The Espaço de Arquitetura portal, hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Entity, with the sponsorship of CS-Telhas, Love, Margres, ATZ, and Lummenn, and with the institutional support of the Fafe City Council, is promoting the DESAFIOS URBANOS’17 Ideas Competition. The Espaço de Arquitetura portal, hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Entity, with the sponsorship of CS-Telhas, Love, Margres, ATZ, and Lummenn, and with the institutional support of the Fafe City Council, is promoting the DESAFIOS URBANOS’17 Ideas Competition.

In an increasingly chaotic world, finding a moment of silence is difficult. Participants in the Bee Breeders Silent Meditation Forest Cabins competition are invited to create a space where guests can disconnect from the constant noise and distractions of the technological world and focus on silent reflection over a simple cup of tea.

Sea ice in the Arctic region is crucial for maintaining the global climate due to its reflectivity. The melting of this ice can further accelerate global warming due to positive feedback loops, where warming generates more heat as solar absorption increases. The loss of this ice sheet may represent a tipping point in global warming, triggering the 'runaway' effect of climate change.

Virtual Course: 'Redesigning the City'

The Morelia Arq Forum is the most important international event in Michoacán for the dissemination of architecture, industrial design, and urbanism, aimed at students and professionals in the field.

The seventeenth edition of Materia Arquitectura magazine, an editorial project by the Faculty of Architecture and Art at Universidad San Sebastián directed by Mario Marchant, revolves around two fundamental instances in architectural production: the studio and the office. This issue, featuring Claudio Palavecino as guest editor, proposes an examination of these two central spaces through three dimensions: place, agents, and production.

The launch of the final ARQDOCS publication of 2018 will take place on Thursday, December 6, at 7:00 PM. The event will feature a keynote lecture by researcher, architect, and historian Beatriz Colomina at the FADEU Auditorium.

Architecture: Devices and Imaginaries in the Narratives of Power

The seminar initiative was originally conceived in 2007 to offer participants in the master's and doctoral urbanism programs at the UPC the opportunity to discuss and enrich their work.

Researcher Rodrigo Contreras of the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS) will deliver this lecture as part of the "Architecture of Selection" series. Organized by the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae, the series will explore the theme of distance throughout the second semester of 2018.

This one-of-a-kind congress in Latin America aims to showcase the true potential of SketchUp and V-Ray for SketchUp, explore their capabilities in greater depth, and provide insight into current workflows and future developments. The event features conferences and workshops led by internationally and nationally recognized experts in the field of architecture.

The Designia journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the Universidad de Boyacá extends a cordial invitation to the national and international academic community to submit research articles in the fields of architecture, design (graphic, industrial, fashion), visual arts, urbanism, heritage, and museology for publication in Volume 5, Number 2 of the journal.

IKEA and La Casa Encendida Seek Innovative Ideas for a Meeting Space

The Municipality of Cascais, with technical support from the OASRS, has launched the "Sommer Pavilion International Ideas Competition" for the construction of a temporary intervention in the Jardim da Parada, adjacent to Casa Sommer in the center of Cascais. Proposals may be submitted until July 13.

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INSÒLIT is a festival of ephemeral interventions in the courtyards of Palma that aims to promote the city's rich architectural heritage through creative, temporary actions.

The journal Designia invites the national and international academic community to submit research-based articles in the fields of Architecture, Urbanism, Design (graphic, industrial, and fashion), Heritage, Museology, and Visual Arts for publication in Volume 6, Issue 1.

We are seeking to recognize 60 educational infrastructure projects that facilitate learning and the development of 21st-century skills and feature innovation in their design, construction, management, or use. Educational projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Experimenta Pontevedra, the Urban Design Festival, celebrates its first edition from June 21 to 24, 2018. Over these four days, public space will be transformed to encourage uses that foster imagination and play.