XIII Seminar Docomomo Brazil “Brazilian Modern Architecture. 25 years of Docomomo Brazil. Every world into one”

13th Docomomo_Brazil Seminar Docomomo Brazil is holding their 13th Seminar, from 7th to 10th October at the the UFBA Faculty of Architecture in Salvador with the theme “Brazilian Modern Architecture. 25 years of Docomomo Brazil. All worlds into one”. According to the words of Jose Carlos Huapaya Espinoza, the General Coordinator of the 13th Docomomo Brazil Seminar: “The 13th Docomomo_Brazil Seminar, from October 7 to 10, 2019, has two meanings: first, it included the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the first seminar in June 1995; second, because, in this celebration, the event returns to the same place where it…

Bauhaus Transfers International Symposium

On the occasion of the 2019 Bauhaus Centennial, the Department of Architecture within the Stuckeman School and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State will celebrate the Bauhaus achievements with the international symposium Bauhaus Transfers. The international symposium, organized by Ute Poerschke, Stuckeman Professor of Advanced Design Studies in the Department of Architecture, and Daniel Purdy, professor of German studies in the Department of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State, will be held from the 19th – 21st September at the Palmer Museum of Art and the Stuckeman Family Building. Attendance to the…

Event: HERA Joint Research Progammes – Uses of the Past and Public Spaces Conference

“The European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk, Poland is the venue for the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Joint Research Programmes (JRP) Uses of the Past and Public Spaces Conference on the 11th and 12th of September 2019. The conference aims to showcase the excellent research being undertaken by HERA funded projects and to raise the profile of the Humanities among national research councils and the European Union. The occasion will also mark the 10th Anniversary of HERA JRP’s and will provide an opportunity for attendees to reflect on the successes of the programme and how HERA research can add value to…

Event:  ICAA2019 – International Congress on Architectural Archives

“The section for architectural documents of the International Council on Archives (ICA-SAR) and the Braga District Archive of the University of Minho (UM.ADB) are pleased to announce the realization of an International Conference on Architecture Archives : “Professional experiences in cultural diversity”, to be held in Braga (Portugal) from 25 to 27 September 2019. The aim of the congress is to examine issues related to the production and management of architectural documents and the built environment, their conservation, authentication and use in the service of the community. The congress will bring together archivists and other professionals from all over the…

Call for Abstracts: 2nd urbanHIST Conference: “Interpreting 20th Century European Urbanism”

The conference will take place at the Wenner-Gren Center in Stockholm between the 21st and the 23rdof October 2019. Convenor of the conference is Abdellah Abarkan, Professor and Head of the Department of Spatial Planning at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Karlskrona, Sweden. Besides the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany), the University of Valladolid (Spain) and the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovakia), BTH is one of the four urbanHIST beneficiaries. The 15 urbanHIST early stage researchers are substantially involved in the organization of this conference. The 2nd urbanHIST Conference is welcoming abstracts on the main theme: “Interpreting 2othCentury European Urbanism”….

Event: Behind the Prize: Jurying the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize

Panel discussion with jury members of the 2018 Mies Crow Hall Americas Prize. This event will be moderated by Dirk Denison and will have the presence of panelists Ricky Burdett CBE, Jose Castillo and Claire Weisz, jury members of the most recent MCHAP 2018. Together, they will reflect on the process, deliberation, and decision made during the prize. The discussion invites the audience to go behind-the-scenes of the MCHAP jury process by describing their selection criteria, the importance of architectural vision and client collaboration, and value of visiting the projects in person with architects and clients. Venue: Behind the Prize:…

Event: Europe Group Meeting ICOMOS 2019 and Scientific Symposium: Contemporary interventions on cultural heritage: theory and practice

“Annually the Europe Regional Group meets and promotes an international scientific symposium, this year being organized by ICOMOS Portugal. The event will take place in Lisbon, at ISCTE-Institute University of Lisbon, from June 13th to 16th, 2019. The scientific symposium will be dedicated to the theme “Contemporary interventions in cultural heritage: theory and practice”.   GOALS The rehabilitation of the built heritage has become the central activity in the construction sector in Portugal. The recent pressure from tourism and speculation has accelerated this phenomenon, principally in historic centers, in classified and protected areas; however, not always with respect for the…

Event: Conference “El Arquitecto y la Ciudad” by Alfredo Brillembourg  

The architect Alfredo Brillembourg will present the lecture “El Arquitecto y la Ciudad” [The Architect and the City] at 31st May 2019 at Faculty of Architecture of Porto University. He founded, with Jubert Klumpner, the Urban-Think Tank Studio (U-TT). The U-TT, founded in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1998, has been based in the Department of Architecture D-ARCH of ETH in Zurich since 2010, where its founders teach the Teaching Unit of Architecture and Urban Design. Before, Brillembourg and Klumpner taught at Columbia University, where they founded the Sustainable Living Urban Model Laboratory (SLUM Lab). Their work has already been honored with…

International Congress: Bauhaus and Greece: The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, The Athens School of Fine Arts and the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart are organising an international congress entitled Bauhaus and Greece: The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture. The congress will be held at the Benaki Museum and the Athens School of Fine Arts on 30 May – 1 June 2019. The 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, this important event for the arts, architecture and art education, provides the setting for numerous festive events worldwide. The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 on the…

Event: MantovArchitettura 2019

In May 2019 the Politecnico di Milano – Mantova Campus is organizing the recurring cultural event called MantovArchitettura. The initiative revolves around a rich programme of exhibitions, workshops, conferences and meetings with the protagonists of the international architecture culture. This year, the event will take place from 9th May to 6th June 2019. For more information, please visit the website. To see the full program please download the pdf attached below. [Italian]