The theme for the 2021 World Architecture Day was, “Clean environment for a healthy world”. The UIA hosted a webinar addressing housing, public spaces and global environmental issues in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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UIA President Thomas Vonier has made a declaration for World Architecture Day 2020, taking place on Monday, 5 October 2020. This year's theme is “Toward a better urban future.”
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Affordable housing is part of the New Urban Agenda, constituting one of the main axes of UN Sustainable Development Goal number 11: “to make cities and human settlements safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable”.
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The International Union of Architects (UIA) established the World Architecture Day in 1986. It is traditionally celebrated every year on the first Monday in October to coincide with the United Nations World Habitat Day, under the theme "Architecture... for a Better World".
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The 2017 UIA World Congress of Architecture was hosted by the Federation of Institutes of Korean Architects (FIKA) in Korea’s capital city, Seoul. Seoul was designated Creative City of Design […]
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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.
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Architecture Otherwhere was the theme that defined this forum where all points of view converged, where all voices were heard. Exploring Architecture Otherwhere, other regions, other contexts, other social structures, other […]
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Transmitting Architecture was the theme chosen for the Turin World Congress that sought to explore architecture as a means of communication, and the means of communication proper to architecture. The congress will examine […]
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