An arms race is on in the worlds of computation and architectural fabrication research. Robots with increasingly large, fast, and powerful capabilities are available and can produce outputs with military-grade precision. The assumption is that, through the use of these advanced tools, architects will advance the production of outputs — but can these tools be developed with traditional forms of human engagement still in mind? Robots are not particularly adaptive. They do not integrate changes with ease — at least, not yet. Humans, on the other hand, exhibit great capacity for adaptation but lack the precision of robots. How could

The iconic national headquarters of National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), formerly the Bacardi Buildings Complex, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2018. YoungArts acquired the landmark tower and museum buildings in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus, transforming it into a multidisciplinary arts institution while preserving its beloved structures. In celebration of this prestigious designation, YoungArts is opening its campus to tours, during which visitors can learn more about the unique architectural, historical and cultural significance of the buildings, and its adaptive reuse as

An evening of inspirational talks from women who are designing differently. Whether that's combining design and another discipline, or using design to create social and environmental impact, or changing the design landscape for future generations.

At this International Women’s Day event we want to challenge stereotypes, broaden perceptions and celebrate women's achievements. Join us, and be inspired.

What

A weeknight event where we’ll hear from women carving out alternative and impactful careers in design, architecture and the built environment. The evening will be interactive, with brainstorming and networking.

How

We’ll use fast-paced presentations to drive discussion about the role of designers in a changing world,

Videos

ZAHA is an Arabic word meaning clear, pure, beautiful, to blossom and to flow in all degrees like the nature does and have a language and a form which emerges as the most beautiful and the attractive one.

In this competition you are not allowed to use any right angles, just as the name suggests the clear and pure form, the lines and the form should flow marvelously.

Your imagination should travel in all the degrees but surely meet at one where the journey of the lines becomes a form which is a total bliss.

Publication: Top 20 winners will be published

We are happy to announce the first open international competition “Smart Garden” in the field of architecture and landscape design.

The competition is aimed at supporting the new ideas in the field of landscape design and developing of the innovative technologies in creating a “smart” eco-garden that will improve urban environment.

Participants should propose a garden that would embody the best ideas for landscape design and be energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and beautiful for people.

An international jury will evaluate the works. The winners will get the possibility to demonstrate their works during the IX Festival of Gardens and Flowers in Moscow

This 12 day design and construction workshop at the AA School in London, teaches a design process which synthesises computational design tools and materials with natural variability such as bamboo, informed though first-hand experience of the material and 1:1 scale bamboo construction.

We need to look at new sustainable, locally available natural materials for construction, and architects need to respond to this challenge and develop new processes to work with natural materials which ensure structural integrity and affordability.

The AA-ITB Bamboo Lab is a collaborative programme of the AA Visiting School and the Institut Teknologi Bandung which explores the fusion

MiG Prize 2020

The Context
The Michel Gelrubin Architecture Prize is designed to bring out new talents by giving
students an opportunity for international recognition.
The collaboration of famous architects and designers such as Jean Nouvel, Ora Ito, Philippe Maidenberg, Daniel Bismut, Kobi Karp, Jean Michel Wilmotte, Daniel Libeskind, Eran Neuman, Dafna Matok and Roy Kozlovaky inspires and motivates students to present their projects to these great names involved in contemporary architecture.

Open internationally, the Prize is awarded annually to honor students whose work
demonstrates a combination of vision and talent in the art of architecture and planning.

Founded in 2013 by Leslie and Samuel Gelrubin

Interested in building with Cross Laminated Timber, but unsure where to start?

Kaiser+Path designed, built and developed the tallest CLT building in America and they are revealing their entire process on the new website BuildingCarbon12.com in an effort to inspire others to use CLT —​ a material that is at least as strong and fire-resistant as concrete, more sustainable, and less polluting. Join Carbon12 architects as they reveal the ‘secret sauce’ for building with mass timber.

The presentation will include:

• Architectural and environmental benefits of mass timber
• Key challenges and how to avoid them
• Construction efficiencies and financial upsides

Whether we are passionate about our work or just want to earn a living; whether we work for ourselves or for someone we’ll never meet; whether we work with our hands, our heart, or our mind; whether we work sitting down, standing up, inside, outside, during the day, at night, in a business suit or in a boiler suit: work plays a central role in all our lives.

In France, the service sector now accounts for more than 76% of jobs, compared to just 40% in the early 1960s. Agriculture and industry mechanized, then automated. Construction is likely to become automated

SFERA 2020: BIOURBANISM is an international conference on building better cities using knowledge about the natural world around us.

