In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti. In response, the global PechaKucha family is coming together with Architecture for Humanity to lend a hand in rebuilding Haiti. On Feb. 20, the 277 cities that host PechaKucha events worldwide will converge to present one continuous 24-hour edition of PechaKucha Night. Kicking off at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo, wh ...

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The British Council has appointed muf architecture/art Llp as Artistic Directors of the British Pavilion for the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale 2010. muf architecture/art Llp is a collaborative practice with a UK and international track record of process driven work with physical and propositional outcomes. The British Council invited proposals that focused on collaboration, spatial expe ...

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The Irish Architecture Foundation has kicked off its new education programme with A Space for Learning, a design competition to challenge current thinking on school design, where architects collaborate with the end-users of educational spaces - the students. A Space for Learning features more than 1,500 students in 90 schools, currently working with 120 architects around the country to desi ...

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The Lives of Spaces exhibition will open on Thursday 11 February in the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast. The Lives of Spaces began as an installation at the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2008 and has been touring ever since. The exhibition contains 9 film based projects, each exploring the central role of space in society, from domestic to public and social to personal. Also e ...

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The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland has announced an international architectural competition for the design of the building that will house the newly-founded museum. The museum is intended to become a new identity landmark of the city of Gdansk and the competition jury will select the design concept which best relates to the nature, status and location of the site within the h ...

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The call for papers issued by the Cork Centre for Architectural Education (CCAE) for an interdisciplinary conference on the subject 'Ordnance: War, Architecture and Space' to be held in September 2010 has been extended to February 12th. CALL FOR PAPERS: This international interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the often hidden relationship between militarism and the design and con ...

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In 2008 the Arts Council commissioned research into 'Public Engagement with Architecture in the Republic of Ireland'. This report was commissioned with the intention of advancing the commitments set out for architecture in Partnership for the Arts. The report which was recently published includes a number of proposed options for enhancing support for public engagement with architecture whic ...

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The Butler Gallery, in partnership with Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council have announced that McCullough Mulvin Architects have been appointed as the architectural firm to oversee the Gallery's relocation to the Evan's Home. Barrack Lane, John Street in the centre of Kilkenny City. The development of a 'cultural quarter' by the Kilkenny local authorities has been prioriti ...

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This year's Open House Dublin event will take place over the weekend of 7-10 October 2010! Now in its FIFTH year, the biggest celebration of architecture in Ireland will explore the city scale - Big, Small and Global. 2010 will be an exceptional year in Irish architecture as its sees the completion of several large-scale projects in Dublin city. Open House Dublin plans to give citizens a ...

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The Royal Institute of British Architects  (RIBA) will present 'The Lives of Space: Inside Irish Architecture' during the month of April in their gallery in Portland Place, London. This will be the final opportunity to see Ireland's fascinating entry to the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2008. The exhibition involves new collaborations and experiments, which open up new ways of envis ...

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