Detmold Conference Weeks 2020 – “The Human Habitat in Times of Transformation”

“In recent years, the future-proof and user-oriented design of the human living space has become a central and concrete field of action for important political and research agendas at national and international level and is currently more relevant than ever. There is a correspondingly high demand for developments to be accompanied by the expertise of the planning sciences and supported by theory-based and practice-oriented knowledge about human habitats. The younger generation of prospective planners also recognises the need to take a more active role in the sustainable design of our living space. This autumn, for the first time, we will…

ROUNDTRIP: From the Seine to the Rio de La Plata and viceversa

Eight weekly sessions, presented by international academics reflecting on some of the protagonists of the European and Latin American Modern Movement who trained or carried out part of their professional careers between the two continents. This project stems from some reflections on the Swiss master’s 1929 journey and on his relationship with Latin America, with which he established a bond through meetings, conferences and collaborations that lasted about three decades. The journey had a twofold outcome: on the one hand, it introduced new demands in the concept of architecture proposed by the first generation of the European Modern Movement, such…

85th Anniversary – Institute of Aesthetic Research

Docomomo International would like to congratulate the Institute of Aesthetic Research [Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas] for the 85th anniversary. The Institute of Aesthetic Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, since its foundation, research has been carried out in its installations into the different forms of artistic expression in Mexico; the diversity of studies undertaken by the body of researchers in the fields of criticism, theory and history of art across a horizon that reaches other latitudes. It has thus become a space in which the plastic arts converge with dance, literature, photography, cinema and music. Every year, through…

Kosovo Architecture Festival 2020

“In its 8th edition, the Kosovo Architecture Festival will be addressing the issue of Publicness in our cities with a focus on Prishtina. The invited Future Architecture emerging creatives will be presenting to the local & global audience tools, methodologies and strategies of analyzing and reinterpreting publicness. KAF announced the Kosovo Architecture Festival 2020 program with more than 35 public lectures featuring 8 Future Architecture creatives and keynotes from Carlo Ratti the head of the Senseable City Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nadar Tehrani the Dean of the Architecture School at Cooper Union, Malkit Shoshan of Harvard GSD &…

Convegno di Studi sulle Architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia [Conference and exhibition: Architecture from the 20th century in Basilicata and Puglia]

“9 x 100 = 900, 9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia” is the title of the conference and exhibition dedicated to the modern movement architecture, organized by Docomomo Italy, 11th September 2020, in Carovigno. On September 11th, the conference, taking place at the Castello Dentice di Frasso,  will deal with the relationships between architecture, history, landscape and modernity in the South of Italy. Followed the international conference on the architecture of the 20th century in Basilicata and Puglia, the traveling exhibition “9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia”, organized by the…

Online lecture at the Liebling Haus “Modern Architecture in Africa: the case of Angola and Mozambique”

Docomomo International is please to invite you to assist the online lecture “Modern Architecture in Africa: the case of Angola and Mozambique” organized by the the Liebling Haus team. The lecture will take place on the zoom platform at 14 September 2020, at 6 p.m. (GMT+3). In the effort to achieve a better knowledge and comprehensive understanding of Modern Movement diaspora, it is essential to revisit, analyze and document the important heritage built on sub-Saharan Africa, where, the debate took place and architectonical models were reproduced, in many cases subjected to metamorphoses raised by overseas geography. This lecture is given…

Centenary of the birth of Miguel Arroyo (1920-2020): Miguel Arroyo and modern furniture design

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the conversation about the work of Miguel Arroyo Castillo (Caracas, 1920-2004), a central figure in 20th century modern art in Venezuela. The presentation  “Miguel Arroyo y el diseño moderno de mobiliario” [“Miguel Arroyo and modern furniture design”] will be given online by Lourdes Blanco de Arroyo and Rafael Pereira Escalona. This cycle is organized by Trasnocho Centro Cultural, Forma M20 and Docomomo Venezuela and will take place on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 6:00 pm CCS Time (GMT – 4) with the support of the Zoom platform. In the 1950s he designed more than…

Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Historiografias de fronteira [“Architecture, Urbanism and Historiographies Borders”]

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the PPGAU + D – 2020 collective – an activity of the Academic Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism and Design at UFC that aims to publicize the Program’s teaching, research and extension activities. In this issue #3 Prof. Dr. Beatriz Diógenes and Prof. Ricardo Paiva, within the scope of History and Historiography of Architecture and Urbanism, invite to the Lecture: ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM AND FRONTIER HISTORIOGRAPHIES Prof. Dr. José Tavares Correia de Lira (FAUUSP) The transmission of the lecture will take place through the YOUTUBE Channel of PPGAU + D. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2n-_bnzv0

“Paisagem telúrica – Lina Bo Bardi e o subúrbio” [“Telluric landscape – Lina Bo Bardi and the suburb”] with Prof. Dr. Claudia Cabral (UFRGS / Brazil)

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the GPHUC Tertulias. The proposal is to create a (virtual) space for the dissemination of knowledge in urban history through the realization of conferences and presentations by researchers from Brazil and other countries. In this same sense, to spread the knowledge of Urban History produced at Universities to a wider audience. Disseminate studies on the history of cities, history of urbanism / urban-regional planning, which, in the vast majority, end up limited to professionals working in Universities and Research Institutions. Today, 21 August 2020 at 5 p.m. (GMT -3), the Tertulia “Paisagem telúrica –…

Attendance Grants for IIC’s Edinburgh Congress online

The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works is encouraging attendance in the IIC Edinburgh Congress “Practices and Challenges in Built Heritage Conservation” from conservators and cultural heritage professionals from all over the world and for those who are at different stages of their career including students and early career professionals. Details of grants currently available are listed below. Anna Plowden CPD Grants Anna Plowden Trust is supporting a CPD grant to cover the full cost of IIC membership for one year for practicing conservators based in the UK, enabling recipients to attend the IIC Edinburgh Congress online…