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Here are 11 architecture events including conferences, exhibitions and biennales taking place in 2022 selected from Dezeen Events Guide. See also last week’s guide to the 25 best design events of the coming year.

Peter Cook – City Landscapes

This exhibition explores the imaginative and colourful drawings of British architect Peter Cook, who has helped shape architecture and architectural thinking for nearly six decades.

Cook’s drawings suggest new ways of shaping the city and inhabiting it, a prevalent theme throughout Cook’s career when he and the neo-futuristic group Archigram created new and provocative ways of seeing the city of the future.

Peter Cook – City Landscapes takes place from 21 January to 8 May 2022 at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

The World Around summit

The World Around architecture summit will this year host a hybrid programme with talks live-streamed from across the world plus an in-person event at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.

Presented in collaboration with Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut, the event’s third edition will present the most important new projects of the past year with a particular focus on architecture’s role in the climate emergency.

The World Around 2022 takes place on 5 February 2022 both online and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue, New York City, USA. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

London Festival of Architecture

London Festival of Architecture is a month-long, citywide celebration of architectural practice and experimentation featuring a programme of talks, tours, installations, workshops, exhibitions and open studios.

This year’s programme of events centres around the theme Act, which aims to examine how we can act for ourselves, each other, our cities and the environment.

London Festival of Architecture takes place at various venues in London, England from 1 to 30 June 2022. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

The Urban Condition: From Smart Cities to Sustainable Architectures conference

This conference examines architecture, design and cities in the developing world from sustainable architecture and smart city perspectives.

The conference brings together government officials from India together with private industry, NGOs, academics and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, share experiences and network on the future of architecture and urban planning in India and beyond.

The Urban Condition: From Smart Cities to Sustainable Architectures Bangalore and New Delhi, and online from 13 to 25 March 2022. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

(In)tangible Heritage(s): Technology, Heritage and Architecture conference

The (In)tangible Heritage(s) conference invites delegates to visit Canterbury to explore how architects, digital modellers, conservationists and historians often work in collaboration.

The conference’s keynote presentation is about The Soane Project by Robert AM Stern Architects and Hewlett Packard, which used open-source digital modelling to reconstruct Sir John Soane’s lost Bank of England project in London.

(In)tangible Heritage(s): Technology, Heritage and Architecture takes place 15 to 17 June 2022 in Canterbury, England and online. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

The Architect’s Studio: Forensic Architecture exhibition

This exhibition explores the work of London studio Forensic Architecture, which is dedicated to solving crimes against civilians by analyzing architecture and landscapes. It works with evidence to reconstruct events in films and images to give a voice to materials and witnesses that are not normally included in established jurisprudence.

The Architect’s Studio takes place from 19 May to 23 October 2022 at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Cultures, Communities and Design conference

This conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary and explores sustainable and participatory design.

Cultures, Communities and Design – Sustainability and Practice takes place from 28 to 30 June 2022 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and online. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

AIA Conference on Architecture 2022

The 2022 edition of the American Institute of Architects’ annual conference brings together leaders and professionals in architecture and design to discuss the industry’s innovations.

AIA Conference on Architecture 2022 takes place from 23 to 25 June 2022 at McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, USA. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Tallinn Architecture Biennale

The biggest architecture exhibition in the Baltics, this year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennale includes a large exhibition about the circular economy and the ways it interacts with design fields plus an outdoor installation in the heart of Tallinn.

Tallinn Architecture Biennale takes place from 7 September to October 2022, at various locations across Tallinn, Estonia. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Oslo Architecture Triennale

The eighth edition of the Oslo Architecture Triennale is exhibiting projects and practices that focus on the idea of neighbourhoods as places to rethink cities.

The Triennale brings together professionals and enthusiasts to discuss ways in which local projects through to large-scale master plans can shape cities.

Oslo Architecture Triennale takes place from 21 to 25 September 2022 in various locations across the city of Oslo. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio

Continuing from last year, this exhibition explores Dutch architectural practice MVRDV, digitally showcasing over 400 projects from MVRDV’s archive.

It offers an insight into the workings of the practice, displayed through an active working environment cum living office space with models, maquettes, drawings and notes displayed on rows of shelves.

MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio run until 4 September 2022 at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam, Netherlands. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life is the first major exhibition of the Swedish architect’s life and work, which takes place at ArkDes in Sweden.

Opened last year, the exhibition displays ArkDes’ complete collection of Lewerentz’s drawings, personal archive and library. This includes his lesser-known designs for shops and commercial interiors, the landscape and chapel at the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm and St Mark’s church in Björkhagen.