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08/25/2026

We are excited to share that How to Plant a Lake / Cómo plantar un lago has been selected for the 2026 Climate Film Festival, screening September 17-21 in New York City during NYC Climate Week.

Join us for the world premiere and post-screening conversation!

🗓️September 19, 2026
🕰️7:45 pm
📍Regal Essex Crossing Cinema 9, New York
🔗Tickets link in bio

The documentary follows Dayana Blanco Quiroga, Aymara climate leader from Oruro, Bolivia and a winner of The World Around Young Climate Prize, as she revives an ancestral practice of planting totora reeds to draw toxins from Lake Uru Uru, poisoned by decades of mining. Alongside her mentor Sebas Acampante and her Uru Uru Team, Dayana’s fight to heal the lake becomes proof that Indigenous knowledge, held carefully and applied collectively, is climate action.

Get your tickets now and join us at the Climate Film Festival in NYC to celebrate climate cinema and storytelling!

08/21/2026

NYC’s Mayor Mamdani just released a statement advising that 700,000 new homes need to be built within the next decade. As part of our Dear Mayor Mamdani series, Florian Idenburg urges City Hall to invite architects into policy and development decisions much earlier in the process.

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP® Magazine ’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, some of New York’s most talked-about architects came together under one roof, so we asked them, “What do you want to say to Mayor Mamdani?” This series presents questions, opinions, and ideas from New York architects to the city’s new mayor.

Today we look into what New York architects want Mayor Mamdani and his administration to know about their biggest interest: housing. Read more about what Ada Tolla, Amale Andraos, Adam Rolston and Florian Idenburg had to say on our Insights. Link in the bio.

If you are an architect or a designer, let us know what you’d like to say to the Mayor in the comments.

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08/14/2026

“New York is built as a laboratory for architecture,” Nile Greenberg.

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP® Magazine ’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, some of New York’s most talked-about architects came together under one roof, so we asked them “What do you want to say to Mayor Mamdani?” This series presents questions, opinions, and ideas from New York architects to the city’s new mayor.

Today we look into what New York architects want Mayor Mamdani and his administration to know about who gets to build our city, who builds a city and how to make space for them. Read more about what Greenberg, Nahyun Hwang, Michael Abel, Andrea Chiney and Jaffer Kolb had to say on our Insights. Link in the bio.

If you are an architect or a designer, let us know what you’d like to say to the Mayor in the comments.
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08/06/2026

“The city is our living room,” Pernilla Ohrstedt.

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, some of New York’s most talked-about architects came together under one roof, so we asked them: “What do you want to say to Mayor Mamdani?” This series presents questions, opinions, and ideas from New York architects to the city’s new mayor.

Today we look into what New York architects want Mayor Mamdani and his administration to know about the parks, libraries, streets and the infrastructure of belonging. Read more about what Ohrstedt, Susan Wines, Amina Blacksher and Mimi Hoang had to say on our Insights. Link in the bio.

If you are an architect or a designer, let us know what you’d like to say to the Mayor in the comments.

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The World Around is proud to share that our founder and Executive Director Beatrice Galilee has been named to the Wallpa...
07/31/2026

The World Around is proud to share that our founder and Executive Director Beatrice Galilee has been named to the Wallpaper* US400 for the third consecutive year. The annual list honours those defining America’s creative landscape across art, design, architecture, and more. Beatrice’s work with The World Around, the Young Climate Prize , and a decade of curatorial practice continues to change how architecture engages with the future.

We are grateful to Wallpaper* for the recognition and thrilled to see her in such exceptional company.

US400 animation credits: Antonin Waterkeyn

06/25/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶… Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, The World Around invited New York architects to share one request for the city’s new mayor ajusbssunahah

Some proposals are practical, some ambitious, some radical. Taken together, they offer a collective brief for New York’s future.

Today’s proposal comes from Diller Scofidio + Renfro



06/23/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶… Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, The World Around invited New York architects to share one request or thought for the city’s new mayor ajusbssunahah

Some proposals are practical, some ideas as grand, some radical. Taken together, they offer a collective brief for New York’s future.

Today’s fundamental idea comes from Mariam Issoufou 



06/22/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶… Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, The World Around invited New York architects to share one request for the city’s new mayor ajusbssunahah

Some proposals are practical, some ambitious, some radical. Taken together, they offer a collective brief for New York’s future.



06/17/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶… Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, The World Around invited New York architects to share one request for the city’s new mayor ajusbssunahah

Some proposals are practical, some ambitious, some radical. Taken together, they offer a collective brief for New York’s future.

Today’s proposal comes from Emanuel Admassu | አማኑኤል አድማሱ 



06/16/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶… Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Earlier this year, during PIN–UP’s 40th-anniversary cover shoot, The World Around invited New York architects to share one request for the city’s new mayor ajusbssunahah

Some proposals are practical, some ambitious, some radical. Taken together, they offer a collective brief for New York’s future.

Today’s proposal comes from Bjarke ingels 



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