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Save the date for OA2026 International Conference and Exhibition

ON ARCHITECTURE (OA2026) will be held on 2–17 December 2026 in Belgrade, Serbia with parallel events in Australia, South Korea and USA. This year’s conference, themed “Crosscutting, Exploring New Horizons,” is all about discovering new boundaries within multidisciplinary concepts in science, technology and art. Prepare for insightful keynotes, thematic panel sessions, exhibitions and valuable networking Read more

2 months ago
Monograph by Denis Ambruš awarded at the Salon of Urban Planning

Monograph by Denis Ambruš awarded at the 34th Salon of Urban Planning The monograph Maestralni gradovi (Cities of Grand Designs) by Denis Ambruš, published jointly by STRAND and University in Rijeka, was awarded 3rd prize, in the category Publications, at the international Salon of Urban Planning held in Zrenjanin, Serbia, 2025 and organized by Serbian Read more

3 months ago
CROSSCUTTING AND FUSION OF DISCIPLINES (OA2025) in the media

International Conference and Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE 2025 was presented at the Gallery of Science and Technology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 3-17 December 2025, in Belgrade, Serbia.| Kulturni dnevnik (video) Watch a feature of the Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE 2025 on national broadcast. Zlatni presek (audio) Professor Ruzica Bogdanovic was a guest in Read more

3 months ago
Crosscutting and Fusion of Disciplines presented at the International Architecture Symposium of Dicle University

Within the scope of the 4th International Architecture Symposium of Dicle University, Professor Ružica Bogdanović delivered a lecture as an invited speaker in the session themed “Design and Application Practices in Architectural Sciences”. The lecture titled “Crosscutting and Fusion of Disciplines – A New Approach on Interdisciplinarity in Architecture” presented new cycle of the STRAND Read more

4 months ago
Presenting journal Acta Architectonica et Urbanistica (AAeU) published by the University of Sarajevo

Acta Architectonica et Urbanistica (AAeU) is a double-blind peer-reviewed international research journal in the field of architecture and urbanism published by the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Architecture. We are excited to announce that Professor Ružica Bogdanović was invited to join Advisory Board as an international member. Journal focuses on research of cities and Read more

1 year ago
First prize for the best scientific publication awarded to Denis Ambruš

Best scientific publication was awarded to the monograph by Denis Ambruš The first prize was awarded to the monograph “Post-Industrial Cities” in the Publications category, out of 20 works, at the 31st international Salon of Urban Planning, held in 2022 in Čačak, organized by Serbian Society of Urban Planners. The editor of the publication is Read more

3 years ago
Serbian Architectural Journal (SAJ) with Professor Ružica Bogdanović as Guest Editor

We are excited to announce that Professor Ružica Bogdanović was invited to make a contribution as a Guest Editor of the Serbian Architectural Journal – SAJ Volume 13 (saj-journal.org). SAJ is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade (Serbia), since 2009. The multi-part Volume 13 is themed LESSONS FROM Read more

4 years ago
Presenting Habitat Professionals Forum (HPF) 2022

Roadmap to a Just and Regenerative Recovery At the General Assembly (GA) meeting of ECTP-CEU (https://ectp-ceu.eu/) a report on the work of the Habitat Professionals Forum of the UN (The HPF) was approved. Roadmap for Recovery will launched at the World Urban Forum (WUF) in June 2022 at Katowice Poland (https://wuf.unhabitat.org/). The Habitat Professionals Forum Read more

4 years ago
NEW URBAN LIVING ROOMS. Workshop (OA2022)

STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association is organizing the Workshop in summer 2022 with the support of IFDT – Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory and CPN – Center for the Promotion of Science. Workshop is organized as a special event of the On Architecture series 10-year anniversary that is themed Philosophy of Architecture. The Read more

4 years ago
PHILOSOPHY OF ARCHITECTURE (OA2022) marks 10-year anniversary

STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association welcomes submission of Papers and Contributions through Open Call for ON ARCHITECTURE 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. You are invited to take active participation in Conference and Exhibition hosted by Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and Technology. WELCOME to ON ARCHITECTURE 2022, 10th International Conference on Read more

4 years ago
Special Awards presented to Rachel Armstrong, Liam Young and Dejan Grba

ON ARCHITECTURE 2021 FACING THE FUTURE – NEW CHALLENGES 9th International Conference and ExhibitionSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and TechnologyBelgrade, Serbia Special AwardS The Special Awards were presented ahead of the ON ARCHITECTURE 10-year anniversary on behalf of STRAND by Professor Ružica Bogdanović, chairperson of the ON ARCHITECTURE 2021 and the Read more

4 years ago
LEARNING ARCHITECTURE (OA2020) in the media

8th International Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE was presented at the Gallery of Science and Technology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2-12 December 2020, in Belgrade, Serbia.| Watch a feature of the Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE on national broadcast. Gallery opening hours 11 am – 5 pm on working days, 11 Read more

5 years ago
Presenting The Skopje Project!

