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2A (Architecture & Art) Magazine, Dubai (2026)

31/12/2025

2A + A: Expanding the Frontiers of Architecture, Art & AI

Experience the Convergence of Creativity and Intelligent Design

February 5–7, 2026 American University in Dubai (AUD)

Speakers:

shaw.riba

Step into a transformative global gathering where Architecture, Art, and Artificial Intelligence align to shape the future of human environments.

In 2026, 2A Magazine introduced its groundbreaking vision 2A +A new intellectual and creative platform redefining the synergy between artistic imagination, architectural innovation, and emerging intelligent technologies.

The 2A + A initiative comes to life during the 2A Continental Architectural Awards,2ACAA 2026 and its affiliated exhibition:

Exhibition & Conference Theme:

“Intelligent Harmony: Architecture, Art & AI for a Sustainable Future”

Hosted in collaboration with the School of Architecture, Art & Design at the American University in Dubai, this three-day event brings together global architects, artists, scholars, AI researchers, and design innovators to explore the evolving dimensions of creative intelligence.

Dimensions of Design: Bridging Visual Art and Architectural Vision

As part of this new direction, the exhibition “Dimensions of Design: Bridging Visual Art and Architectural Vision” invites participants to witness how artistic expression expands architectural thinking and how AI opens new pathways toward purposeful, sustainable design. Through immersive installations, interactive media, and multidisciplinary artworks, visitors will experience how creativity transcends boundaries when imagination and technology intersect.

This exhibition acts as a living laboratory where:

- Artistic perception enhances architectural storytelling

- AI-driven tools deepen spatial experimentation

- Sustainability aligns with cultural continuity

- Human emotion and digital intelligence coexist in balance

Join us and register now!
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26/12/2025

Future Design Playground

American University in Dubai (AUD)
February 5th–7th, 2026

Open Call for Submissions

About the Event

Future Design Playground brings together global innovators in art, architecture, and AI-driven creative practice. This three-day event includes the 2ACAA 2026 Award Ceremony, the unveiling of the new 2A Magazine Edition, and the Space of Interaction Forum.

Participants will explore Global Innovative Contextual Art Inspired by Middle Eastern Perspectives, highlighting forward-thinking approaches and emerging creative methodologies.

What We Are Looking For:

2A Magazine invites artists, designers, architects, startups, and creative collectives to submit ideas, objects, prototypes, and installations that reflect new and emerging design languages.

Selected submissions will be:

- Featured in the upcoming edition of 2A Magazine

- Showcased in the on-site exhibition at AUD

- Included in dialogues and networking opportunities with global professionals

Key Dates:

Opening of Submissions: December 1st, 2025

Submission Deadline: December 20th, 2025

Event Dates: February 5–7, 2026

We encourage early submission, especially if participants wish to be featured in the printed edition.

Participants Advantages:

- International Exposure:
Opportunity to be published and exhibited.

- Professional Networking:
Engage with leading creatives, decision-makers, and innovators.

- Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
Connect with experts working across art, architecture, design, and AI.

- Future-Focused Dialogue:
Contribute to conversations shaping regional and global creative landscapes.

How to Apply:

Please submit your proposal, portfolio, or project description via email.
A registration link will be provided upon request.

Email: [email protected]

Contact Us:
For inquiries about submissions, participation guidelines, or event details:
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20/12/2025

METAFORM's Headquarters - published in , issue 49

POST Luxembourg’s new Office Headquarters in the Train Station district of Luxembourg is designed to accommodate 850 employees and serve as a new landmark. It offers a versatile, user-friendly facility with an open horizontal hierarchy, a large open atrium, and various common areas for employees to collaborate, work, and relax.

The building also incorporates an existing heritage-listed block and has attained of achieving Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) platinum certification.

This is achieved through various features such as air conditioning via active tiles, rainwater recovery, automated lighting management, and the use of natural materials.

19/12/2025

Three-Days Visual Art & Design Exhibition

Theme: Global Innovative Contextual Art & Design Inspired by Middle Eastern Perspectives

Organized by:
Venue:
Date: February 5th–7th, 2026

- Artistic & Design Dialogue with Global Rich Rooted in Middle Eastern Perspectives

- A Global Forum for Interaction

- Worldwide Collaboration in an Academic Environment

We invite professionals to participate by sharing their ideas, contributing to discussions, and securing a booth to display or install their artwork or design work.
Researchers interested in presenting are encouraged to submit an abstract, especially if they wish to be featured in 2A Magazine under the theme:

Expanding the Frontiers of Architecture, Art, Design & Artificial Intelligence (2A +A)

For Further Information:

Email: [email protected]
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08/12/2025

2A Magazine proudly presents the theme of its upcoming edition:

2A + A: Expanding the Frontiers of Architecture, Art & Artificial Intelligence.

