International Commitee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement
With a celebrations of the centennary of the Bauhaus coming to an end, the asked creative people for their opinions on how they found the centenary of the Bauhaus: did it inspire them? Did it motivate, annoy, bore or change them in any way? Their opinions have been shared in the article “Can you still hear the Bauhaus?” in the online magazine section “Understand the Bauhaus”, by Bauhaus 100. Full article available here.
The HECAR Foundation is organizing “Women In Design 2020+”, an International Conference & Exhibition scheduled for the beginning of 2020, in Mumbai, India. The Conference will be held at the Nehru Auditorium, Worli, Mumbai on 8th, 9th and 10th January 2020. Curated and organized by The HECAR Foundation and Somaya & Kalappa Consultants-SNK, Women In Design 2020+ International Conference & Exhibition, aims to encourage a dialogue on design, architecture, urban design, planning and social issues. The three-day event is planned as a thought-provoking program discussing the role of women in multidisciplinary design and construction professions worldwide. The event will host presentations, discussions and screenings…
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp together with the University of Antwerp, in a joint venture with ISC-Interior Design have organized an International Conference . Colour is often an essential aspect of art, interior architecture and architecture. It can for instance contribute to a particular meaning for the artist, it can articulate architectural elements in buildings – or eliminate the contours of a space. In short, colour can be an important means for artists and designers. Not accidently is the colour chart an indispensable tool for interior architects. However, the attention to the use of colour in architecture has…
On the occasion of the 50 years celebration of the Gulbenkian Buildings and Garden, the Gulbenkian foundation dedicates one day to the debate on architecture and the insertion of Gulbenkian buildings in the city of Lisbon. On December 10th, the afternoon begins with a round table, curated by Gonçalo Byrne, where the President of Docomomo International, Ana Tostões, will join the discussion on Gulbenkian’s buildings and garden – past, present and future; followed by the launch of photographer André Cepeda’s book Gulbenkian. The day ends with a lecture on the garden’s new expansion project with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Live…
The opening of the exhibition “Vasco Vieira da Costa: Library of Details”, will take place at Casa-Atelier Marques da Silva, Porto, on November 14th at 6.30 pm. To mark the occasion, there will be held a round table composed by three Vieira da Costa’s collaborators: António Madureira, José Quintão and Manuel Correia Fernandes. Vasco Vieira da Costa (1911-1982) was an Angolan architect with a degree in architecture from the School of Fine Arts of Porto (1949) and urbanism from the Faculty of Sciences of Paris (1948). He worked with Le Corbusier between 1947 and 1948, and returned to Angola in…
Opening of the early registration for the 2020 course of the Maestría en Estudios Urbanos y de la Vivienda en América Latina (MEUVAL) [Master in Urban and Housing Studies in Latin America], Faculty of Architecture, Drawing and Urbanism (FADU), from 28th October to 29th November 2019. The MEUVAL is the first Master in Urban and Housing Studies at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and in Argentina. It is aimed at building complex and multidisciplinary thinking about the city and housing, from a Latin American perspective. Our Curriculum is based on four areas of knowledge: Public Policies / Culture and…
The German School of Lisbon (a project by Otto bartning, the German architect who was responsible together with Walter Gropius, for the Bauhaus school curriculum in Weimar) is organizing a 1-day series of events with the Portuguese Architects Association [Ordem dos Arquitectos] to celebrate the 100 years of the Bauhaus, on the 9th November, in Lisbon. Focusing on “Bauhaus Today”, the day will count with a visit to the campus of the German School of Lisbon, designed by Otto Bartning with recent additions designed by the architect João Luis Carrilho da Graça, followed by a round table on the impact…
15 Controversial Modernist Buildings in Hong Kong Why are certain buildings being deemed ugly and worthless by some people but treasured by others? What are the bases for forming these different opinions? How do judgements made by professionals and the general public affect the perceived value of our built landscapes and their fate in ongoing urban development? This public engagement project, co-organized by Docomomo Hong Kong and HKICON, with funding support from the Built Heritage Conservation Fund, Development Bureau, HKSAR Government. explored these questions by examining 15 controversial modernist buildings in Hong Kong. Some key questions to consider include: What…
After the international congress entitled Bauhaus and Greece: The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture, held in Athens, from the 30th May to 1st June 2019, the video recordings are now available on Youtube. The conference aimed to created a discussion around two main topics: the first, was the Bauhaus reception in Greece and other countries before and after the Second World War. In the special case of Greece, the influences of modern European culture on the arts, architecture and art education during these periods. The second topic was about other international initiatives that directly or indirectly referred…
Weissenhofsiedlung (Stuttgart, 1927 – Caracas, 1952) Docomomo Venezuela has organized a tour day on the 2nd of November with the theme: “Bauhaus 100 – a celebration” to celebrate the Centenary of the Bauhaus and discover its influence in Caracas. The tour will include relevant pieces of the first modern architecture of Caracas (1927-1952) little studied or recognized. Passing by bus through Paradise, San Martin, San Bernardino and La Florida, the docotour will end with a visit to the interiors of the fifth Caoma, residence of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and headquarters of the Villanueva Foundation that treasures his documents…