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Docomomo Venezuela together with the embassy of Germany in Caracas, on the occasion of celebrations of the Bauhaus centenary, have organized an event on the 4th of July: “Bauhaus100: una celebración. Von Bauhaus zu Unserem Haus*: escuelas de arquitectura moderna alemanas – influencias en Caracas” [From Bauhaus to our house: German schools of modern architecture – influences in Caracas]. This event took place at Trasnocho Cultural (Room TAC), Paseo Las Mercedes, Caracas, on the 4th of July. This event counted with the participation of the architects Rafael Pereira Escalona, Bettina Beckhoff, Omar Seijas, Fernando Micale and Frank Alcock. The poster is available in…

Kosovo Architecture Festival

“Kosovo Architecture Festival (KAF) is organized by the Kosovo Architecture Foundation in partnership with the Future Architecture Platform. KAF is an annual event and its main objective is to present to the local architecture community and the general public the contemporary global theories and methodologies in the field of architecture and urban planning. Kosovo Architecture Festival is the largest event of its kind in Kosovo with more than 40 individual activities in numerous cities in the country. This year the events will be held from the 1st of July till the 1st of October.” Kosovo Architecture Foundation is an institutional member…

Guided Tour: Convent Clarissenklooster / Visit: exhibition “Destruction and reconstruction. Ostend 1944-1958”

Saturday, July 06 at 13:45 Docomomo Belgium organizes a guided tour of the Convent Clarissenklooster (Paul Felix, 1957-1965) by architect Marc Felix and Zsuzsanna Böröcz; and, at 16:30, a visit with the curator Marc Dubois to the exhibition “Destruction and reconstruction. Ostend 1944-1958”. Architect Paul Felix (Ostend, 1913-1981), important and leading figure in the Belgian architectural landscape after the Second World War, designed the Convent Clarissenklooster (protected monument since 2002) in 1957 and 1965 The convent perfectly illustrates its typical position: architecture is not an individual matter for the architect, but a combination of forces that are beyond the reach…

Exhibition: Le Corbusier. Linkeroever Antwerp – Chandigard

“How do residents make use of a city after the architect has gone? And what does the area of Linkeroever in Antwerp have to do with the Indian city of Chandigarh? Discover how residents live in a carefully designed city and learn about the underlying vision of the famous modernist architect Le Corbusier. Linkeroever In 1933, Le Corbusier participated in an international competition to design a new, modern city for the Linkeroever (‘Left Bank’) in Antwerp. He wanted to build an ideal city, a ‘Ville Radieuse’, or ‘Radiant City’, which was his response to the inhumanity of the 19th century…

Save the date: Docomomo International Student Workshop 2020 Tokyo

Within the 16th International Docomomo Conference, Docomomo International, Docomomo Japan and the ISC/Educational and Training will organize the Docomomo International Student Workshop 2020 Tokyo that will be held between the 6th and the 10th September 2020, in Tokyo. The Workshop will count with the cooperation of the Architect Fumihiko Maki, winner of 1993 Pritzker Prize. The 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, from the 10th to 13th September 2020, organized by Docomomo Japan, under the theme “Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities”. Dates to remember: 6th – 10th September 2020: Docomomo Student Workshop 10th -13th September 2020: 16th International Docomomo…

Courses: MBArch Master´s Degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture ETSAB-UPC, Course 2019-2020

Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. “The MBArch or Master´s Degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture-Barcelona is a postgraduate program (60 to 90 credits) that focuses on the contemporary architectural and urban project. It combines a set of programs with extensive experience that our university offered previously and that had a high level of international recognition, in a new integrated master.” “The specialization in Theory, History and Culture offers to graduates in architecture or graduated in humanistic disciplines a broad and rigorous training in the history, theory and criticism of architecture, as well as in the knowledge of the field of culture in relation to inhabited space, heritage and city. Main goals: Research. Search archives…

Call for Abstracts: 2nd urbanHIST Conference: “Interpreting 20th Century European Urbanism”

The conference will take place at the Wenner-Gren Center in Stockholm between the 21st and the 23rdof October 2019. Convenor of the conference is Abdellah Abarkan, Professor and Head of the Department of Spatial Planning at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Karlskrona, Sweden. Besides the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany), the University of Valladolid (Spain) and the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovakia), BTH is one of the four urbanHIST beneficiaries. The 15 urbanHIST early stage researchers are substantially involved in the organization of this conference. The 2nd urbanHIST Conference is welcoming abstracts on the main theme: “Interpreting 2othCentury European Urbanism”….

Event: Behind the Prize: Jurying the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize

Panel discussion with jury members of the 2018 Mies Crow Hall Americas Prize. This event will be moderated by Dirk Denison and will have the presence of panelists Ricky Burdett CBE, Jose Castillo and Claire Weisz, jury members of the most recent MCHAP 2018. Together, they will reflect on the process, deliberation, and decision made during the prize. The discussion invites the audience to go behind-the-scenes of the MCHAP jury process by describing their selection criteria, the importance of architectural vision and client collaboration, and value of visiting the projects in person with architects and clients. Venue: Behind the Prize:…

Exhibition: Hervé in Spain: Traditional Mediterranean Architecture – El Escorial

“The photographer Lucien Hervé created an artistic language that earned him wide recognition in both 20th century architecture as well as well as photography; he was a gifted artist with an enormous sensitivity and precision capable of transcending the visual characteristics to encourage profound conceptual reflections. In 1959, Hervé traveled around Spain with his camera and took pictures of Mediterranean houses and the monastery at El Escorial for two photobooks that were never published. However, Hervé continued with these projects and created narrative processes supported by rigorous historic research. The exhibition presents for the first time these two inedited projects:…

Online Exhibition: Bauhaus: Building the New Artist

“Considered one of the most influential schools of art and design of the twentieth century, the Bauhaus forged a unique educational vision that blended theory with practice in order to cultivate a new generation of artists and designers. Conceived in tandem with the Getty Research Institute’s gallery exhibition, the online exhibition Bauhaus: Building the New Artist offers an in-depth look into the school’s novel pedagogy. Highlighting student explorations, masters’ theories, and a variety of colorful media drawn from the GRI’s archives, the project culminates with three interactive exercises inviting viewers to immerse themselves in surprising aspects of Bauhaus curriculum.” Text provided by…