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…

Europe’s Top Heritage Awards Honour 21 Exemplary Achievements from 15 Countries

The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced the winners of the 2020 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards, funded by the EU’s Creative Europe programme. Europe’s top honour in the heritage field goes to 21 exemplary achievements from 15 European countries. This year’s impressive collection of award winners range from the restoration of Rubens’ garden pavilion in Antwerp (Belgium), to the revival of the renaissance arsenal on the island of Hvar (Croatia); from the trans-European network “Tramontana” dedicated to the research of the tangible and intangible heritage of mountainous regions, to the sensitive preservation of a cultural landscape formed by subterranean…

Call: The One Drawing Challenge

Competition Brief Thanks to social media, more people than ever now consume architecture every day through their feeds. However, their attention is fleeting — with millions of architectural ideas flowing across the web, each designer has just a brief moment to make an impact. This means one image or drawing needs to possess the power to tell a whole story on its own, in seconds. For any designer, producing a viral drawing might just kickstart their career. So, the #OneDrawingChallenge is laid down: Can you create a single drawing that tells the story behind a complex piece of architecture? Your task is as…

Call for Papers: University Museums Research Symposium 2020

SYMPOSIUM THEME This year’s symposium will reflect on the architectural heritage of universities, their deployment for the activities of the institution, the potentials of these historic structures in fostering academic research and education, and the challenges they present to their owners. The sub-themes of the symposium are developed to encourage personnel from across the university – faculty, undergraduate and postgraduate, estate management, development office – to participate in discussion, debate and reflection. Architectural heritage as a pedagogical resource Historical architecture on campus are landmarks in the institution’s history; steeped in the collective memories of students across generations, they enhance the…

Call for Papers: Watching, Waiting – Empty Spaces and the Representation of Isolation (Split, 3 Dec 20)

The Institute of Art History – The Cvito Fiskovic Centre in Split calls for papers for an international conference of academics and professionals: “Watching, Waiting – Empty Spaces and the Representation of Isolation”. Across the globe, the year 2020 was unexpectedly marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Photographs of empty public spaces – the locations of historic events, celebrations, protests, social gatherings, crowds of tourists – from Milan, Paris, London, Istanbul, and Hong Kong to Dubrovnik and Split… these sights stir up bittersweet emotions. On the one hand, these pictures are intensely beautiful. They recall artist’s books and historical photographer’s monographs…

Colloquium “Arquitectura: Investigar a Prática” [“Architecture: Investigating the Practice”]

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the colloquium “Arquitectura: Investigar a Prática” [“Architecture: Investigating the Practice”] with the participation of Ana Tostões, Bárbara Silva, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, João Belo Rodeia, Marta Sequeira, Nuno Grande, Paulo Tormenta Pinto, Pedro Bandeira e Xavier Monteys. The colloquium is organized by the The Architecture Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. and will be happening next Friday, May 29, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (GMT + 1) with the assistance of the Zoom platform (https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94086081397). To know more about the UAL’s online conferences, go to the website.

International symposium 1989 “Hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand.”

The symposium entitled “1989, hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand” is organized by the ACS, Architecture, Culture Société/UMR AUSser 3329 Laboratory and will be held on 27 and 28 November at ENSA, Paris Malaquais. The team is asking for contributions from researchers, teachers and practitioners in architecture and in social sciences. Proposed communications should be submitted by 29 June 2020. Bellow is the call for communications and its practical arrangements. For the symposium to take place in the best possible conditions, it may be postponed in the view of the current health situation. Deadline for submitting propositions: 1st…

Online conference “Gaston Eysselinck in the footsepts of Le Corbusier” with with Marc Dubois

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Gaston Eysselinck in the footsepts of Le Corbusier” with Marc Dubois, chair of Docomomo Belgium. The conference is part of the cycle organized jointly by Docomomo Switzerland and the TSAM laboratory at EPFL, and will be held on Thursday May 14 at 6:00 p.m. It will be streamed at the link below: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/92849483535 The limited ceuvre of the Ghent architect Gaston Eysselinck belongs to the most compelling evidence of an innovative architecture in Belgium. During his studies he comes into contact with pu­blications of the European avant-garde, the Russian architecture and…