Architecture Events
The best of the year's architecture events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Black Creativity in architecture celebrated in Chicago exhibition
New exhibition in Chicago is centred on honouring Black Creativity in architecture through the ages
By Audrey Henderson Published
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Palm Springs Modernism Week 2023: architects reveal desert’s best-kept secrets
As Palm Springs Modernism Week 2023 unfolds, we’ve spoken to architects and designers participating in the festivities to pick their brains about the desert city’s hidden gems
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Architecture Drawing Prize 2022 awarded to rich visualisation that challenges stereotypes
The Architecture Drawing Prize 2022 has been awarded to Samuel Wen and Michael Ren for their hybrid artwork, 'Fitzroy Food Institute'
By Martha Elliott Published
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‘Ole Scheeren: Spaces of Life’ celebrates ‘form follows fiction’ in architecture
‘Ole Scheeren: Spaces of Life’, a comprehensive look into the work of the German architect, opens at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Roll up! It‘s the Faro Modernist Weekend’s inaugural edition
Faro Modernist Weekend, a festival dedicated to mid-century architectural delights in the Portugal’s Algarve, has just launched its first iteration
By Stacy Suaya Last updated
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Celebrating supermodels: the oft-unsung heroes of architecture
Piercy & Company’s ‘Supermodels’ exhibition has just launched in London's Kings Cross, celebrating the art of miniature building
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘Long Life, Low Energy’ at RIBA celebrates sustainable architecture strategies
RIBA’s ‘Long Life, Low Energy’ exhibition opens, highlighting sustainable architecture strategies at their best
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Meet the collectives looking beyond the built environment at Chicago Architecture Biennial
The word ‘collective’ crops up quite a lot at this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial. More and more, architecture studios are defining themselves as collectives in recognition of the important collaborative and multi-disciplinary work that goes on. A collective implies democracy, team-work and group vision. Collective thinking is also a growing part of the architecture and design process, particularly at this biennial, where the definition of architecture moves beyond its own practice and out into the real world, involving communities, policy-makers and planners.
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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London Festival of Architecture 2017: the top 20 exhibitions and events
this year centred on the theme of ‘memory’. From starchitects to fledgling studios, housing estates to derelict buildings, the festival will take you somewhere in the city you’ve never ventured before. Here, we whittle down the impressive schedule of over 450 events to our pick of the top 20 highlights from across the British capital...
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Don't Move, Improve! competition announces 2020 winners
The London-wide competition Don't Move, Improve! – which celebrates the humble art of home improvement – has just announced its 2020 winners, with architects Proctor & Shaw scooping the top gong
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC lead major redesign of Olympia London
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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To market, to market: the Irish Pavilion pitches up in Venice
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Haworth Tompkins gives a glass-and-steel update to the brutalist Chichester Festival Theatre
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Last call: make the most of the London Festival of Architecture’s closing events
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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V&A pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale to explore the legacy of Robin Hood Gardens
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Young architects tasked to rethink Russia’s abandoned industrial sites in Kazan
For the second Russian Architecture Biennale for Young Architects, curator Sergei Tchoban, architect and founder of the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin, looked out into Russia’s post-industrial landscape and challenged Russian architects under 35 to propose some new solutions for a former faucet factory and a grain elevator near Kazan
By Elissaveta Brandon Last updated
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Chance de Silva’s curved concrete volume shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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André Lurçat-designed school in France scoops 2018 WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Meet Forensic Architecture, the architectural nominees of the 2018 Turner Prize shortlist
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Global affair: Time Space Existence returns to Venice Architecture Biennale
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Liddicoat & Goldhill’s Makers House shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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The largest ever survey of David Adjaye’s work opens in Munich
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Tonkin Liu’s Yorkshire house inspired by a shed joins the RIBA House of the Year shortlist
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Tikari Works’ subterranean city escape shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2019
Commended by the judges for its warm interiors, concise material palette and refined joinery, the Pocket House shows how intelligent planning and commitment to quality can combat any restriction
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Rest assured: LOT’s Flatiron installation encourages New Yorkers to relax
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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New York’s architecture film festival kicks off with an ode to Bauhaus visionary Moholy-Nagy
The five-day Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to New York City for its 11th edition, bringing its design-focused lens to the silver sceen
By Siska Lyssens Last updated
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This American life: Lisson Gallery opens a spacious new outpost in New York
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated