Escobedo will be the first woman to design a wing at The Met
Following a comprehensive international search, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Mexico City–based architect Frida Escobedo has been selected to realize the…
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The European Alliance of Academies condemns the war against Ukraine
The transnational alliance invites Ukrainian art academies to join and calls for dialogue with artists in Russia and Belarus. The European Alliance of…
The new MUNCH in Oslo opens
On 22 October at 5.00 pm the doors will open to the new MUNCH in Bjørvika, Oslo!. With eleven large exhibition halls on…
Nominees for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2022
This year’s Laureates – David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens – have provided us with new insights about the labour market and…
Robotically Fabricated Timber Pavilion at 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial
The product of a multi-year creative collaboration between Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and University of Michigan Taubman College, led by professors Tsz…
UNESCO’s socio-architectural reconstruction project for Mosul (Iraq) at 17thInternational Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
UNESCO, the Government of Iraq and the Ministry of Culture and Youth of United Arab Emirates, will present an exhibition on the ongoing…
The Cass of the City, University of London is renamed Bayes Business School
In July 2020, the Business School committed to changing its name after it was found that some of Sir John Cass’s wealth was obtained through…
UNESCO calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be considered a global public good
UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) have called for a change…
Reading Architecture: Architectural Guide Sub-Saharan Africa A book review with Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai
What does the built environment of Africa look like beyond slum huts or safari lodges? What characterizes the building activity on the continent…