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ANFA 2018 Call for Presenters

September 20-22, 2018 ANFA 2018: SHARED BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES Call for Presenters: Building on the tradition established at the ANFA 2012, 2014 and 2016 Conferences, ANFA 2018 will again provide a forum for architects, designers, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists to focus on empirical research that enhances our understanding of human responses to the built environment. The … Continue reading ANFA 2018 Call for Presenters

ARCC-EAAE International Conference 2018 deadlines approaching

The deadline for submissions to the plenary session and PhD workshop is approaching. Be sure to have your work submitted by February 1st on the conference submission website: https://www.conftool.net/arcc2018/   Doctoral Student Workshop Applications from doctoral candidates working on their dissertations are solicited for participation in the second ARCC Doctoral Student Workshop. This workshop is designed to … Continue reading ARCC-EAAE International Conference 2018 deadlines approaching

Deadline Extension for ACSF Symposium “Displacement and Architecture.”

The 10th Annual ACSF Symposium | DISPLACEMENT & ARCHITECTURE Call for Paper Submissions extended to February 12, 2018 The Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum’s 10th Annual Symposium will feature innovative and expansive discussions among scholars and practitioners on the spiritual and physical displacements of the 21st century, and the creation and transformation of the relationships … Continue reading Deadline Extension for ACSF Symposium “Displacement and Architecture.”

TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (TAD) Journal Submissions due February 1st

The February 1st deadline is fast approaching for paper submissions to TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (TAD) for the issue:  MEASURED.   TAD is the Taylor & Francis journal. Past issues can be accessed via T&F portal: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utad20/current CALL FOR PAPERS:  Measurement is fundamental to the discipline of architecture. Through measurement, one gains a more complete understanding of what is intended to be … Continue reading TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (TAD) Journal Submissions due February 1st

Tenure-Track Position in Innovative Design Practices/Building Technology

Tenure-Track Position in Innovative Design Practices/Building Technology The School of Architecture (SoA) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for two tenure-track positions in Innovative Design Practices at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.  As digital technologies transform the building industry, from the techniques used to design and execute buildings to the technologies … Continue reading Tenure-Track Position in Innovative Design Practices/Building Technology

New Book analyzes Mies van der Rohe

In his new book, professor Edgar Stach unlocks the relationship between space and construction by analyzing key works from famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s extensive oeuvre, spanning from Europe in the 1920s to the United States in the late 1960s. The just-released “Mies van der Rohe: Space – Material – Detail” (Birkhäuser) features original … Continue reading New Book analyzes Mies van der Rohe

2018 JAMES HAECKER DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD

Frederick Steiner, FASLA, FAAR, RAAR, SITES AP Dean and Paley Professor; Co-Director, Ian L. McHarg Center Frederick Steiner is dean and Paley Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design (PennDesign) and co-director of its Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology. Most recently, he served for 15 years as dean of the … Continue reading 2018 JAMES HAECKER DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD

Research at Iowa State

Iowa State University’s Department of Architecture has been productively pursuing funding and receiving awards. Take a look at some of their recent progress: Ulrike Passe, director of the ISU Center for Building Energy Research, received the 2017 Educator Award from the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The award recognizes significant contributions to … Continue reading Research at Iowa State

Contemporary Projects at Penn State

Penn State team places second in NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge An interdisciplinary Penn State team led by Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture faculty members Shadi Nazarian and José Duarte earned second place and a $150,000 prize in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenge competition established to develop the technology necessary to create … Continue reading Contemporary Projects at Penn State

Awards at the University of Missouri

Celebrating IDEC Institutional Merit Award with Students and Faculty A second, home-turf celebration for the Institutional Merit Award was with students and faculty. It took place in the renovated Cynthia Adams Collaboration Lab where synchronous resident and online teaching and learning occurs. Chair Ruth Tofle thanked faculty, students, alumni, and Mizzou Online for their contributions … Continue reading Awards at the University of Missouri

Research at the University of Maryland

Steven Hurtt Prof. Steven Hurtt, University of Maryland; Professor James Tice, University of Oregon; Antonio Latini, Architect, Rome, Doctoral student, University of Oregon are co-editing a book of essays tentatively titled “The Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe” intended for publication in 2019 by ORO editions.   Jana Kristina Vandergoot Book publication : Architecture and … Continue reading Research at the University of Maryland

2018 EDRA CORE program

EDRA’s Certificate of Research Excellence (CORE) program offers professional certification for exceptional, rigorous, and impactful practice-based environmental design research studies. If you have conducted rigorous environmental design research that has value to the design industry and/or project stakeholders, submit your study for CORE certification! Applications will be accepted December 1, 2017 through January 15, 2018. … Continue reading 2018 EDRA CORE program

Displacement and Architecture Symposium 2018

May 22-25, 2018 | Coral Gables, Florida On May 22-25, 2018, the Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum (ACSF) will host a symposium, “Displacement and Architecture,” in partnership with the School of Architecture, University of Miami; the Coral Gables Museum; AIA Miami; and The Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The symposium aims for a broad discussion among practitioners and … Continue reading Displacement and Architecture Symposium 2018

EDRA49 Oklahoma City: June 6-9, 2018

Join ERDA June 6-9, 2018, for the 2018 EDRA49 Annual Conference in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma! Walk along the streets of Oklahoma City, home to an attractive variety of historic buildings: eye-catching religious buildings, and magnificent structures of great architectural and historic significance. What is Social Equity? What is social equity? And how do EDRA members promote social equity … Continue reading EDRA49 Oklahoma City: June 6-9, 2018

Second OIKONET Postgraduate Seminar – Call for abstracts

“GLOBAL DWELLING: Intertwining Community, Sustainability and Technology” School of Technology and Architecture – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), February 15-16, 2018 Following the success of the first OIKONET Postgraduate Seminar in Valencia in June 2017, the second edition hosted by ISCTE-IUL, will take place in Lisbon in February 2018. The seminar is structured in three … Continue reading Second OIKONET Postgraduate Seminar – Call for abstracts

FRESH WATER: Design Thinking for Inland Water Territories

September 14 & 15, 2018 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Landscape Architecture The FRESH WATER design symposium invites designers and researchers, across academia and practice, to convene, debate, and discuss the inland water territories of North America. Inland cities, communities, and territories contain hydrographic stories related to industrialization, urbanization, agriculture, and commerce, where … Continue reading FRESH WATER: Design Thinking for Inland Water Territories

International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture 2018

Scope Daylight in architecture is an ever-relevant topic. Daylight has been used for centuries as the primary source of light for the interior and architects have always been interested in and fascinated by daylight; yet daylighting can be a difficult discipline to approach, understand and master. Daylighting describes the controlled use of natural light in … Continue reading International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture 2018

By the People: Designing a Better America exhibition

An exhibition of 60 collaborative designs from throughout the United States and across borders, By the People challenges the country’s persistent social and economic inequality. Curator of Socially Responsible Design Cynthia E. Smith conducted over two years of field research—traveling to shrinking post-industrial cities, sprawling metro regions, struggling rural towns, areas impacted by natural and man-made disasters, … Continue reading By the People: Designing a Better America exhibition