Lesley Lokko Launches Nomadic African Studio to Lead Architecture Workshops Across Africa

Lesley Lokko, the Scottish-Ghanaian architect, curator of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, and the first Black woman to receive the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, has recently launched Nomadic African Studio, an educational program for young architects. The initiative is organized by Lokko's African Futures Institute (AFI) and is inspired by her experience establishing the Biennale College Architettura in 2023, a program for graduate students, recent graduates, early-career academics, and emerging practitioners to explore new possibilities for architectural education, which has also been continued for the 2025 edition. Nomadic African Studio consists of a series of fully funded, month-long studios across the African continent, "basing locations on themes, rather than places." The first edition is set to begin in July 2025, in Fez, Morocco.

Heat Resilient Design: How City Leaders Use Building Materials to Fight Urban Heat

Extreme heat is one of climate change's most urgent and rapidly growing consequences, especially in cities. Urban areas are particularly vulnerable because they trap heat in building materials and urban streets, creating dangerous conditions for residents. As temperatures continue to rise and heat waves lengthen, cities are grappling with how to remain livable in the face of this intensifying threat.

Interiors of Bars and Restaurants that Blend Cultures, Arts, and Materials: El Equipo Creativo and Their Works in Barcelona

How does the design of contemporary interiors create different experiences through its materials? How does the adaptability and reuse of certain materials make it possible to generate contrasting and/or complementary atmospheres within a single space? According to each material's textures, proportions, colors, or properties, interior architecture currently recognizes the opportunity to create environments where materiality plays more than just an aesthetic role. With special attention to the final experience of its users, El Equipo Creativo aims to combine designs where landscape, nature, culture, and art stand out in interior compositions that accommodate broad programs and audiences.

Wintercircus Technological and Cultural Hub / OYO

OYO Architects, an architectural practice based in Ghent and Barcelona, presents Wintercircus, a 4,830m2 interior design project that breathes new life into a monumental historic building in Ghent, Belgium. This 125-year-old giant, once a circus and later a garage, is now converted into a vibrant technological and cultural hub that extends the life of the building and ensures a sustainable future for both the campus and the city. Located in the heart of Ghent, this 1885 building has undergone several transformations, most recently in 2015, in which its original robust structure was preserved. From this base, OYO has renovated the interiors of Wintercircus to align with the ambitions of TENT, a consortium of local technology entrepreneurs and the city, to turn the building into a catalyst for the city's community, economy, and employment. To quote OYO Architects: "The magic of the Wintercircus lies in the opportunity it provides to foster innovation, inspired by spontaneous interactions and the exchange of ideas between entrepreneurs, researchers, students, digital creatives and the general public".

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