CICA Conference Copenhagen Det Kongelige Akademi

General Information For the first in-person meeting after the pandemic, the International Committee of Architectural Critics is meeting in Copenhagen. To permit as many CICA members to participate, all events will be offered free of charge via Zoom too. Please use the following link: Meeting ID: 849 1875 7465 Passcode: 974590 General Topic Goodbye to Consumer Culture – […]
International Conference on Architectural Quality

Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, SpainCo-Organizers José Manuel Pozo Municio and Wilfried Wang International Conference on Architectural Quality8 and 9, 15 and 16 October 2022 Defining Architectural QualityConference Programme Each session begins at 14:00 Central European TimeFree access to the Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88039754296?pwd=VGVoTVFJNUljN2xhVTFTVGo4S3R1QT09 Each of the four sessions will be recorded and […]
International Conference on Architectural Quality – Details

Defining Architectural Quality Online Conference on 8–9 and 15–16 October 2022 Call for Contributions What defines architectural quality? Is it based on physical facts? Do the architect’s intentions and ideas provide the keys to the building’s evaluation? Is it a matter of cultural context? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder? Or is […]
International Conference on Architectural Criticism

Follow the conference on the 9th, 10th, 16th & 17th October 2021 Online from 14:00 – 17:30 GMT. Find all the details of the conference, as well as times and instructions below. Why this Conference? Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual […]
International Conference on Architectural Criticism

Call for Contributions Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis to it? Does it have a duty to present evidence in the evaluation of a building? Or should it take on what architects say about their designs? In the context of […]
CICA Shanghai 2015 – Beyond Orient and Occident, North and South

A Report by Karen Eicker, South AfricaPhoto: Freeman Zhou/Unsplash In early December 2015, eight members of the International Committee of Architectural Critics together with critics and scholars from China, Korea and Japan gathered in Shanghai and Hangzhou to take part in the CICA Shanghai 2015 conference. “Beyond Orient and Occident, North and South: The Universal […]