Dezeen has teamed up with The World Around to livestream its annual summit, featuring talks centred on "the intersection of architecture with ecological and social justice". Watch it live here from 1pm New York time.
Now in its fifth year, the World Around summit speakers will include MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong, MASS Design Group landscape designer Joe Christa Giraso, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art director Sandra Jackson-Dumont, and many more.
Nguy?n Hà, founder of ARB Architects, will speak of reconciling traditional construction with contemporary form
The event, which will take place at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York, is billed as a window into the "now, near and next of architecture".
The World Around founder and executive director, Beatrice Galilee, has curated the event and, in keeping with the organisation's mission to make architecture accessible to all, has partnered with Dezeen to enable the sold-out summit to reach a broad audience via a free live stream. Joe Christa Giraso from MASS will be one of the speakers
"At its heart, The World Around seeks to answer the question: 'Why does architecture matter"'", said Galilee.
"By examining the built projects of extraordinary global practitioners who share a common goal and belief: that their work can improve society," she added.
"By sharing, amplifying and championing this work, we hope to inspire more people to learn from and react to the depth and...