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Histories of Postwar Architecture (HPA)

Cover of Histories of Postwar Architecture (HPA), n.16, 2025: crimson panel with a dark line sketch of hillside buildings and an open square, above the "HPA" logo, "In the Margins: Italy Portugal" and author names.
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A peer-reviewed open access journal on postwar architecture, published twice a year by the Department of Architecture of the University of Bologna. It accepts original papers with no geographical, methodological, historiographical or disciplinary restrictions, in themed Focus sections and open-topic Miscellanea. Papers are in English (reviews may also be in Italian), articles go through double-blind review, and there are no fees for authors.
Histories of Postwar Architecture (HPA) is a biannual open-access peer-reviewed Journal that aims to publish innovative and original papers on postwar architecture, with no geographical, methodological, historiographical or disciplinary restrictions. The Journal accepts papers and original submissions that have not been published and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors maintain their copyright and are aware that their works are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Authors can re-publish their paper (or parts of it) giving appropriate credit to HPA Journal. The journal accepts papers in English, even though reviews are also accepted in Italian. HPA is published by the Department of Architecture of the University of Bologna in partnership with the Department of Visual, Performing and Media Arts and the Department for Life Quality Studies of the same university. HPA is a scientific journal recognized by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for disciplinary area 10 (Antiquities, philology, literary studies, art history). […]

Practical information

  • Publisher: Department of Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, in partnership with the Department of Visual, Performing and Media Arts and the Department for Life Quality Studies
  • Country: Italy
  • How often it publishes: Twice a year
  • Languages accepted: English for papers; Italian also accepted for reviews
  • Open access: Yes, free to read, under a CC BY 4.0 licence
  • Author fees: None: no article processing or submission fees
  • Peer review: Double-blind (Articles section)
  • Submit an article: https://hpa.unibo.it/about/submissions
  • Journal website: https://hpa.unibo.it/index

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  • Observations Component
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