Urban design conferences (31)

Australia's population is projected to increase by 60 per cent in the next 40 years, what impact will this have on our existing cities? The conference will examine how our new cities are conceived and our existing ones are adapted, re-designed and managed. The conference will focus on a variety of themes and topics: Growth Demographic change Housing diversity and...

CTBUH 2010 World Conference - Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age3rd - 5th February 2010 | Renaissance Hotel & Convention Centre, Mumbai.CTBUH Mumbai 2010 celebrates the 41st year of the Council on Tall Buildings and urban Habitat, the world?s leading body dedicated to the field of tall buildings and urban habitat and the recognized international source for information in...

This international conference will build on past conferences to celebrate our 37th anniversary milestone and paying homage to the people and events of the past that have brought us to where we are today. The conference theme, IMPACT: “Creating New Ideas To Bridge The Gaps”, reflects the goal of the organization to facilitate dialogue addressing critical issues regarding Education, the...

Leadership Summit on Sustainable design. Voice, Influence and Power: Taking the Reins of Leadership. Hearing from some of the most celebrated thinkers of our time, attendees of the 2009 Leadership Summit on Sustainable design will find the inspiration and knowledge they need to elevate themselves and their firms beyond current economic uncertainties. One hundred delegates from the...

International Water Association in partnership with the IFHP, SIWI and FFS The Cities of the Future conference addresses the challenge of urban planners, policy makers and water managers to respond effectively and urgently to the impacts of climate change, growing resource constraints, and rapidly increasing global urbanization. Thematic elements will range from looking at...

In 2003, TCLF launched the Pioneers of American Landscape design initiative in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), with the goal of documenting, collecting, and preserving the unique, first-hand perspectives of renowned landscape practitioners. To support the development of this and other important educational initiatives, TCLF is conducting its sixth...

The Encounter of Latin American Geographers: Consolidating bridges in the Geography of Latin America will be held from 25 to July 29, 2011 in Costa Rica. Main themes of the meeting of Latin American Geographers: Consolidating bridges in the Geography of Latin America: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY. THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES OF GEOGRAPHY. TEACHING AND LEARNING OF GEOGRAPHY. ...

THe Fifth International Conference on design Principles and Practices will be held at Sapienza University of Rome in Rome, Italy from 2 to 4 February. This Conference will address a range of critically important themes relating the design today. It is a place to explore the meaning and purpose of ‘design’, as well as speaking in grounded ways about the task of design...

design activism has emerged in recent years as a term to denote creative practices that invoke social, political and environmental agency. Typically, it distances itself from commercial or mainstream public policy-driven approaches. Instead, it embraces marginal, non-profit or politically engaged design theories, articulations and actions. Arguably, ´design activism´ is a...

International Conference on 18th-century Architecture & Culture Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Lisbon, Portugal November 23rd-25th, 2011 The year of 2011 celebrates three hundred years since the birth of Eugénio dos Santos (b. 18.03.1711-25.08.1760), the Portuguese architect and city planner who, among other projects, was responsible for the plans to rebuild Lisbon after the earthquake of November...