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

Advisory Board Meeting, Lisbon, 4 Septem ber 2014.

Panayotis Tournikiotis was invited by Prof. Ana Tostoes, Chair of Docomomo International, to the Instituto Superior Tecnico to present a lecture on the relationship between Le Corbuiser and Greece. More info: IST Download PDF

13th International DOCOMOMO Technology Seminar January, 25th/26th 2013 10. Karlsruher Tagung „Das architektonische Erbe“ Perceived Technologies in the Modern Movement 1918-1975 Technologische Konzepte in der Moderne Download PDF