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ICE Urban Design and Planning announces a themed issue for 2016 regarding urban design education.

For the first time in human history, the majority of the world’s population lives in urban areas. From European and North American post-industrial cities to expanding mega-cities in Africa, South America and Asia and from established and new ‘global’ cities to the many forms of urban sprawl, settlement patterns across the world are undergoing rapid changes that carry profound implications for people’s relationships to community, culture, politics, the economy and the environment.

The 2015 Urban Design and Planning themed issue will include papers about the ways urban design education are preparing the next generation of urban designers to address the global conditions noted above – and others as identified by authors.

The deadline for abstracts is 1 November 2015. The deadline for manuscripts is 1 February 2016.

To request further details and full journal guidelines, please contact:
Sarah Brown T: +44 20 7665 2249;
E: sarah.brown@icepublishing.com

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Creative, provocative, informed, scholarly chapters pertaining to 21st century urban design / built environment on the subject of loneliness and/or isolation.

The book seeks to capture a broad range of narratives, critiques, observations and de/constructions of loneliness which identify, in some way the ‘lonelinesses’ particular to our current century. The anthology is mainly academic and therefore contributions should be based on, or refer to, research and/or practice and be theoretically grounded.

Abstracts or expressions of interest of no more than 150 words should be sent to the lead editor, Olivia Sagan by November 30th 2015 at olivia.sagan@bishopg.ac.uk

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The need to be housed is basic and yet, the forces that produce it in any city of the world are complicated, multiple, contradictory and often conflictive. These forces may be political, military, economic social or technological….

Taking as its starting point the social, political, cultural and economic complexity of its host city, this conference seeks to understand the range of conflicting interests and factors that shape the housing of our towns and cities in both normal and extreme scenarios…. more….

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Today, approximately 80% of people in Europe live in buildings that are thirty years old or more. Around 50% of people live in houses that are fifty years old and more. The possible obsolescence of this housing stock is a critical issue – both across the continent of Europe and beyond…..

The OBSOLESCENCE and RENOVATION conference raises questions that affect both private and public housing stock; the south and the global north; and both pre and post World War II housing across the world.

Specific areas of interest include: Best Design Practices, Best Urban Practices, Best Environmental Practices, Best Practices on Policy, Management and Participation more….

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6 – 8 April 2016
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

The 2016 International Symposium on ‘Reclaiming Identity and (Re)Materializing Pasts: Approaches to Heritage Conservation in China’ invites academics and practitioners worldwide to contribute critiques and case studies on the current practice of cultural heritage conservation in China.  more…

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The characters of the popular traditions, based on the disguises, have origins in ancient festivals very different among them. In these artistic manifestations there is a large opening to human sentiments and thoughts; these are expressions of meetings where converge all peoples with their social, ethnic, economic, political and religious differences. In these traditional celebrations the daily life is built by the imagination, by the game and all this allows a continuous enrichment and exchange of cultural knowledge. These urban festivals allow to build art forms often unique. more…

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Parish Church Interiors in Changing Times Conference, focusing on 19th and 20th century Church of England parish church interiors, organised by Historic  England and hosted by the University of Leicester and Stamford Court on the 14th and 15th of December 2015. Submissions are welcome in either short or long format on the topics listed in the attached call for papers.

For further details and application forms please contact: churchinteriors@le.ac.uk

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Urban Planning is currently accepting submissions for this first issue, to be released in March 2016. The issue, edited by Luca D’Acci and Ronita Bardhan, will be dedicated to urban forms and future cities. Further information is available here.

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There is a wealth of architectural heritage worldwide, from historic city centers and cultural landscapes to some of the largest archaeological sites in the world. Conserving such inheritance is a challenging task that requires sustained commitment, interdisciplinary effort, and international cooperation. The Ministry of Tourism will be attending this conference in order to join us in spreading the awareness for the preservation and conservation of our historical and architectural heritage.

IEREK seeks to address the complex challenge of conserving architectural heritage through this conference to increase the awareness of how citizens should value and save our heritage more effectively.

This conference is planned to be held on board; a Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan, Egypt. Overlooking the Nile River, these two cities include a considerable percentage of the world’s monuments, thereby offering a historic context to the conference. more…

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