It is with great pleasure that Docomomo International shares the program of the International Conference on Architectural Criticism: on the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism, organized by the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) and hosted by the School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, taking place on 9-10 and 16-17 October 2021, online via Zoom at 14:00 – 17:30 GMT. Under the theme “On the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism” this conferences addresses questions as: Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis…

Docomomo International would like to share the 6th International Iconic Houses Conference: Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House organized by the ICONIC HOUSES NETWORK. The event will be held online and consists of five modules to go live on the Thursday’s 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 September. It will be explored 20th-century Dutch architecture from the Amsterdam School to Post-Modernism, visiting twenty wonderful homes by Gerrit Rietveld, J.J.P. Oud, Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, and many others, not only in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, but spread all over the Netherlands, including Drachten, Groningen, Delft and Schaijk. Several of these…

Docomomo International would like to share the IV International Conference on the History of Art and Architecture of Ecuador [IV Jornadas de Historia del Arte y la Arquitectura (HISTAA)], with the theme “Leisure and business: the post-war hotel in the Americas 1945-1990”, organized by the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (FAUC) de la Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador), to be held in a virtual format from 24th to 26th November 2021. This event is realized together with the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Artes (FADA) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) and la Bienal de Arquitectura de Quito (BAQ),…

Docomomo International would like to share the Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference – The Future of the Past, organized by the Engineering New Zealand’s Otago Heritage Chapter. The pre-conference tour will be held between 11-14 November 2021 and the conference will be held between 14-17 November 2021, in Dunedin. The theme – The Future of the Past – focuses on heritage engineering and technology that has endured, been redeveloped, undergone restoration or repurposing to claim a place in the future. Pre-conference tour To whet your appetite ahead of the conference, experience a three-day pre-conference tour taking in the best of Southland’s engineering heritage across Queenstown,…

[Message from the Organizing Committee: Dear PROHITECH 2020 participants, Despite the recent encouraging progress regarding the production of COVID-19 vaccines, it seems likely that various travel bans, and social distancing measures will remain for the upcoming months and it is uncertain whether it will be possible to travel and gather to Athens in July 2021 for PROHITECH 2020. In view of the above, the PROHITECH 2020 Organizing Committee has decided one final postponement of the Conference. The Conference will be held on 25-27 October 2021 in Athens. The new venue is the National Centre for Scientific Research ‘DEMOKRITOS‘. We anticipate that until then sufficient global immunity will…

Docomomo International would like to share the 3rd Interdisciplinary and 100% Virtual Conference on Arts in Education. CIVAE 2021 is an international conference whose mission is to provide a platform for collaboration between teachers, researchers and artists from different disciplines – music, dance, theather, poetry, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, cinema, philology, history, architecture, journalism, marketing… – with the aim to highlight the value of arts in education and promote their development from and interdiscilplinary approach. The conference will take place virtually on July 14 and 15, 2021 and it is addressed to teachers, researchers, artists, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students…