On behalf of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) you are invited to submit a paper or panel proposal for the forthcoming 20th Biennial Conference, to be held in mid-2024 in at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The deadline for abstracts is January 15, 2024.


XXX CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON URBAN FORM 2023 BELGRADE | SEPTEMBER 4 - 9, 2023
The general theme of the conference is ‘Praxis of Urban Morphology’. The conference will have the following tracks: Good Practise in Planning, Landscapes and Townscapes. Culture Space, Common Space and Personalities. History of Ideas and Challenges. Programming and Rethinking Concepts.
Forma urbana para un buen vivir: miradas interdisciplinarias Santiago de Chile
El VII Congreso ISUF-H “Forma urbana para un buen vivir: miradas interdisciplinarias” invita a investigadores e investigadoras de todos los países de lengua española, a compartir su experiencia en torno a conceptos, léxico, métodos, fuentes y casos de buenas prácticas, con carácter interdisciplinar, y relacionados con el estudio de la forma urbana.

KAEBUP Final Event / 3rd CyNUM Regional Conference
The Department of Architecture of the University Cyprus is delighted to host the final event of the Knowledge Alliance for Evidence-Based Urban Practices (KAEBUP) project in conjunction with the 3rd Regional Conference of the Cyprus Network of Urban Morphology (CyNUM), on 6th-9th December 2023 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

ISSUM - INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON URBAN MORPHOLOGY - ROME, 20 / 28 JUNE 2022
IsufItaly, as a member of International Seminar on Urban Form, Italian Network and Kaebup (Knowledge Alliance for Evidence-Based Urban Practices), welcomes applications from Master and PhD architecture and planning students interested in Urban Morphology research to participate in an International Summer School on Urban Morphology to be held in Rome from 20 to 28 June 2022.

6th ISUFitaly International Conference. MORFOLOGY AND URBAN DESIGN. New Strategies for a Changing Society
Since the beginning of the third millennium, the rapid changes that contemporary societies are facing are radically transforming the perception and the structures of our cities. New topics seem to dictate the political agenda, suggesting alternative options to manage the emerging urban mutations.

XXIX CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON URBAN FORM 2022 ŁÓDŹ - KRAKÓW | SEPTEMBER 6 - 11, 2022
This theme will explore the current state of evolving world urban morphology, encompassing the following subthemes: classical and innovative theoretical concepts of the redevelopment and revitalisation of spatial structures; the discussion of terminology (renewal, regeneration, reconstruction, restoration, decomposition, restructuring, etc.) methods of research of the transformation processes of settlement spatial structures (based on: Conzenian and Muratorian schools of urban morphology, Space Syntax etc.) and their application decision-making factors and political, legal and administrative conditions for redevelopment and renewal of the urban tissue social and cultural determinants of spatial redevelopment and regeneration (including social participation and conflicts, structural changes, cultural diversity, quality of life, etc.) economical, functional and infrastructural changes and their impact on the renewal processes (from global to local scale), including the spatial transformations of post-industrial cities directions of change in the historic urban structures (problems of preserving, protecting and various forms of use; the different approaches to the revitalisation of historical city centers and suburbs, issues of sustainability and resilience of urban structures) practical architectural and urban solutions; planning and design of the public and open space using selected examples and comparative approaches

CITY SPACE TRANSFORMATION: RESILIENT URBAN ENVIRONMENTS 4-6 JULY 2022. MOSCOW
La asociación IPHS ha decidido cancelar este congreso. Reproducimos su declaración y apoyamos su denuncia de la agresión a Ucrania: The International Planning History Society (IPHS) upholds the right of all individuals, nations and countries to live in democratic freedom, under peaceful conditions and without fear of oppression. In response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the Council of the International Planning History Society has withdrawn its support for the Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy) hosting the 19th IPHS Conference scheduled for 4 to 6 July 2022 and the Society has cancelled the conference.
Christine Garnaut
President: International Planning History Society

3er Congreso Internacional de la AhAU. Asociación de historiadores de la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo
Lo construido y lo pensado. Correspondencias europeas y transatlánticas en la historiografía de la arquitectura. Madrid, 1-3 Junio 2022. Toda historia de la arquitectura obedece a una construcción intelectual. Se trata, por tanto, de un discurso de carácter circunstancial que plantea siempre un punto de vista provisional entre otros múltiples posibles. Desde Giorgio Vasari, con Las vidas de los más excelentes pintores, escultores y arquitectos, al proyecto historiográfico de Manfredo Tafuri, cada generación ha leído el pasado desde los problemas específicos de su propio presente. // ¿Cuáles han sido las perspectivas y el alcance desde los que se ha construido la historia de la arquitectura desde el humanismo renacentista hasta nuestros días? Esbozar un perfil sobre cómo se ha abordado la construcción de la historia de la arquitectura es uno de los principales retos a los que aspira este encuentro.

III Congreso de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Historia Urbana. Repensar la ciudad iberoamericana. Construir el pasado y diseñar el futuro
Continuando la estela de las ediciones precedentes, el III Congreso de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Historia Urbana pretende consolidarse como punto de convergencia de las distintas disciplinas académicas interesadas en el estudio de la ciudad en o desde una perspectiva histórica: Historia, Geografía, Arquitectura, Historia del Arte, Urbanismo, Sociología, Antropología, Ciencias de la Comunicación y otras tantas más