Call for Abstracts: “Educating Architects and Planners in the Twentieth Century”
8 September 2017
School of Architecture and Planning, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
On 8-9 September 2017, the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland celebrates its centenary. Events include a symposium on the Friday, followed that evening by a book launch and exhibition opening, with both projects addressing the history of the Auckland School. On the Saturday there will be a series of panel discussions bringing together groups of our alumni from different generations and, that evening, a gala dinner.
Our current research on the history of the Auckland School is producing a survey of its formation, growth and development. We now seek papers that examine particular episodes, events and people associated with the Auckland School over its first 100 years, and also papers on the histories of architecture and planning education elsewhere.
Themes of interest to us include, but are not limited to: