Conference: The diaspora of modern architecture. Between Africa and Brazil, Le Corbusier as a landmark – Ana Tostões.

Professor Ana Tostões, President of Docomomo International, will present the lecture “The diaspora of modern architecture. Between Africa and Brazil, Le Corbusier as a landmark” at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg. This conference explores the extensions of modern architecture in Africa, focusing on the architectural production of Angola and Mozambique during the last decades of the Portuguese colonial regime (1945-1975). It analyzes the meaning of a modernity shared between continents that bears on the influence of Le Corbusier, architecture and modern art. Modern architectural production in Africa has been rediscovered and analyzed in recent decades. The research touched…

International Conference: CuCa_Re Project

The international Conference CuCa_Re Project is part of the “Cure and Care_the rehabilitation” Research Project. This project is coordinated by IST-ID (Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento) and the Principal Investigator is Ana Tostões, President of Docomomo International. This project aims to study healthcare buildings built in Portugal in the 20th century and their role in the welfare society policy, approaching future challenges driven by the developments in technology and medicine, and the need to assure a sustainable built environment. These buildings are susceptible to be transformed, deactivated or even demolish in a near future. On…

Lisbon Workshop

The Department of Architecture of IST, with the support of CITUA, Lisbon City Hall and Docomomo International, invite you to take part in the conference Lisbon Workshop, which will be developed in two sessions, the first of which will take place on the next May 16th, Thursday, and will be carried out on the 30th of May 2019. The first session will have a presentation by arch. Maruša Zorec, from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Architecture, called “Works and Projects”. It will take place in room GA5, at Pavilhão Central, between 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The session of May 30th will have architect…

Launching of Docomomo Journal n. 59 — An Eastern Europe Vision

Docomomo International, together with Henrieta Moravcikova, guest editor of DJ 59, organised the launching of Docomomo Journal 59 — An Eastern Europe Vision which took place at the Faculty of Architecture STU, in Bratislava, Slovakia, 20th February 2019. On this occasion, Professor Ana Tostões, Chair of Docomomo International, led a public lecture earlier that day at STU entitled “Modern Architecture in Portugal”. The invitation can be found at Docomomo Journal Launching Poster. To order Docomomo Journal 59, please visit: Docomomo Shop Online

Symposium: Paradores, Tourism and Culture. Towards the centenary

Professor Ana Tostões, the Chair of Docomomo International, has taken part of the international symposium “Paradores, Tourism and Culture. Towards the centenary” [Paradores, turismo y cultura. Rumbo al centenario], in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, as speaker. The research group Iacobus of the University of Santiago de Compostela organized, together with Paradores de Turismo de España S.M.E, S.A., the first international symposium focused on the mark Paradores network has left in tourism in Spain, and also the reflection on the valorization of its cultural potencial. The symposium has three main goals: – To deepen the knowlegde of the history of Paradores as one of the pillars…

XII Congreso Internacional Historia de la Arquitectura Moderna Española

The Chair of Docomomo International, Ana Tostões, will be apart of the Jury Committee for the 12th International Congress – The History of Modern Spanish Architecture which will take place between the 25th and 27th of March 2020, in Pamplona. This congress, organized by Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Navarra, will focus on “Los edificios de la Industria: icono y espacio de progreso para la arquitectura en el arranque de la modernidad” [The buildings of the Industry: icon and space of progress for architecture during early Modernity]. Industrial building forms (in all its aspects, from dams to warehouses and silos,…

Reutilizar Edifícios e transformar a Cidade [To Reuse buildings and transform the city]

On the occasion of the exhibition opening for “Físicas do Património Português. Arquitetura e Memória” [Physics of Portuguese Heritage. Architecture and Memory], Gonçalo Canto Moniz wrote an article for the Portuguese newspaper Público regarding the dangers 20th century architectural heritage faces nowadays. “In the transition from the 20th century to the 21st century, heritage institutions are gradually beginning to worry about this legacy and its significance in the context of patrimonial policies, which forces a paradigm shift.” Docomomo is featured in this article for its ongoing work which aims to promote and protect modern heritage. To see the full article, please visit: website [Portuguese]

Symposium: The Modern architecture and design lecture

The chair of Docomomo International, Professor Ana Tostões, participated as Keynote Speaker in the symposium “The Modern Architecture and Design Lecture”, that took place at the Wakita Museum of Art, in Karuizawa, this past October 20th. The symposium is the resulting project organized by Wakita Museum of Art, and cooperated by Karuizawa-town, Education Board Karuizawa, and Karuizawa-town Tourist Association, affiliated organization, and related members in Karuizawa. Previously Wakita Art Museum has hosted symposiums on Alvar Aalto / Preservation and activity about the buildings and houses in Finland (2016), and on Louis Kahn / Preservation and activity about the buildings and…

Proceedings of the 15th International Docomomo Conference (e-book)

The e-book version of the proceedings of the 15th International Docomomo Conference were published. Title: Metamorphosis. The Continuity of Change Publishers: Docomomo International Docomomo Slovenia Editors: Ana Tostões Nataša Koselj Design: Nataša Koselj Printing: Mat-Format d.o.o. Indexed by Scopus. How to cite this book (CMS): Tostões, Ana, and Koselj, Nataša, eds. Metamorphosis. The Continuity of Change. Lisboa: Docomomo International; Ljubljana: Docomomo Slovenia, 2018. Index in the PDF below Download PDF

16th International Docomomo Conference

The candidacy from Docomomo Japan to organise the 16th International Docomomo Conference, in Tokyo, was approved in the 15th Docomomo Council Meeting, last August 30, 2018, at Cankarjev Dom. The 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, organized by Docomomo Japan, between the 15th and the 18th September 2020, under the theme “Resilient Inheritability: Sharing Values of Global Modernity”. Theme: Resilient Inheritability – Sharing Values of Global Modernity Today, not only in Europe, but in Japan, South America, Africa and throughout the world, the architectural cultural heritage that we call the “Modern Movement” (MoMo) has been exposed to the major force…