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Annual International Symposia of the IASS

Annual Symposia since 1989 are listed here in reverse chronological order.  See the Events page for the dates, information and websites of future Symposia.

YearCityCountryTheme
2023 Melbourne Australia Integration of Design and Fabrication
2022 Beijing China [Virtual] IASS-APCS 2022: Innovation-Sustainability-Legacy
2021 Surrey UK [Virtual] IASS 2020/21 - 7th ICSS: Inspiring the Next Generation
2020   No symposium due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2019BarcelonaSpainIASS 60th Anniversary: Form and Force
2018Boston
USA
Creativity in Structural Design
2017HamburgGermany
Interfaces - Architecture. Engineering. Science
2016Tokyo
Japan
Spatial Structures in the 21st Century
2015
AmsterdamThe NetherlandsFuture Visions
2014
Brasilia
Brazil
IASS-SLTE 2014: Shells, Membranes and Spatial Structures: Footprints
2013
Wrocław
Poland
Beyond the Limit of Man
2012
Seoul
Korea
IASS-APCS 2012: From Spatial Structures to Space Structures
2011
London
UK
IABSE-IASS 2011: Taller, Longer, Lighter
2010
Shanghai
China
Spatial Structures - Temporary and Permanent
2009
Valencia
Spain
IASS 50th Anniversary: Evolutions and Trends in Design, Analysis and Construction of Shell and Spatial Structures
2008
Acapulco
Mexico
New Materials and Technologies - New Designs and Innovations
2007
Venice
Italy
Architectural Engineering - Toward the Future Looking to the Past
2006
Beijing
China
New Olympics, New Shells and Spatial Structures
2005
Bucharest
Romania
Theory, Technique, Valuation, Maintenance
2004
Montpellier
FranceShell and Spatial Structures: From Models to Realization
2003
Taipei
Taiwan
New Perspectives for Shell and Spatial Structures
2002
Warsaw
Poland
Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering - Contemporary Problems
2001
Nagoya
Japan
Theory, Design and Realization of Shell and Spatial Structures
2000
Istanbul
Turkey
Bridging Large Spans from Antiquity to the Present
1999
Madrid
Spain
IASS 40th Anniversary: Shells and Spatial Structures: From Recent Past to the Next Millenium
1998
Sidney
Australia
Lightweight Structures in Architecture and Engineering
1997
Singapore
Singapore
Shell and Spatial Structures: Design, Construction, Performance and Economics
1996
Stuttgart
Germany
Conceptual Design of Structures
1995
Milan
Italy
Spatial Structures: Heritage, Present and Future
1994
Atlanta
USA
Spatial, Lattice and Tension Structures
1993
Istanbul
Turkey
Public Assembly Structures
1992
Toronto
Canada
Innovative Large Span Structures
1991
Copenhagen
Denmark
Spatial Structures at the Turn of the Millennium
1990
Dresden
Germany
Spatial Structures: Quality Control, Rehabilitation and New Construction
1989
Madrid
Spain
IASS 30th Anniversary: 10 Years of Progress in Shell and Spatial Structures

As information for those who wish to propose organization/hosting of a future symposium, the current version of the IASS Symposium Guidelines may be downloaded here.

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