40 Years On: The Domain of Design History

Looking Back Looking Forward

Open University, Milton Keynes

May 22 2015

2015 marks forty years since the Open University launched its pioneering course A305 History of architecture and design 1890-1939 in 1975. The course has been widely acknowledged as a landmark in the study of modern architecture and design both in the UK and internationally. This conference will take A305 as its starting point to trace some central themes in the history of the discipline in this country from the 1970s onwards.

Conference Strands

Teaching Architectural and Design History
Disseminating Modern Architecture and Design
Exhibiting Modern Architecture and Design
National and International Perspectives

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