The conference has expenses, payment for the rent of the location, the professional video recording, and travel expenses for some of the lecturers, comming from remote locations (US, England). We try to keep the cost as low as possible though, so that everybody that wants to join should be able to join.

The BUA-team is doing whatever we can to get the message and the lectures out in the public - to as many as possible. BUA intends to publish the entire content on easily available channels, like YouTube, for free. But it is different to be physically attending the conference than following it on live-strems of looking at it in retrospect.

If you come physically to the conference, you will meet a lot of interesting and like-minded people, you will be able to speak with the lecturers in pauses, and actively take part in the movement - promoting new classical and new traditional achitecture.

Yes, Oslo is quite expensive, but there are still ways to make a stay affordable. The BUA team will continously work publishing useful practical information available, to all participants - with practical tips on how to make your stay affodable. We want as many students with little income, and others with economical difficulties, to be able to attend. On the BUA page: Practical information — Beauty and Ugliness in Architecture , we will provide practical information to all our potential attendees - from Norway and Internationally. This site will be updated contiously.

No. There is a limited amount of tickets for BUA. In order to be certain that you will get access to the conference, you should order a ticket - as soon as possible. The interest for the conference this year is massive - so we expect the conference to be sold-out.

So if you are very interested in attending, buy your tickets early.

Yes, you are right. The detailed plan is not made yet. We will come back with a detailed plan for the execution of the conference, with definite timeslots for the specific speakers soon.

Be patient, planning and organizing such a big event takes some time:)

No. Attending BUA 2024 does not presuppose any prior knowledge about architecture or beauty. Come as you are!

We address the general public, all curious persons eager to learn more about architecture!