Overview

• Title

  UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress

• Date

  September 3 – 10, 2017

• Venue

  COEX Convention Center and Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul

• Theme

  Soul of City

• Expected Participants

  Approximately 30,000 people

UIA World Congress

• The UIA (International Union of Architects) world congresses are a premier forum for professionals and future leaders in the field of architecture to exchange the best and latest practices, visions and first-hand experience. The UIA 2017 Seoul, in particular, will promote various innovative architectural techniques and technologies among member sections and global citizens. In doing so, academic programs, exhibitions, competitions, student activities, and public outreach programs will simultaneously take place.
  
  
• UIA World Congress History
  Since its launch in Lausanne, 1948, 25 congresses have been held and Seoul was awarded for the 26th UIA World Architects Congress under the theme ‘Soul of City.’ Click here for more information.
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No.	Year	Host City (Country)	No.	Year	Host City (Country)
26	2017	Seoul (Republic of Korea)	13	1978	Mexico City (Mexico)
25	2014	Durban (South Africa)	12	1975	Madrid (Spain)
24	2011	Tokyo (Japan)	11	1972	Varna (Bulgaria)
23	2008	Torino (Italy)	10	1969	Buenos Aires (Argentina)
22	2005	Istanbul (Turkey)	9	1967	Prague (Czech Republic)
21	2002	Berlin (Germany)	8	1965	Paris (France)
20	1999	Beijing (China)	7	1963	Havana (Cuba)
19	1996	Barcelona (Spain)	6	1961	London (United Kingdom)
18	1993	Chicago (United States)	5	1958	Moscow (Russia)
17	1990	Montreal (Canada)	4	1955	Hague (Netherlands)
16	1987	Brighton (United Kingdom)	3	1953	Lisbon (Portugal)
15	1985	Cairo (Egypt)	2	1951	Rabat (Morocco)
14	1981	Warsaw (Poland)	1	1948	Lausanne (Switzerland)

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