FIRST 500 Press Release follows (and attached):

FIRST 500, A Global Initiative Documenting the Achievements of Black Women Architects, Launches Official Website

The website and digital archive will raise awareness about Black women architects and their accomplishments, provide resources for students, practitioners and aspiring architects, and…[Read more]

Greetings, many of you have seen and completed this survey about member interests. We are learning that many of you would like to gain intellectual community, talk about ways to incorporate climate change into your history teaching, and participate in workshops or panels.  We are looking at a virtual event Mid-November, perhaps starting with a r…[Read more]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Interior Provocations Symposium 2022: On Edge

Every year, current events affect the directions of research and culture, but the influence of the events of this year can not be overstated. Who can not say that the past almost two years have not left them “on edge” in some way?

The fifth annual Interior Provocations sym…[Read more]

Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet–And How We Fight Back

Organized by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.

October, 14

6:30 pm.(virtual event) 

“A lecture and discussion with the author of Overheated, Kate Aronoff joined in conversation by Professor Reinhold Martin, Director of the Temple H…[Read more]

Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet–And How We Fight Back

Organized by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.

October, 14

6:30 pm.(virtual event) 

“A lecture and discussion with the author of Overheated, Kate Aronoff joined in conversation by Professor Reinhold Martin, Director of the Temple H…[Read more]

Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet–And How We Fight Back

Organized by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.

October, 14

6:30 pm.(virtual event) 

“A lecture and discussion with the author of Overheated, Kate Aronoff joined in conversation by Professor Reinhold Martin, Director of the Temple Hoyne Bu…[Read more]

Date: October, 7, 2021
Time: New York 12.30″ Talk with Álvaro Siza,
Francesco Dal Co,
Kenneth Frampton,
Barry Bergdoll,
Peter Testa,
Daniela Sá

” The launch of the first English edition of Imagining the Evident with a conversation between Álvaro Siza, Francesco Dal Co, Kenneth Frampton, Peter Testa, and Daniela Sá, moderated by Barry Ber…[Read more]

Experts, Exports, And The Global Entanglements Of Postwar Planning.
First seminar on 30 Sept. 2021, by Monica Pacheco (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa – Portugal) The Role of Technical Assistance Programmes in Postwar International Development: the Case of Abrams, Koenigsberger and Bodyansky in Ghana.

Smithsonian National Conference on Cultural Property Protection.
Date: October 4-5, 2021, virtual event

THE UKRAINIAN ICONOSTASIS – AN ICOMOS UK WOOD COMMITTEE ZOOM PRESENTATION. Dates: 30 Sep, 2021
Svitlana Olianina will give a presentation on The Ukrainian Iconostasis: History, Construction, and Preservation. In her talk, Ms. Olianina will briefly sketch the stylistic history of this sacral architectural form, its construction features, as well as…[Read more]

The third edition of the seminary presents the results of the research «Spanish Architecture in International Media: Publications, Exhibitions, Congresses (first part: 1939-1975)», project I+D+i (HAR2017-85205-P). The main objective of this research group has been to map the presence of Spanish architectural culture abroad, during Francoism (…[Read more]

First Docomomo Rehabilitation Award honors worldwide diversity in Modern architecture
 “Tokyo, 2 September 2021 – Docomomo International has announced the winners of the first Docomomo Rehabilitation Award (DRAW), recognizing outstanding interventions from the past 12 years in Modern architecture. On 1 September 2021, during the awards cerem…[Read more]

First Docomomo Rehabilitation Award honors worldwide diversity in Modern architecture
 “Tokyo, 2 September 2021 – Docomomo International has announced the winners of the first Docomomo Rehabilitation Award (DRAW), recognizing outstanding interventions from the past 12 years in Modern architecture. On 1 September 2021, during the awards cerem…[Read more]

“This year’s Annual Symposium is held in partnership with Architects Declare, ACAN, Heritage Declares, and the RIAS. Spread across two weeks, the Symposium is convened by Prof Alex Bremner, Dr Barnabas Calder, Savia Palate, and Dr Neal Shasore.”

“ The Symposium places the nexus between architecture and energy centre stage in our under…[Read more]

“This year’s Annual Symposium is held in partnership with Architects Declare, ACAN, Heritage Declares, and the RIAS. Spread across two weeks, the Symposium is convened by Prof Alex Bremner, Dr Barnabas Calder, Savia Palate, and Dr Neal Shasore.”

“ The Symposium places the nexus between architecture and energy centre stage in our under…[Read more]

“This year’s Annual Symposium is held in partnership with Architects Declare, ACAN, Heritage Declares, and the RIAS. Spread across two weeks, the Symposium is convened by Prof Alex Bremner, Dr Barnabas Calder, Savia Palate, and Dr Neal Shasore.”

“ The Symposium places the nexus between architecture and energy centre stage in our under…[Read more]

I am editing a special issue of the Journal of Interior Design on diversity and equity in the discipline of interior design that might interest some of you.
Uncovering Structures: Making Visible Hidden Biases
The design of interiors, both residential and commercial, has long been tied to social and cultural capital and power. By extension,…[Read more]