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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · 11d

The same happened in Portugal.

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · 29d

It was a pleasure and an honor to write a book review for the JSAH Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Volume 84, Issue 3, September 2025.
More details here: online.ucpress.edu/jsah/issue/8...

Volume 84 Issue 3 | Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians | University of California Press

online.ucpress.edu

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Privacy, the Private, and Architecture".
We invite proposals for this session at the 2026 conference of the European Architectural History Network which Aarhus University will host. DEADLINE 19 September 2025.
Call for papers and submission instructions: konferencer.au.dk/eahn26/aarhus

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Jun 15

I am genuinely excited, grateful and honoured to share that I have been selected as one of the winners of the R&D Iscte 2024 awards.
Congratulations to all my distinguished colleagues.

More info here: www.dinamiacet.iscte-iul.pt/post/pr%C3%A...

Prémios de I&D Iscte 2024 | vencedores

É com grande satisfação que o Dinâmia'CET-Iscte divulga os prémios científicos do ano 2024, distinguindo a qualidade dos trabalhos realizados pelos/as investigadores/as da unidade, ao nível da produçã...

www.dinamiacet.iscte-iul.pt

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · May 26

Very interesting!

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · May 21

European Architectural History Network (EAHN), 9TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, AARHUS June 17-21, 2026

More info here: konferencer.au.dk/eahn26/call-...

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · May 7

I am genuinely excited, grateful and honoured to share that I have been selected as one of the saai | iaas Wüstenrot Foundation Residency Fellows 2025.

More info here: www.saai.kit.edu/2067.php

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Apr 5

Congratulations to this month's #SpotlightScholar, @umass Associate Professor of Architecture Pari Riahi!
“As scholars, we do much of our work in a solitary manner, but I also find it so valuable to facilitate conversations on a larger and more inclusive level," she says.

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Jan 20

Octavia Butler, "Parable of the Talents"

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · May 31

elpais.com/eps/2024-05-...

Lisboa se muere de éxito

Tradicional mezcla de autenticidad, melancolía, rusticidad y modernidad, la capital portuguesa se ha convertido en toda una meca del turismo internacional. Pero ha pagado el peaje en forma de gentrifi...

elpais.com

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · May 26

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Apr 14

"Approaches to Drawing in Architectural and Urban Design" Fabio Colonnese, Nuno Grancho, Robin Schaeverbeke, eds.. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024). www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Mar 19

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/f...

How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn review – rethinking ‘civilisation’

A radical new history of the ancient world that challenges modern chauvinism

www.theguardian.com

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Mar 14

V&A's Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete" www.dezeen.com/2024/03/14/t...

Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete"

The V&A Museum's Tropical Modernism exhibition highlights the movement's evolution from colonial import to "tool of nation building".

www.dezeen.com

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Feb 24

My new Caeser Desktop Pen Organizar

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Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Feb 19

What do you think? hbr.org/2015/03/why-...

Why Group Brainstorming Is a Waste of Time

There are better ways to be creative.

hbr.org

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Feb 9

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love John Coltrane

Coltrane changed the game in American music a few times over. Here’s a guided tour to his career, courtesy of 15 musicians, scholars, poets, writers and other experts.

www.nytimes.com

Nuno Grancho @nunograncho.bsky.social · Feb 9

After his wife died two years ago, Richard E. Grant began to film himself talking about his bereavement, creating a remarkable record of life after loss. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...