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Time to act: For high-quality architecture and living environment for all
15.04.2024Ahead of the forthcoming European Elections, the Architects’ Council of Europe is launching today its Manifesto calling on MEPs to act for high-quality architecture and living environment for all. Our mission is to achieve high-quality architecture and living environments for all. The way w...
Happening this Week! Join the ACE Conference on Internationalisation of the architectural profession & the NEB
15.04.2024With the globalisation of the economy and technological progress, architectural firms now have greater opportunities to collaborate and work on projects across borders, within the European Union and globally. According to the last edition of the ACE Sector Study, in 2022 5% of European architec...
The New European Bauhaus Festival: Discover ACE highlights
09.04.2024From 9-13 April 2024, the New European Bauhaus Festival will celebrate innovation, sustainability and beauty around the EU and the world. This European Commission initiative, in cooperation with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, will take place in Brussels, but also across the whole o...
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ACE Manifesto on the New European Bauhaus
12.02.2024In September 2020, the President of the European Commission announced the launch of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) in her State of the Union address. The initiative was subsequently embedded in the Renovation Wave strategy, where it is presented as “an interdisciplinary project that will create...
Upskilling to deliver high-quality architecture for a beautiful, sustainable and inclusive environment
15.05.2023On Thursday 20 April 2023, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) and the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) held a public conference to discuss what are the skills, methods and pedagogies needed for a flourishing and ecologically beneficial architectural practice that...
ACE calls for an ambitious revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
06.02.2023One of the highest priority is to strengthen Energy Performance Certificates so they reflect validated performance. The primary reasons for this is the performance gap, which undermines the confidence in the certificates, as they do not reflect the actual delivered quality of a project – not...