Clara is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in architecture dedicated to topics, research methods and tools specific to the field. Clara is published annually by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). It is managed by an inter-university editorial committee (ULB, UCLouvain, ULiège, UMons). 

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Call for Papers: Position(s)

2026-09-21

Clara launches a call for papers for its Position(s) section, to be published in issue 14.

The section Position(s) gathers short articles that take a stand on current events in the field of architecture. Contributions can take the form of a manifesto, a book review, an exhibition report, or an account of an educational experience. The format is limited to a maximum of 25,000 characters (including spaces, notes, bibliography, and captions). Articles in the section Position(s) are not double-blind peer reviewed but evaluated by Clara’s editorial board.

To submit a contribution to the Position(s) section, please send an abstract (800 words) and a short bio to Clara’s editorial board at clara.archi[at]ulb.be by November 25th 2026.

Clara 11 is out!

2026-09-08

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The Editorial Comittee is happy to announce that Clara 11, The Ethics of Detailing, is out!

No. 11 (2025): The Ethics of Detailing

Clara’s 11th issue The Ethics of the Detailing is guest-edited by Tiphaine Abenia (Université libre de Bruxelles), Louis Destombes (ENSA La Villette) and Daniel Estevez (ENSA Toulouse). This issue explores contemporary practices and theories surrounding architectural detailing and their ethical implications. It approaches the detail as an active site of negotiation, where those who make decisions are not always those who construct, and rarely those who inhabit. Starting from this tension, the seven contributions— authored by architects, engineers, landscape architects, and researchers—seek to question and expand the conceptual frameworks that define the architectural detail.

The Position(s) section includes an original translation, by Marine Beuerle and Mathias Rollot, of a 1984 text by Jos Boys (Matrix collective), an introduction examining the possibilities of a feminist critique of architecture.

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Published: 2025-12-05

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(ISSN: 2295-3671)