New Generations Festival Rome, Architects

New Generations Festival – Architects VS Rest of the World

The events of human life, whether public or private, are so intimately linked to architecture that most observers can reconstruct nations or individuals in all the truth of their habits from the remains of their monuments or from their domestic relics.

Doors Open Days 2017 Scotland: Scottish Buildings

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Creative Laboratories

To celebrate the launch of Doors Open Days 2017 and its own 50th anniversary, the Scottish Civic Trust has invited writers, artists, architects, academics and members of the public to nominate their favourite Scottish door.

Scottish Architecture News Summer 2017 Archive

Arisaig House Scotland

Scottish buildings news Summer 2017 archive – To celebrate the launch of Doors Open Days 2017 and its own 50th anniversary, the Scottish Civic Trust has invited people to nominate their favourite Scottish door.

Chicago Architecture Biennial Public Programming

James Welling Chicago, 2016-2017

Chicago Architecture Biennial public programming for 2017 – performances, talks, forums and film screenings. This architectural event runs September 16, 2017 through January 7, 2018, with Preview Days on September 14 and 15, 2017.

Surface & Materials Show 2017 at NEC Birmingham

Surface & Materials Show 2017 at NEC Birmingham

A key theme emerging from exhibitors at this year’s Surface & Materials show at NEC Birmingham is hyper-nature, or high-performance wall coverings with aesthetics influenced by the natural world – advanced laminates with anti-fingerprint finishes, or hygienic, mould-resistant panels

La Madeleine Architecture Festival, Montpellier

La Madeleine Architecture Festival

A colourful project using 2500 plastic bricks designed by Atelier Microméga wins 2017 Festival des Architectures Vives of Montpellier jury’s special mention. The French architectural festival’s theme was ‘Emotion’. This playful structure is just three metres cubed in size.

AIA American Institute of Architects News

Seychelles Natural Landscape

AIA news – “Architecture can have great impact on meeting climate challenges, as we well know. But this is just one of the pressing issues on which architects can make a difference. We can—and must—do more.” says American Institute of Architects 2017 President Thomas Vonier.

Chicago Architecture Biennial Special Projects 2017

James Welling Chicago, 2016-2017

Chicago Architecture Biennial Special Projects: a SO-IL and Ana Prvački collaboration, a Francois Perrin installation, Gerard & Kelly performances at Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House; James Welling photos and at the City Gallery. “Make New History” starts September 16.

Knowledge sharing Surface & Materials Show 2017

Knowledge Sharing at the Surface and Materials Show 2017

The must-visit show for specifiers returns to NEC Birmingham, October 10-12 2017. A dynamic and issue-based education and discussion programme will take place in the Surface & Materials Show innovation hub at NEC Birmingham, October 10-12
A wide choice of relevant seminars, plus a key programme on building safety will also run on the main stage at UKCW, the multiplex of nine shows under one roof

A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards 2017

Material Explorations and Material Tectonics Chile’s Atacama Desert and Edinburgh City by Naomi Rubbra

Paschalis Kyrtsopoulis scooped the RIAS Rowand Anderson Silver Medal for best Fifth Year Student for a bold, vigorous and dynamic proposal for a Scottish Youth Parliament and Ministry for Education.

London Festival of Architecture 2017: LFA

London: Design Capital buildings image from LFA

London Festival of Architecture news – the show is over but many events continue. This architectural festival showcases London as a city rich in memories drawn from all over the world. Events include Wolfgang Weileder: Laban Transferred and The Cass Summer Show.

Storefront IS Hong Kong Events

Storefront IS Hong Kong Event

Storefront for Art and Architecture, in partnership with the Hong-Kong based DESIGN TRUST (an initiative of the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design) presents Storefront International Series: Hong Kong (Storefront IS Hong Kong), a three-day series of events that discuss contested issues in contested sites across the city.

Women in Architecture, Construction Gender Equality

Jane Duncan RIBA Women in Architecture event

Time for change was the call at a conference organised by the University of Huddersfield’s School of Art, Design and Architecture. The Women in Architecture conference highlighted difficulties facing women succeeding in architecture and called for equality to be acknowledged and actively encouraged.