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Architects have always been asked to breathe new life into ancient architectures inherited from the past or into historical –often monumental– artefacts that no longer respond to the customs and needs of the contemporary society. Nevertheless, the ancient architectures tell our story, therefore deserve to be restored with interventions that bring along a hint of modernity and show the trace of the design activity. The Architecture for Heritage course has been created on these premises.

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The CAP Regional Lima invites you this Thursday, June 25, to a conversation with David Sim and Alexander Spitzer—partners at Jan Gehl—on the relationship between quality of life and urban density. They will present their latest book, "Soft City," and discuss the firm's project experiences in South America.

AméricaEconomía and ArchDaily present "The Digitalization of the Architecture and Construction Industry." Two of the region's most prominent media outlets are joining forces for a webinar to discuss the future of this sector and the impact of this process in Latin America. The discussion will address the implications for various related industries and reveal the opportunities that may emerge post-pandemic.

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Videos

One Week Series of Free 24/7 Online Workshops and Talks, 27 June to 3 July 2020. There are 30 talks with occurring 3 times each day to cover all the time zones in the world. Topics covering International Practice, AI and Architectural Practice, Reappraising the City, Agency, Borders and Immigration, Architects and Locality, Digital Technologies in the Post-Pandemic Future, The Future of the University, Bio-Futures, Transculturalism: The Space in Between, and many more.

Özyeğin University, 3rd and 4th grade architecture students are sharing their studio projects with a virtual exhibition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual exhibition, organized by students working in Architectural Design Studios run by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alessandro Camiz and Teaching Assist. Özge Özkuvancı, offers the opportunity to explore the studio works by visiting online.

Join us for a discussion of how university leaders are working toward enhancing the value of each student's learning experience and institutional life in higher education, with a focus on social equity.

Join us for a lecture live-streamed from Shanghai with Liu Yichun, principle of Atelier Deshaus, who will be showing us highlights from the practice’s last 20 years designing iconic educational, cultural and domestic buildings.

One Week Series of Free 24/7 Online Workshops and Talks, 27 June to 3 July 2020. There are 80 workshops in 5 different languages that take place in 3 major time regions around the world. Topics covering artificial intelligence in Architecture to Design Fiction, Bio Design, AR/VR, Robotic Fabrication and NeuroDesign.

Ready to join a virtual parade? Looking to create new, inventive and unique shared spaces for community and celebration while we all do our part staying home, the Toronto Society of Architects is taking our Pride celebrations to the virtual public realm with a one-of-a-kind design challenge.

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