to new contexts.
Short History of Architecture is a dynamic guide to the subject, describing 50 historically significant works—from Egyptian pyramids to sustainable, high-tech skyscrapers—in addition to featuring chapters on the most relevant architectural styles, elements, and materials across all eras. Accessible and concise, the book is organized to connect the content of each chapter, enriching the reader's experience and providing all the tools necessary to understand and appreciate the built environment. The book is part of the Short History series by British author Susie Hodge, which includes two other titles published in Brazil: Short History of Art and Short History of Women Artists.
In this third book of the Urban Sketching series, Stephanie Bower demonstrates, through numerous helpful tips, how the often-challenging concepts of perspective drawing can be broken down into simple, practical steps. She guides readers to think like architects, drawing buildings and spaces through a synthesis of forms and gradually adding layers to eventually enhance their sketches with details, tones, and colors. A deeper understanding of perspective will transform how you see and draw the world—perspectives will begin to reveal themselves to you everywhere.