Modernism Is Frozen – Urbanism and Architecture under/after Covid-19

“Docomomo Tokyo Team is opening a discussion for the next Urbanism and Architecture under and after COVID-19 on Facebook, to build a series of online discussion by ZOOM and develop it into one of themes in the International docomomo Conference 2020+1 in Tokyo. This “+1 year” will give us a great opportunity to find hints for cities and architecture over the world of today in our study on Modernism. Modernism Is Frozen This title has double meanings. First, our cities designed by modernism are locked down which is based on industrialism, commercialism, mass traffic and mass housing. On the other…

Online Conference “L’art des structures” with Aurelio Muttoni

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “L’art des structures” [“The art of structures”] with Aurelio Muttoni, engineer and EPFL professor. 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 7 at 6:00 p.m. It will be streamed at the link below: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/99455392292    

Online Conference “Jardines del Pedregal de San Angel. El lugar ideal para vivir.”

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Jardines del Pedregal de San Angel. El lugar ideal para vivir.” [“Gardens of the Pedregal de San Angel. The ideal place to live.”] given by the Professor Claudia Rueda of the Architecture Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. The conference will be happening next Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 3:00 pm with the assistance of the Zoom platform (Zoom ID: 940-8608-1397; https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94086081397).

Online Conference “Towards a public space. Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City”

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Towards a public space. Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City” given by the Professor Marta Sequeira on the PhD Program in Architecture of DARQ / FCTUC, University of Coimbra. The conference will be happening next Friday, May 8, 2020, at 11:00 am with the assistance of the Zoom platform (Zoom ID: 964-5787-6197; https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/96457876197).

International Ideas Competition for Adaptive Reuse and Regeneration of Rey Cement Factory

The “International Ideas Competition for Adaptive Reuse and Regeneration of Rey Cement Factory” is held to receive the best and most creative design and plan ideas for the adaptive reuse and regeneration of Rey Cement Factory along with its feasibility study (FS) and economic plan. Within the framework of this competition, participants recognized, observed and maintained the values ​​of Rey Cement Factory as one of the examples of Iran’s industrial heritage, design and planning ideas for regeneration of Rey Cement Factory as well as the required costs, Feasibility Study Report and how to attract investment for their idea. They have…

PROHITECH 2020 4th International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions

[Message from the Organizing Committee: Dear PROHITECH 2020 participants, With regard to the COVID-19 virus epidemic, and the uncertainty that is likely to persist globally for the following months, the Organizing Committee decided that it would be best to postpone the PROHITECH 2020 Conference by one year. The Conference will be held on 5-7 July 2021 at the same venue in Athens. The registration fee payments as well as the submitted contributions are automatically transferred to the new dates and no action is required from your side. For other organizational matters, eg. postponement of the important dates, as well as the publication of the proceedings in Springer,…

Edmonton 2020 Conference: “Hindsight 2020: Conservation, Disruption, and the Future of Heritage” – virtual sessions | Covid-19 disclaimer

[Dear members and Supporters, The difficult decision by the boards of APT and the National Trust for Canada to switch the Edmonton 2020 conference to a virtual event set off two months of intense activity by the joint APT/NT/CAHP planning team. The team has worked hard to reimagine what our annual conference will be like online rather than in-person. First, we focused on modifying the program already developed for Edmonton, adapting it to a remote, digital format. Our goal is to make the content and social events as engaging and interactive as possible. Next we had to evaluate the technology needed to…

EU Mies Award online

These days, when all of us – in Europe and around the world – are exploring new online resources from home, the Fundació Mies van der Rohe invites you to virtually get close to the European Architectural culture. For over 30 years, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award has pointed out the solutions that the best architecture has generated in accordance to each moment. To journey through this scenery you can look through the Prize archive and filter the results according to your preferences or else download  the EUMiesAward App to see which works are close…

ITSLIQUID International Contest – 7th Edition 2020

ITSLIQUID CONTEST ITSLIQUID Group, a communication platform for contemporary art, architecture and design, is proud to present ITSLIQUID International Contest – 7th Edition 2020. The contest is a great opportunity to globalize the language of art, to connect artists working in every part of the world, to exhibit artworks in the most influential cities. Take part in ITSLIQUID Contest and win the participation in contemporary art exhibitions worldwide, the opportunity to show your artworks in Venice during the Biennale and in London, interviewes and featured articles shared with a public of more than 250,000 subscribers. ITSLIQUID Contest is developed in partnership with a professional jury of renowned curators,…

2020 Docomomo Australia Annual General Meeting

[In light of the current situation of organisations and institutions trying to minimise the transmission of the COVID-19 virus and the Government’s request to both minimise travel and unnecessary physical meetings, the 2020 Docomomo Australia Annual General Meeting (due to be held on 28 March 2020 in Sydney) is hereby postponed until a later date.] Docomomo Australia invites members to attend the 19th Annual General Meeting of Docomomo Australia Incorporated at 70A Blues Point Road, McMahons Point, NSW, 2060. Bellow is the Notice of the 19th Annual General Meeting in 2020, the Form of Appointment of Proxy for this meeting…