New design competition on Desall.com: MetaFin and Desall invite you to propose a new concept for a green recreational area to be built in the near future, conceived as a gathering space for families, a playground for children, and an area dedicated to sports, culture, activities, and community events.
This edition of the Pan-American Biennial of Architecture of Quito (BAQ) proposes a discussion on architecture centered on the notion of transformation. Through a critical analysis of projects that achieve such interventions, the focus will be on studying the transformative capacity of architecture—from the discipline itself toward the environment and the city—questioning existing systems of relationships and exploring new approaches that bridge the gap between the ideal and the real.
New competition on Desall.com: dbt FIBRE and Desall invite you to propose new applications for semi-finished textiles, exploring fields beyond spinning and related sectors.
As part of the 11th National Landscape Architecture Congress, the Mexican Society of Landscape Architects, ITESO through its School of Architecture, and the Institute for Habitat Improvement of Tlajomulco invite all undergraduate students currently enrolled in programs related to landscape architecture, architecture, urban planning, and related fields to participate in an international competition centered on the theme "Urban Oases." This theme draws from the congress’s core focus, "Dynamic Landscapes: How to design adaptable and proactive landscapes in the face of increasing urbanization and climate change," which presents significant challenges for creative landscape design.
On the night of April 15 in Paris, television networks, social media—the entire planet, in fact—watched as the Notre-Dame Cathedral burned. Tears, horror, and shock gripped the world at the prospect of seeing the most visited monument on Earth reduced to ashes; yet, after a long night, the city preserved Notre-Dame.
The Municipality of León, through the León Municipal Housing Institute (IMUVI) and the León Municipal Planning Institute (IMPLAN), invites students, faculty, and professionals to participate in the Second National Ideas Competition: Intra-urban Housing and Park Solution. The goal is to develop a conceptual design proposal for a high-density social housing complex and a neighborhood public park within a consolidated urban area in the city of León. Driven by the vision of redirecting how we plan and manage cities, we invite you to participate in this rethinking process by submitting conceptual proposals for intra-urban social housing. These proposals should integrate public and green spaces, utilizing best practices in architectural design, innovation, and sustainability to ensure healthy neighborhood coexistence, equal access and opportunity, freedom from discrimination, and safe, affordable, and accessible housing for lower-income groups in society.
Official poster for the 7th edition of Open House Madrid
The 7th edition of Open House Madrid will take place from September 24 to 26. The international architecture festival offers guided tours of a hundred spaces in Madrid that are typically closed to the public. It is the premier open house event for Madrid's architecture.
In times of change, AOA proposes an optimistic approach to the challenges facing cities and their citizens within both local and global contexts. We aim to highlight existing opportunities for positive change during and after crisis situations, thereby promoting more resilient cities in both the short and long term.
The Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL) is a week-long event in Pamplona that combines a variety of activities linked to the different geographic regions that make up the BAL. These include exhibitions, lectures, and roundtables that offer a global overview of the state of Latin American architecture.
The launch of the latest book, Lo nuevo de nuevo. Bienal y arquitectura en Chile, by editors Fernando Portal, Fernando Carvajal, Pedro Correa, and Rayna Razmilic, will take place on September 7 at 5:30 PM via the Ediciones ARQ Facebook Live page.
The Official Portuguese Representation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia presents two new panel discussions to be held at the Portugal Pavilion for the 2021 Biennale Architettura, located at Palazzo Giustinian Lolin.
Models and drawings are essential tools for understanding architecture; they reveal the form and physical expression of buildings. This exhibition brings together a collection of models that, having previously been displayed to represent architectural works, were placed in the care of the Belém Cultural Center. Much like the buildings they represent in miniature, these models have been weathered by time, which has left its mark upon them. Twenty years after their initial presentation, they serve as treasures that reveal more than mere reflections of an era.
Form and void are inseparable concepts in Japanese culture. This course proposes an analysis of selected architectural works, supported by the aesthetic notion of Ma, to explore different conceptions of space-time in Japan. The course aims to present the conceptual, spatial, and material aspects of these projects to foster an understanding of the potential relationships between form and void, as well as to approach the void as a form of potential rather than an absence. The course is intended for anyone interested in architecture and Japan in general.
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Poster developed by the event organizers. Image courtesy of Architect Paula Zasnicoff
We invite everyone to the second meeting of the event "Latin American Conversations: Design Processes," organized by the extension project "Design Processes of Contemporary Architects," coordinated by Prof. Ana Gabriela Godinho Lima, in partnership with the collective "Arqtetatlas." The event will take place on Thursday, September 30, at 6:00 PM, featuring architect Paula Zasnicoff.
School of Architecture, Cerrillos Campus Core (ca. 1960-1970). Photographic Archive Collection, Andrés Bello Central Archive. Vice-Presidency of Extension and Communications, University of Chile.
From Wednesday, September 1st, and throughout the month, the Archivo Núcleo Cerrillos exhibition will be open to the public. Organized by the CNAC and curated by Cristián Gómez-Moya, a researcher at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile, the exhibition is defined as a research and creation laboratory. It examines the archives, documents, and aesthetic experiences surrounding the Faculty, which was located in the Cerrillos commune from 1957 to 1976.
The IAB 2021 Awards – Centennial Edition marks a new chapter in the long-standing tradition of recognizing and honoring architecture and urbanism, as promoted by the IAB and its various departments throughout its history.