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Architektur und Emigration 1920-1950 (Munich, 5-6 May 2017)
A House of One’s Own. Architektur und Emigration 1920–1950 München, 5. - 6. May 2017 Deadline for paper proposals: October 5, 2016 Tagung des Instituts für Kunstgeschichte der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Kooperation mit dem Bund Deutscher Architekten,...
MAATWERK MASSARBEIT. Custom Made Architecture from Flanders and the Netherlands (Frankfurt, 7 October 2016)
MAATWERK MASSARBEIT. Custom Made Architecture from Flanders and the Netherlands Exhibition opening, Friday the 7th of October, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt The past thirty years have been crucial years for architecture in the Low Countries, north and south...
Obscured by the Alps: Medieval Italian Architecture and the European Canon (Kalamazoo, 11-14 May 2017)
Obscured by the Alps: Medieval Italian Architecture and the European Canon CFP for a Session at the International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 11-14 May 2017 The traditional canon of European architecture has been well established through both...
The Stones Cry Out: Modes of Citation in Medieval Architecture (Kalamazoo, 11 – 14 May 2017)
The Stones Cry Out: Modes of Citation in Medieval Architecture International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 11-14, 2017 Organized by Lindsay Cook (Columbia University) and Zachary Stewart (Fordham University) Citation, understood in its earliest legal...
Georgian Gothic Architecture, Furniture & Interiors (Twickenham, 17 November 2016)
Georgian Gothic Architecture, Furniture & Interiors Dr Peter Lindfield, an expert on the Gothic Revival, will be giving an illustrated 30-minute lecture at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, on the topic of Georgian Gothic design between 1730 and 1840. Strawberry Hill...
“The Classicist Triangle: Vicenzo Scamozzi, Inigo Jones and Constantijn Huygens" (London, 17 October 2016)
Professor Konrad Ottenheym “The Classicist Triangle: Vicenzo Scamozzi, Inigo Jones and Constantijn Huygens and the exchange of architectural thinking in the early 17th century” Monday 17 October 2016 at 18:15pm The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, The...
Autodidacts, Workshops, Academies – Architectural Education 1400 -1850 (Einsiedeln, 20-23 April 2017)
Sixth Colloquium on Architectural Theory at the Werner Oechslin Library Einsiedeln, Werner Oechslin Library, 20 - 23 April 2017 Autodidacts, Workshops, Academies - Architectural Education 1400 -1850 Before the establishment of the major schools of architecture in the...
The Art of Architecture: Hand Drawing and Design (South Bend, Indiana 29 September – 1 October 2016) nce
Join the Notre Dame School of Architecture for “Art of Architecture: Hand Drawing and Design,” September 29-October 1, 2016. The conference comes at a crucial time. NCARB is considering deleting drawing from the Architectural Exam, while others are touting “programs...
Perceptions of Architecture in Early Modern Europe (Durham, 5 November 2016)
Perceptions of Architecture in Early Modern Europe Durham, United Kingdom, 5 November 2016 Kenworthy Hall, St. Mary's College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham University UK Registration Deadline: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 Across discourses and media, early modern Europeans...
Conference – Living and Sustainability (London, 9-10 February 2017)
Living and Sustainability London, South Bank University, 9 - 10 February 2017 The conference, co-organised with AMPS, welcomes case studies, design proposals, research projects, investigative papers and theoretical considerations on the conference themes in various...
Architektur als Bild: Karl Friedrich Schinkels "Sammlung architektonischer Entwürfe" (Zurich, 17 August – 16 October 2016)
Architektur als Bild: Karl Friedrich Schinkels "Sammlung architektonischer Entwürfe" (17 August - 16 October 2016) Collection of Prints and Drawings ETH Zurich In his „Collection of Architectural Designs“ [„Sammlung architektonischer Entwürfe“], the great architect...
Ideological Equals. Women Architects in Socialist Europe (ed. Mary Pepchinski, Mariann Simon)
Mary Pepchinski, Mariann Simon, eds. Ideological Equals. Women Architects in Socialist Europe (Routledge, 2017) Ideological Equals: Women Architects in Socialist Europe 1945-1989 presents an alternative narrative of women in architecture. A topic often considered from...