Architecture Events
The best of the year's architecture events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Design Institute of Australia launches inaugural awards
Bates Smart scoops Best Place at inaugural Design Institute of Australia Awards with an acute medical services building, the Gandel Wing at Cabrini Malvern
By Shawn Adams • Last updated
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What's in store for 2021 Exhibit Columbus in Indiana
The 2021 edition of Exhibit Columbus, the Indiana city's annual architecture festival is about to open its doors, promising site specific installations, debates and exploration on ‘middle America'
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Meet the RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2021 winners
We reveal winners from across the globe that scooped a gong at the RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2021
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Championing slow architecture with Manea Kella
Casa Popeea, a hotel in Romania, is a recent competion of London-based architecture studio Manea Kella and represents the practice’s take on slow architecture; a movement that favours crafts, simplicity, locality and sustainable architecture
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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What have we learned from Scotland's Architecture Fringe?
The fifth edition of Scotland’s Architecture Fringe launched this summer, with more happenings to follow later in the year; but with its its inaugural events wrapped up, what have we learned from the festival about our urban environment? We catch up with co-founder and co-director Andy Summers to find out
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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What to see and do at the 2021 London Festival of Architecture
Blending physical and digital events, the 2021 London Festival of Architecture has kicked off
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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City Benches competition winners announced in London
From a giant teacup to a blue wave made of sustainable materials, the 2021 London Festival of Architecture announces the winners for its annual City Benches competition
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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What to see around Venice during the Architecture Biennale
The curated show by Hashim Sarkis and the National Pavilions at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale are complemented by more events across town. Here, we pick three installations, which celebrate community and sustainability
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Tour the 2021 National Pavilions at Venice Architecture Biennale
Stuck at home? We got you. Our virtual tour of the 2021 National Pavilions at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will help transport you to the avant-garde of contemporary architecture from across the globe
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Better Shelter creates sustainable housing for refugees displaced by climate crisis
Social enterprise Better Shelter creates sustainable housing for emergencies, delivering modular homes in flat packages that can be rapidly assembled without the need for tools or electricity
By Hannah Silver • Last updated
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British mosques explored: 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale preview
Previewing the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, we catch up with Shahed Saleem, one of the curators at the Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project. Titled ‘Three British Mosques', this exciting collaboration between La Biennale di Venezia and London's Victoria & Albert Museum focuses on adapted mosque spaces in London
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Artist Christopher Carter draws on his house for his latest show in Fort Lauderdale
A new house in North Wynwood containing Christopher Carter's studio, exhibition space and eco-friendly personal home and created in collaboration with architect Gary Williams becomes the subject of the Miami-based artist's latest exhibition at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Stefano Boeri will curate Salone del Mobile 2021
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has been announced as the curator of the 2021 edition of Salone del Mobile (September 5-10 2021)
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Germane Barnes wins Wheelwright Prize 2021 at Harvard GSD
Germane Barnes has been awarded the 2021 Wheelwright Prize, with a research thesis exploring the ‘non-white contribution to Roman and Italian architecture'
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Architecture colours defining yesterday, today and tomorrow
‘Colour Memories’, a new exhibition by London’s Museum of Architecture, takes a look at the colours inspiring architects through time and personal experience
By Hannah Silver • Last updated
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Globalisation, urbanity, the pandemic and more explored at MAAT Lisbon show
A new exhibition at MAAT Lisbon, ‘X is Not a Small Country – Unravelling the Post-Global Era’, curated by Aric Chen with Martina Muzi, explores globalisation, urbanity, the pandemic and more
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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A walking tour of Venice through art and design
Ahead of the Venice Architecture Biennale (which starts on 22 May 2021), discover Venice by walking through its best art and design locations, with a specially-curated tour led by local creative entrepreneurs
By Maria Cristina Didero • Last updated
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Are these London's best home improvements of the year?
The 2021 shortlist for the coveted ‘Don't Move, Improve' competition in London has been revealed and demonstrates a playful twist to home improvements
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Memphis inspires maximalist exhibition space in Hangzhou
PIG Design creates a fun, Memphis Group-inspired experience in this new private exhibition space in Hangzhou, China
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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London Festival of Architecture announces simple and compelling 2021 theme
The theme for the 2021 London Festival of Architecture has been announced and it is centred around ‘Care'
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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BCKJ Architects wins the Royal Academy's 2020 Dorfman Award
Chinese studio BCKJ Architects has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Royal Academy Dorfman Award for Architecture
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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A Bangladeshi community building by Anna Heringer wins Obel Award 2020
German architect Anna Heringer's Anandaloy project in rural Bangladesh scoops the prestigious Obel Award for 2020
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Copenhagen exhibition explores the work of Indian architect Anupama Kundoo
‘The Architect's Studio: Anupama Kundoo' – a dedicated show on the Indian architect's work – opens at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Sir David Adjaye is presented with 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Sir David Adjaye OBE has been presented with the prestigous RIBA 2021 Royal Gold Medal, one of the architecture world's highest accolades
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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OMA unveils multi-functional exhibition centre in Toulouse
MEETT – the new OMA-designed Exhibition and Convention Centre in France – bridges architecture, infrastructure, urbanism, landscape and public space
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Exploring Frank Lloyd Wright's early career and architectural identity
A new exhibition on Frank Lloyd Wright at the Elmhurst Art Museum, titled ‘Wright before the ‘Lloyd'', explores the celebrated architect's early career and trajectory as he defined and built his, now well-known, architectural identity
By Audrey Henderson • Last updated
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Togo arts centre reopens with show that honours the West African country’s capital
After five months of closure, the Togo arts centre Palais de Lomé – recently redesigned by Archipat, Segond-Guyon and Sara Consult – announces plans to reopen ahead of an architecture and urban planning exhibition launch in late September
By Ijeoma Ndukwe • Last updated