The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is a center for research, education, production, and outreach, with the mission of envisioning the future habitat of our society and building it in the present.
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021 exhibition has a £27,000 prize fund and is open to entry by all who make drawings in the UK and internationally.
The National Library of Korea is holding an International Design Competition for the National Library of Korea Data Preservation Center for 90 days beginning on April 29th.
Vistas of el Pantà de Sau from the Mirador De Vilanova De Sau
El Pantà de Sau is one of the most prominent features of its kind across the whole of Spain. The valley in which it lies was home to the small village of Sant Romà de Sau which is now submerged beneath the reservoir, apart from the Church steeple, which is still visible when the water level is low. The reservoir is one of many that provides water for Catalonia’s Capital city, Barcelona and is therefore of huge importance to the area.
A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation: Uniting Design, Economics, and Policy (Publication Date: May 20, 2021) edited by Carolyn Kousky, Billy Fleming, and Alan M. Berger, identifies a bold new research and policy agenda for coastal adaptation and provides implementable options to help protect coastal communities against increased risk while preserving their economic value, natural environments, and cultural values.
In today's climate, energy and how we use it is a primary concern in the design of built spaces. Buildings currently contribute nearly 40% to global carbon emissions and with a projected growth of 230 billion square meters in construction before the end of 2060, the focus on construction decarbonization efforts should be paramount.
Around six years after the decision was made to renovate the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin (New National Gallery in Berlin), the completed design is soon to reopen to the public. The extensive renovations, which were planned and implemented by David Chipperfield Architects, utilized product design brand Dornbracht for the interior fittings. These iconic fittings combined the iconic modern style of the gallery's architecture with Dornbracht's unique design language, which is equally reduced in form.
Do you speak Architecture? We are surrounded by architecture – constantly. How can we extend the conversation? The way we communicate is changing. Which role can we play?
Eero Saarinen’s iconic Flight Center for Trans World Airlines (TWA) 20-year revitalization process charted changing attitudes to mid-century modern architecture and the sustainable regeneration of obsolete transportation buildings. The design approach integrated contemporary technology and programmatic requirements while carefully restoring the landmarked structure.
Architects, landscape architects, and planning professionals have been working with GIS data for many years to great success in Vectorworks’ BIM workflows. Much of this work has involved georeferenced Shapefiles (SHP), Drawing Interchange Formats (DXF), and image files (JGW, BPW, TFW, etc.). Though georeferencing makes sense as a solution for aligning GIS data in a BIM environment, users did not immediately expect that it would also be the solution to maintaining accurate positioning of site CAD and BIM files within the project. This article will describe how users are finding success by incorporating georeferencing in Vectorworks Landmark to better collaborate with the external and internal project participants.
In order to start integrating embodied carbon studies into projects to meet sustainability goals, it is important to consider many factors such as carbon (kgCO2e) values, and what typical ranges of values to be aware of when designing for embodied carbon reduction. This e-book presents an overview of how to start integrating embodied carbon studies in your projects.
Business France reveals a beautiful delegation of 10 French designers and manufacturers eager to partner with North America based interior design professionals
Borders are spaces of transition—thresholds between areas with different characteristics. Whether political and imposed through human agency, or natural and made manifest through geographical features, borders have been, are, and will continue to be a staging ground for civilization’s greatest challenges. As urbanization pushes human activity towards Earth’s hinterlands, and existential threats such as—but not limited to—nationalism, warfare and climate change make geopolitical agreements more precarious, how we choose to choreograph and intersect these liminal spaces will reveal much about our priorities.
DI 2021 stands for Design and Innovation in 2021. This competition is open to both conceptual proposals, as well as realized projects by young designers, entrepreneurs and tech professionals worldwide. The goal of DI 2021 is to identify promising projects and/or start-up ideas that offer innovative solutions to complex problems. DI 2021 is about finding and celebrating talent that blurs boundaries between design, tech, architecture and business.
studio • mOOO online workshop scholarships 2021/22
mOOO offers the first online workshop scholarships to proactive individuals who seek to explore the architecture boundaries with a relentless curiosity in the fields of Digital Design and Research and Narrative-driven Design and Research.
