We are excited to invite submissions for DARK MATTER: Revisiting the Architecture of Coal in Post-War Europe, an in-person conference hosted by the ACME (Architecture of Coal in Modern Europe) project (ERC Advanced Grant, 2024–2030), taking place at the Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin on 5+6 November 2026.
United Visual Artists have created the first exhibition in the new contemporary space of Casa Batlló. The work of UVA, a multidisciplinary London-based studio founded by Matt Clark in 2003, encompasses moving images, audiovisual environments, installations, printed works, and kinetic sculptures.
The BIG SEE Festival returns on May 21-22, 2026, to Portorož, Slovenia, as the leading architecture and product design platform in South-East Europe, bringing together architects, designers, brands, and decision-makers from across the world. Formerly known as BIG Architecture and BIG Design, the unified BIG SEE Festival reflects an expanded ambition: to frame architecture and design as critical tools for navigating complexity, responsibility, and change.
Mission Presentation
Taller & Patrimoine is an association with an international scope whose mission is to link the preservation of architectural and cultural heritage with environmental sustainability. Through the Rural Laboratory project, it has been carrying out continuous work for the past two years in Bécal, Mexico, focusing on the restoration of traditional Maya dwellings and the revaluation of traditional construction knowledge as living spaces of identity and sustainability.
To celebrate the Architectural Heritage Fund's 50th anniversary, we have put together 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage, which tells the story of the difference heritage reuse can make in people's lives and in communities. Across the year, our exhibition will travel to each part of the UK, with openings in Belfast, Glasgow, Cardiff and London. We hope by showcasing these extraordinary stories to inspire more people to get involved in saving local historic buildings to improve places, empower people, and secure a sustainable future for built heritage. For opening dates in each location, see Coming Up below.
The Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education about architecture, design, public space and the urban environment, continues its 2025-2026 Lecture Series on Thursday, February 19, 2026. The Forum is pleased to present highly-respected architect and educator Hilary Sample of the award-winning firm MOS. This lecture will be held at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Texas. Forum members may attend for free. Tickets for non-members will be available at the door - $5 for Students (with student ID), $25 General Admission. Check-in and pre-Lecture Reception will begin at 6:15 pm in the lobby of the Angelika.
Regenerative placemaking is an approach to shaping places that prioritises long-term social, cultural and environmental health, not just short-term activation, footfall or commercial performance. It looks at how places can continue to give back to the people and communities who use them over time, rather than extracting value and moving on.
The exhibition will be the first major retrospective held on the architect in Spain and one of the few international shows focusing exclusively on her.
Mutation Methods:
Exhibition by Andreas Palfinger and Aysin Bahar Sahin
Cabin Fever is an international summer school and festival launched by the Hungarian architecture studio Hello Wood, known for its design-build approach and community-focused, sustainable projects. Since its founding in 2010, Hello Wood has become a global platform merging hands-on education with socially engaged architecture.
"Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive," one of the Roving Architecture Exhibitions organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation under the sponsorship of the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, held its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, 31 January, at the Former Residence of Prince Sawasdiprawat (Sommot Amornbhand) in Bangkok. Unveiled at the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2025 in Venice, where it garnered widespread international attention, this Roving Exhibition series brings Hong Kong's archive of civic architectures to Bangkok. Responding to the theme of the Biennale Architettura 2025, 'Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective', the exhibition's curators Fai Au, Ying Zhou, and Sunnie S.Y. Lau highlight the collective 'intelligens' of Hong Kong's public infrastructures that represents the Hong Kong's shifting paradigms.
Raymond Johansen was Governing Mayor of Oslo from 2015 to 2023, a period in which the city advanced policies linking climate objectives with urban management and development. During his mandate, Oslo incorporated environmental criteria into mobility planning, public space design, and municipal procurement, influencing how the city plans and builds. In his lecture within the series "Re_Solution" at IE School of Architecture&Design, Johansen will address his role in developing clean construction policies and the introduction of zero-emission construction sites within this broader framework. His experience provides insight into how municipal governance can affect the built environment through regulatory, technical, and administrative decisions.
In 1974, Monumenta’s 54 works by 40 artists made headlines as one of the world’s first large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Fifty-one years later, FULL CIRCLE returns to this canonical exhibition through the lens of works by Richard Fleischner, one of Monumenta’s last surviving artists, and his contemporaries.
Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.
Crest is a student-led, design-build installation produced by F_RMlab at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture for Winter Stations 2026, an international competition transforming Toronto’s lifeguard stations into immersive works of public art. This year’s theme, Mirage, invited participants to address the “boundary of what is seen and what is real in the age of AI”, exploring art as a medium that disengages from the digital world by immersing audiences in shared, tactile experiences.
This May, Building Trust International will host a Design + Build workshop in Italy in partnership with Semplicemente, an Italian volunteer organization formed by people with disabilities who promote inclusion, autonomy and respect for the environment through collective and creative activities.
Architecture Competition
"The Cabin Festival," between Architecture and Landscape, 11th Edition -
Open to Architects and Architecture Students
From January 1 to March 23, 2026
In 2026, the annual Paul Mellon Lecture will be given by architect and urban conservationist Brinda Somaya. Drawing on decades of experience, she will explore the idea that architecture is not just about buildings and aesthetics but also about people, politics and social responsibility.
Founded by Oliver Thomas, the ATN Summit is the first flagship conference of the Archi-Tech Network, marking five years since the platform began as a grassroots initiative to share real-world architectural knowledge. Taking place on March 18–19, 2026, in London, the ATN Summit brings together architects, technologists, and industry innovators to explore how emerging technologies are reshaping architectural practice. Designed as a high-production, ideas-driven event, the Summit reflects ATN's evolution from an informal online conversation into a global platform actively engaging with the future of the built environment.
This exhibition is part of the Advanced Architectural Design and Development studio by graduate students of the Master of Architecture in Architectural Design (International Program), Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, collaborated with Bangkok Design Week. The design brief began with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s projects in 2024—such as the redesign of the city’s identity system and the launch of a new landmark billboard in the city center—which are part of a broader effort to “rebrand” the city.
Architecture Matters 2026
How to connect to an uncertain future?
As part of the international contemporary art exhibition Segrete. Tracce di Memoria, the interior spaces of Eugenio Fuselli’s architecture host an intervention by Matteo Pulvirenti.
Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT: LA) announces the launch of Frame the Future! LA’s Housing Manifesto + Poster Showdown, an open competition and public exhibition inviting designers, architects, artists, writers, students, and creative thinkers to translate bold housing ideas into a visually striking poster, a punchy slogan, and a short manifesto capable of inspiring a broad public.
LVIV BUILD FORUM is a professional event for architects, urbanists, developers, and investors focused on shaping high-quality, responsible, and sustainable built environments in Ukrainian cities.
The Forum creates a space for meaningful professional dialogue between the architectural community and key stakeholders of the construction process — those who directly influence the character of cities, their development scenarios, and the quality of everyday life. At the core of the discussions is the role of architecture as a driver of systemic change: from residential and public spaces to complex urban and infrastructure solutions.