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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,...
CFP: Post-War Urban Heritage in Central-Eastern Europe, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 9 Oct. 2015
Doctoral conference organized under the auspices of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The urb/doconf 2015 is the first in a series of a doctoral conference and dedicated...
CFP: Scamozzi and books: 28th international seminar in the history of architecture
The Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio organises a seminar on Scamozzi and books in Vicenza (12-13 June 2015). This seminar celebrates the four-hundredth anniversary of the publication of the Idea della Architettura Universale (Venice...
CFP: Journal of Art Historiography, special issue on history of architectural historiography
Journal of Art Historiography Call for papers for the thematic issue dedicated to the history of architectural historiography In the beginning was Vasari and in the beginning was Palladio. In his Vite Vasari described the lives of painters, sculptors and...
Book Launch: Allan Sekula
Ship of Fools / The Dockers’ Museum Edited by Hilde Van Gelder As the closing event of the current exhibition, the book ‘Ship of Fools/The Dockers' Museum’ will be launched at the Johann Jacobs Museum in collaboration with Maumaus, Lisbon. Feb. 28, 2015, 11 am...
The Society of Architectural Historians Launches New Student Outreach Program
SAH’s new American Architecture and Landscape Field Trip program aims to expose high school and community college students to the fields of architectural history and preservation. (CHICAGO) February 10, 2015 — The Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to...
MAPPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CfP
The Multiple Ways of an Urban Vision in the 20th Century International Seminar, 16-17 June 2015 Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, School of Architecture and Society, Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy Organizers: Patrizia Bonifazio, Gaia Caramellino,...
Summer Conservation Field School
International Conservation Center - Città di Roma, Old Acre, Israel June 22-July 23, 2015 This five-week immersive conservation field school encompasses the complete built heritage conservation process through hands-on experiential field work on the historic Ottoman...
Society of Architectural Historians Announces 2014 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship Recipient
(CHICAGO) January 26, 2015 — The Society of Architectural Historians has awarded Patricia Blessing the 2014 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship. The prestigious $50,000 fellowship allows a recent graduate or emerging scholar to travel for one year to see and...
Une journée internationale d’études à l’Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris
SAMEDI 24 JANVIER 2015 10H 30 -18H00 CARLO SCARPA & SES AMIS : L’ART D’EXPOSER L’œuvre de Carlo Scarpa, mort en 1978, domine la production architecturale de ce siècle en Italie et au-delà. Elle est une source d’inspiration pour nombre d’artistes, d’architectes, de...
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...
Call for Papers: Architectural Theory Review, vol. 20, no. 2
Special Issue: Corruption Editor: Adam Jasper http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/pgas/atr-cfp-corruption We understand corruption in a broad sense, including bureaucratic corruption, stylistic decadence and the inevitable decay of physical materials. The New York City...