award

Sofie De Caigny is RIBA Honorary Fellow 2024

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London is one of the oldest and most prestigious architectural associations in Europe. Every year it awards individuals who have made a significant contribution to architecture but are not architects themselves. This year, nine people may call themselves RIBA Honorary Fellow, including departing director of the Flanders Architecture Institute Sofie De Caigny.

reminder call

Belgian Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale

deadline 05.05.2024

The Flanders Architecture Institute invites architects, urban planners, designers, researchers, critics, and artists to develop an exhibition concept for the Belgian pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. This call for submissions aligns with the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, scheduled from 24 May to 23 November 2025.

Proposals must be submitted by 5 May 2024.

Bauwelt 7 2024

Publication

Bauwelt about Brussels

out now

In its latest edition the German architecture magazine Bauwelt focuses on the city of Brussels and its recent developments. With contributions by Dennis Pohl, director of the Flanders Architecture Institute and Kristiaan Borret, Brussels City Architect.

Ciutat dispersa

Lecture / congress

Life in Europe’s urban sprawl

09.05.2024 | Barcelona (ES)

This international seminar on 9 May organized by Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona brings together experts from all over Europe to discuss the phenomenon of urban sprawl, which is increasingly present in Europe. Director of the Flanders Architecture Institute Sofie de Caigny will join the discussion on policies of urban sprawl and their impact on the economic sphere.

HIGH TECH LOW TECH

Exhibition

HIGH TECH LOW TECH featuring Belgian architects

until 13.05.2024 | Lausanne (CH)

Until 13 May architecture platform Archizoom of the Swiss university EPFL is organizing an exhibition about buildings based on technologies and energies that will soon be exhausted or too costly for the planet. Among the showcased projects are a lot of Belgian participants.

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