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Events


  • FALL READING GROUP

    FALL READING GROUP

    Fall Reading Group starts next month! How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World by Rob Hopkins is a deep dive into the people and movements throughout history who have used visions of the future to inspire positive change on a large and dramatic scale. Hopkins brings essential…

    Fall Reading group showing cover of Rob Hopkins' How to Fall in Love with the Future

    Discord

  • AWI August Snap Session: UIA Congress

    We are inviting you to an Architectural Workers International (AWI) Snap Session next Sunday 9th August with Peggy Deamer who presented at the International Unions of Architects (UIA) World Congress of Architects in Barcelona this past June. Topic: Debrief on UIA CongressDate and Time: Sunday August 9th at 12:00PM ETFormat: CasualAccess: BBB Link https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/rit-fyr-bvp-mrb

    Sunday 8/9/26 12:00pm—01:00pm EDT

    Online • https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/rit-fyr-bvp-mrb

  • NO STAMPS FOR CAMPS!

    NO STAMPS FOR CAMPS!

    NO STAMPS NO CAMPS THIS IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO USE ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, AND PLANNING METHODS TO DISRUPT, STALL, HALT AND REFUSE WAREHOUSE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. This will be a webinar that introduces the database of spatial information on ICE facilities and shifts to a working Zoom. You are welcome to join late, but it is…

  • Angela Davis – Are Prisons Obsolete? Discussion

    Angela Davis – Are Prisons Obsolete? Discussion

    Open to all! We will be discussing Angela Davis’ book, Are Prisons Obsolete? as part of prep and self-education toward anti-carceral architecture work. Though reading ahead of time is highly encouraged, it is not mandatory. Bring a friend! For a longer list of related resources: Online3PM ETSaturday 22 November

    Saturday 11/22/25 03:00pm—04:00pm EDT

    Online • Online (Zoom)

  • Intro to Anti-Carceral Architecture

    Intro to Anti-Carceral Architecture

    3PM ET // OCTOBER 18, 2025 // ON ZOOM (SEE DISCORD FOR DETAILS) Join us for an introduction to anti-carceral architecture. We will be dividing the hour into two parts: We invite participants to join in discussion as we use this meeting as a lead-in to our next event in the series: a strategic campaign…

    Saturday 10/18/25 03:00pm—04:15pm EDT

    Online • Online (Zoom)

  • Visit ‘Organizing the Lobby’ at the 2025 Venice Biennale

    Visit ‘Organizing the Lobby’ at the 2025 Venice Biennale

    Visit The Architecture Lobby’s “Organizing in the Lobby” at the Arsenale Corderie—an interactive installation featuring 26 interviews with activist architecture organizations from around the globe. Discover how architectural workers worldwide are building collective power, fighting for climate justice, and challenging profit-driven development. The exhibit features 16+ hours of video documentation and displays a growing movement…

    Thursday 5/8/25 06:00pm—Sunday 11/23/25 06:00pm CEST

    Arsenale Corderie

  • Who owns social housing?

    Who owns social housing?

    Often, we think of mass social housing as something needing large entities—government agencies, philanthropies, or unions—to take on the profit-driven real estate sector. The history of New York City’s housing activism suggests otherwise, that tenants themselves are capable of leading the struggle for affordable and livable cities.

    Monday 4/8/24 07:00pm—08:00am EDT

    Citygroup

  • Organizing for Green Social Housing

    Organizing for Green Social Housing

    Guests: New York Communities for Change – Wally Mazon, Architectural Workers United – Andrew Daley

    Monday 3/11/24 12:00pm—Tuesday 2/27/24 12:00pm EDT

    104b Forsyth St., New York, NY

  • Protest: 2014 Venice Biennale

    Protest: 2014 Venice Biennale

    “We are precarious workers. These are our demands: UPDATE 6/16/2014:  Check out the video of our protest below. 7 June 2014