Focusing on a post-pandemic context, 'Emergency' is the theme of the 2021 CASA – Coimbra Architecture Summer Atelier. CASA explores a (re)emergence of the synchrony between creating and inhabiting, drawing on operative design strategies within Coimbra's urban territory and its various occupations.
Roundtable discussion with Igor de Vetyemy, architect, urban planner, and President of IAB-RJ, regarding the film he directed about architect Marcos Konder Netto.
Hundreds of conferences, thousands of projects, countless ideas, enriching dialogues, exhibitions, books, and meetings: all coming together for the world's largest architecture event, taking place next week—from July 18 to 23—in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, the "Marvelous City," during these times of pandemic.
A new housing trend that combines privacy and community is beginning to spark interest among aging Brazilians who want to plan how they will live the third stage of their lives: Cohousing.
Lived narratives! André Scarpa shares his experience with Portuguese architecture and how it has shaped his professional path.
Lecture series (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) organized by faculty and students of the "Architecture and Education" group from the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at São Judas Tadeu University (PGAUR/USJT).
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 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 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.
Women of Earth is an online seminar that explores earthen construction by women throughout Chile.
"Cooperation in Digital Networks" is the topic of the sixth IAAC Networks session, an open, online event broadcast via streaming.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.