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 world congresses are a forum for professional and cultural exchange among all the world's architects, and bring together thousands of participants from around the globe. Each event focuses on a pertinent theme, developed by eminent personalities from the international architectural, planning, and construction fields. Debates, exhibitions, tours and festivals make them the perfect meeting place for colleagues and friends, and students of architecture are always welcome.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

No.	Year	Host Country (City)	No.	Year	Host Country (City)
26	2017	Republic of Korea (Seoul)	13	1978	Mexico (Mexico City)
25	2014	South Africa (Durban)	12	1975	Spain (Madrid)
24	2011	Japan (Tokyo)	11	1972	Bulgaria (Varna)
23	2008	Italy (Torino)	10	1969	Argentina (Buenos Aires)
22	2005	Turkey (Istanbul)	9	1967	Czech Republic (Prague)
21	2002	Germany (Berlin)	8	1965	France (Paris)
20	1999	China-P.R (Beijing)	7	1963	Cuba (Havana)
19	1996	Spain (Barcelona)	6	1961	United Kingdom (London)
18	1993	U.S.A (Chicago)	5	1958	Russia (Moscow)
17	1990	Canada (Montreal)	4	1955	Netherlands (Hague)
16	1987	United Kingdom (Brighton)	3	1953	Portugal (Lisbon)
15	1985	Egypt (Cairo)	2	1951	Morocco (Rabat)
14	1981	Poland (Warsaw)	1	1948	Switzerland (Lausanne)