The City as a Quarry: Housing Transformation brings together representatives of the European Commission and the Government of Catalonia with European architects to explore how the renovation, reuse and transformation of existing buildings can help increase housing supply in response to the housing crisis and the climate emergency.

Competition description
The competition aims to create a contemporary, flexible, and sustainable cultural facility ("Limassol Arts Centre") as a strategic pillar of the Limassol Cultural Strategy 2024–2034. The objective is to create a contemporary cultural facility that meaningfully responds to the actual needs of the artistic community, expressing a clear, timeless, and recognizable architectural identity. It is envisioned as an open, accessible, and dynamic organization capable of supporting the full spectrum of cultural activity – from production, research, experimentation, and collaboration to artist residencies, digital arts, and public participation.

VISION COMPETITION EXHIBITION
The Vision Competition Exhibition, entitled "From Void to Value: Revisioning Tallinn's Old Town", is presented at the Tammsaare Park Outdoor Gallery in Tallinn opening on 16 October and running until 12 November 2026. The exhibition presents proposals addressing one of the most contested urban sites in Tallinn's historic centre: the southern edge of the Old Town, where an unresolved urban void continues to interrupt the connection between the medieval core and the surrounding city.

What does it take to design a capital city for a culturally diverse nation from the ground up? This book offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Nusantara, the new capital of Indonesia, told through the eyes of the lead designer from its earllest conception to its current development.
Moving beyond public headlines, the narrative traces the transformation of Nusantara from its first conceptual sketches to monumental realization of foundations being laid on site. Readers are invited to unpack the intricate urban vision and complex planning processes that have defined this “Forest City.” The book documents the technical milestones and early implementation challenges faced when designing at a national scale-a process where environmental resiliency, cultural identity, and bold national ambitions meet.
Featuring a foreword by the world-renowned urbanist Jon Lang, the text provides essential context for how high-level design decisions are made in a rapidly evolving landscape. Whether you are a professional architect, an urban planning student, or a member of the general public curious about Indonesia’s future, this book provides the definitive insider’s perspective on the birth of a 21st-century capital. It is a compelling exploration of a city designed to be a global benchmark for sustainable urbanism.

The open call for the 19th Istanbul Biennial aims to deepen a particular line of research within the Biennial's broader conceptual framework. In their invitation text to artists, the curators state: "Art cannot end wars or resolve their underlying causes, but it can open spaces for dissent, doubt, and the imagination of alternatives. Looking at war through art carries a historical responsibility, as well as a practical value, since it can keep in view what official accounts leave out. By setting individual recollections aside—and at times against—the memories that communities and states construct, artists can open up nuanced ways of thinking about life under extreme conditions, and about the questions of courage, complicity, ethics, and endurance that war raises." To read the curators' complete text outlining this line of research, visit bienal.iksv.org.

About an hour's drive from New York, the Corwin House sits in hilly woodland high above the Saugatuck River. Completed by Richard Neutra in 1956, it is one of only three houses the architect built in Connecticut. Architectural designer Aziz Osko has updated the house, revisiting details from Neutra's original design that were never built.

The commission began when Betty and Henry Corwin asked Neutra whether he could recommend an East Coast architect working in a similar style. Neutra was so taken with the wooded site above the river that he took on the commission himself.

Wellbeing is no longer confined to exclusive resorts, spas, or hospitality settings. Today, it has become an essential part of contemporary living, inspiring homeowners to create private spaces dedicated to relaxation and personal care. Collections such as LEMI's Home Spa Collection explore this growing interest in residential wellness through a selection of massage beds and relaxation loungers.

From November 17 to 19, 2026, interihotel MAD26 will bring together architects, interior designers, hospitality operators, and specialized brands at IFEMA Madrid. Organized by AMBIT Living Spaces Cluster, the event is expected to welcome more than 14,000 professionals, 350 exhibiting brands, and over 200 international speakers. Under the theme Creative Rebellion, it will combine talks, workshops, five specialized forums, and full-scale experimental spaces to explore new approaches to hotel and restaurant design.

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.