latest news & announcements

The 35th PLEA conference, Planning Post Carbon Cities, will take place in A Coruña, Spain, 1–3 Sep, 2020. Its official website is

http://www.plea2020.org

The PLEA 2020 Conference will look into the interplay between research, technology, and design in defining and planning future cities. We invite submission of extended abstracts that address the conference theme and focus on one of the following topics:

Comfort at the Extremes, Dubai, UAE, Apr 10–11, 2019

Sue Roaf and Fergus Nichols have been part of the organizing team for the Windsor Conference on Thermal Comfort in the UK for many years. Last year, the group, gathering on the grounds of Windsor Castle, decided to launch a new conference addressing comfort at the extremes.

This past October, I was delighted to be invited to present a talk and workshop at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble as part of their Arts in the Alps program (see: <https://www.arts-in-the-alps.com/fall-conferences/2018-2/>). The talk, “Sculpting the 

During the past three years Climate Adaptive Design: Where Climate Science Meets Building Science, hosted by The Collider and AIA Asheville, has grown from 40 attendees in 2015 to 80 in 2017. Each year the event brings together world-renowned climate scientists and architects to provide insight on how their professions are addressing the changing climate. In addition to the full day of presentations, the event also offers a public lecture with content for all from homeowners to industry professionals.