DW! Design Weekend returns for its 8th edition with more days and new features.

The production of built spaces in the past and the accumulation of values and meanings attributed by humanity over time allow for the recognition of our society's history and provide the opportunity to identify ourselves as individuals belonging to our contemporary community.

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In 2019, the 2nd edition of Building 4Humanity Design Competition (B4H-DC) aims to address the notion of having architecture as a social and cultural facility, by seeking design ideas that would contribute towards the social inclusion and integration of Syrian war refugees in the Turkish border city of Reyhanlı. The competition has two separate categories: it welcomes submissions from students and recent graduates, as well as experienced professionals.

Description via Amazon. To build a home is perhaps the most primal form of architecture. A place of complete particularity to human existence, houses both influence and incubate individuality. A house situates the fragile territory between container and creator, “the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace” (Bachelard). This selection of 20 houses by Patrick Tighe shows a diverse spectrum of work, all tied by a shared occupation of the west coast. His work highlights the dramatic variance that can exist within residential architecture, how each project has been approached organically and intuitively but held by the familiar siting among the “smoke and goldenness of the late afternoon of time” (Kerouac, Out/West).

Through the theoretical lenses of dress studies, gender, science, and visual studies, this volume analyses the impact John Ruskin has had on architecture throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores Ruskin’s different ideologies, such as the adorned wall veil, which were instrumental in bringing focus to structures that were previously unconsidered.

Description via Amazon. This book is a reproduction of thousands of graphic images from a single sketchbook, drawn over the course of 27 years. As a way to challenge the approach of drawing what is in front of the artist, these freehand drawings are a collection of images from imagination and memory.What started as an exercise to break out of a design block, these images began on a single sheet and then became a visual journey and exploration of landscapes, everyday items, architecture, abstracts, and compositions.Like the original sketchbook, Random Imaginations is a visual catalog of countless subjects and visions, to be used as discovery, inspiration, or just casual viewing.The idea was to publish a reproduction of a sketchbook of drawings that can be used as a visual resource and inspiration―a companion book rather than being a "how to" or instructional book. It is like a photo album of freehand drawn images and is meant to be an enjoyable book to have by your side..

We live in a globalized world where, due to hyperconnectivity, information is stored and accumulated online without filter. But can there be something more behind an image than mere visual information? What distinguishes an image from a memory or a postcard? What can we convey through a graphic document? MOMENTUM emerges as a response to an atmosphere in which the image is reduced to a swift, ethereal tool that transmits superficial information. Conceived as a reaction to the incredible amount of unfiltered input and imagery we access online with a single click, it proposes opening a new dialogue and returning, for a moment, to carefully chosen personal references that allow for the illustration of an opinion on a specific subject, uncovering new conversations, viewpoints, or ways of thinking.

Attention architects, urban planners, heritage preservation professionals, and university students:

The second edition of the Structural Inspection Workshop will take place on Saturday, August 3rd, at the Espaço Comum Luiz Estrela.

Learn how to leverage the latest design technologies to innovate your methodology in architecture, urban planning, and design projects.

Boldarini Arquitetos Associados and Plataforma Nhamerica, with the support of the Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil – São Paulo Department, invite you to the launch of their eponymous bilingual book.

The third online seminar in the series presents the partnerships that can be established between universities and municipal governments for the development of Complete Streets projects, promoting integrated work between academia and the public sector. These partnerships enable practical experiences within universities and contribute technical knowledge to the projects.

SEMANAU – The UFERSA Architecture and Urbanism Week is an event hosted by the first public Architecture and Urbanism program in the semi-arid region, at the Ufersa Pau dos Ferros campus. Coordinated by faculty members Tamms Morais and Gabriel Leopoldino, the event’s primary objective is to connect students from a public university in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte with professionals, students, and researchers in architecture, urbanism, and related fields.

ESCOLA DA CIDADE OPEN COURSES – SECOND SEMESTER 2018

While the first issue of VAD (veredes, architecture and dissemination) focused on "the beginnings"—those origins and principles that provide, tangibly or symbolically, what seeks to exist—we now aim to broadly explore the parameters belonging to these origins. That emergence, birth, and appearance, where architecture germinates.

Do architects know how to write? Can they present their projects textually? How should one write about architectural projects? There are no exact recipes or formulas for writing well; however, literature and journalism offer insights that help in crafting clear texts.

Architects traditionally work in urban regions where economic and population growth drive demand, often leaving remote and rural areas neglected by the design professions.