This visionary platform explores how creative imagination, architectural innovation, and intelligent technologies converge to shape sustainable, human-centered futures.

We invite architects, artists, designers, scholars, and AI thinkers to share their viewpoints and contribute to this expanding dialogue.

Join us for the official unveiling on February 5th, 2026, at the American University in Dubai (AUD), marking the opening of an inspiring program of exhibitions, discussions, and interdisciplinary exchange. Become part of the movement redefining creative intelligence.

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02/12/2025

House in the Hills
Published in
Architect:
Guest Editors:

Chief Editor: zohadi

Location: Barrabool, Victoria

Photos: Earl Carter

The site was excised from a working sheep farm.
It consists of 25 hectares of cleared and under worked paddocks. It slopes from its mid length highpoint to the north and south - both slopes having spectacular views. An established wind break of cyprus pines flanks the west boundary and provides a degree of protection from the prevailing south westerly winds which pummel the south slope, making it a less desirable location for a new house. In this part of Australia the southerly winds are cold. In fact the wind fundamentally dictated the design of this building. The north (sun) facing living pavilion and adjacent courtyard are protected in part by the re-shaped landscape immediately to their south and in part by a 30m x 30m operable loured parasol that hovers over both pavilion and courtyard.
The parasol protects the house offering both shelter from and deflection of the prevailing wind as well as
varying degrees of shade and direct sunlight depending on the time of day and year. More importantly the parasol acts as a place-maker, localizing and defining a precinct on a large site within which the essential requirements for habitation - shelter, protection, security - can comfortably occur. Simple steel
framed hay sheds, roofed but open on all sides, are dotted across the Australian countryside and their evocative silhouettes offer a romantic rationale for this Arcadian myth- house.

Notions of the frontier; of survival in a never-ending battle with Nature are close to the bone for many
Australians. In the outback any constructed shelter can mean the difference between life and death - shade from the intense heat, height above the flooding river so that these simple, often weather-ravaged structures assume a more profound meaning.

More complex still is the compelling analogy to an architecture whose functional programme is disconnected from its protective skin that occurs when hay bales are placed randomly under the roof.

01/12/2025

Nikken Sekkei Unveils the Creative “Chatai Pavilion” at Dubai Design Week

The pavilion celebrates cultural heritage, community spirit, and craftsmanship, supported by the Consul General of Japan in Dubai.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 25 November 2025:
Nikken Sekkei Dubai, the design office of Nikken Sekkei—Japan’s leading architectural, engineering, and urban design firm and one of the largest design companies in the world—has unveiled its distinctive Chatai Pavilion during Dubai Design Week. The temporary creative space reflects the aesthetics and humanistic depth of Japanese culture.

The new pavilion is based on a design concept created by Nikken Sekkei and executed in collaboration with Sobokuya, the Japanese wood-craft studio, and the UAE-based Abjad Design for exhibition and graphic design.

Commenting on the project, Dr. Fadi Jabri, CEO of Nikken Sekkei’s Dubai operations, said:
"I am delighted that our team succeeded in creating the Chatai Pavilion, which blends joy, learning, creativity, and connection to become one of the highlights of Dubai Design Week 2025. The pavilion offered visitors of all ages an immersive experience, a comfortable and enjoyable environment, and opportunities to gain new insights. We are pleased with our successful participation and look forward to continuing the journey with an enhanced edition next year."
The new pavilion received widespread acclaim from visitors, who praised the craftsmanship of its wooden structure, enjoyed the festive interactive activities, and admired the elegant calligraphy and graphic elements. Many described it as a peaceful retreat amid the vibrant atmosphere of Dubai Design Week.

27/11/2025

2A + A: Expanding the Frontiers of Architecture, Art & AI

Experience the Convergence of Creativity and Intelligent Design

February 5 to 7, 2026

Step into a transformative global gathering where Architecture, Art, and Artificial Intelligence align to shape the future of human environments.

In 2026, 2A Magazine introduces its groundbreaking vision 2A +A new intellectual and creative platform redefining the synergy between artistic imagination, architectural innovation, and emerging intelligent technologies.

The 2A + A initiative comes to life during the 2A Continental Architectural Awards,2ACAA 2026 and its affiliated exhibition.

2A + A: A New Vision for the Future

The new identity of 2A Magazine, 2A + A signifies a bold evolution. It establishes a worldwide nexus where digital transformation meets human sensitivity, and where ethical, aesthetic, and emotional intelligence guide technological advancement.

Through its publications, exhibitions, conferences, and awards, 2A + A invites architects, artists, scientists, and cultural thinkers to explore:

- How does AI amplify imagination?

- How can design remain deeply human in an era of automation?

- How sustainability becomes an intelligent cultural practice?

