Call for Books: 2021 Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020. For some time, preservationists have been involved in investigating and evaluating the physical fabric of this country and other nations. In order to encourage further research and publication of research in this field, the Society of Architectural Historians has established an annual award for excellence in a published work devoted to historical topics in preservation. Named for Antoinette Forrester Downing, the award honors her scholarship and recognition of the value of local inventories and surveys. Criteria for Submission Publications in English submitted for…

Call for Artists: BORDERS Festival 

The first edition of BORDERS Festival took place in Venice in 2016, in the same period of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, presenting a great selection of more than 500 art and architecture works realized by 180 artists and architects, coming from 36 countries. Never as this time the concept of the exhibition seems to be epochal: since 3 months, the humankind coexists at a distance to stay closer. The new invisible borders generated by the covid-19 are creating new ways of living everyday life, new human connections, re-thinking common spaces and entire cities. Could the new “borders” be the solution? We invite artists, architects and designers to be inspired by this new era, exploring the connection between…

Call for Artists: Venice International Art Fair 2020

Venice International Art Fair is a contemporary art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. The 12th edition will represent a forum for direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography art, installations, video art and live performance. Venice International Art Fair, organized by ITSLIQUID Group in collaboration with Venice Events, will be held in Venice, at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space from July 23 to August 21, 2020, at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi from July 24 to August 21, 2020 and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings. Venice International Art Fair provides artists…

Online course on “Adaptive Reuse in Modern Architecture Heritage” by Docomomo Iran

Docomomo International is pleased inform that Docomomo Iran with the Center of Excellence in Architectural Technology at University of Tehran is organizing an online course on “Adaptive Reuse in Modern Architecture Heritage”. The course consists of 8 sessions: 4 sessions are on different factors in adaptive reuse, and 4 sessions are dedicated to introducing four different adaptive reuse projects of modern buildings in Tehran. These projects will be introduced by their architects. The language of the course is Persian. For more information about the course, please visit Docomomo Iran website.

Online lectures series “Moradas + Miradas: una nueva primavera para la casa moderna” [“Addresses + Views: a new spring for the modern house”]

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online lectures series “Moradas + Miradas: una nueva primavera para la casa moderna” [“Addresses + Views: a new spring for the modern house”], organized by Docomomo Venezuela together with the Trasnocho cultural center and with the support of the Zoom platform. In these times, the house is more than ever in a compressed world. The house is now our city. It is now converted into the main fortress and refuge for the survival of the man, the themes of the modern house, in a new and unexpected spring, together with aspirations of contemporary architecture,…

Docomomo International Public Discussion #01 – How do you map Modernism under/after Covid-19? – available online

Docomomo International is pleased to welcome anyone how wants to enter our discussion room online by zoom. We will discuss about what COVID-19 has brought to our city and architecture and what we learn from Modern Movement for the next urbanism and architecture. Moderator Dr. Takayuki Suzuki, Wuhan University Panelist Dr. Ana Tostões, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Chair of Docomomo International Dr. Shin Muramatsu, Josai International University, National Executive Committee member forDocomomo 2020 Dr. Yoshiyuki Yamana, Tokyo University of Science, Representative the Preparatory Committee forDocomomo 2020 Topics: Docomomo International Public Discussion #01 Time: June 15, 2020, 06:00 PM Japan (Tokyo,…

“NO DEMOLITIONS! Forms of Brutalism in Prague” – Exhibiton with the participation of Docomomo Czech Republic

Docomomo International is glad to announce the participation of the Docomomo Czech Republic on the exhibition about architecture of the 1960s and 1970s in Prague. The exhibition is introduced in the National Gallery in Prague. “The architecture built in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1960s–1980s, both glorified and deplored, is a heatedly discussed and highly controversial subject. The public may still regard it negatively, owing to a lack of information or an adverse experience with the country’s regime before the Velvet Revolution. The exhibition NO DEMOLITIONS! Forms of Brutalism in Prague presents buildings in Prague (including projects in preparation but never realized) influenced…

Call for Books: 2021 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020. The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award was established in 1949 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture published by a North American scholar. Criteria for Submission A “North American scholar” is defined as someone born in Canada, the United States, orMexico, or someone who published the book while living or holding a position in one ofthese countries. For the purposes of this award, “architectural history” is interpreted broadly. Books in English with a printed copyright date…

MIES.5OYEARS.PORTO I “The Measure of Mies” online session series

The 50th anniversary of the death of the German / American master Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) will continue to be celebrated in Porto. The exhibition highlights one of the characteristics of Mies van der Rohe’s work that is rarely remembered: his ability to shape public places in the modern city, through architecture and integrating preexisting nature and urban fabric. It is mainly dedicated to its American phase. The exhibition opened, at Casa das Artes, on March 7, with the testimony, in voice, of the former collaborator of Mies van der Rohe, Peter Forbes. Alongside the exhibition, on March…

Exhibition Iconic Australian Houses

Docomomo Australia is sharing the exhibition Iconic Australian Houses by Karen McCartney, in partnership with Architecture Foundation Australia (2017). Karen McCartney takes us through 11 case studies of iconic Australian houses and the architects who designed them.   Russell Jack – The Jack House Peter McIntyre – The Butterfly house Peter Muller – The Audette house Robin Boyd – The Walsh street house Enrico Taglietti – The Dingle house Bruce Rickard – The Marshall house Ken Woolley – The Palm beach house Barrie Marshall – The Phillip Island house Andresen O’Gorman – The Mooloomba house Durbach Block – The Droga…