AD front cover: design by CHK Design:Christian Küsters, and Barbara Nassisi, based on the image of brain activity that correlates with the experience of beauty. Copyrights Haydenbird/Getty Images. The TAB 2019 book designed by the Estonian Graphic designers Studio Studio.
This event celebrates two new complementary publications: the AD issue Beauty Matters and the book about the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) 2019, on the same topic. Both take an interdisciplinary approach to the re-emerging interest in beauty across neuroscience, neuroesthetics, mathematics, philosophy and architecture. Each publication contains a different content by a different set of contributors.
As part of research into the quality of social housing, the Housing Observatory at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Universidad de los Andes has been working for two years with Compensar and Ingeurbe on an experimental proposal that seeks to positively influence the quality of social housing produced in Colombia.
On weekends from February 21 to March 14, the La Chatica space of Colectivo Atempo, in collaboration with Casa Bogotá Graffiti and Graffiti Tour Bogotá, will highlight the various manifestations of street art in Bogotá—from tags and scribbles to full-scale street art pieces.
The 19th Academic Competition for Schools of Architecture, organized by the Universidad Intercontinental (UIC), will focus on the urban regeneration of the Corredor del Carmen in the Historic Center of Mexico City (CDMX).
Yanweizhou Park, Jinhua City, China. Source: Turenscape (https://www.turenscape.com/en)
A theoretical and practical course on Green Infrastructure Urban Design. Through case studies and group project development, students learn key concepts and tools for implementing Green Infrastructure.
The upcoming issue of V!RUS journal (www.nomads.usp.br/virus) will address the theme QUESTION OF METHOD (see the full call for papers at: https://bit.ly/2Sj5CaX). The deadline for submissions is March 10, 2020 (publication in July 2020). Articles may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.
MICROSCAPES is an international architecture, art, and design competition organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Municipality of Rio Negro, Uruguay, in Fray Bentos, an ex-industrial site declared UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015.
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the first Black & White Show for the month of February 2020. The contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age. Entries must include the black and white or shades of gray as the primary focus. All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed. The Best of Show winning artwork will be displayed as the poster of the show. All wining artists ( Merit Award & Honorable Mention) will receive a digital award certificate. The application fee is $16 for the 2 images of artwork. You may enter more than once. The deadline to submit entries is March, 05 2020.
Tamayouz is delighted to invite students of architecture, urban design, urban planning, architecture technology and landscape design worldwide to register and submit their graduation projects. An independent international jury will review all entries and select the winners of Tamayouz International Graduation Projects Award.
ArchDaily and IE School of Architecture and Design would like to invite you to join this outstanding online masterclass by Charrisse Johnston, currently Principal and Co-Founder of StudioSALT.
Have you ever wondered why certain designs last the test of time, while others turn out to be fads? Or questioned how colors can actually create biological responses, such as hunger or sleepiness?
"Today, the digital era is profoundly transforming the ways in which architecture and its spaces are represented. Virtual models and digital renders offer a hyper-realistic representation, yet they should not be confused with reality; they are, almost always, a non-naive manipulation of it. How can we return to appreciating architecture in its message and transcendent poetics?" With this question, architect Martín Marcos—director of the Museum of Decorative Art in Buenos Aires—inaugurates the exhibition "After Architecture," an exploration by Luciana Levinton into the existing relationship between architectural and pictorial language, focused on the work of architect Lina Bo Bardi.