Architectural Theory

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...

In 20:20

In 20/20 begins with an exhibition in the AA Gallery curated by Moad Musbahi, opening on the 23rd of January. In Pursuit of Images...

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...

Environment(al) Exhibition Symposium

SCI-Arc presents Environment, a public exhibition examining contemporary attitudes toward environment in a post-digital context. The capacity of constructed natures to produce admixtures of...

Deep Vista

New ideas in architectural practice and theory arising from rapidly changing technology will be explored by experts in design, education, philosophy and other disciplines...

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...

GSD at the Chicago Architecture Biennial: New Materialisms

“New Materialisms: Histories Make Practice | Practices Make History” brings together historians, critics, and practitioners to discuss the complex ways in which architecture is...

Machines of Loving Grace: A Symposium on AI, Architecture and Virtual Worlds

Popularly labeled as the 4th Industrial Revolution, the proliferation of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation and virtual reality is transforming the socioeconomic structure of our...