2015 marks forty years since The Open University launched its pioneering course A305 History of architecture and design 1890-1939 in 1975. The course has been widely acknowledged as a landmark in the study of modern architecture and design both in the UK and...
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Conference: The Architecture of Scotland in its European Setting: 1660-1750, 22-25 April 2015, University of Edinburgh
This conference will review the architecture of Scotland’s early classical period, 1660-1750, set against the backdrop of European sister cultures. It will re-examine the work of major Scottish architects including Sir William Bruce, Mr James Smith, the Mylne family,...
LC 2015_LE CORBUSIER 50 YEARS AFTER – (CfP)
In August 1965, Le Corbusier, recognized as the most important architect of the twentieth-century, passed away in the Mediterranean Sea waters. For this reason, the Architectural Design Department at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, with the support of the...
Registration Open for SAH 2015 Annual Conference in Chicago
Registration Now Open for Society of Architectural Historians 2015 Annual Conference in Chicago The SAH 68th Annual International Conference: Chicago at the Global Crossroads takes place April 15–19 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza (#SAH2015) (Chicago) January 6,...
Call for Papers: PHOTOGRAPHY & MODERN ARCHITECTURE international conference
Architecture and photography have maintained a close relation since the inception of the photographic field. Investigating the nature of this relations as well as identifying the fabric of their multidimensional dialogues constitutes an extremely rich field of...
Research Student Symposium DESIGN AND CREATIVITY
Friday 30th January 2015 Faculty of Arts, Environment and Technology Leeds Beckett University Broadcasting Place, Humanities Building Leeds, UK http://cagd.co.uk/public/research/design_and_creativity.php...
CALL FOR PAPERS: This Thing Called Theory, 12th AHRA International Conference
http://www.thisthingcalledtheory.org/ http://cagd.co.uk/public/research/design_and_creativity.php This conference proposes Theory as a form of architectural practice which opposes the instrumentalization of its use. It aims to explore the status of Theory in...
Architecture/Machine. Programs, processes, and performances Conference ETH Zurich
Zurich, January 30 - 31, 2015 From the mid-eighteenth century through to the present day, architecture has been repeatedly imagined, defined or designed as a machine. While a strongly deterministic reading – as in “machine for living”– has held sway ever since the...
Second Candide-Conference: Architecture as Matter of Contention, 29-31 January 2015, Aachen, Germany
The interdisciplinary conference “Streitsache: Architecture as Matter of Contention” intends to probe the complex relation between architecture and conflict. There are numerous instances in which architectural objects become objects of conflict, ‘bones of contention,...
Society of Architectural Historians Announces 2015 SAH International Travel Grant Recipients
The Getty-funded program provides support for professionals from underrepresented countries to attend the SAH 68th Annual International Conference in Chicago (Chicago) December 9, 2014 — The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is pleased to announce the twelve...
Call for Paper: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ARQUITECTONICS NETWORK: MIND, LAND AND SOCIETY
ARCHITECTURE AND KNOWLEDGE: CRITICAL THEORIES, METHODS AND PRACTICES: FOR SETTINGS OF EDUCATION, FOR PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS AND FOR SETTINGS OF SOCIAL URBAN PLANNING PARTICIPATION Barcelona, 3‐4‐5 June 2015 Director: Josep Muntañola Thornberg Supported by: Research...
CfP: Production Sites (London/ Sidney, July/ Oct 2015)
Production Sites: Resituating the Culture of Architectural Knowledge The Bartlett/UCL London and University of Sydney, July 29 - October 30, 2015 Deadline: Jan 15, 2015 Production sites is a symposium that scrutinises new cultures of architectural knowledge by...