After seven years, Global Studio came to an end in Bhopal, India. New projects are underway.

Paul Pholeros’ May 5, 2013 TEDx talk occupied this news box when the site files were lost in May 2014. It has now been seen by more than 1,365,000 viewers and has been translated into 25 languages. This talk is an uplifting way to remember him.

Great Global Studio get together at WUF 7: Coral Gillet, Alice Siragusa, Nicolas Valenzuela, Matt French, Guy Trangos, William Chan, Anna Rubbo and Megan Bullock in Medellin.

Bhopal 2012   Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh, a vast state of 60.4 million in northern India. With a population of 1.46 million, Bhopal is a small city by Indian standards. Compared to other states Madhya Pradesh’s human development indicators are lower than average. The main language is Hindi. Bhopal has several lakes, […]

PBBC India launches at Studio X – Mumbai on September 20, 2013. The exhibition opening will be accompanied by a panel discussion ‘People Building Better Cities: What does it mean to be inclusive?’

PBBC New York opens December 3 followed by two public forums on engaged practice and learning Dec. 7 and 11. Candy Chang (GS 06,07) will speak at the December 7 Forum.

PBBC Nairobi will be held at Alliance Francaise with Science Café and the Exhibition, ‘Nairobi Architecture and Identity’.

PBBC Johannesburg public events will be held at Maboneng, Diepsloot Youth Centre and the University of the Witwatersrand.

April 12-May 19
PBBC will be on display at the University of Sydney and at Customs House, with public events in both locations. 2013

Building on its July 2011 festival, and using the Global Studio designed ‘I love Diepsloot’ T (2009) the Diepsloot Arts and Culture Network (DACN) would like T owners to send photos of themselves in their T’s.

In 2008 Global Studio helped launch the Diepsloot Arts and Culture Network.

Rajarshi Sahai (GS06 & 12) is one of 25 participants selected for the International Professional Training Programme on “Efficient Energy Use and Planning”.

Mark and Daniel collaborated on the international competition, EDGE Parramatta.

Global Studio Johannesburg Project Manager Jennifer van den Bussche and Genevieve Blanchett (GS05-08) have established Sticky Situations, an organisation to facilitate community based projects.

WASSUP, the toilet upgrade cooperative, has been selected for ‘Design with the Other 90%’, at the Cooper Hewitt Museum.

For those interested in transport, the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) at Columbia University will host a write-shop on Planning and Transportation in Kenya’s New County System.

Habitat UNI is UN-Habitat’s partnership with universities worldwide.

Lachlan Delaney (GS08), Rosemary Korawali (GS06) and Brendan Worsley are organising the design and build SAGO Studio in PNG, January 2012.

City of Johannesburg notes WASSUP progress on their Johannesburg Development Agency website.

Global Studio founder Anna Rubbo received the 2011 Australian Institute of Architects Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize. Healthabitat and Paul Pholeros received the 2011 Australian Institute of Architects Leadership in Sustainability Prize.

Sandra Plaza (GS06) started up ReBuild Global, to provide socially responsible and sustainable design solutions where it they are unavailable and needed most.

Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN Habitat, spoke in the Sydney Ideas series on Sustainable Urbanisation, Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the United Nations Human Settlements Program.