Sign the petition – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Docomomo International became aware by Docomomo India and the historian William J. R. Curtis that the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, one of  Louis Kahn’s emblematic works and also known as “heritage campus”, is under high risk to be partly demolished. Being concerned with the irreversible loss that the demolition of part of the Indian Institute of Management would significate in the context of modern architecture, Docomomo International wants to raise awareness and appeal to the preservation of this iconic building. “Kahn built two projects on the subcontinent, the Assembly Complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the Indian Institute of Management…

High-rise buildings in France. A modern heritage 1945-1975

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that a release of the docomomo France bulletin dedicated to high-rise buildings in France, Les immeubles de grande hauteur en France. Un héritage moderne 1945-1975, will be available from 27th January 2021 also in English. Also, there is an editor’s discount of 40% and free shipping (17 Euros instead of 28 Euros) for docomomo international members! Publication director: Richard Klein Editor in chief: Riccardo Forte Editorial secretary: Milena Crespo Editorial coordination: Léo Noyer-Duplaix and Marjorie Occelli The authors: Caroline Bauer, Silvia Berselli, Catherine Blain, Gauthier Bolle, Bénédicte Chaljub, Audrey Courtebaisse, Milena Crespo, Amandine Diener, Philippe…

16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1

Docomomo International invites researchers and practitioners involved in the process of preservation, conservation, renovation or transformation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement, to investigate on the theme: Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities. Application of the third round call for papers is open from December 15, 2020 until 31 January of 2021． We are now accepting new applications for the following new themes: 13. Home and social change 14. Environmental awareness 15. Healthcare architecture 16. Wellbeing and urbanism IMPORTANT NOTICE:  The 2020+1 conference will be held with hybrid format, through a mixed system between online and PRESENTIAL…

Under threat: Hotel Quinta do Sol in Madeira

Docomomo International became aware of the “rehabilitation” works that Hotel Quinta do Sol, an icon of the modern architecture in Madeira, is being subject, due to which the identity of the building will get lost if nothing happens against them. “Designed by the Portuguese architect Raúl Chorão Ramalho, the first drawings for the Hotel date from 1965, however the project suffered several changes in the following years, namely: the transformation in aparthotel, which even having moved until the execution phase was not built; changes on the swimming pool area and annexes in 1975; and the extension of the restaurant in…

Under threat: Flaminio Stadium

Docomomo International became aware by Docomomo Italy that the Flaminio Stadium in Rome, an icon of modern Italian architecture, is in danger due to the new amendment included in the Italian so-called ‘Simplification Decree’: art. 55-bis of Legislative Decree no. 76/2020, which has nullified the effectiveness of the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, linked to one of the most important principles of the Italian Constitution, Article 9. Flaminio Stadium, is a renown structure designed by Pier Luigi and Antonio Nervi, between 1957 and 1958 and inaugurated in 1959. “It was built as part of the  main nucleus of new facilities…

Tertúlias GPHUC-UnB: A poética das Metrópoles – Le Corbusier e Hilberseimer nos anos 20  

Organized by Grupo de Pesquisa em História do Urbanismo e da Cidade (GPHUC-UnB/CNPq) [Research Group on History of Urbanism and the City], the Tertúlias Cycle aims to create a (virtual) space for the pace for the dissemination of knowledge in urban history through conferences and several presentations by researchers from Brazil and other countries. In this context, on the 11th December will happen the Conference “A poética das Metrópoles – Le Corbusier e Hilberseimer nos anos 20” [“The poetics of the Metropolises – Le Corbusier and Hilberseimer in the 1920s”] held by Prof. Dr. Carlos A. Ferreira Martins (USP/Brazil), via…

Save La Butte Rouge Garden City!

Docomomo International has been notified by Docomomo France about the huge danger that the Butte Rouge Garden City, in Châtenay-Malabry, is facing, threatened by the intention of the mayor of the city to accept the demolition of 15 buildings, despite the efforts undertaken, including an “appeal from architects and town planners” by April 2019 (pdf), as well as campaign by an inhabitants’ collective supported by several organizations (Docomomo, Sites & Monuments, France Nature Environnement and the Order of Architects). Therefore, Docomomo International would like to raise awareness for this case and appeal to all kinds of efforts to protect and…

Virtual Forum: Cultural Landscape of the 20th century. House on the Stream, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Organized by Museo Casa sobre el Arroyo and AACASA, the virtual forum “Cultural Landscape of the 20th century. House on the Stream, Mar del Plata, Argentina” occurs on the 75th anniversary of the construction of the House on the Stream, designed by Amancio Williams and Delfina Galvez Bunge, as a celebration of the integrality of a valuable set in which the imprint of territory and environment give rise to an architectural resolution recognized worldwide, being it a relevant example of the Modern Movement. Date: Monday, 7th December 2020, 7pm, Argentina, 10pm GMT. Link: https://mdpeduar.webex.com/mdpeduar/j.php?MTID=mcb1f0daee766dd41647e16a184392b78 Meeting number: 179 025 9659 Password: observatorio…

16th International Docomomo Conference 2020+1

Due the COVID-19 pandemic, DOCOMOMO International and the Japan conference board of the DOCOMOMO2020+1 decided to set up the 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1, 29th August – 2nd September 2021, with an hybrid format, through a mixed system between online and face-to-face (if possible, depending on the pandemic situation) lectures.   Considering the new format available, 30 applicants with accepted abstracts who gave up their participation are welcomed to be back. If these candidates wish to participate under these new conditions, they should confirm and register till 7th December 2020. Turning the Conference into online, we are glad to announce and launch a 3rd call for papers between 10th December 2020 and 31st January…

Call for Papers: Optimistic Suburbia II – Middle-Class Large Housing Complexes

DINÂMIA’CET-IUL  is pleased to announce that the call for papers for the “Optimistic Suburbia II – Middle-Class Large Housing Complexes” International Conference (Lisbon, Portugal, 16-19 June 2021) has been extended until 20th December 2020. This conference follows the “Optimistic Suburbia-Large Housing Complexes for the Middle Class Beyond Europe” congress that took place at ISCTE in January 2015. As the congress, the international conference “is part of the research project “MCMH – Middle Class Housing Developments in Europe, Africa and Asia – Middle Class Mass Housing in Europe, Africa and Asia” [PTDC/ART-DAQ/30594/2017], started in October 2018, also funded by the Foundation…