International Commitee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement
The nineteenth day of Septem ber two thousand and thirteen at the thirty-sixth plenary m eeting of theNational Executive Board of the Portuguese Border Architects, was unanim ously decided to confer the title ofHonorary Mem ber of the Portuguese Border Architects to Docom om o International. Lisbon, 17 December 2013 Portuguese Border Architects President João Belo Rodeia
Nadir Afonso, the acclaimed painter architect, disciple of Le Corbusier, passed away on December 11. DOCOMOMO International wishes to express its condolences to his family and friends. Image: From the left to the right: O lek Kujawsky, Iánnis Zenákis and Nadir Afonso (with their wives), at thetim e they worked on the construction site of the Unité d´Habitation de Marseille, 1950. Photographer unknown. Text by João Cepeda on Docom om o Journal 47 – 2012/2: Nadir Afonso: the Painter (who Graduated) Architect From his Collaboration with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, to his Works in Chaves and the Abandonment of…
The chair of Docomomo International, Ana Tostões, was present on the 2013 Xi´an International Conference on Modern Architectural Heritage, China, on 8-10 October 2013, with Albert Dubler, president of UIA, and Sheridan Burke, president of ICOMOS ISC 20thC Heritage. PDF: 1. Conference programme; 2. “Other MoMo, Other Heritage, A Review of the Xi’an 2013 International Conference on Modern Architectural Heritage” by Cheng Yang, Xinwen Wang and Kecheng Liu; 3. Xi´an Declaration on the Conservation of Modern Heritage in Different Contexts. Download PDF
