Copenhagen: World Capital of Architecture 2023
The city of Copenhagen has been officially designated as the UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture for 2023 by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, on the recommendation of the General […]
UIA International Forum in Madrid
Removing barriers to affordable housing: 18-20 May 2022 Housing is a basic universal right specified in the SDGs and is a fundamental reference for the future of countries and the […]
Logo Competition: 2022 Year of Design for Health
In July 2021, the UIA General Assembly declared 2022 the “UIA Year of Design for Health”. This commitment urges all UIA Member Sections to encourage architects and their clients to […]
UIA 2030 Award Launch
The UIA, in partnership with UN-Habitat, today launches the UIA 2030 Award to promote the work of architects contributing to delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development together with the New Urban […]
THE UIA CELEBRATES WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY
Saturday 20 November 2021 The UIA Architecture and Children Work Programme marked World Children’s Day on 20 November by organising a webinar to discuss the role and the place […]
UIA launches international Architecture Database
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE AROUND THE WORLD The UIA Architectural Practice Around the World (APAW) database is evolving to better respond to the needs of the Union’s Member Sections and architects around […]
UIA HERITAGE & CULTURAL IDENTITY WORK PROGRAMME WEBINAR
The UIA Work Programme Heritage and Cultural Identity, led by Co-Directors In-Souk Cho (Korea) and Rizvan Bayaramov (Azerbaijan) organised its first webinar on 6 October 2020 on “Adaptive Re-Use of […]
World Architecture Day Webinar
The UIA will mark World Architecture Day on Monday 5 October at 12h00 – 14h30 GMT by holding a live webinar to discuss this year’s theme: “Toward a better urban […]
FRANCIS KÉRÉ TO SPEAK AT UIA WORLD CONGRESS IN RIO
Renowned architect Francis Kéré (Burkina Faso) will speak at the UIA 2020 Rio World Congress of Architects. His work is globally recognised, having received awards such as the Aga Khan […]
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROJECTS – RIO2020UIA
Architects from every continent will have the opportunity to show their works on the biggest event of global architecture, RIO2020UIA, happening in a year in Rio de Janeiro, from the […]