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05/12/2025

The UIA Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The UIA has formally adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as a guiding framework for its policies, programmes and professional activities. The decision was unanimously approved by the UIA 176th Council meeting in Seoul, South Korea, marking an important milestone in the organisation’s commitment to human rights, cultural diversity and inclusive architectural practice.

30/11/2025

Region 1 Meeting at the new UIA offices

Last Friday, 28th November, the second in-person meeting of UIA Region 1 took place, this time in Paris, at the new offices of the International Union of Architects (UIA).

28/11/2025

Opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo has officially opened, marking the culmination of more than two decades of planning, international collaboration, and architectural ambition.

26/11/2025

Daylight Talk by EFFEKT

Sinus Lynge, Co-founder and Creative Director at EFFEKT, presents Daylight Talk #25, entitled ‘The Nature of Light – Designing with Daylight to Reconnect with Nature’.

19/11/2025

TEACHING INTELLIGENCE, Cross-Regional Perspectives

Teaching Intelligence explores how architectural education must evolve in a world undergoing profound transformation, a conversation that will take place on 20 November 2025 from 11:00 to 12:00 at the Speakers’ Corner of the Arsenale in Venice (Italy), in the context of GENS Public Programme of the Biennale Architettura 2025.

14/11/2025

International Innovative Design for Health Award

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has launched the 2nd edition of its International Innovative Design for Health Award, organised by the UIA Public Health Work Programme (PHWP).

13/11/2025

Launch Young Architects Competition: Architecture in the Aftermath of Disasters:

The International Union of Architects (UIA), through its Natural and Human Disasters Work Programme and with the support of the Order of Architects of Morocco, has launched an international ideas competition inviting young architects to propose innovative, community-driven approaches to reconstruction following the 2023 earthquake in Morocco.