The BSA/AIA will be participating in the 9th annual Boston GreenFest, a weekend long festival on City Hall Plaza celebrating all things sustainable from Friday, August 19 to Sunday, August 21, 2016. Join colleagues and community members to share ideas about how to build sustainable homes and communities.
ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX) brings together architects, builders, engineers, city planners, policy makers, interior designers, landscape designers, manufacturers, photographers, journalists, marketing professionals, academics, and students for the largest industry event in the Northeast. From November 15 to 17 at BCEC, design professionals will explore the showroom floor at ABX to enjoy over 400 exhibitors, new products, live demonstrations, and installations. The exhibit
Architects, architectural educators, and architecture students throughout the world are invited to submit real or theoretical projects. Eligibility Unbuilt architectural designs of any project type are eligible including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client-sponsored projects (buildings, interiors, transportation infrastructure, monuments, etc.—all project types). Projects under construction or otherwise apparently assured of construction are not eligible.
What would it be like to approach the city from the perspective of an animal pushed out of its home by development, water falling during rain, or a windblown seed wanting to take root? What structures and spaces could be created or adjusted to make the city a more welcoming place for nature and wildlife? How
On September 12, join James Wescoat, Professor of Landscape Architecture at MIT, for a presentation on the growing importance of landscape architectural design in the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, and how it addresses the needs and aspirations of societies across the world. James Wescoat is an Aga Khan Professor in MIT’s Aga Khan Program
The Storefront Gallery at BSA Space will feature a collection of architectural photographs from Peter Vanderwarker exploring the nature of surfaces, in both the built and the natural environment. Peter Vanderwarker was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University in 1997 and earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of California Berkeley. He has received grants from the National
Architects are inherent problem solvers and research is baked into their design process. Matter & Opinion: Practice-Based Research is a one-day virtual conference featuring firms and individuals who will share successful business models, discuss barriers to adoption, and help define real value for research within the profession. Architecture firms constantly innovate their practices. They do
The 9th annual BSA Gingerbread Design Competition & Exhibition will take place this year—this time in a virtual format! The Gingerbread Design Competition is a fun and tasty way to highlight great works of edible architecture while spreading holiday cheer. This exhibition raises funds for BSA community design programs while challenging designers to explore a
For generations, housing policies have directly created racial inequality in communities across this country. These inequities affect not only access to homeownership and economic advancement, but also seep into educational opportunities, environmental justice, proximity to work, family displacement, and so much more. Who holds the power for change? And, what is the role of the
Join the Boston Society for Architecture for a virtual conversation series as a part of the upcoming exhibition, Future-Decker. The series will feature discussions with residents, architects, designers, and other practitioners as they share and learn from one another about the past, present, and future of the iconic building type: the three-decker. Speakers and participants will
The BSA Building Enclosure Council is excited to announce the Wagdy Anis Symposium on Building Science. From September 22–23, 2021, this two-day hybrid conference will consist of eight virtual technical sessions and an in-person reception at BSA Space, located at 290 Congress Street, Boston, MA. International experts on building enclosure are coming together to lead
A screening of Modernism, Inc. a documentary that explores the life and career of Eliot Noyes, the architect (educated by Walter Gropius at Harvard) and designer who built the design programs for IBM, Westinghouse and Mobil Oil and who played a prominent role in the influence of modernism on culture and design in midcentury America.
