IFAU Tirana 2017– 1st International Forum on Architecture and Urbanism organized by Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Polytechnic University of Tirana-Albania, and Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pristine - Kosovo aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Architecture and Urbanism. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered, and the solutions adopted for the Cities in Transition. The forum aims to address various aspects of the urban development of cities in transition. Of particular interest for the conference are sustainability development, formal and informal settlements and memory of the cities.