For the eighth consecutive year, the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture is hosting an exhibition of final degree projects at the restored Ca l'Alier factory in the Poblenou district. Titled "22@_What? How to achieve balance in Northern Poblenou, Barcelona," the exhibition reexamines the 22@ Plan, launched by the Barcelona City Council in 2000 to repurpose the neighborhood's former industrial zones. The plan aimed to create a compact city model where businesses, universities, research centers, and technology transfer hubs could coexist with housing, public facilities, and green spaces. Twenty years later, UIC Barcelona students have taken up the challenge, presenting new programmatic and architectural proposals for Northern Poblenou—a territory they believe is in need of new solutions and patterns.

The Projetar.org portal regularly hosts design competitions for students and recent graduates. These hypothetical academic exercises aim to stimulate creativity, promote professional development, and foster critical thinking among emerging professionals regarding contemporary issues. The results serve as a showcase, highlighting proposals and facilitating the discovery of new talent.

The National Seminar of Model Offices of Architecture and Urbanism (SeNEMAU) is an event where members of EMAUs (Model Offices of Architecture and Urbanism) from across the country gather to discuss, exchange experiences, and refine the model of education and university extension, where production is primarily focused on issues involving the democratization of architecture. Like the EMAU itself, SeNEMAU is an event conceived and promoted by the FeNEA (National Federation of Architecture and Urbanism Students). It has been held annually since 1997, organized by students involved with the EMAUs alongside faculty advisors. The seminar program consists of activities that foster a collective experience of exchange and learning, such as presentations of work from the model offices, practical workshops, lectures, roundtables, and direct engagement and intervention in urban spaces.

DIMENSIÓN, the Festival of the Built Environment, is a two-day event featuring interactive workshops and keynote lectures by renowned international speakers who will share their knowledge and experience to support the professional development of the real estate industry. Guayaquil, Ecuador, hosts the event, which culminates in a real estate industry awards ceremony followed by a networking session, fostering new relationships and business opportunities. DIMENSIÓN aims to become a benchmark for the real estate industry across Latin America.

Throughout the year, the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism hosts a lecture series featuring key figures in contemporary Latin American architecture. These talks serve as a meeting point for renowned architects to engage with students, faculty, and alumni.

A dialogue on the contribution of Martín Chirino to architecture, landscape, and the identity of the Canary Islands through his sculpture. In his spiral structures, the smallest part is always equal to the largest through a multiplication that tends toward infinity. Chirino's spiral appears to be an interpretation of the structure that distributes the islands throughout the world; in part, it reflects how islanders view themselves. Participants include Magüi González, architect and professor of Projects at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Las Palmas; Fernando Menis, architect and president of the Laboratory for Innovation in Architecture, Landscape and Advanced Tourism of Tenerife; and Jesús Castaño, director of the Martín Chirino Foundation for Art and Thought.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with the opportunity to express new ideas for future societies through innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging issues. We want to break down mental boundaries and put all visions on the table. Here, you can test an experiment; everything is possible!

ArquiTur 2019 will showcase architecture and design for tourism, including technologies, materials, design styles, and sustainable trends to generate new and innovative proposals for tourism infrastructure architecture and design.

Applications are open until July 26 via the Escola da Cidade website.

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Eco-Shore 2019

The Union of Moscow architects invites you to participate in the Russian competition with international participation which designed to develop the architectural concept of an eco-regeneration of the Sutoloka river.

The competition will be held in the framework of the 9th international festival Eco-Shore 2019. All submitted projects will be exhibited from 22 to 24 August 2019 in Ufa`s art-space Art-KVADRAT.

The major tasks that should be solved by the participants of the competition are the creation of a comfortable coastal zone, equally attractive for walking and for the placement of river infrastructure, the development of a new urban center of gravity, organically inscribed in the existing environment.

NAMA, the Revista Amazônia Moderna, and UFAM are hosting the exhibition L'Amazonie en construction: l'architecture des fleuves volants from July 19 to August 3 at the Maison du Brésil in Paris, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of this iconic Le Corbusier building. This marks the first time the Brazilian Amazon will be exhibited in Europe through the lens of architecture. Admission is free.

The 2nd Seminar on Planning, Urban Landscape, and Sustainability (II SEPPAS) is organized by the RTVE Foundation (TV UFG) through the Graduate Program in Project and City at the UFG Faculty of Visual Arts (FAV-UFG), with sponsorship from the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Goiás (CAU-GO). The event will take place from November 4 to 6, 2019, at the Marieta Telles Machado Auditorium, located in the Central Library of the UFG Campus II in Goiânia, Goiás.

Screening: "Bernardes" [85 min | 2014 | documentary] directed by Paulo de Barros and Gustavo Gama Rodrigues, cinematography by Stefan Hess, editing by Yan Motta, and produced by 6D and Rinoceronte Produções.

Cultivating the symbolism and tradition of Ikebana—the art of bringing flowers to life through arrangements—the ground floor of Japan House São Paulo takes on new colors and forms with the arrival of the exhibition 'DŌ – The Path to Serenity,' running from June 29 to August 4. Held in partnership with the Ikebana Association of Brazil, the exhibition features special works, a permanent installation, and a parallel program that depict and unveil the details of this philosophy, also known as Kado—literally 'ka' (flowers) and 'do' (path).

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The event, which has been running since June 8, concludes next Saturday, June 29, with a lecture by Marcelo Barbosa (Bacco Arquitetos). Held over four Saturday morning sessions, the program has also featured presentations by Cristiane Muniz (Una Arquitetos), Marcos Boldarini (Boldarini Arquitetos), and Marta Moreira (MMBB Arquitetos).

The "Modern Architecture in São Paulo" course presents a special edition in July focusing on Lina Bo Bardi. The sessions will feature historical-critical theoretical approaches to the architect's work, in addition to guided tours of two projects: MASP and SESC Pompéia. During these tours, the architecture will be experienced and discussed in detail on-site.

World leading engineered surfaces manufacturer shares three trends influencing next-generation decorative surfaces

For years, interior surface designers have drawn inspiration from their environments in order to create delightful and innovative engineered surfacing materials specified in architectural spaces. From familiar and traditional to futuristic and contemporary, design inspiration can be found all around structures, elements, and styles that surround us every day.