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The quarterly released 2A Magazine is emerging as the leading Architecture magazine of the Middle East.Each issue of 2A focuses on a new theme that is relevant to region as well as globally.

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

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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.

05/10/2025

The UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART
Proudly presents the Selection and Introduction of Three Distinguished Projects
Registered in the 11th 2ACAA 2025- 2026 and aligned with UNESCO’s Vision

Be part of the journey!
Register & submit online at www.2at.center

Email: [email protected]
Mobile & WhatsApp: +971 2935206

03/10/2025

Terra- Published in # 49

The Sustainability Pavilion opened to the public in 2021 as one of the top three attractions of the Expo 2020 Dubai. It is an exemplar to illuminate the ingenuity and possibility of architecture for future sustainable living.

Architect: Grimshaw

Clients: Expo 2020 LLC and Emaar

Properties PJSC
Engineering: Buro Happold
Engineering
Landscape: Desert Ink Landscape
Architecture

Exhibition: Eden Project

Canopy viewed from inside pavilion “The Sustainability Pavilion, which is created for the 2020 World Expo held in Dubai, UAE, is born of a tradition of remarkable architecture built for the world exposition stage.”

Drawing inspiration from complex natural processes, the dynamic form of the Pavilion is in service to its function, capturing energy from sunlight and freshwater from humid air. The relationship of building to the site and its physical and cultural contexts is critical, as the facility demonstrates a new way of living sustainably in a challenging desert environment. The structure works in tandem with the landscape of demonstration gardens, winding pathways and shaded enclaves to create an aura of magic punctuated by the sights, smells and tactile opportunities of nature. The gardens are both experiential and functional, setting the stage for the exhibition contents within and creating shaded gathering areas that manage and distribute crowds while providing retail, food, and beverage opportunities.

Meeting our net zero aspirations is as much to do with ingenuity as it is to do with the application of technology. In the first instance we have used our site as a-natural insulator by sinking most of the exhibition space below ground and then the remaining space sits under a very heavily insulated landscape roof, this in turn is wrapped with heavy
masonry walls built out of reclaimed rocks in a Gabion system. All of which then provides an incredible insulated shield to the outside elements.

27/09/2025

Simple Architecture
Jan Glasmeiersimple.architecture

Jan Glasmeier, the founder of Simple Architecture. He started Simple Architecture to promote social and eco-architecture - designing and constructing buildings that meet the needs of local communities and businesses using sustainable, low-cost methods. His life in architecture started off at university in Germany, working late nights on student projects, fuelled on coffee and a mad passion for architecture and design. Shortly after graduating, I headed for the bright lights of London, jumping at the chance to work for the world-renowned Foster + Partners. His early career in architecture took him across the world, working on big shiny projects like Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, and the SportsHUB in Singapore. I experienced the highs and lows of corporate architecture: the joy of working in teams, but also a growing feeling of dissatisfaction. Somewhere along the way, his passion for architecture started fading away: He felt he was just another cog in the system, helping to firm up the profits of large corporations.

His projects included Kwel Kha Baung Migrant School, temporary dormitories for CDC school and temporary classrooms for various local migrant learning centres. These buildings showcase the flexibility, durability, and sustainability of local materials and natural building, often using bamboo and adobe mud bricks.

His work was nominated for and won several awards, including the 2014 DETAIL Award, the 2A Asian Architecture Awards, and has been featured in various international publications, helping to promote the beauty of natural building.

25/09/2025

UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART "Recognition"

Participate in the 11th 2A Continental Architectural Awards (2ACAA) 2025–2026!

For The First Time In History, Three Architectural Projects will Be Selected and Honored As The Official Winners of the UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART

- Submission Deadline
Extended: October 10th, 2025

This is an opportunity for presentation of the projects and gaining recognition on an international stage where architecture is celebrated as design, art, and cultural dialogue.

Evaluation Criteria & Guiding Principles:

- Evaluation Focus

- Cultural & Artistic Value

- Originality & Innovation

- Global Relevance

- Alignment with UNESCO Principles

- Design, Dialogue,
Diversity and Celebrating Context, Culture, and Creativity

- Global Voices, Architectural Visions, Peace and Sustainable Development

Why Participate?

Winning Projects will Be Highlighted As An Official UNESCO Reference

Winners Gain Global Visibility Through 2A Magazine, the UNESCO Club of Architecture & Art, and International Platforms

Be Part Of The First-Ever Announcement Of UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART Winners.

More Information: www.2art.club | www.2art.center
Contact: [email protected]

Join us now!
Introduce your projects, take part in the 11th 2ACAA, and compete for the prestigious UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART Award.

18/09/2025

2A MAGAZINE - Upcoming Edition, Issue # 52 l Autumn 2025

Special Edition For the Members of UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART

Theme:
The Impact of Contemporary Architecture, Interior Design & Art on Global Societies

Be Part of A Worldwide Reference in Architecture and Art.

Join the UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART Today and Contribute to This Edition
www 2ar.club
Email: [email protected]

16/09/2025

Extended!
Call for Submission, 11th 2ACAA 2025- 2026
September 22nd, 2025
www.2art.center
Organized by:

14/09/2025

2A Continental Architectural Awards (2ACAA) 2025–2026
Asia | Europe | Africa | South & Central America | North America

- More Than An Award, A Global Platform for Architectural Dialogue

Join us for a two-day international event featuring:
- Inspiring Conferences
- Interactive Forums
- Global Networking
- Sharing Contextual Architectural Perspectives

Connect, exchange ideas, and showcase your architectural vision to the world.

ONLINE REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION IS AVAILABLE NOW! via www.2art.center

Organized by: 2A Magazine

21/08/2025

"2A ASIA, EUROPE, AFRICA, SOUTH & CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA Architectural Awards, 11th 2ACAA with UNESCO CLUB OF ARCHITECTURE & ART Partnership Advancing Cultural Diversity, Heritage Preservation, and Global Dialogue Based on Today’s Modern World Needs"

- Promoting Cultural Diversity through Architecture
- Fostering Intercultural Dialogue
- Preserving and Reinterpreting Heritage
- Advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Inspiring Educational Growth in Architecture and the Arts
- Encouraging Social Responsibility in Design
- Strengthening Global Cultural Partnerships

www.2art.center
www.2art.club

The online awards' submission via 2art.center by September 15th, 2025

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