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The UIA Heritage and Cultural Identity Work Programme will hold a webinar on 26 June 2024 at 13:00-15:00 GMT. Discussing the “Use and Reuse of Architectural and Landscape Heritage” is composed of two roundtables in order to allow disclosure of case studies of all the UIA regions.

Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the Barcelona City Council have launched an international single stage ideas competition open to all young architects as part of the city’s nomination as the 2026 UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture.

Today the Serpentine Pavilion inaugurates its 2024 opening, “Archipelagic Void”. The Serpentine has been promoting art and the visualisation of international architects for more than 20 years in Westminster, London.

As architects, we hold responsibility in shaping the environments where people live, work, and play. In alignment with the 2024 World Environment Day theme—”Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience”—we commit to share our expertise in planning and urban design to bring nature back to our cities.

Papers are invited for ArquiMemória 6, a forum focussing on the preservation of built heritage in Brazil. It will take place in Salvador, Bahia on 5-8 November 2024.

The UIA Council met in Tunis, Tunisia on 20-21 May 2024. Hosted by the Ordre des Architectes de Tunisie, the Council deliberated on matters regarding the Union and received the reports of its Commissions.

The UIA Architecture and Children Work Programme will hold a hybrid seminar on child-friendly cities on Thursday 23 May from 15:00 to 18:00 Tunis time (GMT +1).

The laureates of the Daylight Award 2024 are Spanish architect and professor Alberto Campo Baeza (Daylight in Architecture) and German professor of chronobiology Till Roenneberg (Daylight in Research).

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for the Modern Architectural Heritage of the Mediterranean: Common Grounds – Parallel Stories Conference that will take place in Crete, Greece, on October 12-13, 2024.

The 2024 Daylight Talk series continues with Jan Gehl, architect, professor and consultant on urban design. Jan Gehl will give the Daylight Talk titled ‘”On Daylight” Housing and Urban Planning’ in collaboration with The Royal Danish Academy.