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World Architecture Day 2026: A Platform for Architecture Still Being Written
On World Architecture Day 2026, ArchUp reflects on architecture as a living field of writing, evidence, housing, memory and urban responsibility.
AI-Generated 3D Models: The Gap Between Appearance and Fabrication
A university report published on October 1 has brought renewed attention to a practical problem in AI-assisted design: a convincing three-dimensional model may still be unsuitable for fabrication. MIT’s coverage…
US Construction Adds Jobs as Hiring Slows: What Architects and Contractors Should Watch
US construction employment increased by 11,000 in September 2026 while the economy added just 29,000 nonfarm jobs overall, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report released on October…
Bentonville Institute of Technology Breaks Ground on Former Walmart Site
Construction of the Bentonville Institute of Technology began on October 2, 2026, alongside the announcement of the institution’s name. The Arkansas campus, designed by BIG with Polk Stanley Wilcox as…
MIT Opens Metropolitan Warehouse as New Architecture and Planning Hub
MIT has opened the transformed Metropolitan Warehouse in Cambridge as a new home for architecture, planning, design research, and public programming.
BIG Breaks Ground on 175 Third Street Along Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal
BIG has marked the groundbreaking of 175 Third Street, a large mixed-use development planned along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group in collaboration with dencityworks, the project…
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5° Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Prize: Call for Submissions
BriefThe fifth cycle of the Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Prize examines how completed architecture supports shared urban life. Organized…
Open Call for Land·Ecological Art on Eulsukdo, Busan – We Pass, the Earth Endures
Competition BriefBusan Metropolitan City invites a site-specific work of land and ecological art for Eulsukdo, an island in the Nakdong…
Design Circle’s Art Gallery Competition
Competition BriefDesign Circle’s Art Gallery Competition invites proposals for a temporary contemporary art pavilion on the historic, unbuilt gallery foundations…
International Design Competition: Protective Shelter at Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho, State of Palestine
Competition overviewUNESCO’s International Design Competition: Protective Shelter at Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho, State of Palestine seeks a protective structure for Trench…
The Social Hub 2.0 – Reimagining Community Spaces
Competition overviewThe Social Hub 2.0 – Reimagining Community Spaces invites students to develop a socio-cultural project around the identity and…
Winter Stations
Competition BriefWinter Stations is accepting proposals for its 2027 theme, Monument, on Toronto’s waterfront. The call asks what contemporary communities…
ArchUp Perspectives
Le client is NOT roi
The argument this essay constructs is structurally a professional authority claim — which is not a disqualification, but the condition that must be named before the claim can be evaluated honestly. The inversion of Le…
Architecture, design, art and construction events worldwide, from exhibitions and conferences to biennales, festivals and trade fairs.
IDS Toronto 2027
Canada’s major contemporary design fair, combining interiors, furniture, lighting, materials, emerging designers and an accredited conference programme.
Light + Intelligent Building Middle East 2027
A Dubai trade event covering architectural lighting, electrical systems, building automation, integrated AV and intelligent-space technologies.
Ithra Design Week 2026 — Redesigning the Default
Ithra Design Week 2026 brings exhibitions, workshops, installations, talks and design challenges to Ithra in Dhahran under the theme Redesigning the Default.
Archtober 2026 — New York City Architecture and Design Festival
Archtober 2026 brings a month of architecture and design tours, exhibitions, talks and public programs across New York City under the theme…
glasstec 2026
An international trade fair and conference for glass technology, façades, architecture, construction and circular innovation.
Decorex International 2027
Decorex International 2027 is a prestigious international trade show dedicated to interior design, luxury decoration, and high-end interiors. The event brings together…
Frieze New York 2027
Frieze New York 2027 will take place from May 12 to 16, 2027, at The Shed in New York City. As a leading contemporary art fair, the event…
World Architecture Festival 2026
OverviewWorld Architecture Festival 2026 is one of the leading international events dedicated to architecture, design, and the built environment. The festival brings together architects, interior designers, developers, contractors,…
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Monobloc Chairs: How Stacking Changes a Shared Space
How the monobloc chair connects movable seating, compact storage and one-piece manufacturing, and where that efficiency meets the limits of…
Small Paintings, Large Wall: How Repetition Shapes Viewing
Paul Cox’s Diary series turns hundreds of small gouache paintings into a wall composition read through distance, sequence and attention.
Togo: How a Low Sofa Changes the Living Room
Michel Ducaroy’s Togo connects foam construction with a lower visual horizon, modular seating and the everyday organisation of the living…
Stuart Weitzman Hall: Teaching Between Old and New
At Penn, KieranTimberlake combines a historic building and a steel-framed addition to accommodate changing ways of teaching design.
Jamison 8.4: A Small Home Beyond Its Walls
Jamison 8.4 combines single-level living with extensive glazing. Its spatial capacity depends on the deck, orientation and the site around…
Comillas Seafront: Making Room for Sand and Everyday Use
Comillas reshapes its seafront through planting, permeable ground and dispersed seating, raising a practical question about how a coastal public…
DogTrot Magnetawan: A House That Changes with the Seasons
A timber cottage in Ontario uses a covered breezeway, prefabricated panels and seasonal occupation to negotiate the forested slope.
Terra Pavilion: Living Between the Earth and the Sky
Terra Pavilion separates private retreat and social life through two contrasting levels: a concrete floor embedded in the slope and…
The Anchor Desk Organizer: Making Room at the Edge
The Anchor explores the desk as a small spatial plan, using upright storage and low trays to organise its edge…
GLO! Wearable Art: Designing the Space Around the Body
An architectural reading of GLO! wearable art, examining how silhouette, movement, light and interaction shape the space around the body.
Dutchmoor Valley Guesthouse: Three Gables, Two Ways to Stay
Dutchmoor Valley Guesthouse in LaPorte, Indiana, distributes a 2,700-square-foot programme, approximately 251 m², across three gabled volumes. The familiar outline…
Casa Amona: A Courtyard House Designed for Changing Needs
Casa Amona combines a convertible ground-floor living room, an independent 45 m² workshop and a planted courtyard to accommodate changing…
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