Event: Europe Group Meeting ICOMOS 2019 and Scientific Symposium: Contemporary interventions on cultural heritage: theory and practice

“Annually the Europe Regional Group meets and promotes an international scientific symposium, this year being organized by ICOMOS Portugal. The event will take place in Lisbon, at ISCTE-Institute University of Lisbon, from June 13th to 16th, 2019. The scientific symposium will be dedicated to the theme “Contemporary interventions in cultural heritage: theory and practice”.   GOALS The rehabilitation of the built heritage has become the central activity in the construction sector in Portugal. The recent pressure from tourism and speculation has accelerated this phenomenon, principally in historic centers, in classified and protected areas; however, not always with respect for the…

Event: Conference “El Arquitecto y la Ciudad” by Alfredo Brillembourg  

The architect Alfredo Brillembourg will present the lecture “El Arquitecto y la Ciudad” [The Architect and the City] at 31st May 2019 at Faculty of Architecture of Porto University. He founded, with Jubert Klumpner, the Urban-Think Tank Studio (U-TT). The U-TT, founded in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1998, has been based in the Department of Architecture D-ARCH of ETH in Zurich since 2010, where its founders teach the Teaching Unit of Architecture and Urban Design. Before, Brillembourg and Klumpner taught at Columbia University, where they founded the Sustainable Living Urban Model Laboratory (SLUM Lab). Their work has already been honored with…

Modernism in America Award

“Docomomo US is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the 2019 Modernism in America Awards. These projects highlight the best in preservation practice by today’s architects, designers, and preservation professionals, for modern sites, landscapes and beyond. This year’s awards recognize new approaches to livable modernism, a once-in-a-lifetime effort to modernize one of the country’s most iconic landmarks, projects where vision and community coalesce, and the collaborative nature of art and design. The sixth annual Awards acknowledge the contributions of designers and preservationists to tell the full stories of our built heritage from the midcentury. We don’t remember great pieces of architecture…

Course: FIVE PROJECTS ON THE “MODERN”

The course aims to discuss about some significant experiences of twentieth century heritage restoration, in a framework that places modern architecture in urban regeneration scenarios. Each meeting, introduced by scholars and experts in the field and referring to general issues of a critical, regulatory and technological nature, will be illustrated by specific restoration projects, regarding to the intervention criteria, the various critical issues, problems faced and solutions adopted in the phase of planning and execution.   Organized by Docomomo Italia In collaboration with Ordine degli Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti Conservatori di Napoli e provincia   Venue: Headquarters of Ordine Architetti PCC…

Call for Abstracts: LDE-HERITAGE International Conference on Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals

The LDE-HERITAGE International Conference on Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals will happen between 26th and 28th November 2019 at TUDELFT, Delft, Netherlands. The Centre for Global Heritage and Development (LDEHeritage) is a collaboration of Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam. LDE-Heritage fosters an interdisciplinary approach, between sciences such as archaeology, architecture, the social sciences, the humanities, law, technology and design and urban and regional studies. LDE-Heritage goes beyond the traditional study of heritage, by focusing on how heritage relates to cultural, social, economic and environmental developments and decisions. This conference aims to discuss and debate about heritage…

Event: Exhibition “El carácter de la Tradición en la Arquitectura de Barney, Távora, Coderch”

The works of the architects Benjamín Barney (Colombia, 1941), Fernando Távora (Portugal, 1923-2005) and José Antonio Coderch (Spain, 1913-1984) are the basis of this xeposition curated by Andrés Erazo Barco (U. de San Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia), Antonio Armesto (UPC, Spain) and Manuel Augusto Mendes Soares (U. Porto, Portugal), which intends to reflect on the ethos, the proper nature of Architecture. In the context of the Exposition, Tavora’s work evokes the idea of ​​permanent modernity, which he expounded so well in the Lição das Constantes, as the essential condition, meaning and value of Architecture. There he explores his interest in Portuguese…

Call for abstracts: International Conference CHANCES – Practices, spaces and buildings in cities’ transformation.

CHANCES is an international conference that aims to explore, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the fragile but continuous urban transformation through the effective contribution of culture, nature and technology. The aim of this conference is to provide a deeper understanding of urban transformations’ research and practices, focusing on the use, re-use, design, renovation and innovative governance and management of public spaces, urban commons and buildings. Contributions can build on reflections and studies concerning current or historical approaches that are changing or drastically changed the cities we lived in. Track 1 / DESIGN AND PRACTICES Contributions about actions, projects and design practices…

Award: EU Mies Award 2019 – winners

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the winning works of the Prize for Contemporary Architecture of the European Union – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019. The two award-winning projects have been chosen from a list of 383 works from 38 European countries. The winning work of 2019 is The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award has been awarded to the Transformation of 530 homes – Grand Parc Bordeaux by Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Frédéric Druot Architecture and Christophe Hutin Architecture; an innovative renovation of three large blocks…

Event: Barcelona Architecture Week 2019 begins

During these days, Barcelona will become the epicenter of a wide range of activities related to the world of architecture and the city. In the centenary of the foundation of the Bauhaus School of Design and Architecture, this year’s edition will emphasize the legacy of the avant-garde architecture. The Fundació Mies van der Rohe proposes a series of activities, including the presentation of the project Artists in Architecture with the debate “Heritage at risk: Single-family housing of the Modern Movement in Europe”; guided tours and activities organized by the Fondació are also planned at the Architecture Week. For more information,…

International Congress: Bauhaus and Greece: The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, The Athens School of Fine Arts and the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart are organising an international congress entitled Bauhaus and Greece: The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture. The congress will be held at the Benaki Museum and the Athens School of Fine Arts on 30 May – 1 June 2019. The 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, this important event for the arts, architecture and art education, provides the setting for numerous festive events worldwide. The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 on the…