6/9/2024: Submission deadline
12/11/2024: Publication of the 5th issue of the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
15-17/11/2024: Conference in Úbeda, Spain
This year, the conference will be held in person in Úbeda from 15 to 17 November 2024. It will include discussions, lectures by international architects and demonstrations by traditional building trades masters. These lectures and discussions will be dealing with the diverse topics of the conference.
It is also possible to follow it online since most of its cotents will be recorded and made available on the conference website weeks after the conference.
The online programme is complemented by a series of pre-recorded lectures which will be available on the Conference website. These lectures are based on the articles, essays and works submitted to the fifth issue of the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.
This conference is organized by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation thanks to Richard H. Driehaus and in collaboration with INTBAU Spain, INTBAU Portugal, the Fundação Serra Henriques, the City Council of Úbeda, the Foundation Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, the Association of Artisans of Úbeda, the Center for Renaissance Studies of Úbeda, the Foundation Huerta de San Antonio and the School of Arts Casa de Las Torres.
All the academics and practitioners of traditional building, architecture and urbanism that carry out their activity or are interested in the scope of the topics proposed for this conference may submit proposals to be presented at it.
All proposals will go through a selection process as detailed below and may be accepted for being presented at the conference for its online or its in-person programs, and/or published in the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.
These proposals may be presentations on built work, reflections or research projects. They must be sent to: info@culturasconstructivas.org.
The submitted proposals must address any of the topics of the conference. The deadline for submissions is 6 September 2024.
Once the proposal is received, the organizing team of the conference will check that its content fulfills the objectives of the conference.
Authors will be notified if their papers have been accepted by September 20, 2024.
If the proposal is selected for its presentation as part of the online or in-person program of the conference, or for its publication on the Journal, the corresponding instructions will be provided by that time.
Proposals must have a length of 500 – 700 words, without counting brief biography, bibliography (if needed) and list of figures and notes. This document must include the title of the text, the name of the author (or authors), the affiliation (if any), their email address (or addresses) and a brief biography of each one of them (up to 120 words each).
Proposals will be sent in .doc or .docx format (not .pdf) and they must include up to 10 figures (photographs, drawings or plans) that illustrate the text. In addition, a descriptive caption must always be included for each of the images, always indicating the author of the image and / or its source.
Introductory guided visit to Úbeda
Institutional welcome, lectures by international architects and debates.
Demonstrations by traditional building trades masters
Demonstrations by traditional building trades masters and closing visit.
The International Conference on Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism is organized thanks to Richard H. Driehaus by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation. Its objective is to promote and encourage the study, protection, teaching, dissemination and conservation of the traditional construction, architecture and urbanism of the different regions of the world.
The Traditional Building Cultures Foundation‘s goal is to promote and encourage the study, protection, teaching, dissemination and conservation of the traditional construction, architecture and urbanism of the different regions of the world.
