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INST, an initiative dedicated to disseminating the cultural dimension of architecture, invites everyone to participate in its inaugural exercise.

INST, a new initiative for the dissemination of the cultural dimension of architecture, invites everyone to participate in its launch exercise.

The Landscape Institute of the Catholic University of Córdoba (Argentina), in collaboration with the Latin American Landscape Initiative (LALI) —within the framework of World Landscape Architecture Month (IFLA 2006 declaration)— invites professionals and enthusiasts of visual arts, illustration, or design in all fields to participate in the art competition "The Landscape Through My Window."

"Habitar a Quarentena" (@habitaraquarentena) is a collaborative project that seeks to gather insights through accounts and photographic records of the various experiences of living through this period of isolation via Instagram.

After seven years of publishing rita_—an indexed journal of academic texts—and in light of the wealth of fascinating research being conducted across Ibero-America and the many authors with significant contributions to make, we have decided to take the next step by launching the Habitar Iberoamérica novel and essay collection.

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Natural disasters, flooding, unbalanced environmental exploitation, urban occupation of high-risk areas, exclusionary urban planning, the degradation of historical and cultural heritage, precarious housing, restrictive urban mobility, and government neglect are some of the many adversities that define the context of contemporary cities. The city emerges as a grave consequence of these disastrous events, which occur either through continuous processes or isolated episodes.

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The Rio de Janeiro Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB-RJ) has opened registration for the 58th Annual Awards—Road to the Centenary and the 37th Architect of Tomorrow Award. The former aims to recognize the intellectual and professional production of the Department's members, while the Architect of Tomorrow is dedicated to honoring academic work produced in architecture and urbanism programs across the state of Rio de Janeiro. The winning final graduation projects in the eight categories of the Architect of Tomorrow award will also compete for the Grandjean de Montigny Award, sponsored by CAU/RJ.

This is an open call for projects and publications completed during the four years preceding each edition of the BAQ. Over its twenty-one editions, the Biennial Competition has received more than 7,000 entries and has recognized contributions to the practice of architecture, urbanism, landscape, theory, and architectural dissemination.

The Technological Development Center (CDT), BIM Forum Chile, and ArchDaily invite all architecture and construction industry professionals to the webinar "Why Validate My BIM Objects with the National Library Standard?" to be held on Tuesday, October 6, at 11:00 AM.

Simone Cadinelli Arte Contemporânea opens the exhibition "How to inhabit the present? Act 1 – Everything is coded fog" on July 20, 2020, featuring video works by 14 artists from across Brazil, installed in the gallery's window on Rua Aníbal Mendonça, in Ipanema. The videos will run 24 hours a day and can be viewed by passersby. The exhibition will be replicated on the gallery's website, with full information on the works and artists [https://www.simonecadinelli.com].

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The Master’s in Integrated City Design at the Universidad Viña del Mar School of Architecture and Design invites you to reflect on the adaptations and innovations that cities must incorporate to address potential urban futures in a post-COVID-19 world.

On Thursday, July 30, at 6:00 PM, Cosentino City Barcelona and ArquinFAD invite you to discover the finalist projects of the 2020 FAD International Awards, presented directly by their authors.

How do we address the issue of isolation through the lenses of habitability, time, or space? These are some of the questions posed by the "Isolated Dialogues" series, organized by the Finis Terrae University School of Architecture, which will bring together various local and international artists, architects, designers, musicians, scientists, and journalists in each session to discuss these topics.

Submit your project featuring prominent use of ceramic tiles. Winners will have their work featured as the cover story in the November 2020 issue of TILE Brasil. This issue will also be distributed at Cersaie 2020 in Italy.