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Saving our Planet, the forth industrial Revolution at Ecomondo 2018
Antonello Magliozzi • Nov 5, 2018 • 541
Environmental protection and circular economy are key words of the current Italian cultural and political scene. The effects of climate changes, environmental disasters, collapses of territories that we live and see so devastated are indeed national emergencies on the order of the day. Nowadays storms are scourging Italy, from Trentino to North of Piemonte, from Liguria to Veneto, South Italy included, are determining victims and damages estimated in billions of euro, representing the umpteenth alarm bell, a fact less and less extraordinary. An emergency that does not only concern a near future, but a tangible present. An urgency that certainly today requires fast solutions to protect and safeguard the territory and human lives, but which m (...)
New Generations Festival 2018: Building the Atlas will explore three main themes in Warsaw
WA Contents • Oct 9, 2018 • 1560
The fifth edition of the New Generations Festival is set to open in Warsaw, Poland, with the theme of "Building the Atlas". A project by the Cultural Association New Generations, organised and curated by The City of Warsaw, Gianpiero Venturini of Itinerant Office and Katarzyna Dorda, will take place in Warsaw this November 15th-17th, 2018.The event is supported with the patronage of Oddział Warszawski Stowarzyszenia Architektów Polskich, Narodowy Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki and Mazowiecka Okręgowa Izba Architektów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.
Set architects' Bologna Shoah Memorial. Image © Simone BossiThe festival will be one of the first events hosted at the new ZODIAK Warsaw Architecture Pavilion. The facility will serve (...)
Harvard's Symposium Will Seek New Policies and Tools to Benefit Global Slums This Fall
WA Contents • Sep 11, 2018 • 1699
There are very few signs that slums will transition out of the urban landscape in the foreseeable future. Even after more than one and a half centuries of policy interventions, starting from efforts to address the effects of industrialization in Europe, slums persist in almost every geography on the planet.
Slums are not only visible in the Global South, but are reappearing in old and new manifestations in the Global North. Their persistence can be linked to a number of political and economic failures to effectively address poverty and inequality, distorted land markets, and systemic social exclusion. These failures are, in turn, rooted in the very way policymakers, global media, and intellectuals conceptualize and represent how, wh (...)
Harvard Graduate School of Design announced its 2018 Public Programs
WA Contents • Sep 8, 2018 • 1585
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced its 2018 Public Programs. The full Fall 2018 public program can be viewed on the GSD’s events calendar. Please visit the GSD’s homepage to sign up to receive periodic emails about the School’s public programs, exhibitions, and other news. Past Harvard GSD events can be viewed on the School’s YouTube channel. All events are free and open to the public.
Wheelwright Prize Lecture: Anna Puigjaner, "Kitchen Stories"September 11
Anna Puigjaner is an architect, editor and researcher. Co-founder of the architectural office MAIO, which works on spatial systems that allow theoretical and practical positions converge. Her project on kitchenless cities has been finalist of the Rolex Me (...)
Getting ready for the international exhibition Cersaie 2018
Francesca Cuoghi • Sep 5, 2018 • 1335
Every year the international exhibition Cersaie takes place in Bologna at the end of September (Sept. 24 - 28). The programme of the venue is rich in lectures of well-known architects and designers that are invited to illustrate a topic.
The international meeting with surface design and bathroom furnishings new trends. 5 days during which international companies meet architects, designers, contractors and retailers and show the new trends in ceramic surfaces, wallpapers, wood flooring, marble and bathroom furnishings.
Cersaie is the foremost international event for designers of ceramic and other surface coverings and bathroom furnishings. The show’s importance is demonstrated by the presence of more than 111,000 attendees, hal (...)
Future Facades will be discussed in a summit in Dubai on 23-25 September
WA Contents • Sep 4, 2018 • 1861
Windows Doors & Facades Event will discuss "Future Façades" at the Middle East Facades Summit 2018 at Dubai World Trade Centre on 23-25 September, 2018, the Summit will be part of a broad, free to attend and CPD-Certified educational program delivered by top industry leaders.
Future Façades will celebrate life. The summit in Dubai shows how this year's theme "Future forward: Revolutionizing the next Generation Facades", the Middle East Facades Summit 2018 will unveil the future look of our cities.
Facades have a tremendous impact on our cities’ appearance. Today we know that they also have a measurable impact on our emotional wellbeing. With fresh data and new technology available, the look and feel of buildings is s (...)
Archisections: Architecture And Ecological Urbanization Summit Of The Year in Istanbul
WA Contents • Aug 30, 2018 • 1944
Archisections: Architecture And Ecological Urbanization Summit will be held on October 18-19 at Çırağan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference, titled "Infinite Grades of Green & Blue in Architecture", will explore the theme "The Greener, Bluer Ecological Construction and Breathe Nature in Cities!" at this year's summit.
The conference come forward as an important event to underline Istanbul, the title of creative city approved by Unesco. At the Archisections conference, from urban design to structural architecture with featuring presentations aiming to find solutions to problems in an international architectural platform where we can feel the power of nature in our lives. Also we will look for an answer to a ques (...)
The Architecture of the Future Trends will be discussed in Ukraine for the First Time
WA Contents • Aug 27, 2018 • 2998
Architecture of the Future Conference, the biggest architecture conference in Eastern Europe, will bring together authorities, architects, engineers, developers, media to discuss the "architecture of the future trends" in Kyiv, Ukraine for the first time.
The conference will seek to change the city through the development of advanced technologies and the creation of iconic projects with key speakers and leaders, including Jan Knikker, Partner at MVRDV, Andreas Klok Pedersen, Partner at BIG, Julian Weyer, Owner of C.F. Moller Architects, Lukasz Platkowski, Principal, Design Director at Gensler, Harry Ibbs, Head of BIM at Zaha Hadid Architects and many more.
The Architecture of the Future Conference will be held on October 4-5 (...)
The Eurasian Prize - Architecture and Design Festival 2018
WA Contents • Aug 11, 2018 • 2341
The Eurasian Prize 2018 is calling for entries from architects, designers, companies and design students from all around the world for this year's prize.
French architect Odile Decq, David Basulto - Architect, Founder and currently CEO of ArchDaily, Rossana Orlandi - founder and director of one of Europe’s most important design galleries, Paolo Bleve - founder Il Foglio del Mobile and Chris Wilkinson - founder and director of WilkinsonEyre are among the judges and more will be announced soon.
Entries are submitted for the professional competitions Urban Development, Architecture, Design until September 10, 2018 and for the Student Competition deadline is September 25, 2018. Entry fees differ based on the competitio (...)
Talk - Architecture and Society Series: Reclaiming India through its Art Forms
Tanya Khanna • Aug 7, 2018 • 2270
Talk - Architecture and Society Series. 37th Edition: Reclaiming India through its Art Forms: Coomaraswamy and his Writings
Venue: Amaltas Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New DelhiTimings: August 16, 2018 - 7 PM onwardsRSVP here
GREHA invites you all to be a part of the 37th Edition of its "Architecture and Society" series talk. GREHA is a society for research on environmental development, habitat design and architecture. It seeks to promote the cause of good design in collaboration with Epistle Communications, their communications & outreach partner.
The speaker for the 37th Edition of 'Architecture and Society' talk series is Priyanka Jha, an Assistant Professor in Ambedkar University, New Delhi. She i (...)