Tertulias Cycle of GPHUC-UnB

Docomomo International is plesead to announce the Tertulias Cycle of GPHUC-UnB, organized by the Grupo de Pesquisa em História do Urbanismo e da Cidade (GPHUC-UnB) [Research Group on History of Urbanism and the City], to take place between 7th of July and 28th of August 2020. Program 07/10/2020, 17h (Brasília time) Prof. Dr. Renato Rego. Theme: “New Cities in Brazil in the 20th Century and Contemporary Urbanism” (Link to enter the Youtube meeting – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q4delwociM) 07/17/2020, 17h (Brasília time) Profa. Dr. Ana María Rigotti. Theme: “Le Corbusier and the plan director for Buenos Aires (1929/1937/1939/1947) – the future as a…

Cycle of sessions of the Urbanism Meeting – “COVID 19 – Preparar as Cidades para Riscos Globais” [“COVID 19 – Preparing Cities for Global Risks”]

Docomomo International is pleased to present this year’s cycle of sessions of the Encontro de Urbanismo – “COVID 19 – Preparar as Cidades para Riscos Globais” [Urbanism Meeting – “COVID 19 – Preparing Cities for Global Risks”], with the participation of Professor Ana Tostões, chair of docomomo International and coordinated by Prof. João Ferrão (Geographer, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)  – will provide a comprehensive view on global systemic risks which become apparent through disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In view of these risks, and focusing on the immediate effects of the ongoing pandemic, it will…

Online Seminar ACERCA DE LA ARQUITECTURA / ABOUT ARCHITECTURE

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the Seminar “Acerca de la Arquitectura” [“About Architecture”]; a cycle of conferences of international academic excellence, organized by the Casa Curutchet allied with Alejandro Lapunzina. The Seminar is free for architects and registered architects of the College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires. It will be held from Barcelona and Paris and is organized in four conferences that will be held on every Friday at 3:00 p.m. (GMT -3) from July 10 to July 31, by Zoom until the capacity of the room is exhausted and will also be broadcast through the…

Cycle of sessions of the Urbanism Meeting – “COVID 19 – Preparar as Cidades para Riscos Globais” [“COVID 19 – Preparing Cities for Global Risks”]

Docomomo International is pleased to present this year’s cycle of sessions of the Encontro de Urbanismo – “COVID 19 – Preparar as Cidades para Riscos Globais” [Urbanism Meeting – “COVID 19 – Preparing Cities for Global Risks”], coordinated by Prof. João Ferrão (Geographer, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)  – will provide a comprehensive view on global systemic risks which become apparent through disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In view of these risks, and focusing on the immediate effects of the ongoing pandemic, it will be promoted a wide and informed debate in which citizens and specialists…

Call for Books: 2021 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020. The Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award was established by the SAH Board in 2005 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of landscape architecture or garden design. Named for SAH past president and landscape historian Elisabeth MacDougall, the award honors the late historian’s role in developing this field of study. Criteria for Submission Books in English with a 2017, 2018, or 2019 printed copyright date are eligible. Entries for consideration may be submitted only by the publisher or…

Call for Books: 2021 Spiro Kostof Book Award

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020. This award was established in 1993 at the Society’s Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, in recognition of Spiro Kostof’s extraordinarily productive and inspiring career that was ended by his premature death in December 1991. In the spirit of Kostof’s writings, the award will be given to interdisciplinary studies of urban history that make the greatest contribution to our understanding of the growth and development of cities. Criteria for Submission The award is open to authors worldwide for books in English with a 2018 or…

Call for Catalogues: 2021 Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020. As architectural history exhibitions are able to address historical and critical questions in special ways, through the presentation of both documentation and artifacts to a diversified audience, so their catalogues have become distinctive vehicles for the expression of scholarship in architectural history. They remain as the substantial and enduring contribution after the life of the exhibition is spent. In order, therefore, to recognize and encourage excellence in this form of scholarship and publication, the Society of Architectural Historians established its annual Philip Johnson…

Ortstockhaus auf der Braunwaldalp

The Ortstockhaus auf der Braunwaldalp is one of the most important architectural witnesses of modernism in the canton of Glarus and is known as a destination far beyond the Glarus region. The richly illustrated book recognizes the Ortstockhaus as a pioneer of building in the mountains. In January 1930, the architect Hans Leuzinger (1887-1971) began planning the small sports house on a sun terrace in the Glarnerland region. The client was Peter Tschudi from Schwanden GL, who reacted with the project to the emerging tourism in the region. In a kind of welcome gesture, the building turns towards the Ortstock…

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…