Architectural History

Alan Colquhoun 1921–2012: A Centenary Colloquium

In June 2021 we celebrate the centenary of Alan Colquhoun (1921–2012), British architect, prominent architecture critic and theoretician. The goal of this online colloquium...

Architecture Itself and Other Postmodernist Myths

The exhibition Architecture Itself and Other Postmodernist Myths presents many ignored and inconvenient contingencies of postmodernist architectural practice. Traces of these external forces are...

Symposium on Architecture: How to See Architecture: Bruno Zevi (MArch ’42)

One hundred years after his birth, the prolific work of Roman architect Bruno Zevi continues to engage current problems in theory and criticism, and...

Lab Cult: An unorthodox history of interchanges between science and architecture

Today, after many decades of questioning science’s capacity to provide answers to architecture’s social mandate, architects and designers are once again enchanted with the...

Encounters with Arakawa and Madeline Gins

A half-day conference on the occasion of the opening of the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery exhibition Arakawa and Madeline Gins: Eternal Gradient. The event...

AA XX 100: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017

An international conference convened by the Architectural Association and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art with a rich programme of presentations,...

Fitch Colloquium Ex-Situ

The act of moving historical buildings to new locations has been part and parcel of modern preservation practice since its origins in the early...

Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen

What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa,...

Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium

A two-part symposium examining the work and life of I. M. Pei from multiple vantage points. Organized by the Harvard GSD with M+, Hong Kong, and...