"Edition I" of the International Competition "Art in Public Spaces" for the year 2022
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.
Impact area of the future pedestrian bridge in South Park, aerial photograph
Sofia Municipality - Department of Architecture and Urban Planning is announcing an open international competition under the Public Procurement Act for a conceptual design of a new pedestrian bridge over Byala Cherkva Street.
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia has announced a competition "Concept and Implementation of the Latvian Exposition at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale". The competition aims to select the most valuable concept of Latvia's exposition for the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, the best architectural solution, and the implementation proposal for the exhibition, as well as the curator and project team, which will represent the Latvian contemporary architecture or the Latvian architectural heritage at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The Latvian exposition is going to take place in Venice, in the historic premises of the Arsenale. Architects, designers, artists, creative interdisciplinary teams that are legal or natural persons or associations of persons are invited to participate in the competition. The selection process will be organised in two stages. The first three highest-ranked proposals for the concept and implementation of the Latvian exposition will be selected by the jury, and the highest-ranked winner will be invited to a negotiated procedure for the award of a procurement contract. The total budget of the Latvian pavilion shall not exceed EUR 94 000 (excluding VAT). The Ministry of Culture is responsible for covering all costs of the Latvian pavilion and providing the rental of the premises necessary for the pavilion's implementation at the Arsenale. The competition provides for a prize fund of EUR 4 000 (excluding VAT), where the 1st prize winner will receive EUR 2 000 (excluding VAT), while the 2nd place and 3rd place beneficiaries will each receive EUR 1 000 (excluding VAT). The applications submitted will be evaluated by the jury of the following members: Niklāvs Paegle, chair of the jury, architect, co-founder of the architectural studio “ĒTER”, co-curator of the Baltic Pavilion for the 15th Venice Biennale; Linda Leitāne, chair of the board of the Latvian Association of Architects, co-curator of the Latvian exposition at the 14th Venice Biennale; Elīna Lībiete, architect (architect’s office "NRJA"), co-curator of the Latvian exposition at the 17th Venice Biennale; Jānis Lejnieks, architect, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Latvijas Architektūra"; Ingūna Elere, designer, chair and leading designer of the Design Studio "H2E", professor at the Art Academy of Latvia. The 18th International Architecture Exhibition will take place from May 20th to November 26th,2023. The title of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 is The Laboratory of the Future. The curator and artistic director is Lesley Lokko, architect, academic, and novelist. The Regulations of the competition of the Latvian exposition at the Venice Architecture Biennale can be found on the website of the Ministry. Applicants can submit their proposals by 11 AM on 6 September, 2022. The proposals must be submitted in Latvian in person at the Ministry of Culture or sent by post. Latvia has participated at the Venice Architecture biennale since 2002 and will be represented at the Venice Architecture Biennale with a national pavilion for the tenth time next year. Latvia's pavilion “It's not for you! It's for the building” at the 17th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in 2021 was realised by the creative team of the architect’s office “NRJA” (No Rules Just Architecture). For more information on the 2022 Venice Architecture Biennale, visit the Venice Biennale website. Regulations of the competition (in Latvian): https://www.km.gov.lv/lv/media/25730/downloadhttps://www.eis.gov.lv/EKEIS/Supplier/Procurement/83974
NZCC project aims to mobilise universities in achiev- ing Net Zero Carbon Campuses by 2050 while simul- taneously creating a ripple effect into the communi- ties and businesses that will lead to positive changes within local communities and governments. This could be achieved by embedding net zero carbon expertise in teaching, learning, research and train- ing, and exploring the efficiency of net zero carbon technologies in university estates and operations culture and infrastructure
The challenge for the participants of this competition and the primary task and goal is to produce with their creative ideas a high quality concept design, which will communicate genius loci, sense of integrity, historical stratification, and awareness of the needs of the city’s modern functioning and living. This concept design should incorporate facades and a space that is "between", which connects, separates, directs, welcomes, and as such, completes a coherent, harmonious image of the entire urban structure of this extremely valuable part of the city.
SKYRISE 2022 invites you to explore new age disruptions in creating 21st century skyscrapers and to come up solutions that are no just visually breathtaking and iconic architectural marvel but a thoughtful leap in the future
Since the beginning of time Humans have been fascinated with gravity-defying megastructures that have dominated the skies leaving a mark for civilizations to come. From the Burj Khalifa to the Empire State building, skyscrapers have been rightly viewed as a strategy to engineer more sustainable cities by emphasizing compact urban spaces.
The growing obsession with visual documentation is giving us a chance to learn more about our architectural context. After we build, the Architecture rebuilds and frames our stories. Taking a photo of a building might be easy, but telling a story through it is pretty challenging!
Grosseto (italy) Competition_Via De' Barberi urban renovation through the realization of a greenway
The design competition is aimed to strengthen the connection of the historic center to the surrounding - which is here specifically represented by the Ombrone river - by means of an urban greenway to be conceived into/along/through via de Barberi. This greenway
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.
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is collaborating with the City of London Corporation, its cultural district Culture Mile, and Foundation for Future London to launch ‘Co-designing Equity in the Public Realm’, a new design competition. The competition will deliver one or more temporary public realm interventions in Smithfield and East London that collectively develop a deeper understanding of the public’s experience of streets and public spaces.
The Europa Minimal Frame, a new aluminum architectural system, was developed by the company's R&D Department as a high-performing sliding system, emphasizing functionality, design and aesthetics. Recently awarded the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022 in the Interior Design Elements category, the Minimal Frame aluminum system and its innovation, functionality and longevity present a number of benefits for designs which aspire to a minimalism that combines aesthetic simplicity and luxury.
Architecture has always played a key role in exhibitions. Museums, exhibitions, and expositions are not only cultural offerings, but are defined by space, by an exhibition itinerary that is able to surprise and fascinate the visitor who is drawn inside an active and inspiring experience.
For an exhibition, architecture is as fundamental as works of art, collections, and artifacts and their contents. The “Architecture for Exhibition” course has been created on these premises: its aim is to train professional designers who are able to materialize diverse artistic and museum experiences, enhancing the ever-changing story behind each cultural proposal. The students will acquire new skills in exhibition design and will move into a very prestigious environment – culture – which nowadays registers an increasing demand by the most critical and exclusive customers.
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.
The Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) will take place in Katowice, Poland from 26 to 30 June 2022. Held every two years, the World Urban Forum is the premier global conference on urbanization convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). It brings together a wide range of participants from around the world to discuss major urban challenges facing the world today.
