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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.

Architecture and Engineering in Wood: Design and Detailing of Glulam Structures, with engineer Daniel Salvatore from ITA Construtora.

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.

YOUNG MINDS:
Designing Solutions for a Brilliant World.

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.

How can architecture and urbanism be considered in conjunction with cultural production and collective memory? The FAZER Patrimonial—Forum for Action, Stewardship, Education, and Heritage Resistance—was established to facilitate the exchange of knowledge regarding this powerful relationship.

Professionals seeking to influence and transform the built environment require competencies that transcend architectural design and building construction. With this premise, the Master's in Strategic Management of Architectural Projects offered at the Universidad de los Andes focuses on developing capabilities that allow for proposing ideas that create value and alternative approaches to practice within the field of architecture.

Caracas is not only thought about by those who walk its streets daily, participate in its activities, or simply contemplate it from their windows. Those who have chosen to reside in distant latitudes or opposite time zones also keep it in mind, and in some way, it has become part of their new daily routines.

São Paulo Buildings – The evolution of modern buildings in São Paulo, from design to the present day

The course brings together leading architectural photographers and their contributions across three historical periods: pioneers (1826–1900), modernists (1900–1950), and contemporaries (1950–present).

Lecture Series: Signals of the Future

Mobility is a central issue in inquiries and research regarding cities and urbanization processes.

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Mobility is a central issue in inquiries and research regarding cities and urbanization processes.

We are currently facing an unprecedented global challenge; it is the first time in history that humanity as a whole has seen its biological integrity threatened simultaneously, regardless of geographic, cultural, or technological differences. As we seek to overcome mounting economic difficulties, we face the monumental ethical challenge of how to move forward under the imperative of preserving life above all else.

The workshop will address this fundamental question through the potential of architectural and urban design. It is a call to action and reflection for a radical improvement of current urban space conditions, especially in environments most vulnerable to the risks of COVID-19. This emergency research and design agenda is aimed at creating alternatives for the current built environment through low-cost response devices capable of addressing infrastructural needs with minimal resources.

Seminar: Conversations on expanded and emerging practices in architecture.