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Didactics of Architectural Theory
The aim of the conference is to contribute to a better understanding of the didactics of architectural theory from the 1960s to the present.
Alvise Trincanato Award
The objective of the Prize is to publish original research in the field of the history of modern architecture held every two years
`PRODUKTE | PRODUCTS´ Design and Research in Architecture & Landscape
The symposium focuses on the production and communication of knowledge about architecture and landscape architecture connected with design-related research projects.
Triennale di Milano: Kenzo Tange. Gli anni della rivoluzione formale 1940/1970
A presentation of the book
Using What We Have: Architectural Histories of Fragments, Ruins, Rationed Resources and Obsolete Spaces
This symposium seeks to raise awareness of traditions of vernacular adaptation and reuse, including cultural responses to ruins, layering of settlements, repurposed architectural fragments, temporary habitations and obsolete building typologies.
Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition ARCHIVE
The website sets out to collect the rest of the 17,000 competition entries that did not win any award but are considered crucial in making the history of the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition (1965-present) more global and inclusive.
Journal18 #15 CITIES
The city is, after all, its people: people who occupied and inhabited buildings, shared spaces and resources, and invested in or were inspired by ideas, labor, and beliefs.
Drawings as Objects of Knowledge Transpositions in Architectural Archives
The symposium opens up the archives and the design knowledge they produce, exploring how they can be made operative within the field of architectural history and theory, in order to feed the current design practice.
Illegal or Secret? On France’s Classification of Declassified Archives
Samia Henni examines the premises and intentions of this law and explores ways to expose this institutionalized controversy.
Building Technology and Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region: Histories and Projects
This Symposium attempts to reconcile technical exploration and social dimension in spatial imagination, recognizing that technology is culture, and constructive choices are always historically determined.
Launch of Attention: The Audio Journal for Architecture, no.6
Community is a Practice, guest-edited by Anna Goodman of Portland State University, addresses the rich and complex history of community design in the United States in the 1960s.
Research Associate – Women of the Welfare Landscape
Through a variety of co-produced public facing and academic activities this project will commemorate the network of women and their collaborators who have had a major impact on shaping the post-war designed landscapes of the British Welfare State.