Browse Call for participation for The Skopje Project shared by Mitesh Dixit of the DOMAIN OFFICE. The Skopje Project is organized by Professor Ognen Marina and Mitesh Dixit as a 3-day event 21-24 October, 2020 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The conference will be held on the occasion of 70-year anniversary of founding of the Faculty Read more

6 years ago
Presenting CORP Newsletter 2020

Browse Newsletter by our partner Association CORP – Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning for 2020. REAL CORP 2020: After the success of the first edition of VIRTUAL CORP and lots of positive response we are glad to announce VIRTUAL CORP 2020, Episode #2, which will take place on 9 June 2020 from 15:00 Read more

6 years ago
Presenting European Urban and Regional Planning Awards 2020 Open Call

The XIIIth European Urban and Regional Planning Awards: call is OPEN The European Urban and Regional Planning Awards, organized every two years by the ECTP-CEU since 1990, provide a common framework for planning practice and rewards examples of good planning all over Europe and allow the European Council of Spatial Planners to promote the concrete Read more

6 years ago
Presenting REAL CORP 2019 Conference

IS THIS THE REAL WORLD?Perfect Smart Cities vs. Real Emotional Cities 24th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society GeoMultimedia 20192-4 April 2019Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germanywww.corp.at Welcome and Ice Breaking Event on pre-conference evening: Monday, 1 April 2019 Post Congress Excursion on Friday morning, 5 April 2019 Detailed conference Read more

7 years ago
Presenting Young Planners Workshop

Planning on the Edge The Young Planners Workshop 2019 will be concluded at the “13th Biennial of European Towns and Town Planners” (13è Biennale Européene des Villes et des Urbanistes) to be held 11-13 September 2019 in Plymouth (United Kingdom) under the general title “Planning on the Edge”. In the frame of the Biennial, the Read more

7 years ago
Presenting WEAR Sustain – A Two Year Innovation Action Study

WEAR Sustain project WEAR (Wearable technologists Engage with Artists for Responsible Innovation) Sustain is a 2 year project, funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation initiative to engage art, design and creative industries to work more closely with technology and engineering industries, to shift the development of the wearables and e-textile landscape Read more

7 years ago
Presenting Dicle University International Architecture Symposium

Ružica Bogdanović Invited Speaker at Dicle University 1st International Architecture Symposium STRAND founding member Ružica Bogdanović will take participation as an Invited Speaker and member of Scientific Board at Dicle University International Architecture Symposium. The Symposium will be held 4-6 October at Dicle University Faculty of Architecture, Turkey . The Symposium aims to discuss the Read more

8 years ago
Presenting Analogio Festival: Libraries as Gardens

Nora Lefa exhibiting at Analogio Festival 2018 Our own member, artist and architect Nora Lefa exhibits at Analogio Festival 2018 in the group show Libraries of Walks, curated by Geert Vermeire. ‘Walking is becoming plants’. According to curator Geert Vermeire, in an etymological path it can be followed back to the planta – the sole Read more

8 years ago
KeynoteTalks – Case Netherlands

The aim of the KeynoteTalks – Case Netherlands is to generate knowledge about new applications that address important issues concerning digital technology today: data ethics and sustainability. The selected projects represent new technological know-how with two main goals – developing the potential of cross-border economic cooperation and expanding the knowledge. Creative Research Tools in Urban Read more

8 years ago
Salon of Architecture 2018

Ružica Bogdanović named Jury Member at Salon of Architecture STRAND Association is proud to announce that our very own founder Ružica Bogdanović was nominated as a Jury member at the popular annual architectural competition Salon of Architecture. The 40th Salon of Architecture will be held from 29 March to 5 May 2018 at Museum of Read more

8 years ago
Going Digital 2018

We invite you to participate on International Multimedia Event GOING DIGITAL 2018! GOING DIGITAL is Annual International Multimedia Event organized since 2015 by STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association, Belgrade, Serbia in collaboration with Museum of Applied Arts. Read more

8 years ago