The Monterey Design Conference, held last week in Pacific Grove, California, once again lived up to its reputation for creating an inspiring and memorable weekend-long conversation on design. Set against the bucolic backdrop of the Asilomar Conference Center, a former YMCA camp designed by Julia Morgan in the early part of the 20th century, the biennial event, hosted by the AIA California Council, has made a name for itself by using its rustic backdrop as a portal for showcasing innovative work across the globe and the personalities behind it.Emceed by the unstoppable architecture critic and consultant Reed Kroloff and attended

Every summer for the last 29 years, Bogotá’s University of Los Andes has programed its International Workshop in Architecture, which it holds in the Caribbean coastal city of Cartagena de Indias. For four weeks this past July, about 80 undergraduate architecture students—from countries ranging from Spain to Argentina—convened in the 16th-century walled city to absorb the culture and the rich architecture within its confines, while considering new visions for this historic center. With so many years behind its belt, the seminar, directed for over a decade now by Carlos Campuzano Castelló, has become a well-oiled program. After a week of

On Thursday, April 30, 300 architects, industry professionals, and students gathered at the W Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles for Architectural Record’s second annual West Coast Innovation Conference.

A forward-looking design expresses a commitment to collaboration and blurs the lines between work and play.

Steven Holl Architects will design the master plan for the 14-acre Fayez S. Sarofim Campus.

Beyond its demure exterior, which is clad in the same gray stone that paves the adjacent square, the Markthal Rotterdam, like a ripe fruit sliced open, reveals its rich offerings inside.