Tending Building
To tend a building is to design in consonance with inevitable change — and to understand this change as a desirable expression of material properties, site dynamics, inter-species coexistence, and the behavior of buildings and their contexts over...
Mumbai, Bengaluru among top 10 APAC housing price growth markets in H2 2023, Knight Frank
India’s key property markets of Mumbai, Bengaluru, and the National Capital Region(NCR) have emerged amongst the top 10 best performing Asia-Pacific residential markets in terms of annual price growth in the second half of 2023, showed a ...
NASA tests autonomous construction robots for future use in outer space
NASA has unveiled details of a robotic system designed to construct and maintain structural components in space. The system, developed by NASA’s Automated Reconfigurable Mission Adaptive Digital Assembly Systems (ARMADAS) team,...
Vernacular Architecture in the Era of Climate Change
We no longer have time for design that ignores the climate crisis. Building and community design must respond to this new context to successfully meet people’s needs.
'Getting art critics who like RSS, Sangh ideology is Sanskar Bharti's next task': Mohan Bhagwat
Bengaluru: Sanskar Bharti has become an influential art organisation and its next task is to rope in critics who like the Sangh ideology, said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in a surprisingly candid talk in which he also touched upon how the right-wing body...
20th-Century Housing Heritage in Europe: Conserving, Participating, and Adapting
The conference focusses on housing concepts and built settlements of the 20th century, which often explicitly addressed hygienical, ecological, communal, and social issues and necessities. We ask how these heritage values can be conserved for the...
Location: TU Wien; Wien, Austria
Submission Deadline |
28th March 2024
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Conference Dates |
27th November 2024 to 30th November 2024
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Difficult Heritage and „Nature“: Greening as Forgetting – Greening as Healing?, ERC Advanced Grant Horizon 2020: “Visual Scepticism. Towards an Aesthetic of Doubt“ (Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Margit Kern).
In post-World War II Germany, many National Socialist monuments fell into disrepair, and the overgrowth of their stone architecture by vegetation was readily accepted as a matter of course. Trees were planted as well in order to deliberately interrupt...
Location: Universität Hamburg; Hamburg, Germany
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29th March 2023
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Workshop Dates |
19th September 2024 to 21st September 2024
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“Bridge-Building” through Art Exhibitions during the Cold War Divide, the Fall of the Wall, and Beyond, Workshop organised by Södertörn University.
The focus for this workshop is to discuss and problematize two contrary perspectives on art: as a pivotal force in societal change, or as a tool for political regimes. Research on processes of democratization and setbacks are instrumental for...
Location: Södertörn University; Huddinge, Sweden
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19th February 2024
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Workshop Dates |
21st March 2024 to 22nd March 2024
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The Natural House in the Modern City: Ideological Principles, Technical Devices and Urban Projects, Session at the 18th International Docomomo Conference, Santiago.
At the end of his long career as an architectural historian, Christian Norberg-Schulz summarized in Principles of Modern Architecture (London 2000) what he considered to be the fundamental paradigms of modernism. Among these he included that of...
Location: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago, Chile
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12th February 2024
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Conference Dates |
10th December 2024 to 14th December 2024
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Necessary, Useful, or Desirable: Histories of Furnishing Fabrics
What does it mean to “furnish”? Today, the word tends to conjure up a more utilitarian meaning than decorate or ornament, while still implying a level of comfort or aesthetics above bare subsistence. This middle ground is rooted in the etymology of the...
Submission Deadline |
01st June 2024
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CARTOGRAPHY & RESISTANCE. LINES AND BODIES IN FLIGHT / CARTOGRAFÍA Y RESISTENCIA: LINEAS Y CUERPOS EN FUGA, MATERIA ARQUITECTURA Nº26, Guest editor: Víctor Cano-Ciborro.
The editors invite you to submit papers reflecting the state of art in the discipline, preferably derived from academic research. “A new cartographer”. This is how philosopher Gilles Deleuze referred to his colleague Michel Foucault, highlighting his...
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15th April 2024
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'Secret' demolition of centuries-old Delhi mosque challenged in court, High court seeks explanation why the Akhunji Masjid in Indian capital was razed at night without notice.
