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Celebrate World Architecture Day all over the world!
United States Architecture News - Oct 05, 2015 - 09:44 5498 views
Sir Robert Matthew UIA Prize 2014: Municipalite metropolitaine de Seoul (Republique de Coree). image courtesy of UIA.
Today is World Architecture Day-5 October 2015 and The International Union of Architects (UIA), representing the world’s 1.3 million architects, has announced the theme of World Architecture Day: Architecture, Building, Climate. UIA members, working bodies and partners will mobilize on 5 October to promote actions and solutions that apply the enormous power of architecture and urban design in coping with global climate change, one of the greatest challenges of our time. In addition, according to the latest UIA news, among UIA members, some of them informed them of the celebration of the WAD in their countries: Australia in Sydney opera House and Costa Rica. UIA is also preparing a mini web site devoted to UIA members contributions to Climate change mitigation.
image via Sydney Architecture Festival
Bennelong Point
Sydney 2000
Hear also how Australian architects are making a difference here and around the world - experiencing massive growth thanks to rapid urbanisation in our region. Consider the words of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 15 September 2015:
"China's rapid urbanisation has led to 80 Australian architectural studios opening up in china, with a further 220 Australian firms winning work. A good example is Cox Rayner Architects which recently won a competition to design china’s 290m national maritime museum - beating a field of 80 of the worlds leading design firms in Tianjin".
Help us map and share how Australian architects are engaged and embedded around the world – embraced for our unique multicultural outlook on life, and with a reputation as highly skilled design professionals able to work in collaboration with governments, financiers, agencies and organizations in every context.
And what better way to close the morning than with the announcement of the 2015 Architects Medallion? A real statement on the future of architecture through the eye of the next generation of architects.
Speakers: Kim Herforth Neilsen (3XN), Dario Spralja (PTW), Joe Agius (Cox Architecture), Zoey Chen (Hassell), Ross Donaldson (Woods Bagot), Matthew Blair (BVN)
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The recycled shipping containers were sourced from the Pacific Port of Caldera in Costa Rica. image courtesy of Benjamin Garcia Saxe.
As part of the celebration of International Day of Architecture, College of Architects of Costa Rica will have a special week that combine innovative and traditional activities for the guild. The week of celebration will begin with the conference theme "Architecture, construction and climate: commitments and solutions" by Ing Karolina Hernandez, the renowned American company Solar Energy International (SEI). Hernandez will be in the country to provide advice on the use of renewable energies.
As part of the official activities, the College enabled an exclusive space for architects and students can present their artwork and leverage the platform to promote their talent. Rome is one of the invited towns. The weeklong celebration will be attended by representatives of the College of Architects of Rome, OAR - Ordine degli Architetti Di Roma and the Italian Embassy, ??who will participate with work samples and share their experiences.
The Roman exhibition will be shown in "The Making Of (A New) Rome", developed in the Italian city and delicately installed in Costa Rica. The work will remain on display throughout the week. The College of Architects include on its agenda various tributes to former presidents and architects featured for his career and will end with a trade activity of choice of some members of the Board of Directors on Saturday 10 October.
image courtesy of UIA
International conference in Paris "Architecture, the climate of the future"