Make City Festival

22/06/2022

When Piet Mondrian drafted architectural plans for a hypothetical room.

22/06/2022

Transforming Housing: A Sustainable Approach
with Anne Lacaton / Lacaton & Vassal
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urbanNext interviews Anne Lacaton on the advantages of transforming rather than demolishing from an economical and sustainable point of view, and on the work of Lacaton&Vassal in transforming housing.
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Watch this interview at urbannext.net/transforming-housing/
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Interview by Marta Bugés & Ricardo Devesa.
Filmed by Chiara Cesareo.
Edited by Sara Traba.

20/06/2022

The 2022 EU Mies Award exhibition tours through Europe now - continuing its vital mission to communicate excellence in architecture and 'Baukultur' - the culture of building.. It was a great privilege to have been part of the jury this year!

26/04/2022

26/04/2022

Grafton's amazing design that radically elevates and democratises learning and that fuses 2 programs - a dance school and a library. Open, light, spatially so diverse; a watershed for new directions in higher education in the UK!

26/04/2022

A cooperatively designed first building by Lacol which has also succeeded in shifting housing policy in Barcelona!

31/03/2022

Dear Friends of architecture and colleagues in architecture!

To those interested in diversifying the profession ... Come on board - with DiVIA - Diversity in Architecture ().
This is a new Bi-annual award for women practitioners, founded in Germany by Dr Ursula Schwitalla (art historian and author of Women in Architecture) and Christiane Fath, and putting out feelers for nominees worldwide with an illustrious advisory board. With Francesca Ferguson as one of the trustees, we hope to help co-create the discourse that will accompany the award - together with some wonderful compatriots - along the way...
So do take a look, become a member, and - should you be in town - join us on April 6th in Berlin, at the DAZ to toast the next stage in DiVIA’s development!

16/03/2022

Congratulations to Francis Kéré, 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize! Born in Gando, Burkina Faso and based in Berlin, Germany, the architect empowers and transforms communities through the process of architecture. (Portrait by Lars Borges.)

11/03/2022