Architecture continues to push boundaries, redefine expectations, and inspire through innovation. Trailblazing Architecture highlights the groundbreaking ideas, transformative technologies, and pioneering approaches shaping the future of our built environment.
From sustainable design solutions to adaptive reuse, and from advanced technologies to equity-driven practices, architects are leading the way in addressing complex global challenges. This conference aims to spotlight the diverse ways professionals worldwide are reshaping our industry, imagining new possibilities, and influencing a brighter future for all.
Join us for a global discussion on how architects are embracing bold strategies to redefine the limits of design and construction!
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The City Invites. Open House Europe Annual Summit. Courtesy of Architektūros fondas
The Irish Architecture Foundation will host the second Annual Summit of Open House Europe. Taking place in Dublin, Ireland, on January 30–31, 2025, the summit will present a public programme exploring how accessibility and inclusion can transform cities into vibrant, welcoming spaces for everyone.
The summit’s title, The City Invites, captures its essence—a call to action and a challenge to imagine cities as places that embrace diversity, celebrate inclusion, and thrive on collective creativity. By exploring themes such as participatory democracy, the creative reuse of existing structures, and universal design homes, the summit will delve into how urban spaces can evolve
The Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan Design Competition is an open two-stage design competition comprising an Expression of Interest period followed by a closed design stage for a shortlist of five competitors.
This competition is being run under the Restricted Procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) regulation 28, leading to the intended award of a services contract to the successful tenderer to deliver design services. This competition has been advertised in the UK Government’s Contracts Finder and Find a Tender portals.
The competition is being directed by the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee (QEMC) and the
Forestier collaborates with renowned designers to create lighting pieces that blend geometric and organic shapes, enhancing any interior space. Image Courtesy of Forestier
Read in a void, Maison Forestier's remit of an ongoing 'quest for perpetual originality and mastery of the delicate balance between nature and design' may sound a little abstract. But the Parisian lighting brand has – since its topiary-inspired inception by Bernard Forestier in 1992 – carved a beatific niche in its industry, uniting passion, freedom and discovery to fashion radiant wares that meld unique aesthetics with keen functionality, to suit a diverse range of settings.
The exhibitors' stands are one aspect of a trade fair. But what would the spectacle be without an informative supporting programme? And… which exhibition hall will you head for first when Heimtextil opens its doors in Frankfurt am Main from January 14 to 17, 2025? Admittedly: It's not easy to keep track of more than 2,900 exhibitors spread across 16 hall levels. But we have a few ideas. Use well-known brands as orientation anchors and be curious to discover new, young and innovative newcomers in the midst of it all. Mark your calendar for exciting talks and tours, and look out for certain signs on the stands. Which ones? We'll tell you now.
At ‘The Thai Silk Company’, Jim Thompson blends heritage with modernity in craftsmanship. Image Courtesy of Jim Thompson
Today, there are only a handful of names in the contemporary world of textiles that have a significant historical legacy and an incredible biography woven into their backstory. Jim Thompson is rich in romance. The Delaware native was a serviceman in South Asia and working for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the U.S. intelligence agency. When the conflict ended, he found himself in Thailand, building a new life rooted in his fascination with the beauty and craft inherent to the nation. It was a time when silk weaving was threatened by machine-made fabrics and he discovered a community of exceptionally skilled silk weavers in Bangkok. He worked closely with them to develop production and introduced them to other talented weaving communities, including one in Pak Thong Chai, Korat – a province in the North East of Thailand. His efforts were instrumental in reviving Thailand's silk industry, a legacy that endures today.
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The fitting collections from Villeroy & Boch impress with their high-quality materials and are ideal for exclusive bathrooms. Image Courtesy of Villeroy & Boch
In addition to elegantly designed ceramics, stylish furniture and practical accessories, Villeroy & Boch's bathroom range also includes elegant fittings. As with all the company's products, the extensive range offers durable quality and reliable functionality, ensuring long-lasting usability through high-quality materials and meticulous craftsmanship. Furthermore, the fittings are perfectly coordinated with the company's own bathroom collections in terms of design and functionality, with the Top-Together label, as presented by Villeroy & Boch, showcasing particularly harmonious combinations for architects and bathroom planners. A total of 13 fitting collections are available, offering a wide range of styles, sizes and shapes.
Tomorrow.Building World Congress (Barcelona, 5-7 November 2024) is the global event empowering the green and digital transition of buildings and urban infrastructures.
Held within the framework of Smart City Expo World Congress, it aims to catalyze a positive change in the way we plan, construct, renovate and operate buildings and urban infrastructures. We accelerate a shift in the built environment towards a circular and digitalized model that ensures efficiency, resilience and net zero cities.
The Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU) is launching its open, public call for the 13th edition, which will be held in Lima during the first week of December. Under the theme CLIMATES: Actions for Good Living, this call for submissions seeks to recognize projects that, in the spheres of architecture, urban planning and related disciplines, offer alternative and innovative solutions for inhabiting and caring for the planet.
Registration is open from 1 July and will close in the first week of September 2024. In this edition, the usual categories of the Biennial – Works, Professional Achievement, Publications, and Teaching
In the conception and development of its activities, the Fundació Mies van der Rohe aims to generate research and debate about modern and contemporary architecture in a manner that is open to paradigm changes, and particularly in relation to concepts which are fundamental today such as identity, social inclusion and all elements of sustainability.
In recognition of the architectural legacy of Lilly Reich, the artistic partner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the conception and execution of the German Pavilion of Barcelona in 1929, relegated to a second place, if not non-existent, in the story and memory of this masterpiece
In this competition jointly initiated by A8 Design Center, Wide Horizon Landscape Center, and Wide Horizon Wuhan Division, it is expected that through thetransformation of the existing municipal ramp bridge and the design of the landscape structure connected to it, after the municipal traffic function of the ramp bridge is cancelled in the future, it can be converted into an aerial urban greenway in the large park system, and further through the vertical traffic line of the landscape structure, a connection between the urban elevated greenway interface and the ground park can be formed. With the elevated bridge park and the landscape structure as anchor nodes, a flexible conversion and connection from the rapid urban traffic interface to the ground park system can be achieved, creating a user-friendly activity space, and becoming a display interface for the city's riverside expressway.
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UN-Habitat’s “Inclusive Communities, Thriving Cities” Programme invites professional and emerging artists worldwide to participate in a digital art competition on the theme “My Urban Vision”. The participants are invited to use their creativity to inspire change, leveraging their voices and vision for an inclusive and sustainable urban future.
Participation is free of charge and the submission deadline is 31 July 2024.
Under the theme of ‘My Urban Vision’, the competition invites artists to submit digitally created artwork that reflect their vision for an inclusive and sustainable urban future.
The participant must choose one of the categories for the competition:
In the past ten years across the globe, temperatures have broken records of heat consecutively bringing one heat wave after the other. The effects of these heatwaves have been felt particularly strongly in the Gulf region which was already known to hold extremely high temperatures in the summer months.
The people of Bahrain would traditionally move to the desert areas of the south during the winter months and back to coastal areas or closer to inland water sources during the hot summer months, this extended to various occupations as well, with agricultural workers, craftspeople, and traders frequently relocating to
Flexibility is the buzzword of our time, confronting us in all aspects and challenging both us and our spaces on a daily basis. Today’s living and working environments are defined by fluid and adaptable layouts rather than rigid structures—from the urban multifunctional home to the variable open-plan office that operates as agilely as our work philosophy.
Real-time rendering has revolutionized the world of architectural visualization, allowing designers to explore their ideas like never before. That's why we are proud to announce theEnscape 4 All Real-Time Rendering Awards, where we will honor the best real-time renders of the year.
