Maquinar, in partnership with Ladrilho - Urbanismo e Arquitetura, is pleased to present the Ideas Competition: Chalets for Community Tourism in Cumbe. Recognizing local demand and the community's integrated relationship with the natural environment, this competition aims to foster debate among architecture and urban planning professionals and students regarding the design of lodging alternatives for community-based tourism.
The Jose Cuervo Foundation, in collaboration with the Graduate Programs in Sustainability at the ITESO Department of Habitat and Urban Development, as part of the 2nd International Congress on Sustainability in Habitats,
The second 2018 installment of the renowned "La Ciudad y Las Palabras" series, in which writer Andrés Neuman will present his new novel, Fractura. The event will feature commentary by writers Matías Celedón and Andrea Jeftanovic.
The project involves creating a pedestrian promenade along the western side of Av. Cuauhtémoc, connecting the Hospital and Metro Centro Médico with Plaza Delta.
Registration is now open for the 2018 IBRAMEM AMATA Timber Architecture Award, with categories for both professionals and students. Students of engineering, architecture, and urban planning, as well as professionals in these fields from all Latin American countries, are eligible to apply.
The European Manuel de Solà-Morales Prize recognizes the best university research in the field of urbanism leading to a doctoral degree (PhD) every two years. The prize honors the memory of professor and architect Manuel de Solà-Morales i Rubió (1939–2012), a master of urbanism understood as an intellectual and creative activity committed to improving cities through what he called "an insistent search."
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is pleased to present the new Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC), along with the scholarships and professional internships offered by the Institute.
The Embassy of Mexico in Colombia invites you to the forum "Architecture and City: The Experience of Mexico and Colombia," which will take place at the Rogelio Salmona Auditorium of the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center on Thursday, June 21.
The S.O.S. CIUDADES program aims to establish a space for reflection, annually highlighting the potential of various cities in the region where urban processes triggered by integration present opportunities for local governments and challenges for academia.
These "urban project workshops on concerted areas"—academic initiatives that have visited cities and territories across the region during the last week of April every year since 2002—promote a collective perspective in constructing a regional ideal. They bring together students and faculty from different countries for fieldwork, as well as the authorities responsible for fostering common policies to stimulate such exchanges.
Below, the organizers share some thoughts on this year's Argentine edition in Mendoza.
The Consorcio València 2007 is launching an ideas competition for the design of a skatepark and its surrounding urban development, aimed at teams with experience in designing public spaces and skateparks. Interested parties can access the necessary documentation at www.lamarinadevalencia.com.
Pasarelas San Borja is an international architecture and landscape ideas competition. It seeks to recognize—through a qualified, representative jury accredited by the sponsors—the best urban design ideas that contribute to defining intervention criteria and generating proposals for the recovery of the Pasarelas San Borja in Santiago, Chile.
The competition is open and international. Multidisciplinary professional teams (Chilean or international) may be formed, consisting of architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, and other professionals or specialists relevant to the proposed project. Professional teams must include at least one architect and one non-architect. International professionals or firms must partner with an architect licensed to practice in Chile.
Building on the success of the 2017 inaugural “inHAUS LAB – Design Your Modular House” competition, Casas inHAUS is launching a second edition. We want to acknowledge the overwhelming response to the previous edition by increasing the prize money. The “inHAUS LAB – Design Your Modular House” competition is a Casas inHAUS initiative created to foster creativity and innovation in architecture. It aims to promote new ways of practicing architecture among students and recent graduates from all schools of architecture and related disciplines, rewarding those who stand out for their creativity in seeking new modular housing solutions.
The Instituto Cremme is pleased to invite students of Architecture and Urbanism, Design, Photography, Communication, and Fine Arts in São Paulo to participate in a competition held as part of the exhibition "Experimenting with Le Corbusier – Contemporary Interpretations of Modernism," currently on view at the Museu da Casa Brasileira through August 12.
The Office of the Ombudsman of Santa Fe, the provincial Youth Cabinet, and the Rosario Architects' Association are launching the "Yo te descubro" (I Discover You) photography competition, focused on the Art Deco theme in the city of Rosario, Argentina.
The initiative aims to highlight, rediscover, and revalue Art Deco examples found in everyday objects, stylistic ornamentation, art, and architectural heritage, framing them as a core element of Rosario's identity and sense of belonging.
Archiprix International and Archiprix Chile are proud to announce the launch of their tenth edition. Following successful editions in Rotterdam (2001), Istanbul (2003), Glasgow (2005), Shanghai (2007), Montevideo (2009), Cambridge, USA (2011), Moscow (2013), Madrid (2015), and Ahmedabad (2017), Archiprix International will once again host a unique event showcasing the world's best graduation projects in architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. Archiprix International 2019 will take place in Santiago, Chile, with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Universidad de Chile serving as co-organizers.
An architect dedicated to the visibility of women in our discipline, an architect working on the integration of technologies, an architect involved in research and dissemination, and an architect who integrates graphic and industrial design into their practice will be the guests for the second session of the project X FORMAS DE HACER ARQUITECTURA, taking place in the heart of Santiago next Thursday, September 27, at 7:00 PM at AriztiaLAB.
Known simply as XFORMAS, this is the latest session of the project led by Fabiola González and Yair Estay (TALLER25) alongside Nicolás Valencia (ArchDaily). "Today, architecture is an idealized profession, completely disconnected from the constant changes in society and the labor market," the organizers state. "Consequently, XFORMAS emerges as a space for discussion and for highlighting new ways of practicing architecture," they add.
In conjunction with the 15th Madrid Architecture Week, the Norman Foster Foundation presents Architecture on Screen, a film series curated by the foundation for Sala Equis in the Spanish capital.
Since the early 20th century, both architecture and film have found ways to express new ideas and develop avant-garde languages. Avant-garde movements, such as Futurism, established a close link between art, film, and architecture. As seen in the drawings of Sant'Elia, they convey the concept of the industrial city, moving trains, and buildings inspired by hydroelectric power plants, using the machine as a metaphor.
