São Paulo, like other global metropolises, faces serious challenges in managing its water resources—including urban water pollution and flooding—resulting from an accelerated urbanization process that often overlooks the potential of the biophysical foundations of its natural landscapes.
The IAB-RJ Continuing Education Program was created to share diverse knowledge and perspectives on the contemporary city. Our goal is to share the experiences of instructors with distinguished careers in various fields, providing opportunities for the continuous professional development of architects, urban planners, landscape architects, designers, engineers, students, and those interested in architecture and urbanism. We focus our efforts on five key areas: city and society; innovation; sustainability; management; and memory, culture, and heritage.
The award ceremony for the Prix Versailles, the world architecture award for stores, hotels, and restaurants, will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, on 12 September 2019.
The Arquia Foundation, recognizing the educational value of practical professional experience and geographic mobility, announces the 20th edition of the arquia/becas competition. This program offers 24 scholarships to students in the final years of their degree and to recent architecture graduates for professional internships at European architecture firms.
The closing of the Utopía + Proyecta exhibition will take place on Wednesday, January 23, at Espacio CDMX (Av de los Compositores 4, Bosque de Chapultepec II Secc, 11100, CDMX). The event will feature a roundtable discussion with Silvestre Estudio, Estudio MMX, C Cúbica Arquitectos, and Vertebral, moderated by exhibition curator Iñaki Herranz. This will be followed by the announcement of the selected Utopía project and the presentation of the México Territorio Creativo medal.
The California Government Operations Agency (GovOps) will award $500,000 in grants as part of the statewide California Mass Timber Building Competition
The California Government Operations Agency (GovOps) will award $500,000 in grants as part of the statewide California Mass Timber Building Competition. Grants will be awarded to selected proponent teams presenting viable and repeatable mass timber solutions for commercial and multi-family projects in California. The competition is being hosted by GovOps and administered by WoodWorks – Wood Products Council.
Deadline: March 18, 2019 / 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Vienna Calling: Apply for a Residency on Urban Development Innovations in Vienna
We are beginning the year with an engaging lecture featuring Juan Miró of Miró Rivera Architects, visiting from Austin, TX. Together with architect Alejandro Ibarra Aragón of Ibarra Aragón Arquitectura SC, they are developing a series of projects in Monterrey that will transform key areas of the city center. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, January 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Colegio de Arquitectos de Nuevo León.
PEACE PAVILION In memory of the innocent victims of war in Africa
“Peace is a dream, it can become a reality… but to build it we must be capable of dreaming.” (Nelson Mandela)
THEME
Intercultural hostility and the exploitation of resources on the African continent have triggered a succession of armed conflicts resulting in millions of innocent lives lost and refugees seeking hope in a better life elsewhere. Communities annihilated. Villages and cities torn to the ground. Nations in chaos.
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) invites applications for the position, Dean of the College of Architecture (www.iit.edu/arch).
Located on the historic IIT campus in Chicago, the College of Architecture (IITCoA) is one of the world's most renowned architecture schools. Building upon its unique legacy as a center of rigorous thinking and making, IITCoA is focused on the future of practice and scholarship in an increasingly interconnected and urbanized world. With more than 500 students and 80 faculty members from around the world, IITCoA directly embodies the potentials of the contemporary metropolis. Basing its pedagogy on the synthesis of practice and research, IITCoA offers a full range of academic programs, including B.Arch., M.Arch., M.L.A., Dual M.Arch./M.L.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees.
"The British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale aims to create debate that both challenges and influences the future of British architecture. The open call is an opportunity for us to hear from the UK architecture sector about contemporary British practice and the issues that matter most."
The Cadernos de Pesquisa journal from Escola da Cidade is accepting submissions of articles or essays for its seventh volume until February 15.
Through March 15, América—the postgraduate journal of Escola da Cidade—is accepting submissions of scientific articles and unbuilt projects for its second volume.
Virtual reality, models, and a wide array of pieces by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí will be exhibited tomorrow at the Centro Cultural San Antonio (CCSA) as part of the traveling exhibition "A Virtual World: Gaudí Tours the Region," which is being presented for the first time in the San Antonio commune.
Film has the power to bring people together – or tear them apart, spur conversation, and transform ideas. It is in anticipation of this that the School of Architecture of the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture presents “Architecture Film Festival Tucson 2019” in conjunction with invited festival Arquitectura Film Festival SANTIAGO 2018. The Chilean festival was founded in 2012 as the first of its kind in Latin America. Its Director, Miguel Contreras, will travel to Tucson for the two-day 2019 festival which will celebrate architecture and urbanism around the world and present an opportunity for discussion of issues in contemporary design.
An artist who bridges sound and space, a CAD illustrator, a researcher and cultural manager, and a cultural agitator will be the guests at the summer session of the Chilean project XFORMAS, taking place next Saturday, January 12, at 4:00 PM at Persa Víctor Manuel in Santiago.
Based on the PhD thesis of Marcelo Faiden and organized by Javier Agustín Rojas, this workshop is aimed at students and architects who wish to delve into design techniques through the analysis and study of notable buildings in Buenos Aires. The workshop will take place over eight consecutive sessions starting in March 2019, held on Fridays from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Monte 153 C (March) and Atelier C (April).
“Up Close and From Within: A Neighborhood Mapping Workshop” will be a practical working group focused on the collective research and analysis of the territory surrounding the IABsp.