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Lecture series: Architectural History & Theory Seminar, University of Edinburgh
Each year the History of Architecture and Built Environment (HABE) research group in ESALA welcomes guest speakers and colleagues to present an evening seminar on their research.
gta papers: Political Histories
This issue of gta papers is focused on the politics embedded in the writing of architectural history. Contributions to this volume might take the following forms: studies of individual or groups of writers, articles on the politics of a particular field, or studies in historical theory.
Real Estate Agency: Land, Housing and Finance in Urban and Planning History
More recently, scholars across a range of fields including architectural history, human geography, planning and law have reanimated the discussion around land, planning and real estate by asking probing questions about what taking possession of property really means, especially for First Nations people for whom it often means dispossession. This conference provides an opportunity to build on that work and carefully consider the range of implications that real estate has for research in, and perspectives on, urban and planning history.
13th Annual Conference of the All-Ireland Architecture Research Group: Imagining Pasts, Remembering Futures
The theme for the 13th annual conference of the All-Ireland Architecture Research Group (AIARG) invites discussion on how architecture imagines and reimagines its history in preparing for the future.
Women as Builders, Designers, and Critics of the Built Environment Before 1800
For almost 30 years, the literature investigating women and the built environment before the modern era has focused on women’s patronage of architecture. This symposium is designed to open a discussion about what is missing from this conversation yet can be found in the historical record.
The European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier
The European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier rewards architectural projects, urban and rural developments completed in the last five years that promote architecture in harmony with nature, that value local identity, history and craftsmanship through the judicious use of common-sense principles, natural materials and long-lasting construction techniques.
Short-term Research Fellowships: Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Committed to raising awareness of the significant architectural and landscape heritage of Northern California and beyond, the Environmental Design Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to primary records of its built environment.
Book launch of Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices: Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century
The book diagnoses the dominant epistemological debates in architecture and urbanism during the 20th and 21st centuries and is based on extensive archival research in Canada, the USA and Europe.
Tenure Track Position in Architectural Science
The committee invites applicants with demonstrated expertise in climate-responsive design and holistic approaches to integrating sustainable systems and building science in an architectural context.
The Future of Humanitarian Design
In this symposium, the organizers invite contributions exploring the social, political, and critical status of humanitarian design across contexts (aesthetic, material, technological, engineering, architectural, commercial, ecological, digital, etc.).
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES
The second edition of the Interior Ecologies conference, organized by MAIA, Master of Arts in Interior Architecture at HEAD – Genève, and the Institute for Postnatural Studies, will delve into the intersection between the built environment and new emerging ecologies.
Architecture and coastal tourism (1960-1980): fragility between historical studies and new scenario
The conference promotes a transdisciplinary and transcultural reflection on the complex relationship between architecture and contexts of fragility, with particular attention to coastal areas.