This week's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, address urban design, sustainable infrastructure, Stefano Boeri and Sou Fujimoto, equity in higher ed, designing careers, and much more. 

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Designing Disorder
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM BST
In this conversation, Pablo Sendra (Lecturer in Planning and Urban Design at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London) and Richard Sennett (Author of The Uses of Disorder) will propose a reorganization of how we think and plan the social life of our cities.
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Envision: A Framework for Sustainable Infrastructure
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
As cities continue to grow and development continues to move forward, the need for sustainable infrastructure becomes paramount. In 2017, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres stated, “Infrastructure investment will be crucial. The world should adopt a simple rule: if big infrastructure projects are not green, they should not be given the green light."
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Architects, not architecture. Virtual Event 03 with Stefano Boeri and Sou Fujimoto
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 AM CEST
Architects, not Architecture aims to bring to the stage what we normally don’t see. We invite well-known architects, who instead of talking about their award-winning international projects, are asked to talk about themselves. On Wednesday, July 8th, two remarkable architects will talk on our virtual stage.  
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EQUITY MATTERS Leadership Summit - Higher Education
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
This summit discussion by university leaders will propose and develop solution goals for social equity on campus, student engagement for assessing need, and strategies and tools to improve equity and voice.
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CAC Live: Building Tall on Broad Shoulders
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Chicago is where innovations were developed and applied to the design and construction of the world’s very first skyscrapers. Looking at engineering breakthroughs throughout the history of high-rises, this presentation showcases five specific structural types—each utilizing a unique technology that allowed and supported building taller and taller.
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Lecture by Daniel Belasco, Director of the Al Held Foundation: "Al Held and Architecture: Line, Structure, and Space"
Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
On July 9, Director of the Al Held Foundation, Daniel Belasco, will deliver his lecture "Al Held and Architecture: Line, Structure and Space" as part of 'T' Space Rhinebeck's Summer Architecture Residency Lecture Series.
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DESIGNING CAREERS in architecture and beyond: for the immediate and longer range future
Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
This webinar will be held on Thursday, July 9 from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. CT. Moderated by Professor Ken Schwartz, this event will feature a panel discussion with a group of prominent architects and academics from around the country about strategies for planning for the immediate future and beyond.
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