Conferences and Events

ISUF Events include events held by Regional Networks as well as the ISUF annual conference that takes place over four to five days in mid-summer to early fall. Cities and universities all over the world have sponsored the conference, which attracts 200 to 400 scholars and practitioners. In addition to paper presentation and keynote speakers, guests enjoy tours and a banquet designed to honor the place. Please share an event that is sponsored by a regional ISUF network or a related organization.

Previous ISUF conferences:

Belgrade – Serbia, 2023: Praxis of Urban Morphology

• Proceedings ISUF 2023 (soon available)
• Book of Abstract ISUF 2023 (soon available)
• Conference Website – isuf2023.org

 Łódź – Kraków, Poland, 2022: Urban Redevelopment and Revitalisation A Multidisciplinary Perspective

• Proceedings ISUF 2022 (soon available)
• Book of Abstracts ISUF 2022
• Conference website – isuf2022.org

Glasgow, Scotland, 2021: Urban Form and the Sustainable Prosperous City (virtual)

• Proceedings ISUF 2021

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2020: The 21st Century City (virtual)

• Proceedings ISUF 2020
• ISUF 2020 Conference report (PDF)

Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019: Cities as Assemblages

• Proceedings ISUF 2019: Cities as Assemblages
• ISUF 2019 Conference report (PDF)
• Conference website – cyprusconferences.org/isuf2019/

Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 2018: Urban form and social context

• Proceedings ISUF 2018
• ISUF 2018 Conference report (PDF)
• Conference website – conf.sfu-kras.ru/en/isuf2018

Valencia, Spain, 2017: City and territory in the globalization age

• ISUF 2017 Conference report (PDF)
• Conference website – www.valencia2017isufh.com

Nanjing, China, 2016: Urban morphology and the resilient city

• ISUF 2016 Conference report (PDF)
• Conference website – www.urbanform.cn

Rome, Italy, 2015: City as organism

• Proceedings ISUF 2015
• ISUF 2015 Conference report (PDF)

Porto, Portugal, 2014: Our common future in urban morphology

• ISUF 2014 Conference report (PDF)

Brisbane, Australia, 2013: Urban form at the edge

• Brisbane 2013 Proceedings
• ISUF 2013 Conference report (PDF)

Delft, The Netherlands, 2012: New urban configurations

• Proceedings ISUF 2012
• Conference report (PDF)

Montréal, Canada, 2011: Urban morphology and the post-carbon city

• ISUF 2011 Conference report (PDF)

Hamburg, Germany, 2010: Formation and persistence of townscape

• ISUF 2010 Conference report (PDF)

Guangzhou, China, 2009: Urban morphology and urban transformation

• ISUF 2009 Conference report (PDF)

Artimino, Italy, 2008: Landscape and urban form

• – ISUF 2008 Conference report (PDF)

Ouro Preto, Brazil, 2007: Urban morphology in a global era

• ISUF 2007 Conference report (PDF)

Stockholm, Sweden, 2006: Nordic and international urban morphology 

• ISUF 2006 Conference report (PDF)

London, UK, 2005: Tradition and modernity in urban form

Glasgow and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2004: Urban morphology at the IGU

Trani, Italy, 2003: The planned city?

Cernobbio, Italy, 2002: The work of Gianfranco Caniggia

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2001: Retrospective on urban morphology at the millennium

• ISUF 2001 Conference proceedings (PDF)

Groningen, The Netherlands, 2000: Commissions and Working Parties

Florence, Italy, 1999: Transformations of urban form: from interpretations to methodologies in practice

Versailles, France, 1998

Birmingham, UK, 1997

Lausanne, Switzerland, 1996

Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995

Lausanne, Switzerland, 1994