European architecture is characterised by an ongoing exchange of cultures, ideas, and influences. In recent decades, this process has intensified. Ideas developed in one region can migrate and bear fruit…

European architecture is characterised by an ongoing exchange of cultures, ideas, and influences. In recent decades, this process has intensified. Ideas developed in one region can migrate and bear fruit elsewhere. Existing architectural conventions are thus questioned, supplemented, and remodelled. This issue of ‘Oase’ discusses the poetics of architectural design that emerge from the complex web of idea exchange throughout Europe.