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CfP: ABE Journal, ‘The Space of Diplomacy. Design and Beyond'
CfP: ABE Journal, ‘The Space of Diplomacy. Design and Beyond' ABE Journal - Architecture Beyond Europe is accepting paper submissions for Issue 12, 2017: ‘The Space of Diplomacy. Design and Beyond', guest edited by Paolo Girardelli – Boğaziçi University (Istanbul)....
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Architecture and the Humanities – Rice University, Houston
Rice University, Houston Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Architecture and the Humanities The Humanities Research Center, in association with the School of Architecture and the Department of Art History at Rice University in Houston, is seeking to appoint a...
CfP: Architectural Theory Review: Designing Commodity Cultures
CfP: Architectural Theory Review: Designing Commodity Cultures Monocultural production—the dominance of a single raw material in a regional economy—has figured strongly in the designs and representations of the Global South. From the intimacy of sensory experience to...
PhD position: Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2016.
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Vacancy Phd-position, Interdisciplinary Research Project Building Brussels Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2016 The interdisciplinary research team Building Brussels seeks for a full-time...
CfP: 2017 Interstices 19 symposium. Surface – Pattern: a pursuit of material narratives. Auckland, 2–4 June 2017.
2017 Interstices 19 (Under Construction) symposium. Surface – Pattern: a pursuit of material narratives. 2 – 4th June 2017, Auckland, New Zealand. The University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Surface and ornament have been extensively...
Call for Proposals to Host the EAHN 6th International Meeting in 2020
Call for Proposals to Host the EAHN 6th International Meeting in 2020 The European Architectural History Network (EAHN) is searching for candidates to organise its 6th International Meeting in June 2020. The Network supports research and education by providing a...
CFP: The Artistic Heritage of al-Andalus (Berlin, 27-28 October 2017)
The Artistic Heritage of al-Andalus and National Identity Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, October 27 - 28, 2017 Deadline: Feb 28, 2017 The distinction between own and foreign culture plays a pivotal role in the making of religious, ethnic, and national identities....
CFP: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017 (London, 2-4 November 2017)
AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017 London, November 2 - 4, 2017 Deadline: Jan 2, 2017 AA XX 100 is the project to commemorate the centenary of women's admission to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London in 1917. To date it has...
Ephemeral Architecture (London, 10 December 2016 – 16 April 2017)
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London The dynamic and diverse tradition of temporary architecture defies our expectations of architecture as permanent and monumental. From triumphal arches to international exhibition pavilions, and from experimental designs to...
Research Assistant/Associate, University of Cambridge (application due 23 December 2016)
This Smart Design project is a Collaborative Research Project funded via Global Alliance, a collaboration between the University of Cambridge (UCAM), University of California in Berkeley (UCB) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). This one year seed-funding...
CfP: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Buffalo School of Arts and Crafts. Buffalo, 20-22 October 2017
CfP: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Buffalo School of Arts and Crafts. Buffalo, 20-22 October 2017. At the turn of the century, the Buffalo region was an innovative hub of U.S. industry as well as the center of the American Arts and Crafts movement. On the occasion of the...
CfP: OASE 99 – The Architecture (Museum) Effect
CfP: OASE 99, The Architecture (Museum) Effect The aim of OASE 99 is to establish a working understanding of architecture museums as institutions and nodes in architecture’s cultural apparatus. To engage critically with different perspectives and use historical and...