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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2 NOVEMBER 2022 – Changing climate patterns and increased severity/frequency of extreme weather events are affecting people around the world. As an example, Jorge Chapa, Head of Market Transformation, Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) said: “In Australia, many of the communities who fought bushfires in 2019 are today inundated with floods. The climate is changing, […]
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3 OCTOBER 2022 – The first Monday in October is commemorated as World Architecture Day—established by the International Union of Architects to coincide every year with United Nations’ World Habitat Day. This is meant to drive home the point that the practice of architecture is interlinked with habitats, manmade and natural. The theme for World […]
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11 AUGUST 2022 – On 1 August, 2022, the Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) World City Prize Lecture and Forum saw the presentations made by representatives of the LKY World City Prize 2020 Laureate, the City of Vienna, and the Special Mention cities of Antwerp, Boston and Lisbon, respectively. Four cities, 1 common tale? A “tale […]
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7 JULY 2022 – Come celebrate 7.7 and the launch of our latest magazine, FuturArc Volume 77 with a giveaway! Get a chance to win a pair of movie tickets* by simply answering the following question: What is the title of FuturArc Volume 77? To enter this giveaway: 1. Follow @FuturArc on Facebook or Instagram2. […]
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16 JUNE 2022 – As the climate crisis escalates with floods and abnormal heat waves around the world, landscape architects are taking action to limit planetary warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in line with the Paris Agreement. The profession of landscape architecture deals with complex, interactive systems—be it natural or manmade—and seeks holistic interventions to […]
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8 JUNE 2022 — “Four billion people are vulnerable today to impacts of climate change, and the World Meteorological Organisation reports we have a 50 per cent chance of breaching 1.5°C of warming over the next five years … right now, the energy and cost of living crisis is already disproportionately affecting our societies’ most […]
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Making is inseparable from the makers—and those who dig deep into cultural history will be able to make sense of why materials are used the way they are, as well as what to further create with them. This was among the ideas discussed in About Making: Tradition, an online dialogue held on 14 March 2022 […]
The latest issue, Year-End 2021: “Now & Then” is now available for our digital magazine subscribers to read anytime, anywhere from the convenience of the app! Simply click on the Magazine icon, enter your login credentials, and start reading from your phone or tablet. New readers can enjoy 30 days of free access to read […]
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Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX has signed an agreement to build the world’s largest prototype sustainable floating city last Thursday (18/11). Busan’s geography, with deep coastal waters and gentle tides, has helped the city grow into the world’s fifth largest container handling port. It is home to some 3.4 million citizens and has one of the biggest industrial complexes in Korea. As one of the most important maritime cities of the 21st century, Busan is an ideal choice to deploy the sustainable floating city prototype. […]
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The built environment has a central role to play in supporting the world’s transition to a net zero carbon economy and tackling climate change. To highlight this, the United Nations Climate Conference COP26 will feature a dedicated Built Environment Day as part of its presidency programme. The virtual exhibition Build Better Now, which will be […]
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After an amazing response to the first Virtual World Tour, during the peak of the pandemic in late 2020 early 2021, the event series Architects, not Architecture decided to continue the global digital approach to connect the architectural community on a personal level. From October 13th until December 8th, 2021 they will be hosting five […]
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