With a view to developing and disseminating the teachings of Bruno Zevi and his method of critical and historical inquiry, the Bruno Zevi Foundation annually holds an international competition to award a prize for a historical-critical essay offering an original analysis of an architectural work, theme or architect of the past or present. The competition is divided into five sections corresponding with the following themes: the key role of space in architecture; the ancient sources of the modern language; history as a methodology of architectural practice; the modern language of architecture; landscape and the zero-degree language of architecture. The competition…

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for issue 8(1) of Charrette, the journal of the Association of Architectural Educators (AAE), which will be guest edited by Ann de Graft-Johnson and Renée Tobe. This issue, under the theme of Race and Space: Changing the architectural narrative, calls for research and commentary and critical reflection on the state of play relating to the context and content of architectural education, as well as present personal narratives relating to race and space. The editors invite architectural academics, researchers, practitioners and students, to submit contributions to one of the three categories of Charrette: Essay, Project,…

Docomomo International would like to share that submissions for the 2021 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation are now being accepted, with an extended deadline of 31 August 2021. The Awards recognize exemplary efforts by individuals and organizations in restoring or conserving existing structures, places and properties of heritage value in the region. Winning projects should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the site, sound technical achievement, and outstanding sustainability impact. Eligible projects must have been completed within the last 10 years (March 2011 – August 2021 if pre-existing use was retained, or August 2020 if a project has a…

Docomomo International would like to share the ESACH open call for contributions in view of the release of The ESACH Quarterly n°2, the second issue of the educational association’s magazine which will feature the work of its members. The ESACH Quarterly is the international, peer-reviewed magazine of the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH), that provides an Open Access space for the discussion and publication of grounded university and independently carried research, professional activity, and content in various formats exemplifying personal engagement into all aspects of Cultural Heritage. The magazine’s goal is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for debate…

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for the international symposium on the role of paper in European avant-garde art during the first half of the 20th century, organized by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in collaboration with the MDRN lab of the University of Leuven and with the Université Libre de Bruxelles. “A wide variety of historical or classic avant-garde artists turned to paper during the first half of the 20th century. Whereas this turn to paper has received quite some attention in the study of Cubism (collage), Expressionism (the woodcut), and Dada (photomontage),…

Docomomo International is pleased to share the call for nominations for the SAH Publication Awards. Every year, the Society of Architectural Historians presents awards that recognize the most distinguished publications in architectural history, urban history, landscape history, preservation, and architectural exhibition catalogues. SAH also presents the Founders’ Award for an outstanding JSAH article written by an emerging scholar in the previous two years. The deadline to submit nominations for the 2022 SAH Publication Awards is July 31, 2021. Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award was established in 1949 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of…

Docomomo Interantional is pleased to share the call for papers for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanismo ZARCH, Issue 18: “Women, Feminist Practices and Alternative Practitioners in Architecture”, with the editors Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno (Associate Professor, Zaragoza University, Spain) and Ann E. Komara (Professor, University of Colorado-Denver, USA). “In contrast to other types of studies on women and architecture in which biography predominates, this special issue seeks to delve into how the different situations in which women have carried out their work can be a device for opening up new fields of activity, encouraging creativity and offering a…

Docomomo Interantional shares the call for papers for the journal Architectural Theory Review vol. 26, no. 1. , “Terms and Conditions: Financialized Space”, edited by Maren Koehler (University of Sydney) and Jasper Ludewig (University of Newcastle). “This issue of Architectural Theory Review investigates the relation between finance capital and architecture. In particular, we seek contributions that explore previously overlooked situations in which the terms and conditions of finance have had spatial and architectural effects. In this way, the issue aligns itself with the argument recently reiterated by Sara Stevens and Lauren Jacobi, among others, that spaces of finance – banks,…