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Call for Contributions: Deadline Extended for ‘Prototypes as Instruments for Critical Practice’ in Dimensions Journal
Extended Deadline: September 30, 2024 Details hereGuidelines for Authors The perspective on the notion of prototype assumed in this issue is deliberately broad including all facets of the architecture discipline and allied fields. It is inclusive of early-stage developments and more developed concepts – of demonstrators and mock-ups. Prototypes may encapsulate the complete work and the thinking […]
Global Workshop BCN | Building Ecologies: The five Elements
The Global Workshop: Building Ecologies: The 5 Elements, is a summer course offered by Rice Architecture and hosted by Escola d’Arquitectura La Salle – Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona (Spain). Through visits, talks, and hands-on activities, the students will become familiar with urban strategies and material cultures relating to architecture and ecology. This academic initiative is supported by Rice University Creative Ventures involving Rice Architecture, Rice University School of Engineering, La Salle School of Architecture, as well as local manufacturers and experts such as BEC industries, Ceramica Cumella, Suimco Materiales, S.L., Huguet & xmade, material and envelope design. The workshop integrates ecological principles into architectural design, fostering interdisciplinary cooperation and innovation in sustainable architecture.
Research Assistant/PhD student Opportunity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
School: Architecture School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Sha Tin, Hong Kong) Faculty: Prof. Wang Shuaizhong The research group of Assistant Professor Wang Shuaizhong at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, is seeking 1-2 Research Assistants. Professor Wang’s team specializes in the convergence of structural and architectural design, exploring […]
‘Critical Practice’ at ICSA2025
Is your work in practice breaking boundaries? After the successful first edition in Aalborg 2022, the forthcoming ICSA2025 will again host a Critical Practice track. It is framed as the avant-garde of knowledge and method creation in applied modes of working, such as applied research or research by design. Submissions are expected to be intimately […]
Colloqui.At.e 2024 Ar.Tec. Conference: “Architectural Engineering in Italy and Worldwide: comparing experiences”, June, 12-15, 2024, Palermo, Italy
Ar.Tec. Conference “Colloqui.At.e 2024 – Architectural Engineering in Italy and Worldwide: comparing experiences” will be held in Palermo, Sicily, IT, during 12-15 June 2024 (https://2024.artecweb.org/en/). Architectural Engineering has been recently identified as the discipline with the highest potential in the fight against climate change. It promotes the construction of sustainable, resilient, adaptive, and high-performance buildings, to meet the needs of increasingly evolving, sophisticated and cutting-edge users. In those countries […]
AM Perspectives 1
AM Perspectives: Research in additive manufacturing for architecture and construction AM Perspectives 1 is the first issue of a periodical centred on the presentation and discussion of emerging research in the field of Additive Manufacturing in Architecture and Construction. This issue results from a collaboration between the Landscapes, Heritage and Territory Laboratory, University of Minho […]