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"My Solutions Are Not Polite:" Liam Young on Architecture in the Age of Polycrisis in Louisiana Channel Interview

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Australian artist, director, and BAFTA-nominated producer Liam Young creates imaginary worlds as a way of thinking through the futures we fear, desire, and are already making. As a creator and designer of atmospheres, he proposes speculative landscapes reflecting the possibilities of a world to come, whether ideal or truthfully unsettling. In his worldbuilding practice across the film, television, and video game industries, fiction becomes a tool for navigating the environmental urgencies of the present. He is considered a "futurist" working across design strategies, technological scenarios, and collective imaginations, grounded in his academic research yet reaching a wider audience in exhibitions such as "In Other Worlds" at the Barbican Centre in London and "Age of Nature" at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen. In February 2026, he was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner for Louisiana Channel, where he shares his visions of our future: from architecture consolidating as a boutique industry to the need for a new kind of planetary punk at the scale of the climate crisis.

The Death of Dry Powder? Why Ready-Mixed Finishes Are Taking Over

Rene Submissions — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:45:00 +0000

In an industry defined by engineering tolerances and performance certainty, interior finishing still relies on a process that introduces variability into every project. Even experienced applicators often depend on judgement-based mixing—estimating water ratios and adjusting by feel until the material appears workable. While skill reduces variability, it does not eliminate it. The result is inherent inconsistency that transfers directly onto the finished surface.

EDGE Architecture Festival Budapest 2026

Rene Submissions — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:05:00 +0000

The second edition of EDGE Architecture Festival Budapest (EDGE Fest), organised by Építészfórum, will take place on 18-19 June 2026 in Budapest at Dürer Kert and the industrial venues of Hengermalom.

Bringing together internationally renowned architects, designers, emerging voices, and experimental practices, the festival explores how architecture can respond to ecological, social, and technological transformation.

Framed as both an international architecture conference and competition, EDGE Fest investigates the evolving role of architecture through lectures, discussions, while finalists of the EDGE Awards competition will present their projects live, culminating in a public jury evaluation.

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Beyond the Image: Rethinking Architecture in the Age of AI

ArchDaily — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Artificial intelligence is becoming an undeniable presence in our daily lives. It teaches, generates content, and disrupts the fragile boundaries—both visual and imaginative—that once governed our interactions on social media. On platforms like Instagram, we witness a flood of imagery where every kind of speculative exercise is freely shared, recalibrating our understanding of the relationship between architecture and image. Amid this transformation, entire professions find themselves on uncertain ground, as AI begins to challenge areas once defined by human expertise.

Built to (Not) Last: How Reversible Architecture Is Redefining the Way We Build

Enrique Tovar — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:30:00 +0000

What if we imagined buildings as living systems, designed for assembly and disassembly with minimal impact? A form of open, modular, and adaptable architecture designed to evolve with its surroundings, responding to seasonal changes and on-demand needs instead of remaining static. At first glance, the idea seems paradoxical, as many buildings were constructed to last, designed to endure, resist the effects of time, and avoid demolition. Because of this, reversing or undoing could be seen as a setback. But what if that way of thinking no longer fits every scenario?

What are Metamaterials? Innovations in Architecture from Acoustic Invisibility to Seismic Protection

Ankitha Gattupalli — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:30:00 +0000

The future of the architecture industry holds countless possibilities, as research in the domain progresses. One innovation is the ability for structures to be rendered acoustically invisible, absorb earthquake energy, or harvest electricity from the sounds around them. Qualities of this nature can help redefine the functionality and sustainability of buildings. Architects and scientists are at the forefront of this creation. What makes this possible are metamaterials that could offer alternative methods of designing good buildings.