International conference and the annual flagship event of the Architects.rf program Future Architect will be held for the third time on September 6 – 7, 2021. The 2021 edition of the conference will be hosted online and will serve as a platform for institutional exchange between educational organizations, think tanks, and media.
Join the AIA|DC Urban Design Committee & Technology Committee for our 2021 Open House Series at leading architectural and urban design firms in DC as they virtually showcase projects currently in planning, design, or construction phases.
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Holešovice, surroundings of the Vltavská Metro Station
The City of Prague has launched an architectural design competition for the Vltava Philharmonic Hall in the latter half of August. This building will become a new city landmark, a heart of a future new municipal district. The Vltava Philharmonic Hall will also launch and accelerate the transformation of one Prague’s largest brownfields: the Bubny-Zatory redevelopment zone for which it will provide a new urban centre. The construction of the Vltava Philharmonic Hall will perpetuate Prague’s international reputation as a cultural capital.
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.
Organized by OTEC Cultura y territorio / Universidad San Sebastián, this event is a conversation with Miguel Lawner, winner of the 2019 National Architecture Prize, on "Core Guidelines for Teaching Social Housing."
European Housing Innovation Awards are part of the Europe Housing Forum. The main objective of this contest is to showcase and reward meaningful initiatives that contribute to solutions for affordable housing in Europe.
The Award was designed and conceived by the After the Damages International Academy, and aims to recognise the fundamental importance of the players involved in the processes that characterise all the phases of a disastrous event, with the aim of identifying and rewarding designers from the private and public sector, social cooperatives, bodies and institutions that have initiated virtuous processes towards the territory and communities, through projects, completed and uncompleted works, national and international social cooperation, experiences in territorial governance, research in technological and management fields, interventions on the landscape and the soil, on existing built heritage or newly built works.
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The São Paulo State Government, through the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, presents the exhibition “Artacho Jurado in the City’s Design” at the Galeria da Cidade. The exhibition, which focuses on the self-taught architect who designed and built landmarks of modern São Paulo such as the Bretagne, Cinderela, and Louvre buildings, opens to the public on Saturday, September 4—the date marking the 114th anniversary of his birth. In accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols, visitation is limited to a maximum capacity of 10 people. Those interested in scheduling a visit may do so via email at: artachonacidade@gmail.com
This seminar aims to create a space to listen to and make visible various local and international initiatives that allow us to reflect on our disciplines' impact on society. We also seek to hear projects that invite us to rethink the processes that reproduce class, race, or gender inequality to face the social challenges of our times from our creative vocation.
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Official poster of the Days of architecture 2021
The Days of architecture is the biggest architectural event in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and after last year's online edition, it is back live in country's capital - Sarajevo. The festival will take place between September 17th and 19th, starting on Friday in front of the Youth theatre at the Culture square by official opening and exhibition installation "Adaptable living spaces, episode 1: COVID-19" and series of architectural photography. The second day of the festival is reserved for lectures of architects from all over Europe, including Hubert Klumpner (ETH Zurich), Roland Krebs (Superwien, Austria), Michael Walczak (ETH Zurich), but also Mat Barnes (CAN, UK), Melike Altinisik architects (Turkey), NFO arhitekti (Croatia). After all presentations panel discussions will take place in order for our guests and audience to make a conclusion and reflect on today's impact of and on architecture. The third and last day will start with the presentation of Future Architecture Platform (FAP) of which the Days of architecture became part of. Later on the main stage guests will be able to enjoy lectures of Jan Boelen (Lithuania), creators of Serbian pavilion at the Venice biennale, Relja Ivanić (Serbia), but also to watch a movie called Symmetries, documentary about the Days of architecture. After the Days of architecture Fresh+Bold award is given to the best regional architectural influence, audience can watch a block of local architects' lectures: Nermina Zagora and Dina Šemić, Bernard Bostijančić and Studio Trokut. During the festival, students of architecture at the University of Sarajevo will participate in Studio Mobile workshop whose results will also be presented at the Festival.
Singapore’s multidisciplinary design chamber, the Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS), is set to showcase the designs of its annual Singapore Good Design Awards (also known as SG Mark) winners in its first-ever virtual exhibition, which will run from 1 September to 31 October 2021.
Join the AIA|DC Urban Design Committee & Technology Committee for our 2021 Open House Series at leading architectural and urban design firms in DC as they virtually showcase projects currently in planning, design, or construction phases.
“First impressions count” has been the watchword since the first luxury apartment house opened in 1884. Entrance doors and their embellishment set the mood of an apartment building and form the dividing line between public and private space, serving multiple functions: to welcome yet protect; attract yet repel; impress yet be reticent.
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.
Simbiotika and Archmotion present the Portfolio Cycle featuring Urzúa Soler Arquitectos, a firm that seeks to enhance the spatial experience through design and construction. Their approach focuses on material development, structural modulation, the construction of intermediate spaces, and the pursuit of an architectural form that expands the possibilities of each commission, always considering its use, program, expression, and context to develop a habitable piece that resonates with its user.
1st Photography Competition: Portraits of the Pandemic in Architecture by Minimum.
In our first photography competition, we invite all enthusiasts of the art—architects and non-architects alike—to capture what they consider most significant and striking when asked: What has the pandemic brought to the world of architecture?