How can we care for places and territories in transition?

Emerging from a cross-border research residency between Belgium and the Hauts-de-France region, the film Des attentions offers a sensitive perspective on places in transition, everyday gestures and the ties between inhabitants and their territory.

16 November at the Amiens International Film Festival.

The exhibition Cities Connection Project – 15 Years of Comparative Architecture comes to Architekturforum Zürich from 13 to 26 November.

Bringing together an archive of 348 projects and a selection of 202 recent works, including 50 from Wallonia-Brussels, the exhibition opens up a dialogue between fifteen years of exchange and the issues shaping contemporary European architecture.

The book Take On Add Away, documenting the transformation of the Palais des Expositions in Charleroi, by AgwA and architecten jan de vylder inge vinck, with photographs by Filip Dujardin, is one of the ten winners of the DAM Architectural Book Award 2026.

From 11 November to 24 January, Central Office for Architecture and Urbanism takes over Bozar with Never Alone, a retrospective exhibition looking back at the office’s completed and ongoing projects.

In collaboration with A+, the Brussels-based office explores an approach to architecture shaped by its context, its uses and the collaborations that make it possible.

In 2027 and 2028, WBA will oversee the exhibition’s international tour.

The travelling exhibition Doble Exposición, dedicated to the transformation of existing buildings, continues its journey through Chile, with stops in Valparaíso and Concepción.

It showcases the work of Ouest and Rotor, whose projects explore the potential of existing buildings and material reuse to imagine new uses.

The WellBe office project in Lisbon, designed by A2M with Saraiva + Associados, has won the Sustainability Award at the Prémios Construir 2026, recognising its environmental approach and integration of greenery.

How can landscape design be rethought through the lens of water?

With Guardians of Water – Designing Landscapes of Flow: A Global Perspective, Taktyk explores the role of water in transforming territories and ecosystems.

The Brussels-based landscape architecture office will present its publication in Paris on 13 November and 4 December, during two events.

The documentary by Elodie Degavre, produced by Playtime Films with the support of the Architecture Unit, continues its international circulation in 2026.

The film will be screened on 20 November at the DART Festival in Barcelona, extending its exploration of cinema as a tool for debate and awareness-raising.

Are you developing a technological innovation in architecture or materials? The Spark programme offers up to €30,000 in funding and nine months of incubation for selected projects.

Apply by 16 November 2026.

The Universidad Diego Portales is inviting applications for full-time and part-time teaching and research positions in architecture. Several fields are covered, including design, urban planning, landscape, technology and theory.

Apply by 30 November 2026.

The Young Architects Competitions invites architects to transform the former home of poet Dino Campana in Marradi, Italy, into a cultural venue dedicated to contemporary poetry. Each team must include at least one member aged 18 to 35. 

Apply by 16 December 2026.

The Architizer A+Awards recognise outstanding architecture projects and architecture offices worldwide, with awards presented by both a jury and the public. Winners benefit from increased visibility through publications and specialist media.

Apply by 22 January 2027.

Under the theme Architecture Is Circularity, this international award recognises five architects whose work contributes to more sustainable, circular and responsible architecture at every scale.

Apply by 29 January 2027.

What do extractive territories reveal about our ways of life?

This issue of Dérivations explores the connections between architecture, cities and mineral or fossil resources, questioning the social and territorial consequences of a model that often separates places of consumption from the places that bear its costs.

With DESS(E)INS, the Brussels-based studio Matador launches a new publication series exploring the relationship between architectural intentions and built reality, from drawing to construction.

This first issue focuses on Luttre, documenting the major renovation of a former industrial building in Brussels to create 63 social housing units and 4,200 m² of office space.