The 4th call for entries for the AADIPA European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, aimed at professionals involved in architectural heritage, opened for online registration on Monday, December 17, 2018, and will remain open until April 5, 2019.
View of the exhibition “Pidgeon Audio Visual: Architects Talking to Themselves,” Disponible, Buenos Aires, 2021. Photography: Ariel Nahón.
The exhibition "Pidgeon Audio Visual: Architects Speak for Themselves" examines the Pidgeon Audio Visual series, a collection of architectural talks on cassette and slide created by Monica Pidgeon, focusing on its interface and its connection to education and the publishing industry. The exhibition presents a selection of the more than 200 slide and cassette presentations from the 1980s and 1990s, alongside a selection of document reproductions from the Monica Pidgeon archive housed at the Royal Institute of British Architects, which detail the production, editing, and distribution process of the talks.
Launch of the website and open-access catalog for Proyecto Folio: a public collection of architecture and city fanzines, which already includes over 100 fanzines produced during the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century in Chile.
On December 14, 2022, at 3:00 PM (Chile time), the film Feos, sucios & malos. Una arquitectura contemporánea en Latinoamérica will premiere in Santiago, Chile, at HUB Providencia (José Manuel Infante 1415, Providencia).
Elizabeth de Portzamparc, a Rio native based in Paris since 1969, has received numerous European awards for her distinguished work in architecture and urbanism. She is particularly recognized for leading large-scale projects in France and China, including entire neighborhoods, science centers, museums, and a monumental 262-meter tower in Taiwan, among others. In 2022, she adds the IAB-RJ Architect of the Year award to her list of achievements and accolades.
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The Directorate of Innovation and Technological Development is a line agency responsible for contributing to the promotion of research, innovation projects, quality assurance, and technology development within Peru's Ministry of Housing, Construction, and Sanitation. The DIDT is tasked with formulating, disseminating, and executing programs, projects, activities, and both financial and non-financial instruments that facilitate innovation in areas under the Ministry's jurisdiction.
The 74th edition of the Revista da Biblioteca Mário de Andrade features twelve articles analyzing the contemporary state of libraries. Launched in 1943 as the Boletim Bibliográfico da Biblioteca Municipal de São Paulo, it has been published as the Revista da Biblioteca Mário de Andrade since 1992. With the theme "The Library and the City," this issue was guest-edited by Francesco Perrotta-Bosch, biographer of Lina Bo Bardi.
On December 15 at 7:00 PM (Spain time), the presentation of "Cuánto cuento. Relatos de arquitectos"—the second title in the Habitar Iberoamérica collection published by redfundamentos—will take place.
PET Architecture and Urbanism is pleased to announce the launch of the 9th edition of TULHA Magazine, featuring the theme "Urbanity: Body and Social Texture." This annual digital publication focuses on academic, scientific, and artistic content. This edition covers a wide range of topics, all of which explore the diverse relationships that exist within the city.
The "Contemporary Housing Workshop" will take place on Thursday, December 15, at the Universidad del Bío-Bío's Concepción Campus. The event will be led by Dr. Bernardo Martín (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) and Dr. Jessica Fuentealba (Universidad del Bío-Bío).
Resuming the “Working with Rosa Kliass” debate series, we are pleased to invite you to the final two sessions, taking place on December 1 and 8, 2022. These sessions will focus on projects developed for São Luís (Maranhão) and Porto Velho (Rondônia), respectively.
Demoler Buenos Aires is part of a series of surveys that Ignacio Unrrein has been conducting throughout the City of Buenos Aires, focusing on walking as an aesthetic practice and the recognition of urban "anarchitectures" in the vein of Gordon Matta-Clark.
The VIII Seminar of the CNPq Research Group "Representations: Imaginary and Technology" will bring together researchers affiliated with the group to present ongoing and/or recently completed work, fostering debate on the epistemological and methodological aspects relevant to these investigations. Featuring short presentations in thematic panels, workshops, book launches, and immersions in RITe Study Groups, the seminar will take place primarily in person from December 5 to 9, 2022, at the Caetano Fraccaroli Sculpture and Form Research Atelier, located at USP - Cidade Universitária.
Throughout its more than 75-year history, the Institute of Architects of Brazil – São Paulo Department (IABsp) has built and maintained an important documentary archive comprising meeting minutes, technical reports, periodical and bibliographic publications, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and works of art—a collection that documents the various activities of the institution and the architecture and urbanism profession in São Paulo.