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14.05.2025

International Symposium: CASA DO BRASIL
On May 14, between 17:00 and 19:00, the second edition of the International Symposium “Landscape and Heritage of Modern Architecture in the University City of Madrid” will take place at the Casa do Brasil Auditorium.

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Past, present and future of the Middle Landscape
The 22nd international conference of the Architectural Humanities Research Association will be held at the University of Liverpool School of Architecture from November 22-24, 2025. Nicolás Mariné and Diego Toribio have convened the session entitled Past, present and future of the Middle Landscape. Proposals may be submitted until June 2.

02.04.2025

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Isabel Rodríguez de la Rosa
On Wednesday, April 2nd, Isabel Rodríguez de la Rosa will defend her Doctoral Thesis Un territorio-fábrica: La construcción del paisaje industrial durante la autarquía española, 1939-1959 in an academic event that will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the Sala de Consejos of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

14.02.2025—27.04.2025

Dimitris Pikionis. An aesthetic topography
From 14 February to 27 April, Madrid's Círculo de Bellas Artes is hosting an exhibition on Dimitris Pikionis (1887-1968), a major figure in 20th-century Greek culture. The GIPC was responsible for designing the model of his most famous project: the landscaping of the entrances to the Acropolis of Athens.

19.03.2025

PRESENTACIÓN DE LIBRO
David Escudero presents, together with Carmen Caro, the book entitled Patrimonio 20XX edited for the Ministry of Culture, a volume that shows and discusses emergent research lines in relation to critical heritage studies.

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Recent Publications

‘The first rearguard battle’: an analysis of the autarkic (re)planning for Spanish grain agriculture, 1937–1959

Isabel Rodríguez de la Rosa
Planning Perspectives: A Journal of History, Planning and the Environment, vol. 39, no. 5 (2024).

In Spain, after 1939, an important process of autarkic industrialization took place, which defined vast territorial structures. This paper analyzes the relationship between autarky and raw materials, and examines the case of water use in several case studies.

“The Beauty of Homes Beautiful Collectively”: The Olmsted Firm and the View from the Suburban House

Nicolás Mariné
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 83, no. 1 (2024).

The landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and his sons John Charles and Frederick Jr. changed the prevailing understanding of the view from the suburban home.

Territorial Heritage in South-Eastern Madrid: An Analysis Through 20th Century Historical Cartography

Marina López Sánchez
ACE Arquitectura, Ciudad y Entorno, vol. 18, no. 54 (2024)

Considering that there are now significant initiatives aimed at the landscape restoration of the Villa de Vallecas district, it is necessary to include territorial heritage in these projects, thus ensuring the preservation of collective memory, the historical continuity of the landscape, and respect for its distinguishing features.

Proyectos en desarrollo