The first edition of the Wood Innovation Summit in Chile will take place on October 27, bringing together architects and industry stakeholders for an international gathering to reflect on innovation in timber and its role in the future of design and construction.

Architecture is often understood through finished buildings. "Figures of Architecture" asks students to look closer at the things that make architecture possible: the materials, assemblies, and methods that are often concealed, overlooked, or misunderstood once a building is complete.

From 24 October to 1 November 2026, Aguas Internacionales, located in the En Corts neighbourhood of Valencia, will host the international exhibition Performing Colonial Toxicity by historian and researcher Samia Henni.

The Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education about architecture, design, public space and the urban environment, announces its 2026-2027 Lecture Series. The Forum is pleased to present nationally and internationally known and respected thought leaders in our outstanding 2026- 2027 Lecture Series.

Since the 1980s, critical regionalism has been globally celebrated for imbuing modern architecture with local sensibilities. After rising to international stardom, however, several critical regionalists soon began to erect distinctive albeit “placeless” buildings around the world. This book examines how Aris Konstantinidis (1913–1993), a Greek architect less well known outside his home country, instead propagated his vision of regional modernism to global audiences on his own terms through his publishing and teaching beyond national borders.

The buildings and construction sector accounts for around 39% of global CO₂ emissions and nearly 50 per cent of global material extraction. Operational carbon emissions which are associated with the energy consumed to run the buildings also rose by 1% to 9.9 billion tonnes of CO₂ in 2024, even as building energy use intensity (EUI) has improved. These figures point to persistent gaps in the way buildings are designed, constructed and upgraded. One important area for closing those gaps is the building envelope insulation, which remains central to controlling energy demand, improving thermal resilience and reducing carbon emissions.

Typological Drift: Emerging Cities in China documents the impact of the Chinese culture on the development of city types in China in the past four decades, leading to surprising urban realities that often escape normative urban theories. Result of a decade of research by Shiqiao Li and Esther Lorenz in the two large city-regions in China, the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta, this book offers frameworks of understanding of China’s urban realities from within Chinese thought and language. The book uses the concept of drift, which parallels one of the four rudimentary patterns of biological change: mutation, adaptation, migration, and drift. Drift of phenotypes takes place when chance events randomly terminate some features and allow other features to flourish in ways that are unrelated to other patterns. In the past four decades, the Chinese culture has exerted a set of forces that may be seen to have functioned as “unexpected events” in the normative processes of urban change. Three main “drift triggers” – ten thousand things, figuration, and group action – frame the book in theory and empirical examination. The book concludes with a reflection on the state of China’s architectural profession which is deployed as the frontline of China’s urbanization. Through thirteen case studies, the book reveals, how a thing-based conception of quantity, an unwavering enthusiasm for figuration, and the instinct for group action have given rise to distinctive Chinese urban formations.

Architectures of Ageing in Place provides curated critical perspectives, from a practice-based research point of view, of buildings that are purpose built and/or refurbished to accommodate housing and care needs of older people ageing in place in high rise/medium rise integrated communities.

CAUBA9 and the Municipality of Pinamar invite entries for the National Ideas Competition for the revitalization of Avenida del Mar, an initiative aimed at promoting an urban, landscape, and public space proposal for the section between Quintana and Del Juncal streets.

Join us for this signature event to learn about World Monuments Fund (WMF) work safeguarding the world’s irreplaceable heritage and engage with a global community of heritage experts and advocates.

Join us in celebrating the organic creation Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO: Borrowed Earth on Saturday, October 24, beginning at 2 PM in the Sculpture & Architecture Park at Art Omi.

Organized by the Casa da Arquitetura and curated by Brazilian architect and urban planner Fernando de Mello Franco, the fourth edition of SHIFT—the International Seminar on Architecture and Sustainability—will take place from October 16 to 17 in Matosinhos, Portugal. Under the theme "Continuities—Socio-ecological recomposition through landscape design," the event brings together architects, researchers, and specialists from various countries to discuss the role of design in transforming territories and addressing contemporary environmental and social challenges.

On October 1, the exhibition Humanist modernity: Maciej and Stanisława Nowicki, opens in the Center for Architecture in New York. Alongside the opening, the Center will host a public talk and a guided tour led by the exhibition's curator, Kacper Kępiński, Deputy Director of NIAiU.
Humanist modernity presents the work of Stanisława Sandecka-Nowicka and Maciej (Matthew) Nowicki, two significant figures in the history of American and Polish architecture. The exhibition takes its title from a concept the two architects developed in the 1940s: modernism as a human-centered approach to design, concerned with understanding who a building is really for and how it binds a person to the space around them. It follows this idea across their work and asks what their architecture offers us today.

Architects and design teams from Bulgaria and around the world are invited to participate and propose their vision for the development of one of the oldest and largest schools in Bulgaria.

An architecture degree provides the foundations of the discipline, but the transition into professional practice often extends well beyond the classroom. Building experience, developing a portfolio, and navigating the realities of architectural offices are challenges that many graduates face in their first years of practice.

The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to Toronto, with a fresh fall lineup of films, panel conversations, and social gatherings at the TIFF Lightbox from November 4-7, 2026.

Using shipping containers as the basis for a structure—also known as "cargotecture"—seems like a simple approach to building. Perhaps deceptively so. While it's true that containers are a quick, cost-effective, and often low-effort building material, and that they're durable and customizable, container conversions also bring their challenges. Without careful planning, the build process can be painful and the results underwhelming.

To understand whether containers are the right choice for a construction project, it's important to look past their industrial allure to the realities and constraints of steel boxes as a building material.

Through October 11, 2026, Mexico City once again becomes a global epicenter of innovation and creative excellence with the opening of Design Week Mexico 2026 (#DWM26). This edition adopts a broader and more diverse curatorial vision, inviting both the public and design professionals to reflect on the discipline from global, fluid, and inclusive perspectives that transcend traditional approaches.