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Month: June 2023

Exploring Scarcity in Global South: Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 Announces Full List of Participants

© Rami Mansour | Sumaya Dabbagh A group of 31 architects, studios, and designers have been invited to participate in the Sharjah Architecture Triennial from 11 November to 10 March 2023. For its second edition, the Triennial aims to explore innovative design solutions emerging from conditions of scarcity in the Global South. The participants, representing …

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The Architect’s Studio Series at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Presents Work by Cave_bureau

Courtesy of Cave Bereau The final installment of The Architect’s Studio series at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art showcases the works of Cave_bureau, an architectural studio from Kenya. The exhibition explores the volcanic caves of Kenya, emphasizing the concept of “reversed futurism.” Cave_bureau believes that by studying the past, they can develop sustainable solutions …

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Architecture and Gender: Waiting Places, Spaces of Privilege

Image created in DALL-E by Lucas Reitz under the prompt: “an illustration of shopping mall sitting and waiting areas with couches and arm chair only occupied by white middle class men” Space as a gender adjacency and sexuality’s spatial dimension are recent themes in architecture. The case of the bathroom as a gender-regulating device is …

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Architects Must Resist the AI “Revolution”

The author’s pick for best international airport terminal, Eero Saarinen’s magnificent Dulles Airport. 1962 . Image Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons This article was originally published on Common Edge. Recently, I resolved that I wasn’t going to be drawn into the silly posturing about how ChatGPT would take the jobs of every experienced architect on earth …

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Design for Inclusivity at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023

Design for non-binary youth. Image © Tracy Lord The UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 is an invitation for architects from around the world to meet in Copenhagen July 2 – 6 to explore and communicate how architecture influences all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more than two years, the Science Track and …

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Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center / UAD

© Qiang Zhao architects: UADLocation: West of the Intersection of Jiulong Avenue and Longxi South Road, Yinhu New District, Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaProject Year: 2021Photographs: Qiang ZhaoPhotographs: Qingshan WuArea: 82360.0 m2 Read more »