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The President of the International Union of Architects (UIA), Thomas Vonier, has issued a statement on the occasion of World Architecture Day (WAD) 2017. There he confirms and explains the meaning behind the chosen theme, “Climate Change Action!”,  an issue around which all architects should rally without hesitation, since they have a fundamental role to play. With this declaration, Thomas Vonier launches a call to action, for the planet and for humanity.

The winners of the 10th and 11th editions of the Liang Sicheng Prize, organised biennially by UIA Chinese Member Section, the Architectural Society of China (ASC), have been announced.

The International VELUX Award (IVA) is a biennial ideas competition for students of architecture. It invites students from all over the world to create projects investigating the role of daylight in our everyday lives.

More than 6000 participants, of which 2500 architecture students, met in Beijing from 23 to 26 June 1999 to take part in the activities of the XX World Congress of […]

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has concluded the second edition of the UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education, organised jointly by the UIA Architectural Education Commission and the UIA Sustainable Development Goals Commission.  This edition of the award focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Bering project is a large scale project by which railroad systems and ocean driveways of world-wide nations are to be connected right at the Bering Strait between North America and Eurasia Continents. Through this unprecedented projects, east and west hemisphere can be link with this connection which will recover the discontinuity of nation, human and culture. The promoter hopes that a long-pending hostility and conflict could be cleared up by the communication obtained as a result, and thus, mutual cooperation can be realized.

The Foundation for Peace and Unification (FPU) is announcing the International ideas competition for the Bering project approved by the International Union fo Architects (UIA) in order to let the world know about this intention and to stimulate their interest and participation in the competition.

This competition aims to invite participants into an open ideas architectural design contest of the gymnasium for local residents in Hyeonpung-myeon located in Dalseong-gun (District), Daegu Metropolitan City, which is expected to begin construction in 2015.

It is organized by the Daegu Architectural Culture Confederation (DACC) and hosted by Dalseong-gun Office of Daegu Metropolitan City.

The UIA has launched the first International Innovative Health Design Awards, organised by the UIA Public Health Group and open to all architects around the world.

This competition is an architectural design competition for the realization  of the Gosan Library in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City Library which is expected to start construction in 2013.

This competition is organized by the Daegu Architectural Culture Confederation (DACC) and hosted by the client : Daegu Metropolitan City Suseong-gu Office.