This workshop is part of a broader initiative launched in 2018 to introduce sustainable building materials to an area significantly affected by deforestation due to fired-brick production. Based in Maji Moto, Tanzania, the project aims to bridge environmental awareness with community resilience.
The "Unwhitening the City" course offers a space to explore urban production through a multiterritorial and intersectional lens. It is shaped by debates on territory, culture, and language formulated by the African diaspora and Black epistemologies, aiming to contribute to a critical perspective within urban studies. This course is an extension of projects developed by Coletiva Terra Preta.
The Av. Del Libertador 498 Condominium Association, through its management company WAVES ARGENTINA SRL, has commissioned the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos (SCA) to organize and launch the "Torre Prourban National Preliminary Design Competition: Perimeter Enclosure and Outdoor Spaces," with the sponsorship of the Federación Argentina de Entidades de Arquitectos (FADEA).
The Brazilian Center for Steel Construction (CBCA) has opened registration for the "14th CBCA Architecture Student Competition 2021," open to university students across Brazil. This year, the competition addresses the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the theme "Health and Well-being." Consequently, students are tasked with presenting projects that offer efficient solutions, emphasizing the correct and appropriate use of steel in both conceptual and architectural design, as well as in technological and construction aspects.
The Faculty of Architecture and Design at Universidad Finis Terrae (Chile) is organizing the online seminar "Tools for Researching Contemporary Architecture," which will be led by the distinguished professor Milla Hernández Pezzi, a tenured professor in the Department of Architectural Composition at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM).
Women of Earth is an online seminar that explores earthen construction by women throughout Chile.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is pleased to launch a new edition of the Global Summer School (GSS21), the 14th edition of the international summer educational program focused on designing the future of our cities. The program will take place online from IAAC in Barcelona, from July 5 to 29.
"Cooperation in Digital Networks" is the topic of the sixth IAAC Networks session, an open, online event broadcast via streaming.
In September 2000, architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha proposed something both possible and impossible: covering the Praça da República in downtown São Paulo with a suspended pool-beach. This provocative gesture challenges latent societal issues: the right to leisure, idleness, celebration, hygiene, self-care, sociability, entertainment, and the body. "Canteens, machine-locker rooms, and ramps" are nearly all the words that permeate this narrative project and inspire our workshop.
IAAC – Advanced Architecture Barcelona presents a new edition of the Global Summer School 2025 (GSS25), solidifying its role as an international benchmark for innovation and global collaboration in architecture and design.
The School of Architecture and Urbanism and Design at USP, the Center for Cultural Preservation - Casa de Dona Yayá, the research group "Archive, sources and narratives: between architecture, city and design," 216 - Cultural Heritage, History and Criticism, QUALICON - Quality and Performance in the Built Environment, LabIndus - Laboratory of Industrialization, and Labdias - Laboratory of Studies on Culture, City and Diaspora are pleased to invite professionals, researchers, master craftspeople, holders of traditional knowledge, and other interested parties to submit papers for the 5th Vernacular/Popular Architecture Seminar, to be held from June 8 to 11, 2026. Building on a tradition of studies in the field that began in the 1970s, and currently driven by the democratization of access to the university, FAU-USP is witnessing a resurgence and growing expansion of interest in, and the assimilation of, new perspectives on the diverse processes of vernacular and popular architecture.
The expansion of the Sesc network and the need for new facilities at the Sesc Thermas de Presidente Prudente unit have prompted the launch of a National Preliminary Architecture Design Competition. Promoted by the Social Service of Commerce (Sesc SP) and organized by the Institute of Architects of Brazil – São Paulo Department (IABsp), the competition aims to select the best architectural project submitted by architects and urban planners.
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.
Now more than ever, the future of our cities is a primary concern for many Brazilians. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural, social, and environmental deficiencies of urban centers, demanding new and urgent responses. This presents an enormous challenge for current and future administrators to be elected later this year.
The application process is now open for the first edition of Comuns, a virtual laboratory for experimental and participatory architecture, organized by Marcella Arruda and Marina Frúgoli in partnership with the Marieta cultural center in São Paulo, Brazil. The laboratory aims to foster the exchange of new experiences and reflections on social, ecological, and political technologies for transforming Latin American territories.
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Aiming to continue the discussion and uncover opportunities for adaptation and resilience, the Association of Architecture Offices (AOA) continues its series of conversations addressing various topics relevant to both professional practice and the public and private spheres that shape the city.
The eighth edition of the international architecture festival in Buenos Aires will take place on the weekend of July 18 and 19, featuring a revamped format to adapt to the current situation and bring architecture to citizens during this atypical 2020. Virtually, Open House Buenos Aires will open the doors to 16 examples of the city's architecture, which will be presented through live streams conducted by their architects and those who inhabit their spaces. From your screen, you will be able to discover, learn about, and reflect on various themes surrounding the city and its contemporary and historical heritage.