The Cinema Urbana International Architecture Film Festival is an event dedicated to investigating the relationships between cinema, architecture, and the city, promoting critical reflection on the ways of inhabiting and representing contemporary space. Held in Brasília since 2018, the festival brings together films, debates, and educational activities that address urban, cultural, and environmental issues, creating a space for dialogue across different fields of knowledge.
Arte Laguna Prize opens applications for the 21st edition
Exhibition of 120 finalists in Venice
La Chambre and the European House of Architecture - Upper Rhine are launching the 8th edition of Archifoto - European architectural photography competition.
Since 2010, Archifoto has brought together documentary and artistic views on current architectural issues. By favouring a free and subjective viewpoint, it rewards photographers whose vision helps us to understand the urban and natural landscape, the ways of living and living together, and the new ways of building the world and society.
Dates: Thursday 26 March - Saturday 28 March 2026
Cost: FREE (for AIA members and Non-members)
Total CES: Estimated 20 LUs for AIA Members (TBC)
From 19–21 March, Architektūros fondas is organising an international three-day symposium on circular design, featuring a conference and an accompanying art programme. By linking critical discourse in urbanism and architecture with artistic practices, the symposium 'What Goes Around Comes Around' approaches circular design not only as a strategy for the reuse of spaces and materials, but also as a way to rethink value, labour, energy and continuity over time.
Under the theme "The Art of Movement" and curated by Marisa Yiu, Co-Founder, Lead Curator and Executive Director of the Design Trust Hong Kong, the Exhibition delves into the architecture, art and natural landscapes of Hong Kong from the 1980s to today, through 30+ donated works.
On March 28, one of the iconic buildings in downtown São Paulo will house a new space dedicated to the intersection of art, architecture, and design. LAB MR is inaugurating its permanent space in the Edifício Itália with the Body-Territory exhibition, curated by Ana Carolina Ralston, featuring works by Tamikuã Txihi, Rodrigo Silveira, Gustavo Utrabo, Hugo Fortes, and Henrique Sur.
Nordic American Connections: Conversations on Architecture and Design is a four-part series that presents prominent architects, critics and scholars to reflect on Scandinavian and Nordic design's enduring impact in shaping modern American design since the 19th century.
The Rio de Janeiro Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB RJ) and the State Government, through the Cidade Integrada program, are hosting the International Favelas Meeting on March 17 and 18. This free event, supported by the Cumbre Internacional del Hábitat de América Latina y el Caribe (CIHALC), will feature activities held at the Palácio Guanabara and the IAB RJ headquarters in Flamengo.
Contemporary cities are increasingly facing challenges related to urban loneliness, social fragmentation, and the loss of meaningful spaces for connection. Lima is no exception. These dynamics invite us to rethink how we inhabit our cities and the role that space plays in building our quality of life.
What happens when the spaces that once sustained everyday social life begin to disappear?
ArchDaily is looking for a proactive and curious architect to be part of our Projects Collaborator Program. As a part-time program participant, you will be working with the team in charge of curating and coordinating all built project publications on ArchDaily.
Collaborative Housing in Colombia
Myths, Legends, and Dreams
Materials 2050: Reuse and Recycle
Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.
Decarbonizing Extremadura
Join us at University of Waterloo School of Architecture's Riverside Gallery on March 5, from 6:00–8:00 PM, to celebrate the launch of this faculty research exhibition exploring architecture shaped by mobility, precarity, and resilience. Featuring work by Professors Robert Jan van Pelt and Anwar Jaber, the exhibition examines how temporary structures and institutions under occupation reveal urgent ethical and political questions.
As part of the academic dialogue and reflection space "From Territory to Detail," which brings together architecture professors, students, and renowned architects, the spin-off "From Territory to Detail .re"—positioned at the opposite end of a modern paradigm that defined the city through models of growth, expansion, and consumption that are no longer viable or sustainable—explores the thesis that a territory’s richness stems from its capacity to renew itself. It activates disused spaces to serve as future challenges and resources by reusing previous structures and traces, whatever they may be.