On 25th May 2017 (17:00-20:00), the ESAP-Oporto University of Arts, hosted a public Master Seminar – Lectures & Talks, Modernist Rural Landscapes, in the framework of the MODSCAPES’ second meeting that took place between 25th and 27th May 2017. During the seminar, which was introduced by Professor Helena Maia (CESAP/CEAA), the following MODSCAPES’ Associated partners delivered short talks: – Ana Tostões (Chair of Docomomo International); – Simon Bell (President of ECLAS – European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools); – Dirk Gotzmann (Director of CIVILSCAPE: We are the landscape people!). Additionally, two MODSCAPES researchers addressed lectures on the following topics: – Friedrich Kuhlmann (Estonian University…

Within the preparation of the next edition of Docomomo Journal, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, visited, last 15th May, The New National Gallery (by Mies van der Rohe, Berlin, 1968) under refurbishment by David Chipperfield, 2017. The visit was accompanied by the Architect Martin Reichert (David Chipperfield architects).

Participate or vote in your prefered photos on Docomomo International Instagram! Docomomo Photo Prize #docomomophotoprize #spring2017 #artarchitecture CALL Docomomo Photo Prize is an international photograph competition promoted by Docomomo International that will take place every season according to a specific theme, through Instagram. DoCoMoMo International is a non-profit organization dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation (DoCo) of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement (MoMo), which aims to: · Bring the significance of the architecture of the MoMo to the attention of the public, the authorities, the professionals and the educational community. · Identify and promote the surveying of the works of the…

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…

The fourth edition of the International Architecture Schools Academy and Portuguese Urbanism Seminar will take place in Belo Horizonte, between 25 and 28 April 2017. The Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, is a member of Scientific Committee and will attend the event. A Língua que Habitamos – The Language We Inhabit The fourth edition of the International Architecture Schools Academy and Portuguese Urbanism Seminar focuses its theme on the importance of Architecture, Urbanism and Design as Cultural Expression, understanding the importance architecture, urbanism and the design process as a synthesis of the technique and cultures´ demonstration, bringing, at the same…

Docomomo International is happy to inform that Docomomo members have now 15% when acquiring ARQ ediciones books.  “ARQ ediciones  is a non-profit publishing house belonging to the School of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. It was born in 1980 from ARQ magazine – which has since been published regularly – reaching its current four – monthly rhythm in 1995. Nine years after the founding of the magazine, the first book published by ARQ was published, initiating a production that today reaches more than 100 published titles dedicated to architecture and urbanism.” More details: website [spanish] Shop online: website [spanish]

Dear Docomomo Chapters, In August 2018, at the 15th Docomomo Council Meeting, our mandate heading the Docomomo International Secretariat, with Headquarters in Lisbon, will end. A new mandate and a new headquarters to host the future Docomomo International Secretariat must be voted. By then, we will be celebrating 30 years of notable collective efforts towards the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement. We believe that the hard work developed in the last years to keep up the activity of Docomomo International with quality and improvement was huge and worthwhile. It has been enthusiastically recognized…

The Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, interview Fumihiko Maki in is office, in Tokyo, last 20th March. The interview will be available soon. Photographic report: Docomomo International Facebook page

Last Monday, 20th March 2017, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, visited the Japanese Concert Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (1961), in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Kunio Maekawa. The visit was accompanied by the Professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dr. Eng. Seiichi Fukao.