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Call for papers for the 2008 Oxford Conference

11th July 2007

In 1958 the first Oxford Conference set an agenda for architectural education that has been followed for 50 years. The 2008 conference will reset that agenda to meet the evolving drivers of costs of energy and construction, shifting social values and environmental crises and to create a new generation of buildings that are part of the solution to these crises - not the problem.

The conference will be comprised of visionary keynote lectures and a series of forums incorporating the following topics: Studio Culture; 21st Century Building Design; 21st Century City Planning and Urban Design; Building Research and Teaching in the 21st Century.

The conference programme will incorporate the following topics on which abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentation by 28 September 2007:

• Sustainable design of buildings and cities
• Low carbon community and building design
• Studio teaching
• Design and aesthetics for 21st century buildings
• Teaching issues, tools, methods, courses and programmes
• Creating social and economic value in 21st century buildings
• New materials and strategies for design
• Water use in buildings
• Renewable energy and building design

For more information or to submit an abstract, visit www.oxfordconference2008.co.uk or contact gill@oxfordconference2008.co.uk