SFERA 2020: BIOURBANISM is a conference in Tel Aviv that will bring together international innovators – urbanists, biologists, architects, programmers and designers, – to discuss how we can build better cities using knowledge about the natural world around us.

Not only is Tel Aviv an urban gem, but the inspiration for its unique design comes from nature. A biologist by education, Patrick Geddes was a revolutionary urban planner who incorporated ideas from natural sciences in Tel Aviv’s tree-laden boulevards, countless public gardens, and

Ideasforward it is an international platform for competitions that aims to connect ideas from different areas of society in order to help transform cities and make them increasingly self-sustaining, efficient and green.
We are looking for innovative ideas and new ways of thinking.
In a global emergency period, it is increasingly important that we think global.
This is the space
Here, you can try and experiment, everything is possible!

AIM OF THE COMPETITION - 24H
A place where the time limit is used to stimulate your creativity.
This contest aims to present 24-hour architectural responses to the problems affecting cities today and consecutively the world, with

The Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) of Abu Dhabi invites you to participate in a global creative ideas competition to improve outdoor thermal comfort in public spaces by mitigating the impact of the Urban Heat Island Effect in the city. The competition is open to all; but is specifically looking for designers, architects, engineers, landscape architects, material scientists, educators, researchers, students, artists and/or inter-disciplinary teams from across the globe, to contribute. The winning entries will represent the most original and innovative ideas that attempt to reduce Heat Island Effect in a prototypical urban site in Abu Dhabi through design

AT THE 17th ARCHITECTURE VENICE BIENNALE SUMMER SCHOOL IN CURATORIAL STUDIES VENICE OPEN CALL
3rd June – 1st September 2020
The School for Curatorial Studies is an ambitious and challenging project promoted since 2004 and conceived as a school committed to experimentation and interdisciplinary thinking. The main goals are to spread the knowledge in the field of visual arts and to introduce the students to the professions related to the art world, focusing on contemporary curatorial theory and practice and contemporary museology.
The School’s activities are meant for all those interested and passionate in art, graduated students or professionals who want to deepen

European Architecture Student Assembly (EASA) is an international voluntary network of architecture students, whose goal is the free exchange of ideas and to cultivate more radical architectural practices.
We are now happy to announce an Open Call for anyone interested taking part in the summer school as a participant or a tutor of a workshop.
The main output of EASA is the annual summer school, where workshops, lectures and seminars dissect the central theme chosen for the specific assembly. It is a platform for 600 architecture students and young professionals to question architecture, experiment and play with space and discuss the future

THE PREMISE

While meeting the German chancellor Angela Merkel who is arguably one of the world's most powerful women, Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari made the above statement in response to a journalist’s question. Rather than dwell over Mr Buhari’s response, this competition of ideas aims to esteem the kitchen's essential function which supplies food and life to both sexes even if one seems derided.

Furthermore, the esteeming of the Kitchen runs a commentary on the future of the home: how the Kitchen is the last bastion of surviving rooms in the dying notion of a home because of the

GRAFT and Marianne Birthler announce a second round of Graft Travel Grants
All Details and application forms >>> www.graftlab.com/fellowship

2018 marked the 28th anniversary of the fall of the inner German border wall and the point at which the Wall had been gone for exactly as long as it had existed. GRAFT and Marianne Birthler, the curators of the German Pavilion at the 16th Architecture Biennale in Venice, took this parallel as an opportunity to explore the topic of “UNBUILDING WALLS”. Following on from the exhibition and the issues it raised, the curators announced two Travel Grants with a value of 3000

The Developer Collective’s inaugural Developer Pitch event will be launched on 26th February 2020 at The Building Society in central London.

The Developer Pitch, in association with The Double Unit PR, is a chance for architects, investors and developers to present their ideas and help get their project off the ground.

The event comprises seven pitches from a range of built environment professionals. Each pitcher will be given three minutes to present their idea to a panel of distinguished judges and an audience of potential partners.

Developer Collective co-founder Gus Zogolovitch said:

“On the tech scene,

The International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture (ISPA) is happy to announce the keynote speakers confirmed thus far at its 5th Biennial conference, Public Space: the Real and the Ideal, set to take place from the 2nd to the 5th of August 2020 at Monte Verità, Switzerland.

Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University)
Chantal Mouffe (University of Westminster)
Sarah Whiting (Harvard University; WW Architecture)
Sven-Olov Wallenstein (Södertörn University)
Margaret Crawford (UC Berkeley)

Given the significant scholarly interest around the work of each one of our keynotes, we have decided to grant a two-week extension for those who wish to participate on their account. The final