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Exhibitions, workshops, competitions, initiatives, crowdfunding - everything you need to know about the world of architecture and sustainability.
08-08-2022 - Events
Festival des Architectures Vives 2022, Impermanence
The Festival des Architectures Vives in Montpellier, one of the highlights for lovers of ephemeral urban installations that have enlivened the French city and its rich architectural heritage since 2006, was dedicated to impermanence. The 16th edition took place under the banner of the awareness that everything is unstable and nothing immutable.
05-08-2022 - Events
2022 Architecture Drawing Prize: 5 more weeks to enter
The Architecture Drawing Prize was launched in 2017 by Make Architects, Sir John Soane's Museum and the World Architecture Festival. The prize, sponsored by the Iris Ceramica Group this year with Floornature as European media partner, was established to celebrate architectural design; the deadline for submissions is 9 September 2022.
20-07-2022 - Events
Kimmel Eshkolot Architects at the Tower of David Museum
Israeli studio Kimmel Eshkolot Architects presents its work on creation of National Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl (2018) in the new exhibition "Designing Memory" which opened a few weeks ago at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem. The exhibition also features the work of the finalists for the Dedalo Minosse International Prize, offering a broad overview of important architectural projects by studios all over the world.
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27-01-2021 - Events
GROW by Daan Roosegaarde, the beauty of agriculture
Dutch artist, Daan Roosegaarde’s latest artwork called GROW pays tribute to the beauty and importance of agriculture. Art that scientifically uses light to achieve two goals curbing the use of pesticides and raising awareness about crop growing, something so many of us are unaware of.
19-01-2021 - Events
2021 Architecture Biennale, the Nordic Pavilion as experimental cohousing
After the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale was postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, participants are now starting to share a few more details. The Nordic Pavilion, curated by the National Museum of Norway with architects Helen & Hard will respond to this year’s theme of “How will we live together?” with the exhibition “What We Share. A model for cohousing”.
05-01-2021 - Events
Experiencing art online. The Tate initiatives.
Despite Brexit, and with no need to leave home, we can enjoy the many virtual initiatives of the Tate art museums in the United Kingdom. Because the online offer of many museums, triggered by the pandemic, offers many ways of experiencing art that were unthinkable a year ago.
29-12-2020 - Events
5th edition of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention
Registration for submissions to the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention opened a few days ago. This biennial contest addresses professionals who work in the field of architectural heritage, an area that is becoming increasingly relevant, also in terms of sustainability.
11-12-2020 - Events
Light and alabaster on show in Volterra
The Arnioni installation in Piazza dei Priori, the central square of Volterra, Tuscany, famous all over the world for its alabaster, is the end result of a masterly union between the stone that made the city’s fortune and light. So, the city has ushered in this Christmas season with alabaster and the opening of VOLTERRA/LUMINA, launching a series of initiatives to symbolise rebirth and creativity as part of the city’s candidacy as Italian Capital of Culture 2022.
17-11-2020 - Events
Crafts NOW: 2nd edition, this time online
Crafts NOW, the conference on crafts organized as part of the fourteenth edition of Barcelona Design Week, will be presented online this year. The use of plastics will be discussed on 18 November 2020, and the intention is to initiate discussion on innovation around this controversial material.
