World Architecture Day 2018 UIA Poster Competition

On Monday, 1 October 2018, people everywhere will celebrate World Architecture Day 2018. Countries all around the globe will highlight the importance of architecture through events, exhibits, lectures and other activities, for the profession and the public.

The International Union of Architects (UIA), the only global organisation representing the world's 3.2 million architects, is sponsoring this poster design competition to promote World Architecture Day. The winning design will become the unifying visual identity for programmes and activities throughout the world.

World Architecture Day 2018 marks the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the UIA, which was established in 1948 to unite architects

Istanbul’s Futuristic KCTV Telecom Tower Nears Completion

Construction continues on the undulating, futuristic 365 meter-tall Küçük Çamlıca TV (KCTV) Tower which is designed by MELIKE ALTINISIK ARCHITECTS in Istanbul, Turkey. The new telecommunications tower will replace several drab structures currently in use and support an estimated 125 broadcasting transmitters—becoming the tallest edifice in the city.

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City / NORD Architects

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Nirvana Home / AGi Architects

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  • Architects: AGi Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  panoramah!®, Faveton, Gunni&Trentino
  • Professionals: AGi architects

MAR- MARLET 1 / Lagula arquitectes

MAR- MARLET 1 / Lagula arquitectes - Historic Preservation
© Adrià Goula

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  • Architects: Lagula arquitectes
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1389
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Lecumberri

Home in High Latitude / hyperSity architects

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Haerbin, China
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  28
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Nippon, VMZINC

Residence 414 / Charged Voids

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Panchkula, India
  • Architects: Charged Voids
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  450
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Aura Illumination, Bansal Sanitations, City hardware, Gupta plywood, Harihar Granites, +3

Layering Courtyard in Beijing / ARCHSTUDIO

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Beijing, China
  • Architects: ARCHSTUDIO
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  530
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Professionals: Tianhua Dong

The Tetrisception / Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio

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New Delhi, India

New Pastoralism Lecture Hall / SYN Architects China

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Snøhetta Designs Energy-Positive Lakeside Hotel in the Arctic Circle

Snøhetta has unveiled its design for "Svart," a hotel for sustainable tourism company Arctic Adventure of Norway. Located within the Arctic Circle, on the edge of Norway's Holandsfjorden fjord at the base of the Svartisen glacier, the building is designed to the "Powerhouse" building standard, a system developed by Snøhetta and a group of collaborators for creating energy-positive sustainable buildings.

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Drone Photographs of Bogotá's Grand Architecture Show the "Unedited" Side of the City

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Colombian graphic designer and creative director Camilo Monzón's Instagram account is not your average catalog of Bogotá's iconic architecture. 

Camilo explains that his particular way of capturing the city arose while he tried out his drone. "I realized that the tiles from nearby buildings showed me an unedited side of Bogotá that should be revealed and shown to everyone," he said in a conversation with ArchDaily en Español. "I think of it as rediscovering the city."

Amar de Lima Restaurant / BARCLAY&CROUSSE Architecture

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Distrito de Chorrillos, Peru
  • Architects: Barclay & Crousse
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  633
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  GRAPHISOFT, SHIHUAHUACO

BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati Reveal Design for One of Singapore's Tallest Buildings

BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati Reveal Design for One of Singapore's Tallest Buildings - Office Buildings, Facade, Cityscape
© BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group & VMW

Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati have broken ground on 88 Market Street, a new skyscraper at the heart of Singapore's business district. Transforming a site which was previously occupied by a parking structure from the 1980s, the 280-meter-tall building will include plentiful greenery both on its facades and internally. Inside, the building will include offices, 299 serviced residential units, and ancillary retail space.

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ABAL House-Studio / Benítez González Arquitectos

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Granada, Spain
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  130
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Cortizo, Reveton, Weber

75 Valentines for Architects and (Architecture) Lovers

Spread the love! These 75 architecture valentines—handmade by ArchDaily readers from around the world—were chosen out of nearly 400 submissions. 

The message that we wrote last year is so important that we'll say it again: ArchDaily's mission is to improve the quality of life of the world's inhabitants by publishing content for architects, designers, and decision-makers. We also realize how important tolerance, acceptance, and love are to the process of building a better world. So, from us to you, and from your fellow readers to the world, may you feel a wealth of love on this Valentine's Day. <3

How To Invest in Your Online Presence to Help Grow Your Design Business

We live in a world that spends more time online than outside. And as architects and designers, we invest in creating a more engaging world by means of enhancing life through our buildings. However, through a perhaps unique form of tunnel vision, we are missing an incredible opportunity to leverage alternative mediums to impact more people through our design businesses.

Here are 5 ways to utilize your creativity to produce unique content that will help enhance your impact on the world of design, and in turn, push you and your design business forward:

Residence Chiar di Luna / Monica Alejandra Mellace

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Polignano a Mare, Italy

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