Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

The organizer of the International Avant-garde Contemporary Architecture and Urban planning Congress in the Islamic Countries is the Faculty of Architecture and Urban planning at Ferdowsi University, with the valuable collaboration of Politecnico di Milano.

1. Valuable Urban fabric and its associated concerns in Islamic countries.


2. Challenges facing high- rise construction in Islamic countries.


3. Challenges of informal settlements in Islamic countries.


4. The role of modern technologies in contemporary architecture and urbanism of Islamic countries.


5. Cultural landscape and cultural tourism in Islamic countries.


6. The trace of historical architecture and urban form in the formation of contemporary built environment in Islamic countries.


7. Avant- Gard contemporary Islamic architecture and urbanism- from concept to construction.


8. Issues with current architectural and urban education in Islamic countries.