The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced that Lars Krückeberg, Founding Partner of GRAFT, and Juergen Mayer, Founder of J. Mayer H., will speak at this year's festival as part of a session titled ?Architect as Instigator,? exploring issues of housing, immigration, and how architects can drive social change through the buildings and spaces they create.

Lars Krückeberg, Founding Partner of GRAFT (© Paulus Ponizak); Juergen Mayer, Founder of J. Mayer H. Image Courtesy of The World Architecture Festival

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced that Lars Krückeberg, Founding Partner of GRAFT, and Juergen Mayer, Founder of J. Mayer H., will speak at this year's festival as part of a session titled ?Architect as Instigator,? exploring issues of housing, immigration, and how architects can drive social change through the buildings and spaces they create.The world?s largest, annual, international architectural event, WAF will be held from November 16 to 18, at Franz Ahrens? historic former bus depot now known as Arena Berlin, in Berlin, Germany. WAF also features the biggest architectural awards programme in the world. Projects can be submitted for consideration for an award until May 19th via this link. Both GRAFT and J. Mayer H. have recently worked on various housing projects across Germany. GRAFT?s Eckwerk is a mixed-use project that incorporates housing for students and young professionals, and J. Mayer H. recently opened Sonnenhof, ...