With almost 30% of global carbon emissions caused by the construction and running of buildings, there is a need radically rethink the materials we use to build our towns and cities. Rather than radical novelties, How to Build a Low-Carbon explores how seemingly traditional wood, stone and straw are being revolutionised for contemporary homes. Each section is dedicated to one of the three resources, tracing its journey from raw material to building material to architecture.
Join us for this new exhibition reflecting on the work of well-known Melbourne-based practice MGS Architects. The exhibition will feature voices of the residents who inhabit the design projects; foregrounding the collaborative, process-driven approach of the practice. Key projects in community housing, urban precinct redesign and education demonstrate the practice’s commitment to creating places that meet the demands of living well and living sustainably, coupled with the desire for individual expression and the need for community. Check out the full program of exhibition floor talks and Open House Melbourne events on our website.
About TraMod ACADEMY:
TraMod [Tradition + Modernity] is an International academy for studying interactions between tradition and modernity in architecture and design.
Respecting and saving identity, traditions and cultures in one hand and being modern and up-dated in the other hand, cause new generations of architects and designers to have a mixture of tradition and modernity in their architecture, interior design and fashion-industrial design projects.
TraMod ACADEMY focuses on the methods of this mixture and will analyze architecture and design projects which follow this way of design thinking.
This academy is an open platform to share these kinds of projects, related events, workshops, webinars, competitions, tours and interviews with architects and designers all over the world.
Brick Award was established as an independent event in the contemporary architecture of Iran by Honar-e Memari Institute so as to propagate and raise awareness about the use of brick. The previous three events of this award were domestically held in Iran as a national award and it is decided that the fourth one will be held internationally. All architects, architecture firms, consultant engineers, designers, and students are allowed to participate free of charge. Please contact us for more information via aoaholding@gmail.com.
Many years ago, when living in Rio was nothing more than a dream, Susi Sielski Cantarino (an Argentine who is more "Carioca" than many born and raised in the city) discovered what she described as a "charming corner in Santa Teresa," then known as the Hotel dos Descasados. Four decades later, Sielski Cantarino returns to the space—now renovated and renamed Hotel Santa Teresa MGallery—not as a visitor, but as a guest artist. Her solo exhibition, "Connections," is open to the public through the end of September. Occupying the hotel lobby, the show stimulates and stirs the viewer's senses, and the pieces on display are available for purchase. Using diverse materials, including earth, bamboo, and even Swarovski crystals, the artist produces works ranging from leaves with transparent inscriptions to sculptures nearly two meters tall. Industrial steel shelves are transformed into objects of desire that honor the "Objet trouvé." Childhood linens, delicately worked with lace and pins, feature the face of the poet Virgínia Victorino, who, as a woman and a homosexual, was largely rejected by the hermetic Portuguese society of her time. All the works presented are the result of the artist's hundreds of experiences. SHALOSH (number 3 in Hebrew), for example, from 2008, was created three years after she won second prize at the Florence Biennale.
As part of her series Acessibilidade de Norte a Sul: Todas as Vozes do Brasil, Mariana Bunn Arquitetura e Acessibilidade will host a conversation with Janeide Lima this coming Sunday, July 30.
Anderson Thives shows no signs of slowing down. Continuing his focus on mobility and innovation, his Galeria Provisória is relocating within the same neighborhood in Ipanema. He will soon debut his works in a new conceptual space that integrates health, beauty, and art. This is the first of many cultural projects that Thives intends to launch alongside new partners, with the goal of democratizing art and culture for diverse audiences. Before closing the current location, he is hosting a series of events through August 6. This Saturday, July 29, will feature a preview of the new exhibition "Favela," showcasing pieces named after communities such as Rocinha, Vidigal, and Complexo do Alemão. The series depicts the diversity of characters within these local communities and is also scheduled to launch later this year in London, where Thives will occupy a three-story building in the trendy neighborhood of Hackney.
As part of the series "Accessibility from North to South: All the Voices of Brazil," Mariana Bunn Architecture and Accessibility will host a conversation with architect Regina Cohen this coming Sunday, July 23.
IAAC presents the II REDES Summit: The Proximity Urbanism, part of the second edition of the Online Master in Cities (MOeC).
São Paulo, 2023 – On July 25, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, the Arq.Futuro Cities Laboratory at Insper will host the debate "Implementing Early Childhood Programs and Social Urbanism: Success Stories."
The 2023 AIA International Design Awards are now open for submissions and we are excited for you to share your work!
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Matri-Archi(tecture) prepositions an exhibition in Johannesburg, titled ‘Building Africa: The State of Things!. The exhibition asks what it means to restore, preserve, foreground, call upon, remember and project former and future conditions of socio-political identity through the architecture of buildings that were once central figures in the political agenda of South Africa. The exhibition foregrounds research about the Constitutional Court and Union Buildings.
In the next installment of the series "Accessibility from North to South: All the Voices of Brazil," Mariana Bunn (Architecture and Accessibility) will host a conversation this coming Sunday, July 15, with Blumenau-based architect Thais Brand.
Organized by the Arq.Futuro Cities Laboratory, the event, taking place on July 25, will present examples of architectural projects focused on social urbanism.
Globally, the construction sector accounts for approximately one third of total material consumption, contributing to a threefold increase in global resource extraction since 1970. The circular economy offers a solution to eliminate 35% of construction waste, reduce pollution and circulate materials and assets at their highest value. It is also an essential enabler to decarbonization.
PORTUSplus – published by RETE, International Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities – is an open-access journal, peer reviewed and indexed, dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of themes concerning the relationship between ports and cities and urban waterfronts.
Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion with key building industry stakeholders.