Introduction My friends and I have very little time to chat because we work overtime every day. What’s important is that my friends and I don’t want to live like this. We want a place with certain standards; i.e. with enough equipment and a bathroom […]
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“Cleveland – Alternatives to the Present” Conference on Architecture, Urbanism, Sociology, Development & Planning_Deadline for Abstracts: 5th June 2018
Where: Kent State University, Cleveland When: 01-02 November 2018 Deadline for abstracts: 05 June 2018. To download form and more info: http://architecturemps.com/cleveland/ Context: Alternatives to the Present…… The New Urban Agenda of the United Nations presents itself as a blueprint for governments globally. Through it, UN-Habitat […]

Ute Schneider “Designing Flexibility” – Wednesday 14th February, 18:00, Robin Evans Room (M416)
Lecture organised by Alessandra Cianchetta and Juan Pinyol, MArch DS24 studio leaders and tutors When: Wednesday, 14th February, 18:00 Where: Robin Evans Room, M416, Marylebone Campus Ute Schneider studied architecture and urban planning at the technical universities of Constance, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Delft. During her […]

Call for Papers: RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Cardiff University, 28-31 August 2018 – Deadline for Abstracts: 9th February
Elusive landscapes of ‘design’ in the city Session convenors: Gabriele Schliwa (University of Manchester) and Robert Cowley (King’s College London) Although design was historically associated with the form of industrial and commercial products (and with the professional field of ‘urban design’), processes of ‘design thinking’ […]

Premier: “A Story of Dreams” film about Jaime Lerner – RIBA, 17th October, 19:00-21:00
On Tuesday 17th October, RIBA will host a European premiere of “A Story of Dreams”, film on Jaime Lerner’s groundbreaking work as a mayor of Brazilian city of Curitiba. Jaime Lerner is a community architect and transformational city leader who believes ordinary people, with their […]

Habitat: Applying the Lessons of Vernacular Architecture to our Changing Planet – Wednesday 11th October, 18:00-20:00, The Hogg Lecture Theatre, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster
Please join us for the second session in the series of HABITAT events which are taking place in New York, London, Brussels, Milan, COP23, Bonn, Paris, Abu Dhabi and Novosibirsk, aimed to explore global socio-economic and cultural potentials of technology development and transfer. The culmination […]