The fifth and final part of VDF's collaboration with reSITE sees London architecture studio WallaceLiu discuss working in China and the West with MAAT executive director Beatrice Leanza in a talk moderated by Yoko Choy, editor of Wallpaper* China. More about Development in China is about decongesting and depopulating cities, says Beatrice Leanza
Open-government advocate Bianca Wylie discusses her concerns over smart-city project Sidewalk Toronto in the fourth VDF talk in collaboration with reSITE. More about "Corporations are beginning to sound a lot like governments" says Bianca Wylie at reSITE conference
The third lecture from today's collaboration between VDF and reSITE sees Chris Precht of studio Precht explain his mission to design buildings that serve both environmental and emotional needs. More about The building of the future will be "an ecosystem by itself" says architect Chris Precht
For the second lecture screened exclusively for the VDF x reSITE collaboration, Marianthi Tatari of Dutch architect UNStudio talks about how technology can help architects design neighbourhoods that serve people better. More about Marianthi Tatari explains how UNStudio designed "the smartest neighbourhood in the world"
VDF teams up with reSITE today, with the Prague conference sharing five lectures from its 2019 conference starting with Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo's talk about the South African design platform he founded in 1995. More about "Creativity is the ultimate renewable energy" says Ravi Naidoo in the first reSITE lecture shared with VDF
Ahead of Monday's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and reSITE , the Prague urbanism conference has shared a video of a lecture by Michael Sorkin, in which the late architect and critic quashes the lure of glamorised future city proposals. More about "We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin
Dezeen promotion: Sou Fujimoto and OMA's Reinier de Graaf will be among the speakers at reSITE 2018, an annual international forum showcasing better solutions for the urbanised world. More about Reinier de Graaf and Sou Fujimoto to speak at reSITE 2018
Organisers of the reSITE Resonate conference have offered female delegates cut-price entry, in an effort to improve the gender balance of the event taking place at the AL_A-designed MAAT museum in Lisbon next week. More about Women offered 70 per cent discount for architecture conference in Lisbon