International colloquium under the direction of Elisa Boeri (Polimi), Pierre Coffy (Paris 1/UniMi), Francesca Mattei (Roma Tre)
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Architecture as an Exhibit. Museum Presentations in Transnational Entanglement
The conference will examine the course of musealization – particularly typification, medialization, historicization and objectification – as formative elements in the new contextualization of architecture.
Maintaining the Presence of the Prince: Management of Royal Geographies (XIVth-XIXth Centuries)
Following on the conference “Building the Presence of the Prince” held in Utrecht in November of 2019, this international symposium aims to reunite experts from different historiographical fields (History, Art History, Architectural History and Political Thought), with the objective of developing a comparative analysis on the way royal spaces were maintained from a transnational and diachronic (14th–19th century) perspective.
Knowledge, Interpretations and Dissemination: Circulations in Mediterranean Architectural Culture between XVII and XVIII Centuries
This conference aims to investigate the circulation, dissemination, and appropriation of architectural novelties of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, placing relations with Italy at the centre of attention and broadening the gaze over the entire Mediterranean.
Re-Conceiving an Ancient Wonder: The Afterlife of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, 1500-1850.
The Mausoleum’s invisibility entails that it is not the monument itself that will be investigated here, but rather the ensemble of texts, images and architectural projects referring to this central but unknowable model.
Architectural Training and Research in the Foreign Aid-Funded Knowledge Economy 1950s-1980s
The various North-South exchanges that took place in the name of ‘development’ have left a deep imprint on the geopolitical landscape of postcolonial Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House
The Iconic Houses Foundation is proud to present its 6th International Iconic Houses Conference in September 2021.
CONFERENCE: Public Space: The Real and the Ideal. 5th Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture. Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland and Online, 2 – 5 July 2021
Conference: Public Space: The Real and the Ideal. 5th Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture. Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland and Online, 2 - 5 July 2021 Although public spaces are everywhere, and used extensively, the...
CONFERENCE: Architecture und Democratization: Overlooked witnesses to Allied intervention in occupied Germany after 1945. Online, 3-5 June 2021
Conference: Architecture und Democratization: Overlooked witnesses to Allied intervention in occupied Germany after 1945. Online, 3-5 June 2021 In 2019 and 2020, Germany marked 70 years since its post-war division into East and West and 30 years since reunification....
CONFERENCE: Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories. Online, 16-19 June 2021
CONFERENCE: Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories. Online, 16-19 June 2021 BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, DFG Research Training Group 1913 “Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings” The programme of the international...
CONFERENCE: Middle Class Urbanism: New Aesthetics of Difference and Detachment in Cities of the Global South. Online, 9-11 June 2021
CONFERENCE: Middle Class Urbanism: New Aesthetics of Difference and Detachment in Cities of the Global South. Online, 9-11 June 2021 The “Middle Class Urbanism” research project invites you to a 3-day online conference hosted by the National Museum of Denmark. During...
CONFERENCE: Work, Rest and Power: Architecture, Space and Political Life 1500-1815. Online, 27 May 2021
CONFERENCE: Work, Rest and Power: Architecture, Space and Political Life 1500-1815. Online, 27 May 2021 Online conference on 27 May exploring the relationship between domestic architecture and politics in the early modern period. Hosted by the University of York, this...