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…

The call is now open for the proposal of new papers for the forthcoming number of the academic journal CADERNOS DO ARQUIVO MUNICIPAL. The aim of this journal is to disseminate and publicise the documentation housed at the Lisbon Municipal Archive. Number 16 Thematic Dossier: The materials of historical interest that build up the urban heritage: correlations, uses, landscapes Marluci Menezes, António Santos Silva, Maria do Rosário Veiga LNEC – Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Construction materials help to define the image of cities and places, steading the idea of a built heritage connected to a physical, social and cultural…

“This special issue of the journal Estudios del Hábitat attempts to maps the international spread process of architectural culture in the mass media in the period following the Second World War, assuming as a tentative time frame the one between 1945 and 1980. It focuses on analyze the relationships and mutual exchanges that took place between the main scene of international disciplinary debate with those local or regional in Latin America. It intends to reveal how certain ideas about contemporary architecture and the city were diffused (or not) through international periodical publications, exhibitions and conferences, by analyzing some case studies in…