Next Monday February 4th at 7pm, the COAC will host an open lecture by architect Verónica Sánchez as part of our masters program. Sánchez is an expert in water sanitation…
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Did you know there were plenty of examples of earthen architecture right here in Europe? Next Monday December 3rd, the COAC (Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya) will be hosting the…
We came across this article in the Solutions Journal on the role and responsibility of architects in disaster risk management written by several experts in the field, including two of…
Announced just last week, the winners of the 2012 Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction are a secondary school project in Gando, Burkina Faso, a community center project in São Paulo,…
Make sure to check out the new issue of Architectural Record magazine, specifically focused on Building for Social Change and including pro-bono collaborations, public interest design and humanitarian projects in…
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…
Disaster Risk Reduction in the Informal City by Cristina Castelao | Supervisor: Raquel Colacios Informal construction is the bulk of construction worldwide. However, in the curricula of the Schools of…