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Construction begins on Luton SEN school expansion adding 120 places
Construction is under way on a £24.5 million second site for Woodlands Secondary School in Luton, after a groundbreaking event at Kestrel Way. The expansion is intended to add as…
Rudee Park design advances toward construction documents in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach presented an updated design-progress report for Rudee Park to City Council on October 20, 2026, moving the waterfront project from an approved master-plan concept toward coordinated construction documents….
Espace Riopelle opens in Quebec City with visible storage and conservation spaces
Espace Riopelle – Michael Audain Pavilion has entered its opening sequence at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. A media event with a ribbon cutting is scheduled for 21…
MOCA GA’s permanent home opens in Atlanta with purpose-built collection care
MOCA GA opens its permanent Atlanta home, bringing five galleries, archives, research space and purpose-built collection storage into one facility.
Oxford Street Goes Traffic-Free as London Reorganises Access and Deliveries
Oxford Street will begin excluding through traffic from almost a kilometre of its central shopping frontage on 26 October 2026. The section between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street will…
Makkah Hotel Acquisition Sets Up a Phased Development Programme
Indonesia’s Danantara has announced completion of its Makkah hospitality acquisition. Its 19 October statement places the hotel handover on 11 August and completion of the land purchase on 18 October,…
Verified architecture and design competitions, including open calls, briefs, deadlines, entry requirements and competition transparency.
21th Cosentino Design Challenge
The 21th Cosentino Design Challenge is an international student competition with two parallel categories: architecture and design. The architecture brief…
URBAN AIR MOBILITY TERMINAL OF NEW YORK
Organizer: Design Unlimited. Eligibility: students and young architects worldwide; 1–5 entrants, at least one aged 18–40. Fee: USD 79/99/119 per…
2026-2027 ASHRAE High School Design Competition
Organizer: ASHRAE Student Activities Committee. Eligibility: teams of 1–5 students aged 13–18. Fee: not stated. Cash prizes: USD 1,800 total…
The International Architecture Awards 2027
Organizer: The Chicago Athenaeum, The European Centre, and Metropolitan Arts Press. Eligibility: international architects and firms; projects designed or built…
Re:Paris Prize
Organizer: Van Alen Institute. Eligibility: United States–based civic-design practitioners. Fee: not stated. Prize: US$35,000. Registration: no separate advance stage. Submission:…
2027 Concrete Masonry Competition
Organizer: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Eligibility: students from specified ACSA member schools in the United States, Canada…
ArchUp Perspectives
The Camel Never Walks Back: A Lesson in Architecture, Integrity, and Timing
"The Camel Never Walks Back" is a sharply woven editorial reflecting on the current architectural absurdities sweeping across some regions, particularly in the Gulf. It opens with a reflective encounter, then dives into a cultural…
Architecture, design, art and construction events worldwide, from exhibitions and conferences to biennales, festivals and trade fairs.
Architecture Festival Zürich 2026: Materials, Cinema and the Built Environment
Architecture Festival Zürich takes place 4–8 November 2026, exploring building materials through films, workshops, discussions and the free ARCH Market.
Bangkok Art Biennale
The fifth edition of the Bangkok Art Biennale will take place from October 29, 2026, to February 28, 2027, across historic temples,…
Biennale ELEKTRA 2026
The 8th edition of Biennale ELEKTRA, an international digital art festival in Montreal, will take place from October 15 to November 15,…
Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art 2026
The 18th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, titled “To pass from one dream to another,” takes place from September 19 to December…
Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2026
The 8th Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB 2026) will take place from September 9 to November 30, 2026, with its main opening week…
Greenbuild International Conference + Expo 2026
The Greenbuild International Conference + Expo 2026 will take place from October 20–23, 2026, at the Javits Center in New York City….
معرض البناء السعودي 2026
ستُقام الدورة السادسة والثلاثون من معرض البناء السعودي 2026 في الفترة من 2 إلى 5 نوفمبر 2026، في مركز الرياض الدولي للمؤتمرات والمعارض بمدينة الرياض، المملكة العربية السعودية….
Casablanca International Biennale 2027
The 6th Casablanca International Biennale will take place from December 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027, with this edition exceptionally relocating to the coastal city of Essaouira, Morocco….
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Hanamurasaki: How a 125-Year-Old Ryokan Absorbs Contemporary Design
Hanamurasaki renews a 125-year ryokan tradition through phased interiors, low furniture, art and material craft without erasing its rituals.
Cersaie 2026: Six Tile Shifts That Change Specification, Not Just Style
Six ceramic directions from Cersaie 2026, read through colour, relief, stone effects, large formats, installation and maintenance.
Surf Road House: Turning Coastal Elevation Into an Arrival Sequence
Coughlin Scheel Architects expands a Fire Island house that survived Hurricane Sandy, using elevation, cedar screens and layered circulation as…
820 Ebony/Jet: When Workplace Identity Was Built Into Every Floor
Inside Chicago’s former Ebony and Jet headquarters, colour, pattern and circulation formed an eleven-floor workplace identity now preserved through photography.
Tilt-and-Turn Windows: Why a Better Mechanism Still Needs a Better Wall
A practical reading of tilt-and-turn windows: hardware, ventilation, screens, installation and the spatial reasons adoption remains uneven.
The Yard Theatre: Making a Temporary Venue Permanent Without Erasing Its Past
Takero Shimazaki Architects expands The Yard Theatre through retained brickwork, a curved 224-seat auditorium and visibly reused materials.
Stop! Seating Turns Road Barriers Into Social Infrastructure
Studio Martins Mezulis and 13_0663_tsx turn Dutch safety-barrier language into visible benches and stools for public gathering.
A Glass Kitchen and Curved Cabinetry Reorganise a Turin Apartment
A Turin apartment separates cooking with glass, conceals circulation within curved cabinetry and turns bedroom furniture into technical infrastructure.
Piedra Bay House: Thresholds Between Shade, Pool and Coast
Piedra Bay House uses a protected entrance, planted thresholds and a pool court to organise privacy, shade and movement in…
Outdoor Furniture: Designing for Movement, Shade and Storage
Eight outdoor designs reveal how shade, swivelling, rocking and folding change the space around furniture, from everyday use to cleaning…
The Service Ended. Why Is the Architecture Still Here?
When a service changes, what should happen to its architecture? An analysis of retained value, adaptive reuse, care and the…
What Is a View Worth?
What makes a view valuable in homes, hotels and offices? An architectural analysis of visual quality, price evidence, privacy and…
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Curated themes and independent contributions from across ArchUp.
External ContributionLove on a Drawing: What We Saw When Arab Drama Entered the Architecture OfficeDr. Azhar Fatiha
External ContributionThe Clock Tower Before the Clockibrahim joharji
External Contribution2005: My Graduation Research on a Site That Became Part of the Grand Mosque Courtyardsibrahim joharji✦ ArchUp Overview
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