A preview of the upcoming IDEAS CITY Festival that explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture make urban centers better places to live, work, and play, including two projects from the Architectural League: Little Free Library/NYC and Typecast.

A presentation by and conversation with photographer Mitch Epstein on Monday, April 29, at 7:00pm. Discussion following with Joshua Chuang and Matthew Wells; moderated by Michael Kimmelman.

A one-day symposium that uses the current economic and urban crisis in Spain as a lens through which to consider future global patterns of urbanization and settlement.

A competition to design one of ten informal book exchanges in Lower Manhattan.

Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers opens this week at at the Museum of the City of New York and will run from January 23rd through September 15th. Two public programs related to this exhibition, on January 24th and February 7th, will be of particular interest to Omnibus readers.

200 features since our first, we’ve still got a whole lot of discovery ahead of us.

The Architectural League and the New York Transit Museum partnered to host a drawing competition for architects and designers to capture or re-imagine the New York City landmark.

Experts in urban ecology, design, and community planning will present examples of current projects that explore the social, planning, and design challenges for high-risk, and often low-income, coastal areas.

UPDATE: Submission deadline extended to December 14th.