In the year marking the 20th anniversary of its founding, the Order of Architects is hosting the 15th Congress of Architects on October 25, 26, and 27 at the Arade Congress Center in Lagoa, Algarve.

For one week, the event will host lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and, for the first time, a forum where graphic design and architecture students can showcase their work. The event’s primary objective is to promote professional practice in graphic design and architecture, featuring renowned national and international figures.

The Smart Buildings Congress is the leading professional forum on smart buildings in Spain. It brings together the sector's key stakeholders, addressing the current state and future of smart buildings, as well as the implications for companies and professionals involved in the design, construction, and management of buildings and their facilities.
The fourth edition of the Smart Buildings Congress will be held on June 19, 2018, at the COAM headquarters, the Official Architects' Association of Madrid.
The Congress approaches the concept of the smart building from a comprehensive, multidisciplinary perspective. A wide range of topics will be covered, including technical and regulatory issues, as well as business opportunities, with solutions for both new construction and renovation projects.
The event covers the current state and future of the sector through various formats, including research presentations, smart building project exhibitions, panel discussions, and keynote speeches.
The thematic areas established for the 4th Smart Buildings Congress are:
-Design, Architecture, and Engineering of Smart Buildings
-Technologies and Solutions for Building Intelligence
-Accessibility and Security in Smart Buildings
-The User and Sociological Implications of Smart Buildings
-Regulation, Standardization, and Certification of Smart Buildings
-Integration of Intelligence in Unique Buildings: monumental heritage, tourism, renovation, etc.
-The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Management and Maintenance of Smart Buildings
-SMART BUILDING PROJECTS. Ongoing smart building projects: in the licensing phase, under construction, or already completed.

The University of San Pedro Sula is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the most significant architecture event in Honduran history. "Colores del Futuro" will feature prominent figures in architecture with extensive international experience. The event will include exhibitions, artistic performances, and surprises for attendees.

ATTENTION! Registration is now open for the Weird Space workshops + exhibition. This series explores the city through the performativity of the urban dinner-action. We are presenting three diverse and exciting workshops: Lesboanimitas, with nucbeade; Confluencia intergaláctica de subjetividades colectivas ociosas (C.I.S.C.O.), with Pablo Durango; and Sobremesa, with Cecilia Cameo + David Macho.

This discussion aims to foster a constructive dialogue, featuring presentations from various guest speakers alongside students and the general public, to address current issues and future challenges.

The launch of the 100th issue of ARQ magazine will take place on Friday, December 21, at 7:00 PM in the FADEU Auditorium. The event will feature commentary from Beatriz Bustos, Director of the Centro Cultural Palacio de la Moneda; Sebastián Gray, architect, columnist, and professor at the UC School of Architecture; and Cristóbal Molina, researcher and coordinator of the Architecture Department at the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Heritage.

This course explores the possibilities of light as an expressive and artistic medium and as a way to intervene in specific spaces. We will begin with the theory of light and optics, move on to the origins of projections and modern spectacle, illusionism, and artistic intervention, and conclude with projection and mapping techniques, examining the latest global developments in this field.

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Archathon serves as a platform for recent architecture and interior design graduates, where teams compete to complete a challenge: designing a space in under 24 hours using products from partner brands.

The Political Re-literacy and Critical Education Program is an extension of artist Traplev’s "pedagogical cushions" project. Beyond providing a didactic tool, the program focuses on educational activities to foster discussions on themes addressed in the cushions, specifically those related to progressive programs and social justice movements in Brazil.

Ideas Competition: Confronting Informality. Preserving Communities and Creating Commons in Informal Settlements

This seminar is positioned in the South, looking toward the South. It approaches the subject not only through the lens of architects but also through those of a biologist, a sculptor, and a documentarian. Together, they propose methodologies, approaches, processes, and discussions surrounding what is "available," while maintaining a global perspective. This allows us to discuss what it means to study architecture at a school in the southern part of the world, exploring concepts such as territory and landscape, material, precariousness, culture, craftsmanship, and remote locations, among others.

Featuring a total of 20 black-and-white portraits enhanced with thread-on-paper techniques, emerging talent María Jesús Sáez aims to decentralize her work, starting in Chiloé, where she will present the exhibition “HILANDO EL RECUERDO” from September 7 to October 10 at the Galería Modulor in Castro, sponsored by the integrated marketing group ADBrokers.

The 2018-01 International Architecture Seminar, "Travel as Discovery," features three lectures open to the public. Guest speakers include French architect Caroline Manique and British historian Tim Benton, both of whom have extensive individual and collaborative research on topics such as Le Corbusier, Art Deco, and architectural theory.

Construverde is the only event in Colombia and the region focused on sustainable construction and urbanism, dedicated to mainstreaming comprehensive sustainability and the essential values of green, low-carbon growth through criteria of gradual implementation and cost-effectiveness.

PROYECTO H documents the actions carried out by the Casagrande collective in 2013 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the coup d'état in Chile.

As part of the 'ETSAM Lectures' series, Benedetta Tagliabue, an Italian architect based in Barcelona and founder of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, will visit ETSAM on Monday, March 5, at 12:30 PM in the auditorium.

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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.