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Museum as Exhibition Lab. Lecture programme with Henry Urbach
02/18/2014 13:00 to 17:00 (Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam) http://www.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/landschapinterieur/drieluik-over-interieur-jaarlijkse-delen/richard-hutten-huis-sonneveld/de Het Nieuwe Instituut (former Netherlands Architecture Institute, now merged with...
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (UK) Short Courses
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings are pleased to announce that our Spring short courses are now open for booking. Details of course titles, dates and locations are below. For more information or to book online click here or contact Lucy Jacob:...
Iconic Houses Conference 2014
Iconic Houses Network Annual Conference, 25 November 2014. Casa Milá, La Pedrera, Barcelona. Iconic Houses Network, established in 2012, brings together a great number of modern house museums from all around the world. These houses form together a unique presentation...
Industries of Architecture: Relations, Process, Production. AHRA 2014
International Architectural Humanities Research Association, 11th Annual Conference 13 – 15 November 2014, Newcastle University, SAPL, and various venues around Newcastle Keynote Speakers: Adrian Forty (UK) / Peggy Deamer (USA) / Aggregate (USA) / Sérgio Ferro...
Critical Juncture: the Work of Joseph Rykwert
Symposium, Victoria & Albert Museum, London. 22 February 2014. CICA, the Architectural Association and the Victoria and Albert Museum will organise events to mark the occasion of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal awarded to CICA President Joseph Rykwert on 21-22 February...
Exploring the Colonies: European colonial architecture and town planning (c.1850-1970)
Conference & Digital Repository CONFERENCE, Delft University of Technology, 21 January 2014 The conference ‘Exploring the colonies: European colonial architecture and town planning (c.1850- 1970)’ brings together Europe-based scholars specialising in European...
Designed to Improve? Buildings, interventions and the makings of the ‘social’ in interdisciplinary urban practices
Call for Papers for an international workshop of the ‘AG Architektursoziologie’ of the ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)’, sections cultural sociology and urban- and regional sociology in cooperation with the University of Hamburg and HafenCity University...
EAHN Business Meeting, Haifa 2014 – Final Program
Annual Business Meeting 2014, 27 February – 2 March 2014 Hosted by the Architectural Heritage Research Center (AHRC) in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Technion, Haifa, and venues of participating NGOs. This meeting will be an opportunity for...
British Culture for Architecture: 1945–1975
1945–1975: British Culture for Architecture International Seminar, CCA Multidisciplinary Research Program/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal is launching a Multidisciplinary Research Program on the social, economic...
John Bancroft Memorial Grant: £250 towards publication costs
DOCOMOMO-UK is inviting applications for the John Bancroft Memorial Grant. Bancroft was a leading modern architect best remembered for his school designs for the GLC, and notably for Pimlico School. This grant of £250 is offered to assist early career scholars or...
Henry van de Velde and the Total Work of Art
12th International Bauhauskolloquium Weimar 04.-07.04.2013 Call for Papers for young scholars and PhD candidates Even though “the tendency towards the total work of art” (Szeeman) is still a constant presence in architectural as well as artistic concepts, the term...
The Model as Ruin – The Oslo Architecture Exhibition
1 November – 15 December 2013 / Kunstnernes Hus, Wergelandsveien 17, Oslo In September 1931, a grand display of contemporary Norwegian architecture was shown in the House of Artists in Oslo. The recently inaugurated Kunsthalle was filled to the brim by scale models,...