Call for Books: 2021 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020. The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award was established in 1949 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture published by a North American scholar. Criteria for Submission A “North American scholar” is defined as someone born in Canada, the United States, orMexico, or someone who published the book while living or holding a position in one ofthese countries. For the purposes of this award, “architectural history” is interpreted broadly. Books in English with a printed copyright date…

“The modern gaze to the ‘Greek’ nature”

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the release of the 7th book of docomomo Greece titled The modern gaze to the “Greek” nature [Greek], edited by Amalia Kotsaki and Kostas Tsiambaos and published by Futura, Athens, 2020. “A considerable part of modern architecture in Greece had been developed in a natural environment having a special identity. Beyond its formal characteristics and aesthetic attributes, the Greek landscape had always been culturally and ideologically charged as various references and representations were formulated around it since early Modernity. Moreover, most attempts to render a definition of “greekness” in the early 20th century folllowed…

ICONS AT RISK by Iconic Houses Network

Docomomo International would like to highlight the important and pertinent initiative launched by the Iconic Houses Network: ICONS AT RISK. This initiative aims to encourage to preserve the world’s most endangered architecturally significant modern houses, by doing a documented inventory attached with the history of the houses, visual material, videos, latest news and literature references. Also, if there is a campaign for the preservation of a house, it is linked to it so that a petition or crowdfunding action can be directly supported. In addition to identifying houses that are threatened by the wrecking ball or deteriorating rapidly due to…

Call for papers: 31:1 Writing Automobile Histories

Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand invites papers for a special issue (volume 31, no.1) on Writing Automobile Histories edited by Marianna Charitonidou, ETH Zürich, National Technical University of Athens and Athens School of Fine Arts. Papers are due by 29 June 2020 (EXTENDED). The point of departure for this special issue is the hypothesis that the view from the car has established a new epistemology of the urban landscape. Focusing on the views from the car produced by architects will help us better understand how this epistemological shift influenced architectural thinking and…

MIES.5OYEARS.PORTO I “The Measure of Mies” online session series

The 50th anniversary of the death of the German / American master Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) will continue to be celebrated in Porto. The exhibition highlights one of the characteristics of Mies van der Rohe’s work that is rarely remembered: his ability to shape public places in the modern city, through architecture and integrating preexisting nature and urban fabric. It is mainly dedicated to its American phase. The exhibition opened, at Casa das Artes, on March 7, with the testimony, in voice, of the former collaborator of Mies van der Rohe, Peter Forbes. Alongside the exhibition, on March…

Exhibition Iconic Australian Houses

Docomomo Australia is sharing the exhibition Iconic Australian Houses by Karen McCartney, in partnership with Architecture Foundation Australia (2017). Karen McCartney takes us through 11 case studies of iconic Australian houses and the architects who designed them.   Russell Jack – The Jack House Peter McIntyre – The Butterfly house Peter Muller – The Audette house Robin Boyd – The Walsh street house Enrico Taglietti – The Dingle house Bruce Rickard – The Marshall house Ken Woolley – The Palm beach house Barrie Marshall – The Phillip Island house Andresen O’Gorman – The Mooloomba house Durbach Block – The Droga…

Europe’s Top Heritage Awards Honour 21 Exemplary Achievements from 15 Countries

The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced the winners of the 2020 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards, funded by the EU’s Creative Europe programme. Europe’s top honour in the heritage field goes to 21 exemplary achievements from 15 European countries. This year’s impressive collection of award winners range from the restoration of Rubens’ garden pavilion in Antwerp (Belgium), to the revival of the renaissance arsenal on the island of Hvar (Croatia); from the trans-European network “Tramontana” dedicated to the research of the tangible and intangible heritage of mountainous regions, to the sensitive preservation of a cultural landscape formed by subterranean…

Call for Articles: TEMPORÁNEA. Revista de Historia de la Arquitectura

TEMPORÁNEA. Revista de Historia de la Arquitectura is a journal of the editorial seal of the University of Seville EUS, preferably addressed to the academic community focused on international research in History of Architecture. It publishes annually scientific articles selected by the double-blind peer review system and through an editorial process characterized by quality, rigor and transparency, monitored by its editorial team committee with a marked international character. Research in the History of Architecture is approached from any discipline, chronological period and geography, and promotes the diversity and complexity of History as an inalienable value. In addition to this transversal and…

Call for Papers: No.8 REVISTA EVITERNA (September 2020)

The Call for Papers for the 8th issue of Revista Eviterna is open for receiving papers (Articles, Varia, Exhibition&Art reviews, biblio/books reviews). All the interested are invited to collaborate in the eighth number, whose topic line will be -Questions of art in general-. You can find the appointment rules, bibliography and the template to which the articles should be adapted in the section “Author Guidelines” of Revista Eviterna’s website. To receive articles and review them, the author must register on the web with the role of “Author”. In order to launch the eighth issue of the journal in September 2020,…

Call: The One Drawing Challenge

Competition Brief Thanks to social media, more people than ever now consume architecture every day through their feeds. However, their attention is fleeting — with millions of architectural ideas flowing across the web, each designer has just a brief moment to make an impact. This means one image or drawing needs to possess the power to tell a whole story on its own, in seconds. For any designer, producing a viral drawing might just kickstart their career. So, the #OneDrawingChallenge is laid down: Can you create a single drawing that tells the story behind a complex piece of architecture? Your task is as…