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20/01/2025

UIA EDUCOM Webinar | Emerging Global Trends in Architectural Education

The UIA Commission on Architectural Education organised a webinar on ‘Emerging Global Trends in Architectural Education’. The event included three very interesting presentations: Radicant Design by Jana Revedi, Decolonising Architectural Pedagogy by Ashraf Salama, and Ear to the Ground, Gaze to the Stars by Selma Harrington.

09/01/2025

Launch: UIA Young Architects competition

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has launched  an international ideas competition designed to inspire and empower young architects to take a leading role in participatory urban design.

07/01/2025

Webinar: Cultural and Architectural Heritage

Organised by the UIA Heritage and Cultural Identity Work Programme, this webinar explores the resilience of communities through their cultural and architectural heritage, within the framework of sustainable tourism.

24/12/2024

President’s message for 2025

The challenges humanity faces today are numerous and complex: the climate crisis, frequent natural disasters, political upheavals and wars; increasing inequalities, the affordability crisis, rapid advances in digitalisation and artificial intelligence.

18/12/2024

2025 Annual Report by the President and Secretary General

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Focus on specific projects Strengthening relationships with major international organisations has been declared a goal of this term and is being implemented. Collaboration focuses […]

18/12/2024

2025 Annual Report by the President and Secretary General

UIA PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS  2025 VENICE BIENNALE UIA participated at the Biennale on the theme “The Intelligens Natural, Artificial, Collective” with 2 events UIA Exhibition and Roundtable discussion at UNESCO Venice […]

18/12/2024

2025 Annual Report by the President and Secretary General

3. UIA WORKING BODIES UIA Commissions and Boards Overview of accomplished and ongoing work Education Commission Co-directors: Ashraf Salama and Selma Harrington Comparative study on educational systems (completed) Data analysis […]

18/12/2024

The UIA Delegation at COP29

The International Union of Architects (UIA) delegation’s participation at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, marked a crucial step in aligning the architectural profession with the global climate agenda. The event underscored both the opportunities and challenges architects face in driving transformative climate action, particularly in vulnerable economies.