First Copenhagen Architecture Biennial Opens With the Theme “Slow Down”

Copenhagen, Denmark – Aug 10, 2024: People relaxing at waterside of Inner Harbor and public art sculpture at Søren Kierkegaards Plads. Image © TasfotoNL via Shutterstock The first edition of the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial opens today and runs until October 19, transforming the city into a platform for architectural dialogue and exchange. Organised by CAFx … Read more

Choreographing Space: Architecture and Dance as Interdisciplinary Practices

Dance House Helsinki / JKMM Architects + ILO architects. Image © Tuomas Uusheimo “Dance, dance… otherwise we are lost.” This oft-cited phrase by Pina Bausch encapsulates not only the urgency of movement, but its capacity to reveal space itself. In her choreographies, space is never a neutral backdrop, it becomes a partner, an obstacle, a … Read more

UNESCO Culminates the Restoration Program of the City of Mosul, Iraq

Al-Saa’a Convent after restoration. Image Courtesy of UNESCO / Abdullah Rashid From 2014 to 2019, Daesh (ISIS) occupied and controlled territory in Iraq and Syria, including the northern city of Mosul. UNESCO estimates that 80% of Mosul’s historic town was destroyed during this period, which led to one of the most ambitious reconstruction campaigns in … Read more

Christian de Portzamparc to Receive the 2026 Créateurs Design Awards Lifetime Achievement Award

Suzhou Bay Grand Theater / Christian de Portzamparc. Image © Feng Shao Christian de Portzamparc has been announced as the recipient of the 2026 Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award by the Créateurs Design Awards (CDA). The recognition honors his influence on architecture and urban planning, situating him among a lineage of practitioners whose work has … Read more

Teaching Empathy: New Approaches to Architecture Education in Latin America

Construction group for the Circo-lô at the IDE Association, in Botucatu | SP. Photo: Tomaz Lotufo Historically, the first universities in the contemporary model were established in Europe to educate elites for the State and the Church, rather than to promote social emancipation. With the rise of capitalism, they became privileged centers for producing and … Read more