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The UIA 2026 Barcelona World Congress of Architects (UIA2026BCN) is launching the International Emerging Workshop, a special congress format designed for students and young professionals to participate in a laboratory led by twelve renowned emerging architecture firms.
The architecture competition to design the future Environmental Education Center at the La Laja landfill seeks to propose a space that promotes understanding the landfill as an educational site for human adaptation toward responsible consumption and a shift in how household solid waste is conceptualized, focusing on reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
The future of sustainable construction starts here! Green Building Day 5 arrives in São Paulo on July 11th and 12th, 2025, bringing together experts and leaders to discuss innovation and strategies toward a low-carbon economy. Don't miss it!
The event offers a two-day immersion into the future of sustainable construction, gathering global leaders, innovative companies, and industry professionals to discuss practical strategies, high-impact networking, and business opportunities within the sustainable building sector.
"in Limbo" opens on Thursday, March 13, at 4 PM A solo exhibition by Russian artist Katerina Kovalena presents large-scale installations crafted from parachute fabric at Parque Glória Maria, in Santa Teresa.
"About Painting" opens on May 15 Galeria Patrícia Costa presents a solo exhibition by Alberto Saraiva, featuring paintings in dialogue with the pictorial and metaphysical inquiry
The “FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: Recycling” project returns for its second edition at Galeria Metara. This event, which focuses on sustainability and environmental awareness, will feature an exhibition of works by Susi Sielski Cantarino and Osvaldo Gaia, alongside paintings produced during workshops.
The course investigates the relationship between architecture, exhibition design, and art, analyzing museums as potential territories for experimentation, contestation, and cultural reinvention. By examining case studies such as MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou, and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the course discusses the "white cube" model and its ties to modern art, in contrast to other spatial and architectural approaches associated with contemporary art.
IAB RJ hosts its Annual Party on Thursday, December 11th
The Rio de Janeiro Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB RJ) will host its Annual Party on Thursday, December 11, starting at 6:00 PM. The event, which celebrates Architect and Urban Planner Day, will bring together professionals, architecture and urban planning students, and guests at the Department's headquarters in Flamengo.
This festival aims to highlight architecture in the northern part of the country and the contributions of women to Mexican architecture through a series of lectures and discussions with invited architects.
5th International Timber Construction Forum. In its fifth edition, the International Timber Construction Forum (www.forum-maderaconstruccion.com) returns with the goal of raising awareness and exploring the opportunities and possibilities of timber as a sustainable construction alternative.
With the emergence of COVID-19, we have had to adapt to living differently than we were used to, which has been directly reflected in our working style. Where and how do we work today? A large portion of the workforce has transitioned to working from home, where feasible. While comfortable for many, for others it has meant a radical shift, bringing new spatial and resource requirements. For architects, engineers, builders, and contractors, this challenge has been particularly complex, as much of their work involves handling large, high-cost devices.
In this article, we present 3 innovative solutions that replace the traditional, bulky plotter, allowing us to print in large formats from our own homes.
Credits: Leonel Rubén Perales Simeón, background image retrieved from https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/designing-the-perfect-city-style-jan-gehl/index.html
This international event is organized by the Faculty of Architecture - Department of Academic Direction (DDAA), the Postgraduate Unit of the UNCP, and the “El Cubo” collective in Huancayo, Peru. The event features keynote speaker Jan Gehl, one of the most influential figures in global urbanism. Through his work, he has championed the sustainability of major metropolises and made it his mission to advocate for urban planning that allows people, rather than automobiles, to reclaim the streets.
On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, during the inaugural session of the new National Board elected by members in the 2020 CA Elections, the new Executive Committee and officers of the College of Architects of Chile were selected for the 2020–2022 term.
Choosing high-performance BIM software is key to developing efficient projects by automating tasks unrelated to core design, such as documentation, calculations, and other tedious processes. This reduces the time spent on these critical details, minimizing errors that lead to project delays or cost overruns.
Architecture Schools Outside the Box, debate series
The second debate in the "Architecture Schools Outside the Box" series opens a space for discussion among Venezuelan professionals who are teaching through experimental exercises in other regions.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help us work with, organize, and manage data that can contribute to the development of environmental solutions applied to the urban environment. 🌱🌎