Candide — Journal for Architectural Knowledge
Candide is a peer-reviewed journal edited by Axel Sowa, Susanne Schindler, and Andres Lepik, and published by Hatje Cantz.
Not unlike Voltaire’s fictional character Candide, who traveled the eighteenth-century world on an eager but often disappointed search for knowledge, the journal’s editors have embarked on a twenty-first century search, in their case, of architectural knowledge.
Candide is released twice a year in English and German. One year after its release in print, an issue becomes available online as part of our open access policy.
November 21st, 2013 — 5:04 am — Event
Please join coeditor Anne Kockelkorn on Thursday, November 28, at 6 pm, ETH Zürich-Hönggerberg in a panel discussion on the question “Why are we still making books, still making journals?” on the occasion…
November 19th, 2013 — 3:47 am — Event
Please join us for a panel discussion on the crisis of large-scale housing production in the 1970s and its lasting impact on architecture discourse today Tuesday, November 26, 7…
September 20th, 2013 — 5:04 pm —
The five articles in the upcoming issue analyse the lasting influence of the crisis of large-scale housing production in the mid-1970s on the theory and practice of architecture. Read more…
October 10th, 2012 — 10:55 pm — Release
It is here, just in time for the Frankfurt Book Fair: our sixth issue, with contributions on acoustics and ruins, earth construction and systems thinking, as well as fictional oral…
April 11th, 2012 — 5:28 pm — Release
We are happy to announce the release of the fifth issue of Candide. To read more on the content, click here. To purchase, please contact your local bookseller or order directly from ACTAR.
October 7th, 2011 — 6:22 pm — Announcement
We are thrilled to be featured in the upcoming exhibition Archizines at the AA School of Architecture in London from November 5th to December 14th, 2011. The website and exhibition…
October 7th, 2011 — 5:56 pm — Announcement
On the occasion of the anniversary of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 125th birthday, the Department of Architecture Theory at RWTH Aachen University and the Verein Aachen Fenster e.V. are…
October 7th, 2011 — 5:55 pm — Release
The proceedings of the international conference “Constructing Knowledge – Das Wissen der Architektur,” held in Aachen in November 2009 on the occasion of the launch of Candide, have been published. The…
August 30th, 2011 — 1:49 pm — Release
We are happy to announce the release of the fourth issue of Candide. To read more on the content, click here. To purchase, please contact your local bookseller or order…
June 29th, 2011 — 4:15 pm — Announcement
ACTAR is a leading publisher for architecture. With offices in Barcelona and New York, ACTAR has built its international reputation through innovative books on the theory and practice of architecture,…
