You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Architecture & Interior Design (ICAD 2021) in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq on 9-10th of November 2021 under the theme of “Education and Practice in Architecture”. The event is organized by the Architecture and Interior Design departments from Tishk International University (TIU) and the University of Technology (UOT) in support of the ministry of higher education. Presentations will be delivered by international high-profile researchers and keynote speakers.
Tishk International University was established in 2008. The TIU has created Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Economics, and Administrative Sciences Engineering, Science, Education, and Law Faculties which require high expenses, and has enforced the budget to provide educational and research centers at modern university standards. Tishk International University with around 4000 students and 320 staff from seven different countries has an international position among local universities where cultural interaction takes place. Tishk International University gives priority to researches to promote knowledge, contribute to science, support learning, and improve social interaction.
The instructional, research, and service missions of the University reflect the needs of the respective geographic areas. The University also serves state-wide, national, and international needs by offering consultancy, educational, and research activities in communities throughout the state and through research and training exchanges and world-wide partnership programs.
During the Session of the year 2019-2020, the Department of Architecture-TIU won Several Distinct Awards such as:
• The “Iraqi Graduation Projects Competition by Tamayuz” where all Students of Schools of Architecture in Iraq and Iraqi Students from all over the World present their graduation projects annually. In its First Cycle, the competition was judged by the International Architect Zaha Hadid and later on included some of the most important Iraqi and international Judges’ names in the architectural theory and practices.
• “The Architectural school of the year” for having the largest number of projects in the first place.
• The “Hisham Munir Award” for faculty member supervision of the projects of the second and the third stages.
The ICAD, two yearly cycle conferences, aim to gather researchers, professors, practitioners, educators, students of Architecture Engineering, and Interior Design with interests in Architecture Areas at all levels from regional and international universities around the world. Invitations will be sent to all universities of Iraq, regional universities in Lebanon, Syria, UAE, Iran, and other international universities around the world.
The ICAD in all its cycles, invites a reputable keynote speakers and of course, panelists to share their updated work in the fields of Architecture and Interior Design with the researchers, specialists, students, and Odeon in the field.
The aim of the ICAD2021 conference is to gather researchers, professors, practitioners, educators, students of Architecture Engineering and Interior Design with interests in the Architecture Area at all levels from regional universities and international universities all around the world. Invitations will be sent to universities in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, regional universities in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, UAE, Iran, and other international universities around the world.
Publication:
All submitted papers will be subjected to triple-blind peer reviewers and critical evaluation by the conference committees. All papers will be peer-reviewed by experts on the basis of originality, significance clarity, and only those papers presenting novel research results or successful innovative applications are accepted for publication. It is planned to publish the proceedings with Springer in Architecture and Interior Design, volume titled: Education and Practice in Architecture (final approval under consideration).. Acceptance decisions will take into account paper novelty, technical depth, and relevance to Springer scope. also some chosen articles will be published in the Journal of Near Architecture.
