Buildings studies too often fall in the gaps between the disciplines of architectural history, archaeology and social anthropology. This conference seeks to bridge those gaps, to draw from all these approaches and examine how people created buildings and how people responded to them.
It will examine the historical contexts of buildings construction and the reactions to them in use. It will consider a diversity of structures from around the world, including houses, public buildings, institutions, agricultural and industrial constructions, polite and vernacular architecture.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to: industry, ritual space, power and display, biographies of buildings, methodological approaches, vernacular buildings and regional societies, family and domestic spaces.