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02/01/2024

New Year’s Message

Climate crises, frequent natural disasters, political upheavals, armed conflicts and wars in many parts of the world threaten both the environmental, social and economic balance of the globe and also our relation to nature, biodiversity and humanity.

28/12/2023

UIA End of Year Report

2023 was eventful for the International Union of Architects in quite a number of ways. This year, the UIA marked its 75th anniversary, held its triennial Congress and General Assembly in Copenhagen (a city that was also the UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture) and elected its Council for the 2023-2026 term.

14/12/2023

Daylight Talk by SHAU Architects

The 2023 Daylight Talk series will conclude this year with Daliana Suryawinata and Florian Heinzelmann from SHAU Architects.  The pair will give the Daylight Talk ‘Between Capricorn & Cancer’ addressing daylighting in tropical regions, exploring design approaches between the quantitative and qualitative, rational and intuitive, formal and informal, while oscillating within these boundaries.

07/12/2023

UIA2024KL: UIA International Forum

The city of Kuala Lumpur will host the next UIA International Forum (UIA2024KL) on 15-19 November 2024 with the theme “Diversecity”. The event, organised by the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM), will seek to examine how emerging economies and growing cities can achieve humanity and sustainable growth.

07/12/2023

Architects’ message to COP28

The UIA is present and active at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) taking place in Dubai on 30 November to 12 December 2023. Its delegation is led by UIA Past President Gaetan Siew as well as Co-Directors of the Sustainable Development Goals Commission Cid Blanco and Iman Gawad.

30/11/2023

The UIA President’s Message for COP28

Message to all governmental representatives, participants and those following the proceedings of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28)

28/11/2023

International Velux Award 2024

The International VELUX Award 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 […]

21/11/2023

Call to Action: Culture at the Heart of Climate Action

The International Union of Architects has joined and is a founding signatory of the ‘Global Call to Action to Put Cultural Heritage, Arts and Creative Sectors at the Heart of Climate Action’ launched by the Climate Heritage Network.