“The places we value most from our past are relevant to the greatest challenges facing our world today. At World Monuments Fund (WMF) we believe in making a difference. That’s why we need your help. We are now accepting nominations for the 2022 World Monuments Watch—WMF’s global program that seeks to discover, spotlight, and take action on behalf of heritage places facing challenges or presenting outstanding opportunities of direct relevance to our society. As we look ahead, the need to ensure equitable representation for all and meet the challenges posed by climate change and imbalanced tourism are front and center….

Where uncertainty, division, separation, havoc, and disease befall communities worldwide, many of us have resorted to embracing ways to bring solace, gratification, indulgence, and joy into the spaces we inhabit. Rather than setting out to work on an issue that directly and explicitly discusses the problems of our times as the focus, our 14th issue sets out to critically examine the spaces, places, and routines that give us pleasure because of—and despite—the chaos. Reminded of Bernard Tschumi’s words in “The Pleasure of Architecture”, where he posits that “the ancient idea of pleasure still seems sacrilegious to contemporary architectural theory”, this…

Long before the appearance of COVID-19, the urban fabric of cities across the world had been shaped by prior epidemics. Indeed, the study of historic, global epidemics has illuminated the many ways in which urban life and architecture have changed during times of pestilence. With the outbreak of each epidemic has come new scientific understandings of disease, new modes of governing of social life and interaction, novel efforts to intervene in and prevent infection, the exacerbation of social inequities, and the creation of new occupational and social roles. Each of these outcomes has been enacted and emplaced in the built…

International faculty are invited to submit course proposals for Universidade da Coruña’s International Summer School, which will be held in A Coruña in the summer of 2021. Courses shall be entirely taught in English. Each intensive course shall have a total teaching load of 42 hours divided into two weeks (from 19th to 30th July) and will have an academic value of 6 ECTS credits. Requirements Visiting teachers shall meet the following requirements: . They must be in possession of a PhD or equivalent. . A minimum of B2 level of English will be required. The selection committee might interview the candidates…