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Anáhuac University invites architect Francisco González Pulido to give a lecture at the North Campus graduate auditorium on his professional career and his work around the world. The event will take place on August 21 at 1:00 PM.

The 17th Architecture Biennale will take place in Venice from May 23 to November 29, 2020. The Patronato Cultural del Perú is currently in the first stage of its open call to select the project that will represent the country at the Biennale.

Tamayouz invites students of architecture, urban design, urban planning, architectural technology, and landscape architecture from around the world to register and submit their graduation projects.

The call for entries for the urban intervention festival 100 en 1 día Santiago, which invites citizens to carry out actions in public spaces over the course of a single day, is open until August 18.

The inaugural “Barcelona CityMakers Lab 2019” will take place from October 14 to 20, offering a week to learn about and experience Barcelona. Over the course of seven days, city-making professionals from around the world will participate in workshops, lectures, panels, urban itineraries, specialized site visits, and interactions with the leading figures and institutions currently reinventing the “Barcelona model.”

Participants are asked to redesign Al-Umma Park as a green lung within the capital's dense urban fabric, creating an optimistic vision for the future and a safe space for public gatherings and socializing. Proposals must reflect the park's legacy and integrate existing artworks (the Freedom Monument, the mural, and the statue) into their redesign.

Since 2015, Galería NAC has worked consistently to promote contemporary Chilean art, specifically the work of emerging artists. After four years, we are proud to note that we have held over 80 exhibitions, participated in more than 10 fairs, and established a visual identity centered on art and architecture for which NAC is now recognized.

The two-week workshop at the UNI-BH University in Belo Horizonte aims to study issues related to the city's downtown area to develop an architectural and urban proposal for presentation to the local administration. Design activities will be accompanied by a series of lectures by guest speakers and three guided tours to Ouro Preto, Inhotim, and Pampulha. The workshop will be coordinated by Alberto Collet, Carlos Maia, Débora Vieira, and Igor Macedo, who form the group AAP – Alternative Academic Project. Workshop guests include Augusto Angelini (Santiago, Chile), Alexandre Brasil, Paula Zasnicoff, Arquitetos Associados (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Gustavo Penna (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Luciano Kruk (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Diego Arraigada (Rosario, Argentina), and Bloco Arquitetos (Brasilia, Brazil).

In this new edition of 'Architectural Tour,' we will visit the Central Jungle of Peru (San Martín de Pangoa) to explore seven significant educational projects alongside Semillas, the architectural firm behind the designs.

The Seminar on the Design of Resilient Water Territories will take place on August 23, organized by the Architecture program in collaboration with the Master of Architecture, City, and Landscape program at the Universidad del Desarrollo.

The Laboratory of Design Criticism diploma program at Universidad Finis Terrae is the first continuing education program in Chile focused on the criticism and theory of contemporary architectural projects, addressing a recognized gap in this field at the national level.

DERIVAS proposes, through the lens of a place's everyday life and the serendipity of tourism, to understand and construct new and alternative ways of living and thinking about urban life.

The competition aims to recognize the value of interior workspace design and distinguish interior design interventions that impact how people interact, while supporting companies in their strategies to elevate their operations to a new and improved way of working.

Live online conference featuring the curators of the Chilean Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, discussing the process and experience of their participation. Organized by the Universidad Mayor School of Architecture, the session will be presented by Emilio Marín and Rodrigo Sepúlveda, and moderated by Marco Beovic.

The Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile is celebrating another anniversary with a series of free, fully online activities. This milestone began on Wednesday, August 4—the 79th anniversary of the enactment of Law 7.211, which established the Colegio de Arquitectos in 1942—marking the start of the Month of Architecture.

Venezuelan architects from various latitudes have joined forces with global allies through an experimental university that seeks to "build, not simulate, reality with an eye on the global periphery."

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The Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile is celebrating another anniversary with a series of free, fully online activities. The milestone begins on Wednesday, August 4—marking 79 years since the enactment of Law 7.211, which established the College in 1942—and kicks off Architecture Month.

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that cities—and their citizens—have undergone significant changes. Adapting to new ways of using public space, leveraging these areas to address the pandemic's toll, staying home, rethinking workspaces, city-provided facilities, and our modes of mobility—among many others—will remain challenges as we await further progress in vaccination efforts.