World Architecture Day Highlights Housing Crisis; Le Corbusier Exhibition Opens at Villa Le Lac
World Architecture Day commenced with a message from the UIA and the United Nations, highlighting housing as a fundamental aspect of human dignity and advocating for the repurposing of existing buildings. Notable projects showcased included the U.S. Pavilion by Marlon Blackwell Architects, set to be reconstructed at Crystal Bridges Museum by late 2027, and TAELON7's Limbo Engawa, relocating to Art Omi's Sculpture Park. Ammodo Architecture Days are scheduled for November 9-10 in Amsterdam. Design Museum Gent has reopened, featuring a new wing designed by Carmody Groarke and ATAMA. Amman Design Week made its return with the theme "Accumulations." HENN introduced CarbonBudget, a digital CO2 calculation tool. The exhibition "Remettre les pendules à l'heure" will take place from June 26 to October 25, 2026, in Switzerland. In Miami, Snøhetta has begun construction on Sweetbird North, while Klinglmüller, HENN, and a-stud.io triumphed in a competition for the expansion of Sparkasse Oberösterreich's campus.
Key facts
- World Architecture Day was marked by a joint UIA and United Nations message on the global housing crisis.
- Marlon Blackwell Architects' U.S. Pavilion from the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale will be reconstructed at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, in late 2027.
- TAELON7's Limbo Engawa traveled from Limbo Museum in Accra, Ghana, to Art Omi's Sculpture & Architecture Park in Ghent, New York.
- Ammodo Architecture Days will hold its first edition on November 9 and 10 at Westergas in Amsterdam, with six themes including Reuse and Heritage.
- Design Museum Gent reopened with a new wing by Carmody Groarke and ATAMA linking historic buildings including the eighteenth-century Hotel de Coninck.
- HENN launched CarbonBudget, a free digital tool calculating project-specific CO2 budgets for European building projects.
- "Remettre les pendules à l'heure" runs June 26 to October 25, 2026, at Villa Le Lac in Corseaux, Switzerland, a 64 sqm house designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1923–1924.
- Snøhetta broke ground on Sweetbird North, an eight-story, approximately 11,150 sqm mixed-use building in Miami's Design District with a stainless-steel mesh veil.
- Klinglmüller, HENN, and a-stud.io won the competition to expand Sparkasse Oberösterreich's Linz-Urfahr campus in Linz, Austria.
Entities
Artists
- Antonia Piñeiro
- Le Corbusier
- Pierre Jeanneret
- Eileen Gray
- Charlotte Perriand
- Arnaud Dercelles
- Jean-Louis Cohen
- Jacques Sbriglio
- Tim Benton
- Robert Belot
Institutions
- UIA
- United Nations
- Paraa
- City Syntax
- Marlon Blackwell Architects
- Venice Architecture Biennale
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- TAELON7
- Limbo Museum
- Art Omi
- Ammodo Architecture
- Westergas
- Design Museum Gent
- Carmody Groarke
- ATAMA
- Amman Design Week
- HENN
- Snøhetta
- Klinglmüller
- a-stud.io
- Sparkasse Oberösterreich
- ArchDaily
Locations
- Switzerland
- United States
- Austria
- Venice
- Italy
- Giardini
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- Accra
- Ghana
- Ghent
- New York
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Amman
- Jordan
- Corseaux
- Lake Geneva
- Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
- France
- Miami
- Linz
- Danube