This special issue seeks to commission and invite essays that explore contemporary textile theory with substantial historical scholarship in relation to issues raised by textiles as architecture. This might be in an archaeological context designing ideas of place, space and measurement through myth and narrative or though the use of textiles by architects for acoustic purposes. We are also interested in contributions that address how sustainable textile building technologies are being applied in contemporary architecture through the use of new materials and methods of fabrication in electronic architecture.

If you would like to submit a paper, please send a first draft to the editors by 1 January 2006.

1st draft submissions: 1 January 2006
2nd submissions: 1 February 2006
Peer-review process: 1 March 2006
Final submissions: 1 May 2006