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Cultural Heritage in Action will soon enter its second phase! First phase highlights
28.07.2021
For 18 months, Cultural Heritage in Action allowed exchange on cultural heritage as a key to Europe’s future and a crucial resource and strategic asset for cities and regions’ sustainable development. Cultural heritage ranks high in the strategic priorities of local and regional authorities. Through...
The NEBC publishes the report of its conference : "Common Ground: Making the Renovation Wave a Cultural Project"
22.07.2021
On 29 April 2021, members of the NEB Collective organised an online conference in order to contribute to the co-design phase of the New European Bauhaus. In the spirit of the New European Bauhaus, this conference was designed to be a participatory and multidisciplinary event, enabling people from va...
The ACE publishes the Value of Architecture II : Demonstrating the value of design through research in European architecture practice
18.07.2021
This study is commissioned by the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, with the aim to support the development of research in architectural practice across Europe. Meaning finding suitable tools to document and evaluate t...
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Communication of the EU Commission: An SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe
27.01.2021The ACE welcomes the initiative of the EU Commission to address the challenges that SMEs face and invites it to pay special attention to the specificities of the liberal professions, which are principally made up of micro-enterprises. Indeed, the vast majority of architectural offices in the EU...
Public Procurement & Architecture Design Contest Workgroup: Results of the ACE Public Procurement survey
29.10.2020The survey ran for over a year and elicited responses from 26 countries (out of 31). At the time of writing, responses were outstanding from EL, LUX, SK, UK and SRB;General impact – was mixed. Many said the new Directive had made no change or had had no positive impact. However, there were...
Summary of the ACE positions developed by the Environment Sutainable Architecture Workgroup since 2013
14.08.2020Most people in the EU spend approximately 90% of their time in buildings and 100% in the built environment. Buildings shape social and cultural constructs and affect the health, well-being and productivity of people. Buildings also account for over 40% of EU carbon emissions, while half of all raw...
