Study Day: Towards a Modern Sustainable Heritage

How to Intervene in a Culturally Responsible Way? in collaboration with the UQAM School of Design and the UQAM Heritage Institute Docomomo Québec and Provencher_Roy, a Montreal major architectural firm, an institutional member, organize a day of study on modern heritage and sustainable development at the Université du Québec à Montréal, on May 2 and 3, 2019. At the meeting architects, managers and professors concerned with the challenges of sustainable development to heritage assessment and intervention on the innovative architecture of the 20th century. It will be an opportunity to learn more about the historic renovation of the United Nations…

Valmor Award 2017 Results

On the last 11th April 2019, the winners of the Prémio Valmor [Valmor Award] 2017 were awarded by the Municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The headquarters of EDP and the Lisbon Cruise Terminal, designed by the ateliers of the architects Aires Mateus and Carrilho da Graça, respectively, are the winners of the  Prémio Valmor  and Municipal Architecture Award for the year 2017. Docomomo International congratulates both architects, Manuel Aires Mateus and Carrilho da Graça, for Prémio Valmor  2017. Prémio Valmor 2017 Headquarters of EDP by Manuel Aires Mateus Lisbon Cruise Terminal by João Luís Carrilho da Graça Honourable Mentions 2017 Palacete de Santa Catarina by…

Federico Maggia Prize 2019

Visions and Change. Young designers building ideas With the launch of the competition, the 2019 edition of the Federico Maggia Prize is launched, which aims to promote the confrontation between young designers by stimulating new visions on the existing spaces of the area of Biella, Italy. The path, started in 2013 with “Industrie Dismesse. Young designers building ideas“, which focused on the wool factory of Maurizio Sella, and later, in 2015, expanded to the landscape, urban and cultural context with “Industrial landscapes. Young designers building ideas”, in order to spread across provincial areas. To give consistency to the process and encourage a virtuous…

Heritage Conservation Assessment

Docomomo Macau is organising a lecture on Heritage Conservation Assessment: Conservation Management Plan in Hong Kong, on the 3rd of April, 2019. The invited speaker is architect Tony Lam and the moderation of the lecture will be done by Tiago Rebocho. Admission is free and the conference will be held in English. Time: 19h00, 3rd of April, 2019 Venue: Auditorium, C & C Club, Macau The poster can be found here.

The Bata Company and its built legacy: The Story of an Extraordinary Enterprise

Docomomo Québec has organised the lecture “The Bata Company and its built legacy: The Story of an Extraordinary Enterprise”, to be held at École de design de l´UQAM, on the 27th February. The Bata Company, which evolved from a small workshop in the city of Zlín in Moravia, today the Czech Republic, at end of the 19th century, became one of the largest shoe producers in entire world in the second half of the last century. The Company founded tens of factories and company towns in Czechoslovakia, Europe, North America, South Asia and more, with original functionalist architecture. Presented by Dr….

Architecture in dialogue, Portugal and Brasil

Starting from the themes proposed in the Exhibition “Infinito Vão – 90 years of Brazilian Architecture” [Infinito Vão – 90 Anos de Arquitetura Brasileira], the seminar “Architecture in Dialogue: Portugal and Brazil” [Arquitetura em Diálogo: Portugal e Brasil] invited 14 architects from the two countries to talk about the distinctive traits of both the new architectonical productions. The seminar will focus on program, technology, infrastructures and cultural heritage, will make a budget of the actual architectonical sphere in these countries. For more details, please visit: website [Portuguese]

Humanity Heritage in the Ibero-American area

The third International Conference of Tourism and History, with the title “Humanity Heritage in the Ibero-American area, future desires in its organisation and tourists management” [Património da Humanidade no Espaço Ibero-Americano: Desafios Futuros no seu Planeamento & Gestão] will be held at the same time in the Campus Penha da Franca, at the University of Algarve (Faro), and in the University of Caxias do Sul, in Brazil. The conference will be focused on four themes: 1st theme: Humanity Heritage in the Ibero-American area: organisation and tourists management 2nd theme: Resources, Products and culturally turistic Experiences in the context of Ibero-American identity…

A building, many museums. Alcino Soutinho and the Nero-Realism Museum

A building, many museums, Alcino Soutinho and the Neo-Realism museum [Um edifício, muitos museus. Alcino Soutinho e o Museu do Neo-Realismo]. With the curator Helena Barranha, the exhibition propose a way of watching the Neo-Realism museum as a convergence space of several trips, questions and museological projects inside Alcinho Soutinho’s life and work. Starting from the list of visited museums from several countries, and the expositive spaces designed by himself, the exhibition highlights the way the Neo-Realism Museum reflects all the references, creating a strong relationship with the urban fabric of Vila Franca de Xira. For more details, please visit: website

Exhibition: Siza – Unseen & Unknown

Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung would like to invite to their new exhibition “Siza – Unseen & Unknown”. Álvaro Siza was awarded the Pritzker Prize for his life’s work in 1992 and is one of the most renowned contemporary architects. Amongst many accolades, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2002 and 2012. The current exhibition at the Museum for Architectural Drawing provides an intimate view into Siza’s work, illustrated by sensitive and playful sketches that contrast with the monumentality of his buildings. Drawings by his late wife, Maria Antónia Siza, are also on display…

Exhibition: Beauty is a rare thing | Robbrecht en Daem: short films | MATTER. the White conferences

MATTER. the White conferences [Matéria: conferências brancas] present, following Paul Robbrecht e Johannes Robbrecht´s conference, last November, at FAUP, entitled An Architectural Anthology, a particular vision of Robbrecht en Daem´s projects portrayed by Maarten Vanden Abeele, through 11 short films, under the heading, evoking Ornette Coleman´s composition, “Beauty is a rare thing”. Maarten Vanden Abeele (1970) is a Belgian photographer, cinematographer and visual artist. He develops his visual art by creating installations in combination with his photo-works and performances, directed and, sometimes, performed by himself. His work led to (long-term) collaborations with, among others, Pina Bausch, Opéra National de Paris,…