16th International Docomomo Conference

On the 11th October 2019, the Scientific Committee Meeting will meet up in Tokyo, Japan, to organize the 16th International Docomomo Conference. Hosted by Docomomo Japan, the 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, at the Ueno Park Area, from 10th to 13th September 2020, under the theme: Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities. Schedule 15th March – 14 September –  Call for papers. Early November 2019 – Call for papers’ selection notification. 30 January 2020 – Full paper submission deadline (1st version); Registration deadline for speakers and sessions chairs. 10 March 2020 – Deadline for session…

Winner: Docomomo Photo Prize

Docomomo International is happy to announce the winner and 2 honourable mentions of the 4th Docomomo Photo Prize edition — 2019, under the theme Cure and Care Architecture. The Docomomo Photo Prize is an international photography competition promoted by Docomomo International that is taking place every season according to a specific theme, through Instagram. The jury panel of this edition was composed by: Ana Tostões (Architect, PhD, Chair of Docomomo International and Full Professor at Técnico — University of Lisbon) Björn Schötten (Architect, Aachen University Hospital Geymüller) Daniela Arnaut (Architect, Professor at Técnico – University of Lisbon) Iñaki Bergera (Architect, photographer) Jonas…

“La Réutilisation Adaptative” [Adaptative Re-use]

The President of Docomomo International, Professor Ana Tostões, has been invited to give the inaugural lecture at the École Nationale Supérieur d’Architecture de Grenoble, on the 17th October 2019. With the presentation “La Réutilisation Adaptative” [Adaptative Re-use], the conference will be held in French at 18th, at the Maglione auditorium, at the École Nationale Supérieur d’Architecture de Grenoble. Check the poster in the attached PDF.

Call for Papers: 16th International Docomomo Conference

The 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, from the 10th to 13th September 2020, organized by Docomomo Japan, under the theme “Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities”. Docomomo is now accepting abstracts for the 16th International Docomomo Conference. Please submit abstracts no later than September 14th 2019 (12 pm GMT), for one of the 11 thematic sessions listed below (+ others). To know the submission guidelines, or to submit your abstract,  click here. 1. Space of Sports The city of Tokyo has already hosted the Olympics Games twice. The first Olympics, planned for 1940, had to be cancelled due to…

100 Buildings 1900-2000

The twentieth century was a remarkable period in architectural history. Rivaling the transformative achievements of ancient Greece, the Gothic period the Renaissance, the twentieth century galvanized radical developments in building technology, architectural theory, and space that paralleled global revolutions in politics, economics, and social values. Knowledge of the twentieth century´s accomplishments is fundamentally critical for all students of architecture. More the 50 internationally renowned architects were asked to list the top 100 twentieth-century buildings they would teach to architecture students. The contributors were encouraged to select built projects where formal, special, technological and organizational concepts responded to dynamic historical, cultural,…

Docomomo Suomi Finland – Kohdevalikoima Register Selection

The book highlights 87 masterpieces of Finnish Modernism by articles written by 30 Finnish specialists. The book is completely bilingual in English and Finnish. The sites in the new catalogue are categorised on a temporal and thematic basis. The order of entries progresses from the breakthrough of Functionalism to the post-war reconstruction era, the construction of the welfare state, and the stages of urbanisation culminating in the 1980s. After long deliberation, the selection was complemented with sites that tested the limits of strict Modernism – thus emulating the first selection which included organic, unorthodox and multi-formed buildings. To buy the…

Docomomo Books: Moscow Heritage at Crisis Point / updated edition

“New International Report Outlines Threats to Moscow’s Heritage plus Information about Threats to St. Petersburg. Buildings under threat include internationally famous landmarks: The Bolshoi Theatre, Mayakovskaya Metro Station, Monuments of the Avant-Garde, plus buildings that are an inseparable part of Moscow’s identity like Children’s World Department Store and the Central House of Artists. Report possible due to the support of the late Scholar of Russian architecture and Co-Founder of Do.Co.Mo.Mo. Catherine Cooke. The report is a follow up to the 2007 report, which brought the crisis that Moscow’s heritage is undergoing into the centre of national and international attention. Despite…

The Report of mASEANa project 2017: 4th & 5th International Conference

Docomomo International is happy to announce The Report of mASEANa project 2017: 4th & 5th International Conference “modern living in Southeast Asia”. This publication is a documentation report of the project Appreciating Asian modern: mASEANa project 2015-2020 and it was published and edited by mASEANa Project and the Japan Foundation, collaborately. The mASEANa project is promoted by Docomomo Japan and came from the coalition of docomomo International, mAAN and ICOMOS ISC20c, with the support of the Japan Foundation, and the collaboration of the Toyota Foundation, for the protection, conservation and promotion of modern heritage monuments and sites in south-east Asia. The 4th mASEANa International Conference — “modern Living in Southeast…

Docomomo Brazil is happy to anounce the Docomomo Brazil Magazine

“The number 01 arrives in the hands of the reader in the year of commemoration of the 25 years of founding of the Docomomo Brazil. The 25-year period may give a false impression of backwardness, but it reflects the perhaps necessary maturation period for the consolidation of Docomomo Brazil and its recognition as promoter of documentation actions and conservation of the diverse expressions of the modern movement in the national territory and in the diverse actions undertaken by Docomomo International.” To submit articles: link More details: website [Portuguese]