Friday, April 15, 2011

Architects’ Council of Europe sends the latest items of interest

Today -15th April 2011
The Architects’ Council of Europe has sent the latest items of interest gathered by its Secretariat.

It is intended to bring attention to new or ongoing issues
that the Coordinators of the Thematic Areas and the Secretariat of the ACE
believe are of direct interest to the member organisations and their delegates.

Each item is very briefly presented and
a direct link to the relevant web source
where further relevant information can be found is given below:


Twelve projects for the 2012 Single Market:
together for new growth - video and press release available at:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/469&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en

Six finalists announced for the 2011 EU Prize
for contemporary architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award, read more on:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/341&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Calling architects the world over:
World Architectural Festival Awards opens for entries - the search begins for the best buildings in the world;
all entries must be completed by 30th June 2011:
http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/

Making City:
the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
in São Paulo, Istanbul and Rotterdam - April 2012 -
see press release on :
http://www.iabr.nl/EN/news/Press_Release_01EN_101011.php

£2,500 Travel Scholarship for Hungarian students and young architects - the RIBA Golfinger Travel Scholarship is now open for applications. For full details and to download the application form, visit the scholarship page on the RIBA website:
http://tinyurl.com/3mbkgjy

New Master Class for post-graduated architects
organised by the International Academy of Architecture, Sofia.
For more information send an email to: iaarch@yahoo.com

The Architext Design Foundation call
for texts to feature in the Exhibition Fluencies Catalogue - read more on:
http://www.oar-bucuresti.ro/anunturi/2011/02/09/c/call%20for%20projects%20Fluencies%202011%20EN.pdf

New architecture book release:
Green Design: From Theory to Practise. Have a look at:
http://blackdogonline.com/index.html

Lets' Speak Sustainable Construction

Brussels, 11 April 2011:
Right at the start of this year's EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW),
the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC),
the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE)
and the European Concrete Platform (ECP)
launched the multilingual sustainable construction glossary -
http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-sustainable-construction-glossary