Revisiting Torre David [UTT’s Alfredo Brillembourg]- Screening + Conversation [@ DC]

For those of you who are in or around the US Capital city- Washington DC- I will be moderating a Continue reading →

Urban thinking from the streets: Architecture students reflect on participatory design

Guest post by Joseph Vitale  The role of the architect in Latin America has taken a massive turn in recent Continue reading →

Land Tenure & Disasters: Response, Rebuilding, Resilience

Photograph above: Claude Andre Nadon/UNOPS, Reconstruction efforts in Fort National, Haiti Taking advantage of the fact that this session will Continue reading →

WUF >> MORE THAN A ROOF, #BuildingCommunities [UNOPS]

As the seventh World Urban Forum (WUF) begins this week, I am taking advantage of the situation to do a bit of Continue reading →

A quick FYI + recap:: TEDCITY2.0

Just what is a “world-class city” anyway? That was the question posed by urban planner and Berkeley professor Ananya Roy as she Continue reading →

CALLING ALL WRITERS!

Dear readers, As we begin this new season- we are reaching out for NEW WRITERS! FAVELissues is an open forum Continue reading →

University of Maryland Symposium :: CONFLICT & CONVERGENCE, October 4-5 [2013]

CONFLICT AND CONVERGENCE, Urban Informality in Latin America You are invited to this free symposium taking place at the School Continue reading →

City Changer

For this post, I wanted to quickly share a very interesting initiative from UN Habitat: I encourage you to take Continue reading →