Docomomo International was recently informed by the Visaginas Community that the decision not to place the former kindergarten located at Vilties str. 3, Visaginas, under the protection of the Department of Cultural heritage by Cultural heritage evaluation Council  was not accepted by the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court and so cancelled. Threatened by demolition in mid 2020,  the former first kindergarten in Visaginas, together with its twin building were designed by the Lithuanian architect Dalia Matukonytė. Docomomo International joined the appeal of  Visaginas Community to advocate the preservation of this former kindergarten which means acting against the implementation of the plans…

Docomomo International is glad to announce that the Villa E-1027 located in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, design by Eileen Gray (1929) is fully restored and saved from demolition. Often ill treated by its successive owners, one of whom was murdered on the spot, the villa, emptied of its furniture, was in a severely degraded condition when it was acquired in 1999 by the Conservatoire du Littoral, a coastline conservation body that is part of France’s Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, which already owned the Cabanon. A decade later, a decision was made to restore the villa, which had been modified by…

In June 2017 docomomo International has been informed about potential risks facing the Uganda National Theatre. Docomomo is glad to announce that National Theatre has been successfully refurbished and reopened in September 2018 as part of Uganda National Cultural Centre. You can find more information here.