Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando, Chinese studio Open Architecture and Italian design studio Formafantasma are among the speakers at The World Around Summit 2022, a day of talks that Dezeen is live streaming on 5 February.
Throughout the day, experts will share recent architectural projects that explore a range of global issues, including racial and social equity, climate change, ecology and indigenous rights.
Founded by Beatrice Galilee, The World Around is an online non-profit organisation that hosts critical discussions with experts on design, architecture and culture.
This year's summit is co-presented by The World Around, the Guggenheim Museum, and Het Nieuwe Instituut. The in-person event will be held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, from where it will be live streamed. Other speakers include filmmaker Matthew Heineman, curator Camila Marambio and author Amitav Ghosh.
Read on for the full line-up and register for more information.
Above: a video still from Cambio, 2020. Courtesy of Formafantasma. Top image: Open Architecture will discus its Chapel of Sound project
Session One

12:00am New York time (5:00pm London time)
The summit's first session will focus on educational projects and architectural ideas that "moved the world".
Curator Lesley Lokko will discuss the African Futures Initiative, a postgraduate school of architecture based in Ghana.
Author Amitav Ghosh will discuss his new book called The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in C...