Following the success of the 1st International Conference on Structures and Architecture in 2010 (ICSA2010) the second edition of this conference ICSA2013 will be held in Guimarães, Portugal.

ICSA2010 was an impressive event with 8 keynote lectures, more than 250 presentations and participants from more than 40 countries.

ICSA2013 will bring together international participants interested in the recent advances in the art and practice of designing and building infrastructures in which the structural and architectonic values are combined.

The conference is intended for practitioners worldwide with a background in architecture and in structural engineering including architects, engineers, builders and building consultants, product manufacturers and suppliers. Academics, researchers and students are also welcome at this event.

The following topics relating to structures and architecture will included:

• Comprehension of complex forms
• Innovative architectural and structural design
• The history of the relationship between architects and structural engineers
• Computer and experimental methods
• Emerging technologies
• The tectonic of architectural solutions
• lightweight and membrane structures
• The use of new materials
• Timber structures
• Glass structures
• Steel and composite structures
• Concrete and masonry structures