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11 SEPTEMBER 2023 – “We must take urgent action if we are to prevent our being evicted by an uninhabitable planet,” said Cristina Gamboa, CEO of World Green Building Council (WorldGBC). “Yet while we may be running out of time, by no means are we running out of solutions.” From 11–15 September 2023, the network […]
7 SEPTEMBER 2023 – “Air pollution knows no borders, travelling thousands of kilometres, spreading contaminates with the wind. And the climate crisis is having devastating and growing impacts on every continent on Earth”, reads the message from United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2023. […]
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9 JUNE 2023 – Digital twin technologies have long captured the interest of heritage practitioners as a way to document historic sites, allowing researchers to preserve the wealth of knowledge in great detail and making it possible for further non-intrusive analysis for their protection or restoration—as well as maintaining people’s interest and pride in the […]
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22 MAY 2023 – [MEDIA PARTNER] The World Architecture Festival (WAF) and its sister awards programme, the Inside World Festival of Interiors (Inside) has extended the deadline for entries until Friday, 26 May 2023. Click here to enter the awards. Now in its 16th year, the awards programme is the largest live event of its […]
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8 MARCH 2023 – This year, International Women’s Day is carrying the tagline of Embrace Equity. Beyond equality, or giving the same opportunities for all, equity asks stakeholders to take a deeper look at specific needs that can level the field for disenfranchised groups of society. Many women in architecture and construction are facing multiple […]
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6 MARCH 2023 – China is a country that has experienced rapid urbanisation since the 1990s, with residential settlements often displacing industrial facilities that have grown out of relevance. Many such ‘relics’ are seen as waste and faces the possibility of demolition—an act that releases massive amounts of carbon to the atmosphere. But there is […]
3 MARCH 2023 – World Wildlife Day (WWD) is commemorated every year on March 3 as a United Nations International Day, with the aim to acknowledge the contribution that wild animals and plants make to our lives, as well as the health of the planet. “We are seeing unprecedented drops in wild populations of both […]
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22 NOVEMBER 2022 – The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded last week, but it was no easy feat—the discussions reportedly exceeded over 36 hours past its scheduled end on Friday, 18 November. Participating countries were able to reach a “breakthrough agreement” to provide […]
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7 NOVEMBER 2022 – Expected to gather representatives from 196 countries, some 45,000 people and 120 world leaders, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened this Sunday, November 6 2022 in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt—and this year’s convention has been dubbed the […]
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