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Join MAS on Wednesday, July 13, at 5:30 PM as we explore photographer Melissa O’Shaughnessy’s new exhibition The Sidewalk Ballet. The photography collection is the most recent exhibition at the Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman Digital Gallery. Melissa will be in conversation with MAS President, Elizabeth Goldstein. The pair will discuss Melissa’s process of documenting people as they move around New York City’s built environment and how the exhibition embodies the vitality that pedestrians bring to the city’s urban space.

At the CreativeDays Symposium there are outstanding lectures by international designers, architects and thinkers who talk about sustainable design, smart solutions and the challenges of the conurbations for the future of cities.

Is your local school a community hub?
Could it offer more to students, families, and community members as critical neighbourhood infrastructure?
How can we improve the design of school facilities and extend their use to enhance community connection, wellbeing and resilience?

On behalf of the Ministry of Culture, it is our pleasure to share with you one of the recent and most ambitious initiatives of the Albanian government: "Edition I" of the International Competition "Art in Public Spaces" for the year 2022.
The International Competition "Art in Public Spaces" invites Albanian and foreign artists to share and compete through their projects for 18 different public locations within the territory of the Republic of Albania. This call aims the artistic and urban requalification of the chosen spaces in order to give value to local identity by supporting the independent artistic scene through the spirit of fine arts education. It is central to our mission to involve the younger generations by creating a synergy between the location, the community and artists.
We hope that this initiative will engage not only independent stage artists, but also architects, urban planners, constructive-electrical engineers, etc.

The Taipei Design Award (TDA) 2022 is now open for entries. Our submission period is starting from today till July 15th, 2022.

Alea Urban Ecopoint Modules
New product design contest on Desall.com: Alea Ambiente is looking for a new design for its ecopoint dedicated to recycling containers for waste collection. The new ecopoints will have to be composed of a modular system of structures within which urban containers for separate waste collection can be inserted. It is important that the new design allows for integration with various contexts of installation and takes into account the principles of circular economy and environmental sustainability.

There's nothing like a climate crisis to sharpen the mind. But how strong is our resolve when it comes to a consistent and meaningful approach to sustainability in architecture and design? We attempt to put the world to rights with renowned offices BIG, Gensler, AHMM and Atelier Luma, taking the temperature on a very hot topic.

Camposaz 31:31 Garniga
wood self-construction workshop
The workshop will be held in Garniga (TN), in Trentino
from 23.07.2022 to 31.07.2022.
Registration by 24:00 on Saturday 30 June 2022.

Join us for a fascinating conversation exploring the process of curating a cultural narrative throughout architecture.

After the pandemic and empowered by the climate crisis, a new wave of natural living style far away from the overpopulated cities raised all around the world and generated a return to the countryside, giving a new hope to the rural areas. Following the participative restoration philosophy of Depo Pergamon Workshops, the Caravanserai Summer School 2022 will promote a new model of ecological restoration for rural architecture based on a circular sustainable principle: Sun, Water, Soil, Straw, Dung, and Wood. These natural materials will be used for reviving the vernacular construction techniques in the restoration and renovation of the mud plaster surfaces and the rammed earth pavements of an old architecture complex to be reuse as a new generation caravanserai, a worldwide forgotten typology during the XXI century. To complete the conservation of the preexisting buildings, the original wooden flooring, ceilings and furniture will also be restored. All the work will be led by experts in vernacular architecture and building techniques.

The Portland Museum of Art (the PMA), founded in 1882, is Maine’s largest and most visited art institution, and among the oldest museums in America. Located in the heart of downtown Portland, one of the country’s most beloved cities, the museum encompasses a full city block of historically and architecturally significant buildings. The PMA’s world-class collection includes more than 18,000 objects, including 19th-and-20th century American and European art, modern and contemporary art, and iconic works from Maine that highlight the rich artistic traditions of the state and its artists.

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Designregio Kortrijk is looking for 3 highly motivated and recently graduated designer-makers or creative artists to join in a regional residency program in Kortrijk, Belgium.

30 Crossing is the largest and most expensive project that the Arkansas Department of Transportation has ever undertaken. It affects many communities but has an enormous impact on the urban fabric of downtown Little Rock. This competition is intended to bring focus on how the interstate highway interacts with the city and provide visionary ideas which can influence, or affect, the future design of how our city responds to the highway.

The aim of this competition is to encourage students to brainstorm design solutions for issues that plague the world and mankind. The problem can be of any nature ranging from design problems to environmental problems. You have no constraints as to what you can design or redesign, it can be a product, a building, a space, a neighborhood, a city, or even a new type of technology.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today its Camp Taliesin West program will return this summer with an expanded lineup of architecture, science, engineering, art and photography camps, available for K-12 students both in-person at Taliesin West, the World Heritage Site in Scottsdale, as well as virtually through Zoom.

Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. opens its sixth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either new or past projects for a chance to win up to $10,000 USD.

After the Damages International Academy is announcing an international call: an initiative aimed at disseminating projects, strategies and achievements in the field of architecture, engineering, public management and application in the field, which were able to interpret the complex topic of emergency, prevention, management and risk mitigation.
The award will be held annually. This edition consists of 3 categories:
- completed and uncompleted projects and architectural works, which have improved their locations, promoting the areas and local communities (at territorial, urban and architectural scale);
- solutions for new tools and technologies for dissemination of knowledge and risk management, in the preventive and monitoring phase;
- research at universities or start-ups that have innovative value for prevention, during the emergency and after the event.

Porto Academy is the result of an enormous passion for architecture as a discipline. Porto Academy started in 2013 as a manifesto of pluralism and opportunity based on close tuition from a diverse range of architects, artists and curators. It is an alternative educational experience, unburdened by established rules or dogmas, where students learn first hand from the singular visions of practice exemplified by invited tutors.