EKA Arh Conference 2026 Continued….From Scattered Facts to Shared Concerns

📍 Estonian Academy of Arts, main hall (A101, Põhja Ave 7)) and White house (Kotsebue 10)

The conference is held in English.

Doctoral researchers from the Engineering and Technology and the Humanities and Arts branches of the Estonian Doctoral School, scientists, tutors, and supervisors are welcome to participate.

The 2026 EKA Arh Conference focuses on one of the central questions facing architecture and urban development today: how do we move forward when starting from scratch is no longer a viable option? While knowledge about climate transition, resource limits, and the built environment is abundant, translating that knowledge into collective action remains a challenge. Rather than asking only what comes next, the conference asks what can and should continue.

Across urban, building, and material scales, international speakers and researchers explore adaptation, reuse, and transformation in the built environment. The programme brings together perspectives from architecture, planning, construction, and research to discuss how existing places, buildings, and resources can support meaningful change, and how scattered knowledge can become shared concerns capable of shaping long-term action.
Conference is also part of Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB2026).

The conference is organised by the Estonian Academy of Arts. Read more about the conference here.

Tickets for the EKA Architecture Conference and the full TAB Symposium are available HERE.
Early-bird prices are available until July 31, 2026.

In case of questions, please turn to Siim tuksam,siim.tuksam@artun.ee.

Estonian Doctoral School for Engineering and Technology.