CARBON NEUTRAL FORUM: 2022 MADRID

The 2022 UIA International Forum taking place in Madrid, Spain from 18-20 May 2022 with the theme, “Affordable Housing Activation – Removing Barriers (AHA)”, will invite experts to address the issue of affordable housing by identifying problems and best practices and initiating a long-term action plan. In collaboration with the digital platform, ClimateTrade, the organisers of the AHA Forum, Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE), are also making a pledge to carbon neutrality by offsetting CO2 emissions from the Forum and all parallel events planned between March and May 2022. Tickets go on sale on 28 February. 

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CPH 2023 NEWSLETTER : FIRST ISSUE

The first edition of the UIA World Congress 2023 newsletter appeared in February 2022. It announced Danish architect Jan Gehl as keynote speaker at the UIA World Congress taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2-6 July 2023. The bulletin also introduced Mette Lindberg, the new CEO of the World Congress Secretariat, taking over from Annette Blegvad, who has been appointed Global Policy Advisor for the World Congress. 

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THE INTERNATIONAL TURGUT CANSEVER AWARDS : RESULTS

Antalya Kepez Municipality, in cooperation with the Antalya Branch of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey, has announced the results of the 2022 edition of “The International Contextual Architecture Awards in memory of Architect Turgut Cansever”. The Grand Prix, a career award, recognises the lifelong commitment of Dr. Rasem J. Badran (Jordan)to a contextual approach to local and regional identity. The International Project Award was awarded to Contextual Architecture in the Bremban Valley: A Contemporary Mountain Village by Magnati Lara (Italy), for embodying cultural continuity, regional values and local attributes in a globalised world.

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THE INTERNATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SYMBOL DESIGN COMPETITION 

On 18 January 2022, the UIA and Rehabilitation International (RI) jointly launched a graphic design competition for a twenty-first century symbol of accessibility. Competitors are invited to design a new symbol that better represents the variety of people who use buildings and other types of built environments. The winning design will be proposed to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for adoption as the new international symbol of accessibility.

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GOLDEN CUBES AWARDS 5TH EDITION: LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT

The UIA Architecture & Children Work Programme will announce the fifth cycle of Golden Cubes Awards in a webinar on 25 February at 13h00-15h00 GMT (14h00-16h00 Paris time).

The Awards will start with the virtual launch of the national and international nomination procedure, culminating in the Awards Ceremony at the UIA World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, CPH23.

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UIA GREAT GREEN WALL INITIATIVE WEBINAR

Join us for the Great Green Wall Initiative Webinar on Saturday, 26 March 2022 from 14:00 to 16:45 Paris time. The event will review contemporary African cultural transformation in extreme environments such as that of the Sahara-Sahel region.

It will be part of a series of webinars that will explore opportunities and approaches to design that respond to climate change and the making of culture-sensitive productive rural settlements that take into account the need for affordable shelter, resilient dwelling and sustainable liveability in twenty-first-century rurality.

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The International Union of Architects (UIA) is an international non-governmental organisation based in Paris. Established in 1948, it is the only organisation representing architects across the globe working to unify architects, influence public policies on construction and development, and advance architecture in service to the needs of society.