Simon Architecture Prize 2022 – winner of the #CollectivePlaces category

Simon Architecture Prize 2022 – winner of the #CollectivePlaces category Property: Kithara Music Public Kiosk Place: Mexico City Design: TO studio Photos: Jaime Navarro Kithara Music Public Kiosk is a music kiosk located on the outskirts of Mexico City in an area in Iztapalapa that is called Yuguelito. There are high rates of violence, poor…

Simon Architecture Prize 2022 – winner of the #PersonalPlaces category

Simon Architecture Prize 2022 – winner of the #PersonalPlaces category   Property: Rambla Climate-House Place: Molina de Segura, Murcia Project: Andrés Jaque / Office For Political Innovation + Miguel Mesa Del Castillo Photos: José Hevia The Rambla Climate-House is a single-family house that functions as a climate device. It is part of independent civic initiatives…

The winners of the Simon Architecture Prize 2022 will be announced on February 15

The final ten Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize 2022 – were selected by the jury from 186 submitted projects from 34 countries. The competition is a prestigious acknowledgment for facilities that ensure comfortable living. Designers can receive an award in one of two categories: Collective Places and Personal Spaces.     The Simon Architecture Prize…

Neuroscience in designing spaces that encourage creativity

Neuroscience in designing spaces that encourage creativity   We spend about 80-90% of our lives inside buildings, and our brain and our biology are influenced by contact with architecture. Interest in understanding the impact of architecture on human well-being is growing. We observe the development of research, the creation of the first certificates in this…

Archicolages: an exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ewa P. Porębska’s work in architectural media.

Archicolages: an exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ewa P. Porębska’s work in architectural media.                                 Ewa P. Porębska, since 1994, editor-in-chief of the Architektura-murator, the leading Polish architectural monthly magazine. Photo: Bartek Barczyk 1982 is martial law in Poland,…