Presented since 2010, the AZA2025 urban festival returns to unite international and local architects, cultural producers, thought leaders, academics and students in the built environment to exchange and discover innovative, alternative and future approaches to design and development.

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Hosted by SAIA in collaboration with the Gauteng Institute for Architecture and the University of Johannesburg, the AZA returns for its fifth edition as the premier event for the South African architectural and built environment.

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Taking place in Johannesburg from 29 – 31 August 2025, Architecture.ZA (AZA) is presented under the themes “Where Architecture Meets Us/Planet/Future”, as an intersection of architecture, humanity, and future sustainability. The festival offers interactive presentations, debates, master classes, a film festival, architectural and other exhibitions, tours, and fringe performance events.