29.1.06

Fourth European Prize For Urban Public Space 2006

After awarding the first three prizes in 2000, 2002 and 2004, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris), The Architecture Foundation (London), the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Rotterdam) and Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna) are pleased to announce the Fourth European Prize for Urban Public Space, which will be awarded insummer 2006.

The authors and/or public authorities responsible for interventions aimed at creating and/or improving urban public spaces in Europe between the years 2004 and 2006 interested in competing for the prize should submit their entries to the CCCB before 15 March 2006.

• Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB, Barcelona)
• Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW, Vienna)
• Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris)
• Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Nai, Rotterdam)
• The Architecture Foundation (AF, Londres)

Contact:

• urban@cccb.org
• tel:+34 93 306 4100

Reception of documentation, weekdays 09h00 to 16h00 at

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
General register
Montalegre 5 - E 08001
Spain

—via Dominique Tomasov, AIA (Barcelona)

Posted at 15:57 CET

 

ARCHCAIRO 2006

21-23 February 2006, Cairo: ARCHCAIRO 2006: Appropriating Architecture, Taming Urbanism in the Decades of Transformation

Conference Themes:

Appropriate and Appropriating architecture for existing and new settings/communities

Architectural criticism: appropriating current and emerging architectural and planning streams of thoughts and theory

Environmental systems: appropriating buildings, components and settings Building technology tools and techniques, appropriate and appropriating

Community and Urban Design, contextuality and appropriate approaches, references, criteria and determinants

Appropriating planning management and development of urban settings and resources

Additional Events:

Architecture and products of the younger architects: 1988-2004

The 3rd student competition

Architectural and art book fair

The construction industry

Architectural and Engineering design support center, selected work

Posted at 10:20 CET

 

24.1.06

Tsunami Housing Design Work

France Section member Marga Jann, AIA announces an exhibition of design work for Sri Lanka. The work by the students of the Colombo School of Architecture and University of Moratuwa, in conjunction with their professors, is being shown at the Colombo School of Architecture. Details about the 30 January opening are presented in the the invitation (PDF).

Posted at 16:09 CET