DOCOMOMO International on TSF Portuguese Radio

On 21 March, the TSF Portuguese radio broadcasted an interview to announce the inauguration of the new headquarters of docomomo International in Lisbon and to talk about the International docomomo Seminar on the subject “Rehabilitation and Reuse of Modern Movement Architecture”, that would take place on the 27 March, in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Ana Tostões (docomomo International Chair), Bárbara Coutinho (Director of MUDE), Zara Ferreira (docomomoInternational Secretary General) and Miguel Judas (Vice-Chair of docomomo Iberia), experts on the theme and committted to the docomomo values, were the guests of this program. Listen to docomomo International on TSF Portuguese Radio, “Encontros com o Património” (Meetings with Heritage), in Portuguese. Full Radio Broadcast

Collaboration Protocol between DOCOMOMO International and CIALP

On the 20th January docomomo International and the International Council of Architects of Portuguese Language (CIALP) signed a Collaboration Protocol, represented by each President, Prof. Ana Tostões and Arch. João Belo Rodeia, respectively. The main ambition of CIALP is to come close and to cooperate among its members, as well as the promotion of architecture among people who speak Portuguese, becoming a platform for the 150,000 Portuguese-speaking architects, which is about 10% of the entire number of architects in the world. CIALP is a non-governmental and non-profit organization, constituted by the professional associations of architects of Portuguese-speaking Countries and Territories. It is an institutional partner of…

3rd International Iconic Houses Conference: Iconic Masterpieces and Hidden Gems around the Mediterranean

The Iconic Houses Network and Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera proudly announce the 3rd International Iconic Houses Conference taking place 25 November 2014 at La Pedrera in Barcelona, with pre-conference house tours from November 22nd – 24th. The conference focuses on architecturally significant 20th century house museums around the Mediterranean. The Iconic Houses Conference is an opportunity for a high-level debate to take place about the cultural, technical and bureaucratic requirements of maintaining modernist heritage in the 21st century. The aim is to share good practices, solutions for the specific difficulties that all who are involved in running a 20th century house museum encounter. The event…

ISC/Sustainability

Hubert-Jan Henket, honorary President of DOCOMOMO International, and Ana Tostões, Chair of DOCOMOMO International, believe that a DOCOMOMO International Specialist Committee on Sustainability must be created, in order to address the DOCOMOMO future challenges, formulating new ideas for the future of the built environment based on past experiences of the Modern Movement. DOCOMOMO International challenges everybody interested in participating on it, to send to docomomo@tecnico.ulisboa your ideas and suggestions! Please watch the motivating message by Hubert-Jan Henket.

International Colloquium: 74 14 SAAL # ARCHITECTURE

The Centre for Social Studies and the Department of Architecture of Coimbra University (Portugal) will organize the INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM 74 14 SAAL # ARCHITECTURE on November 14-16, 2014, in partnership with the Serralves Foundation, Documentation Centre April 25th and Docomomo International. The collaboration with the Serralves Foundation takes place within the exhibition THE SAAL PROCESS: ARCHITECTURE AND PARTICIPATION, 1974-1976, at the Serralves Museum, from October 31, 2014 until February 1, 2015, and the CONFERENCE SAAL: in retrospective (Serralves Foundation Auditorium, May 10, 2014). The colloquium in Coimbra, on architecture and the project of participation, will explore, in general, the housing problem, in particular, the legacies of “SAAL” (i.e. the…

International Symposium

DOCOMOMO International participated in the International Symposium Preservation and Maintaining of 20th-Century Modern Architectural Heritage, organized by Japan Foundation, in Tokyo. The aim was to discuss the present situation of the preservation of the modern architectural heritage in the World, in Japan and the future of Camboja. The activities of DOCOMOMO International were presented in that framework. The detailed program was the follow: . Modern Architectural Heritage in Camboja, by Khuon Khun Neay (Deputy Secretary-General of APSARA – Authority for the Preservation and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap) . Protecting Heritage in Camboja from Angkor Wat to Modern Architecture,…

DOCOMOMO Tour – Japan

Within the 13th International DOCOMOMO Conference – Expansion and Conflict, that was held between 25 and 27 September 2014, in Seoul, Korea, Docomomo Japan organized a very meaningful DOCOMOMO tours through Japan, between 28 September and 1 October 2014. The itinerary was Matsuyama – Uchiko – Hizuchi – Takamatsu – Sakaide – Kurashiki – Ohyamazaki – Kansai and the places visited were the following: . Hizuchi Elementary School (1958), by Masatsune Matsumura, in Yawatahama, Ehime (2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize Awarded) . Kagawa Prefectural Hall (1958), by Kenzo Tange + Yoshikatsu Tsuboi, in Takamatsu, Kagawa (DOCOMOMO Japan Registration 016) . Ohara Museum…