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Lecture Course: The Country House: Art, Politics and Taste (London, 13 October – 1 December 2016)
Public Lecture Course, The Country House: Art, Politics, and Taste Martin Postle, Jessica Feather 13 October to 1 December 2016 We are pleased to announce the 2016 Public Lecture Course, The Country House: Art, Politics, and Taste. The course has been developed in...
CONF: Grossstadt gestalten (Dortmund, 17 June 2016)
Großstadt gestalten. Stadtbaumeister in Europa Dortmunder Vorträge zur Stadtbaukunst No. 7 Baukunstarchiv NRW, Ostwall 7, 44135 Dortmund, 17.06.2016 Registration deadline: June 10, 2016 Die dritte Konferenz der Trilogie „Großstadt gestalten“ widmet sich den...
CFP: Architect-Designed Objects (Houston, 23-24 September 2016)
“A Sense of Proportion: Architect-Designed Objects, 1650–1950” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23 - 24, 2016 Deadline: Jun 15, 2016 Rienzi, the house museum for European decorative arts of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents its biennial symposium...
CONF: Europe and Its Limits (Zuerich, 1 June 2016)
The gta Doctoral Workshop 2016: Europe and Its Limits HIL E 71, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, ETH Hönggerberg Campus, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland., June 01, 2016 The Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich is pleased to announce the first...
CFP: Neue Tendenzen der Italienforschung (Florence, 7 – 9 November 2016)
Neue Tendenzen der Italienforschung Deadline: 31 May 2016 Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Florence, Italy -- 7-9 November 2016 Veranstalter: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Baumgärtner (Kassel), Prof. Dr. Klaus Herbers (Erlangen Nürnberg), Prof. Dr....
CONF: Writing Buildings (Canterbury, 14-17 July 2016)
Writing Buildings Canterbury, UK, July 14 - 17, 2016 Registration deadline: June 30, 2016 Registration has now opened for the Writing Buildings conference at the University of Kent, 14th-16th July 2016: Only 100 places will be available at this extraordinary...
Lecture: Marvin Trachtenberg, Architecture and the Body in the Renaissance (Florence, 26 May 2016)
Thursday, May 26, 2016, 6:00pm to 7:30pm Professor Marvin Trachtenberg will be presented with the I Tatti Mongan Prize on May 26, 2016, when he will give his Laureate Lecture on “Architecture and the Body in the Renaissance”. This talk explores the relationship...
CFP: Lost and Transformed Cities: A digital perspective (Lisbon, 17 – 18 November 2016)
Lost and Transformed Cities: A digital perspective, November 17-18, 2016 Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal The city is by definition a living entity. It translates itself into a collectiveness of individuals who...
CFP: V Creative Cities International Conference (Porto, 25-27 January 2017)
5th Creative Cities International Conference Porto (Portugal), January 25 - 27, 2017 Submission Deadline: June 15, 2016 The Creative Cities International Conference is an event idealized and organized by the Scientific Association ICONO14 (Spain), which aims to...
CONF: Architectural Practices in Italian Building Sites (Mendrisio, 30-31 May 2016)
Comparing Architectural Practices in Italian Building Sites During the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century Mendrisio, Archivio del Moderno, May 30 - 31, 2016 [Italian text see below] Workshop organized by the Archivio del Moderno – Università della Svizzera italiana...
RIBA President's Awards for Research (due 30 June 2016)
The RIBA is now welcoming entries for the 2016 RIBA President’s Awards for Research, which includes the RIBA President’s Medal for Research. The RIBA President’s Awards for Research promote and celebrate the best of research in the field of architecture and the built...
CFP: Domestic Space in France and Belgium (Belfast, 16-17 September 2016)
Domestic Space in France and Belgium: Art, Literature and Design (c.1850-1920) Belfast, Queen's University, September 16 - 17, 2016 Deadline: May 31, 2016 Modernity in many respects is exemplified through the development of the domestic interior in the nineteenth and...