Exhibition and book launch: Glossário de Arquitectura Portuguesa de Autor Fernando Távora

Ordem dos Arquitectos, Lisbon, 13 February 2025   This week, on Thursday, 13 February, at 18H00 will take place the opening of the exhibition and book launch of Glossário de Arquitectura Portuguesa de Autor Fernando Távora at the national headquarters’ building of Ordem dos Arquitetos in Lisbon. The initiative aims to promote the work of Portuguese architects within academic and urban settings through the reading and interpretation of their texts. The project also seeks to engage authors, students, and future architects, fostering a national meeting. The goal is to create a collection of Architecture Glossaries of Architects [Glossário de Arquitectura de…

Call for Abstracts: International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU25) – Future Living

Deadline: 23 February 2025 The 17th edition of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU25) will be held in Lisbon from 1-4 July 2025. Organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, it will take place at the Portugal Pavilion designed by Álvaro Siza. IFoU25 is centered on the theme “Future Living.” This conference aims to explore and address the evolving needs of urban and rural environments through a comprehensive examination of key action areas. The conference will cover several critical actions within the theme of “Future Living.” It will delve into Dwelling by examining emergent solutions for affordable housing…

Book launch – Argumentos 2: em convergência

Porto, Fundação Marques da Silva, 12 February 2025 Docomomo Portugal is pleased to share that on next Wednesday, 12 February at 18H30 is being organized by Fundação Marques da Silva, in partnership with U.Porto Press, the book launch of Argumentos 2: em convergência written by Alexandre Alves Costa. With Argumentos 2: em convergência, Alexandre Alves Costa completes the diptych where he set out to explore nearly five decades of his written production on various topics, always from the perspective of a man whose sole aim was to be an architect. In this second volume, he gathers more recent and some…

Out Now: Modernism in Africa. The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Uta Pottgiesser, Ana Tostões (eds.) Birkhäuser / Docomomo International, 2024 Docomomo Portugal is pleased to share that the publication Modernism in Africa. The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, edited by Uta Pottgiesser, chair of Docomomo International, and Ana Tostões, chair of Docomomo Portugal, and published by Birkhäuser and Docomomo International is out! With contributions from Uta Pottgiesser (TU Delft), Ana Tostões (Lisbon University), Ola Uduku (University of Liverpool) and many others, this book looks at the extraordinary, but often unknown Modernist architecture in Africa, from interpretations of Art Deco, International Style, Brutalism as…

Call for Sessions and Roundtables: EAHN Biannual Conference Aarhus 2026

Docomomo Portugal is please to share that the Call for Sessions and Roundtables for the EAHN Biannual Conference Aarhus 2026 is open until Friday, 17 January 2025, 23H59 CET. “The call is open to research that delves into unexplored or under-explored periods, geographies, buildings, architects, and texts. Conversely, we also seek to reexamine established architectural themes from unconventional perspectives, highlighting voices and contributors that have historically been marginalized. By inviting these diverse perspectives, the meeting aims to enrich the discourse of architectural history and push the boundaries of the field. We seek thematic proposals in two basic formats: approximately 25…

Out now: HPA Journal issue – 1923-2023. Fernando Távora at 100

Docomomo Portugal is pleased to announce that the publication of a special issue of the HPA journal Histories of Postwar Architecture entitled “1923-2023. Fernando Távora at 100”, is now out. Edited by José António Bandeirinha, Antonio Esposito, Giovanni Leoni and Giovanni Bellucci it is a fitting tribute to a key Portuguese modern architect. The issue counts with an article by Prof. Ana Tostões, Docomomo Portugal Chair: “The Search for Eternity and the Polyphony Prodigy in Távora” along many other articles by Portuguese researchers and members of Docomomo Portugal. No. 11 (2022): 1923-2023. Fernando Távora at 100 DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-0075/v5-n11-2022

Álvaro Siza named Honorary Member of the International Committee of Architectural Critics

Docomomo Portugal is honored to share that the Portuguese Pritzker Prize architect Álvaro Siza was named Honorary Member of the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) on an award ceremony that took place at the Serralves Foundation last 6th May 2024. On the occasions press release: “The International Committee of Architectural Critics – CICA, cognizant of the profound impact that Álvaro Siza Vieira has had on the cultures in which his buildings are located and on generations of architects in Portugal and worldwide, has conferred on him the status of Honorary Member. This honor recognizes his unique ability to synthesize…

Call for Abstracts: TRANS-CARBON HABITAT – European Conference on Regenerative and Adaptative Habitat

The call for abstracts for the first European Conference on Regenerative and Adaptive Habitat TRANS-CARBON HABITAT is now open until 22 September 2024. Nature is recognized as an essential partner in the fight against climate change. Reversing the degradation of natural ecosystems is a fundamental part of the European Green Deal, which aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The natural and built environment, as a symbiotic ecosystem, is a central theme for adapting to the climate challenge and reducing carbon emissions, as well as for implementing strategies to regenerate our atmosphere and hydrosphere, our soil, our cities, and our…

José Forjaz (1936-2024)

It is with deep sadness that Docomomo Portugal communicates that the Portuguese architect José Forjaz passed away today, 25th June 2024. Docomomo Portugal wishes to convey the sincerest condolences at the passing of the renowned architect, to his family and friends. Born in Coimbra in 1936, José Forjaz went to Mozambique in 1952, where he finished the secondary school. He then studied architecture at the Porto School of Fine Arts [Escola de Belas Artes do Porto]. He did his first work in Portugal at the beginning of the 1960s, leaving for a master’s degree at Columbia University in New York…

Book presentation: Fernando Távora. As Raízes e os Frutos – palavra desenho obra (1937-2001)

On June 4, next Monday, will be presented at FAUP the editorial project Fernando Távora. As Raízes e os Frutos 1937-2001, with research, coordination and notes by Manuel Mendes. The session will have as invited speakers architect Domingos Tavares, historian Raquel Henriques da Silva, and the philosopher Paulo Pires do Vale, as well as Manuel Mendes, the President of the Marques da Silva Foundation, which is responsible for publishing this project, Fátima Vieira, and the Vice-President of FAUP, Teresa Calix. As Manuel Mendes said, “Fernando Távora. As Raízes e os Frutos – palavra desenho obra 1937-2001 addresses the world of Fernando…