IST PhD Program in Architecture: PhD Week Spring 2018

On 9th March 2018 the IST PhD Week Spring 2018 will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, Portugal, with the communication of Prof. Marco Mulazzani (Ferrara University), “The Architect and the Arts: Luigi Moretti, Baroque and Caravaggio”. Additionally, Prof. Marco Mulazzani will give two open lectures: – 6th March – Allestimenti e Musei in Italia 1930-1970 – 8th March – Architetture a Milano 1900-1960 Marco Mulazzani Marco Mulazzani (Pesaro, 1959) is associate professor of History of Architecture at the Ferrara University. Since 1998 he is member of the editorial board of the magazine Casabella and curator, since 2009, of Almanacco…

ISC/Interior Seminar, Excursions & Workshop: Plastics in Modern Movement Interiors Conservation and (re-) Design of Synthetic Finishing, Furniture and Products

The first Docomomo ISC on Interiors (ISC/I) event – Plastic in Modern Movement Interiors Conservation and (re-)Design of Synthetic Finishing, Furniture and Products – took place between 5th and 9th March 2018 at the Faculty of Design Sciences of the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium The meeting consisted in a Seminar, Excursions and Workshop, organized in collaboration with Docomomo Belgium and the Docomomo ISC on Technology (ISC/T). See the detailed programme: Download PDF + website Photographic Report: Facebook Page

Meeting with Docomomo US/Philadelphia

On the previous 24th February, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, met Docomomo US/Philadelphia, having visited the following Louis Kahn Houses: Fred and Elaine Clever House (1957-62), Norman & Doris Fisher House (1960-67), Steven & Toby Korman House (1971-73), finalized by a reception at the Esherick House (1959-62) organised by Docomomo US/Philadelphia. Photo report: Facebook

Meeting with Docomomo US and Icomos ISC 20

Last 20th February, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, met the Chair of Docomomo US, Theo Prudon, and the Chair of ICOMOS ISC 20, Gunny Harboe, in Chicago. Gunny Harboe, leading architect of the restoration of Chicago´s Unity Temple (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1905–1908), provided a extensive tour throught the building presenting the restoration processes undertaken.

Interviews by Docomomo International

In February, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, led interviews to Prof. Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University, New York, USA), to Jong Soung Kimm (SAC International, Ltd., Architects Consultants, Seoul, Korea), to William Whitaker (Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA) and to David Brownlee (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA). The interviews will be available soon.

Call for Papers: RMB Conference 2018 – Teaching Through Design

2nd RMB Conference: Teaching Through Design: In search for interdisciplinary tools and methods for the Reuse of Modernist Buildings Call for PapersThe 2nd RMB Conference 2018 will be held in Coimbra, in the frame of the Colloquium Teaching through Design that was firstly organized by the Department of Architecture and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra in 2012.The RMB Conference is an activity of the European Erasmus Project “Reuse of Modernist Buildings – Design tools for sustainable transformations”, coordinated by Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Detmold, Germany), with University of Coimbra, the University of Antwerp, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical…

Book Launch: Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage

Time Frames provides a reconnaissance on the conservation rules and current protection policies of more than 100 countries, with particular attention to the emerging nations and twentieth-century architecture. The contributions illustrate the critical issues related to architectural listings, with a brief history of national approaches, a linkography and a short bibliography. The book also provides a short critical lexicography, with 12 papers written by scholars and experts including topics on identities, heritages, conservation, memories and the economy. By examining the methods used to designate building as heritage sites across the continents, this book provides a comprehensive overview of current protection policies…

Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922-2016)

Docomomo International wishes to remember the architect Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922-1916) on the occasion of two special dates: his birthday, on 30th January 1922, and the first year birthday of his sad death, on 20th January 2016. Text by the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, 20th January 2016: “Today Portuguese architecture suffered great loss with the death of Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922-2016). Aforementioned, perceived programs such asT housing and public equipment or intervention in the city and the territory, like Obra Aberta Open Work, designed with an unprecedented realism. At 25 years-old he claimed that it´s necessary to build…

Concurso: Estágios no Docomomo International

O Docomomo International procura colaboradores para estágios até 12 meses. Os interessados devem enviar candidatura (com CV e Carta de Motivação em pdf único) até dia 26 de janeiro para docomomo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt, com o título “Candidatura [nome do candidato]”. Edital do concurso: https://goo.gl/KrJ9m9