- How creative disciplines merge to elevate human environments?

2A + A stands at the forefront of documenting and shaping this convergence.

A Gathering of Thought Leaders, February 5th, 2026

The opening day will feature a series of professional lectures, keynote talks, and roundtable dialogues delivered by distinguished global practitioners. These sessions will explore:

- AI as a collaborative design partner

- The emotional intelligence of space

- The future of visual art in computational environments

- Architecture’s cultural responsibility in a digital age

- Sustainability as intelligent harmony

These conversations will anchor the vision of 2A + A and ignite the intellectual momentum of the event.

Join Us

Celebrate a future where art, architecture, and AI unite to create new dimensions of creativity, connection, and vision.

Organized by:

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18/11/2025

Redefining the Dimensions of Creative Intelligence

2A + A marks the evolution of 2A Magazine into a new era where Architecture, Art, and Artificial Intelligence converge to shape the future of human environments.
2A + A explores how emerging technologies enhance imagination, design ethics, and cultural continuity.

This new vision positions 2A + A as a global nexus of innovation, where digital intelligence meets human sensitivity.
It promotes a holistic dialogue, uniting technology, sustainability, and emotion to redefine how we design, build, and live.
Through its publications, awards, and exhibitions,
2A + A invites architects, artists, and thinkers to explore how intelligent systems can empower design that is not only smart but deeply human.

Exhibition Theme in this Section:
“Intelligent Harmony: Architecture, Art & AI for a Sustainable Future”
Dubai- February 5th-7th, 2026

Join us now!

Organized by: 2A Magazine

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16/11/2025

Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge

Published in , special edition of:
AUSTRALIA - THE WORLD IN REVERDE

Location: Bundanon Illaroo, NSW
Photos: Zan Wimberley, Rory Gardiner

An Art Museum Embedded in the Landscape
For millennia fire and flood have shaped this landscape. Bundanon’s buildings and landscapes are designed for resilience and resistance, incorporating radical solutions to a changing climate with a net zero energy target and defendable against fire and flood.
The Art Museum and Collection Store, for the work of Australian artist Arthur Boyd, is resistant to fire. It is subterranean. Precious artworks are housed and exhibited in an underground building, which protects the works from diverse climate conditions and offers thermal stability in the form of the reinstated hill (which also maintains the setting for the Boyd Education Centre by Murcutt, Lewin and Lark), reducing the demand on mechanical systems.
By contrast the Bridge is resilient. Treated as flood infrastructure the architecture supports rather than impedes the overland flow and sporadic floodwaters below it. A 165-metre-long by a 9-metre-wide structure that at one end abuts the Art Museum within the sloping hillside, bridges the reinstated wet gully and accommodates 32 bedrooms, breezeways, creative learning, dining spaces and a public cafe.

Guest Editor:

Chief editor:zohadi

23/10/2025

Celebrating the World’s Leading 2A PARAGON CITIES 2026
"Honoring Innovation, Sustainability, and Humanity in
Urban Life"

Within the Framework of the 2A center of PARAGON CITY
"Building A More Unified Human Future Through Understanding, Connectivity and Shared Values"

Join the Global Ceremony
Organized by: 2A MAGAZINE with the partnership of UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART

14/10/2025

Architecture For People By People

Published in

Centre Karibu is a surgical center and medical training center in Beni,a town in DR Congo’s North Kivu Province. center is founded by Belgian
humanitarian surgeon Dr. Reginald Moreels.
Centre Karibu will offer specialized surgical services and training in an area plagued by war and violence, deprived of humanitarian aid.

Realizing the project is a major achievement and a sign of hope in one of the most inaccessible parts of the world, providing high quality medical care for
millions of people.
www.unichair.africa

The design pays great attention to the well-being of the patients, and is conceived as a series of pavilions in a garden. Breaking up the project into a series of smaller buildings creates a pleasant environment on a human scale, with ample light and greenery flowing between the buildings. This modularity also builds in a large degree of flexibility and plausibility, essential to realize this type of projects. Contrary to most hospitals in the region, patients are not grouped in large dorms. The pavilions house 1-3 person rooms, offering more privacy and rest to the patients and preventing diseases to spread too easily.

A large communal garden provides respite in the shade and space for cooking, eating and washing.
An orchard with fruit trees contributes to the food supply for the center. Green space and vegetation is also crucial in the site’s water management, in addition to a large wadi that protects the site from flooding. A total of 50 trees The have already been planted, with more to come.
By placing the water tower on a central spot in the garden, the team could save some space by using the space below the tower as a kitchen for visitors and patients.

A striking roof structure provides natural ventilation and cooling, and eliminates the need to use AC. This is achieved by using a double roof structure consisting of a perforated concrete slab topped with steel roof.

Centre Karibu opened in june 2023.

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