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Interview with Peter Exley: “The best architecture offers a sense of place and dignity to the citizens who need it most”

December 21 , 2020

The UNESCO-UIA Rio World Capital of Architecture presents an interview with Peter Exley, co-founder of Architecture Is Fun, an architecture and design company based in Chicago (USA). This is the second of the special series MY CITY, organised in partnership the International Union of Architects – UIA, which interviewed prominent…

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National Museum: A dream reborn from the ashes

December 19 , 2020

On September 2, the destruction by a fire of the Paço de São Cristóvão, a neoclassical style building that housed the National Museum (Museu Nacional, NM) of Rio de Janeiro, completes two years. One of the gems of Brazilian Architecture, located at Quinta da Boa Vista, in the North…

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The Architect Sara Topelson debuts the series MY CITY, which highlights the relationship of professionals with places that have marked their lives

December 10 , 2020

Today, the World Capital of Architecture starts the special series MY CITY, in which we count on the partnership of the International Union of Architects – UIA, which interviewed prominent architects about their relationship with cities that marked their lives and that hosted the World Congress of Architects previously….

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The Future of Heritage in the context of the tourism slump resulting from a global pandemic

August 10 , 2020

Planning for the future is full of risks and dangers. The ancient Greeks believed there were multiple futures – and not one predetermined future – from which the mortals attempted to select the best, aided by divination . Confronting this, Horace, in his Odes1, encourages us carpe diem, quam…

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Rio gets a coloring book with an architectural theme

July 29 , 2020

Arqguia coloring entertains children and adults. The digital coloring book instigates everyone to do a visual rereading of the main architectonic icons of City of Rio de Janeiro. Available for free download in English and Portuguese, the drawings come with QR codes which give direct access to the work’s…

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One year to go!

July 20 , 2020

Transferred to July 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 27th World Congress of Architects is already organising virtual discussions. The idea is to establish an open, collaborative programme fostering reflections and proposals responding to the contemporary challenges raised by cities. The countdown to the event begins this next…