ALMA 2026 is the first edition of the international conference Architecture and Landscapes of Modernity in Albania, organized by DoCoMoMo Albania in partnership with the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Polytechnic University of Tirana.
 ALMA 2026 is the inaugural event of the ALMA conference series.

The conference explores how processes of modernity – political, social, technological, and economic – have shaped Albania’s architectural, urban, and territorial landscapes from the early twentieth century to the present. It promotes an integrated understanding of modernization across architecture, planning, industry, infrastructure, and the built environment.

ALMA welcomes contributions on all scales of modernity: from product design and interiors, to buildings, public spaces, urban environments, and infrastructures. It encourages research addressing ideology, propaganda, civic symbolism, material culture, and everyday life, and strongly supports the recognition, documentation, conservation, and valorization of the material legacies of Albanian modernity.

Participants include scholars, architects, planners, engineers, historians, conservators, anthropologists, and representatives of cultural and heritage institutions. The event aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, expand public awareness, and advance the study and preservation of architecture shaped by Albanian modernity.