The Delhi High Court has asked a federal land agency to explain its demolition of a centuries-old mosque that was razed in the Indian capital this week. The Delhi Development Authority demolished the Akhunji Masjid in an operation carried out...
Eames Institute unveils new Eames Archives space in the Bay Area
The nearly two-year-old Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has shared news of its arrival in a new permanent home in the San Francisco Bay Area that will consolidate its archival collection under one roof for the first time. .... The...
Iron Curtains or Artistic Gates? Communism and Cultural Diplomacy in the Global South (1945–1991 and Beyond)
How did cultural interaction since 1945 unfold outside the realm of Western dominance, shaping omitted global narratives? While Cold War studies have long acknowledged the role of culture and the arts as instrument of „soft power,“ scholars have...
Location: University of Vienna; Vienna, Austria
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31st March 2024
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Conference Dates |
19th September 2024 to 20th September 2024
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Gentrification’s Roots in the Post-Industrial City
De-industrialization isn’t just a Detroit story. It’s also the story of Silicon Valley, whose crown jewel, San Jose, urbanized to house workers for now long-outsourced microchip factories. ....
‘Old Hindu temple’s remaining parts…': What ASI survey says about Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque cellars
A Varanasi district court on Wednesday allowed the Hindu side to worship inside the southern cellar, also known as ‘Vyas Ka Tehkhana’, inside the Gyanvapi mosque.[fn]Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, says, “...Puja will...
Alopshankari temple to get touches of Southern architecture style as part of Mahakumbh-2025 preparations
A plan in this regard has been prepared on the instructions of Mahant Yamunapuri, secretary, Mahanirvani Akhara, tourism department officials said The popular Alopshankari temple of Sangam city, revered as one of the 51 Shaktipeeths of the country,...
Urban renewal push in Budget: SHGs may be covered under PM-SVANidhi Micro credit facility for street vendor SHGs
The BJP government aims to give urban renewal a boost in the Interim Budget, focusing on schemes that directly impact the well-being and ease of living for the common man. They plan to extend the Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM-...
Why Egypt's plan to restore one of its ancient pyramids with granite has sparked controversy
Online controversy erupted when Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Egypt’s secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, unveiled footage showcasing the ongoing restoration of the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest among Giza’s main...
Educating in Architecture, Cities and Landscapes: New challenges for the 21st century, Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère (Craup) N° 22.
This issue of Craup does not seek to delve into new institutional frameworks, actors and teaching methods, but rather to highlight their effects on pedagogy. As “sets of interrelated pedagogical activities based on a representation of human beings,...
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20th May 2024
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Critical Thinking in Teaching and Learning
The history of critical thinking is deep rooted. Often attributed in the Western cannon to Socrates, the “Foundation for Critical Thinking” also cite Thomas Aquinas, Francis Bacon and Immanuel Kant amongst others. In the context of 20th century education...
Location: Universidad de los Andes; Las Condes, Chile
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01st July 2024
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Abstracts (Round 2) |
15th November 2024
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Conference Dates |
08th January 2025 to 10th January 2025
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Inclusive Pedagogy, Conference organised by California State University, Los Angeles and Architecture MPS.
Oftentimes, “inclusive pedagogy” is used to refer to ways in which educators consider issues of diversity and accessibility in the classroom. True enough, educators do need to consider, support, and engage wider swathes of student backgrounds...
Location: California State University; Los Angeles, United States
Abstracts (Round 1) |
01st July 2024
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Abstracts (Round 2) |
15th November 2024
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Conference Dates |
08th January 2025 to 10th January 2025
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Head of Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Cultural Project Arrested for Corruption, Amr bin Saleh Abdulrahman Al Madani, responsible for the development of the archaeological site, is also accused of money laundering..
The CEO of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), responsible for the economic and tourism development of the Saudi archaeological site, was arrested and detained on Sunday, January 28, for his alleged involvement in “crimes of abuse of authority and money...
“Maratha Military Landscapes of India” will be India’s nomination for recognition as UNESCO World Heritage List for the year 2024-25
The “Maratha Military Landscapes of India” will be India’s nomination for recognition as UNESCO World Heritage List for the year 2024-25. The twelve component parts of this nomination are, Salher fort, Shivneri fort, Lohgad, Khanderi fort, Raigad, Rajgad...