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EXHIBITION: Architects at Play. Brussels, 18 October 2019 – 9 February 2020
Exhibition: Architects at Play. Brussels, 18 October 2019 - 9 February 2020 C I.II.III.IV. A, Rue de l’Ermitage 55, 1050 Brussels Man is a playful architect. From the solitary hut to the cosmopolitan arch, by playing man builds worlds he inhabits or in which he...
CfP: Dramatic Architectures, Theatre and Performing Arts in Motion. Porto, 22-24 April 2020
Call for Papers: Dramatic Architectures, Theatre and Performing Arts in Motion. Porto, 22-24 April 2020 Architecture and performing arts always had a close relationship, but their connections are still insufficiently mapped and constitute a promising field of research...
EXHIBITION: Cold War and Architecture. Vienna, 17 October 2019 – 24 February 2020
Exhibition: Cold War and Architecture. Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, 17 October 2019 – 24 February 2020 After the liberation of Austria in spring 1945 and the occupation by the four victorious powers of Great Britain, France, USA, and the Soviet Union, Vienna...
CfP: _in_forma #13 'Urban Disruptors'
Call for Paper: _in_forma #13 'Urban Disruptors' _in_forma is the peer-reviewed journal of the University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture. Initially conceived as a professional architecture magazine from 2001-2015, since its 11th issue it has been reformatted as...
EVENT: Melnikov House: Saving an Avant-Garde Icon. 7-15 October 2019
Event: Melnikov House: Saving an Avant-Garde Icon. 7-15 October 2019 The Iconic Houses Lecture Series launched in 2014 in five cities in Europe to raise awareness about modern house museums and their frequent struggles to survive. The speakers are the directors of and...
JOB: Assistant Professor of Architectural History/Theory. California College of the Arts
Job: Assistant Professor of Architectural History/Theory. California College of the Arts The Architecture Division at California College of the Arts seeks applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Architectural History/Theory to begin...
CfP: The Coloniality of Infrastructure: Eurafrican Legacies. Basel, 24-26 June 2020
Call for Papers: The Coloniality of Infrastructure: Eurafrican Legacies. Basel, 24-26 June 2020 When Eurafrica emerged in the 1920s as an intellectual and political project to connect Europe with Africa, its goal was to ensure European colonial dominance in a changing...
SYMPOSIUM: Factory World: Architecture and Industrialization over Time and Space. London, 31 October 2019
Symposium: Factory World: Architecture and Industrialization over Time and Space. London, 31 October 2019 Organized by Mark Crinson and Claire Zimmerman This one-day symposium explores new research on factory architecture and images of factories between the Industrial...
CfP: Mapping the Spaces of Modernist Cities within the Context of CIAM’s Athens Charter. Nova Gorica, 11-13 March 2020
Call for Papers: Mapping the Spaces of Modernist Cities within the Context of CIAM’s Athens Charter. Nova Gorica, 11-13 March 2020 More than a quarter of a century since the adoption of the Athens Charter, which established the principle of a functionalist town at the...
RESOURCE: Timeline Travel e-Learning Platform
RESOURCE: Timeline Travel e-Learning Platform Timeline Travel: An Alternative Tool for Architectural History Learning and Teaching is a recently completed EU project funded under the framework of 2017 Erasmus+ KA203 Strategic Partnerships. Two major outputs of the...
COURSE: Cultural Heritage in Transformation. RWTH Aachen University
Online Course: Cultural Heritage in Transformation. RWTH Aachen University In recent decades, the sustainable conservation of cultural heritage has become a crucial global challenge. The Faculty of Architecture of RWTH Aachen University has amassed its expertise in...
CONFERENCE: Architecture and Bureaucracy: Entangled Sites of Knowledge Production and Exchange. Brussels, 30-31 October 2019
Conference: Architecture and Bureaucracy: Entangled Sites of Knowledge Production and Exchange. Brussels, 30-31 October 2019 The FWO-funded Scientific Research Network ‘Texts ≈ Buildings: Dissecting Transpositions in Architectural Knowledge (1880-1980)’ hosts the...