The World Architecture Festival that takes place in Barcelona every fall has announced today that the major themes for this year’s edition will focus on “making a difference” and “responding…
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The September issue of Architect Magazine has devoted its pages to the practice of emergency architecture through a series of articles, interviews and infographics that highlights different approaches to disaster…
For those who were disheartened at the news of Worldchanging’s closure late last year, fear not, Worldchanging is coming back better. The architectural nonprofit Architecture for Humanity (which we’ve talked…
You may already be familiar with TYIN Tegnestue, the nonprofit architecture practice that works with architecture students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), on humanitarian and sustainable…
Nerea, top left, at the final review of 3rd year design studio, student housing project for KIST campus Last week we caught up with one of last year’s students who…
The prestigious bi-annual INDEX: Award has announced the five winners of the world’s largest monetary prize in design, one of which–in the “Home” category–is architect Alejandro Aravena’s ELEMENTAL Monterrey project,…
Originally featured in Metropolis back in January, and their first major project receiving wide acclaim, MASS Design Group is a (pending) not-for-profit design firm founded by six students at Harvard’s…
The field of development-oriented architecture and design is a young yet booming area of practice, fueled by an increasing awareness of global problems and the drive to solve them through…
For those working on reconstruction in Haiti, researching buildings for aid or simply studying vernacular architecture, here is a great resource created by the building designer and landscape architect Patti…
Right on the heels of the $300 House initiative, the Indian company that brought us the world’s cheapest car has unveiled its design for a $720 flatpack home for India’s…
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