Call for Artists – Barcelona Contemporary 2021

Docomomo International is pleased to share the Barcelona Contemporary 2021 organized by ITSLIQUID Group, that will be held in Barcelona, at Valid World Hall Gallery from June 03 to June 20, 2021. Barcelona Contemporary is a contemporary art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. The 2021 edition will represent a forum for direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography art, installations, video art and live performance. Barcelona Contemporary provides artists and exhibitors with the unique opportunity to present their…

Call for entries – Student competition “60 plus: Brutalism” by ICOMOS Germany

Docomomo International would like to draw your attention to the student competition “60 plus: Brutalism” organized by ICOMOS Germany and partners. Competition task The ICOMOS Student Competition 2021 is dedicated to the heritage of Brutalism of the era before 1990. The aim of the competition task is not only to admonish that the buildings of Brutalism must be preserved, but to precisely state what makes them worth preserving. What meanings can be attributed to these buildings? Is their value limited to the material honesty of the concrete or can other architectural, urban planning or conceptual qualities be identified? What might…

Call for Papers: ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps to the Andes

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the call for papers for the online lecture series by ex-momo “ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps  to the Andes” and with the subtitle ” Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin American Modern Movement”. The lecture series “ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps  to the Andes” is organized by the Inter-university Department of Regional & Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, and will happen between May and December 2021 in online mode. “Six sessions on a monthly basis, presented by international researchers reflecting on some of the protagonists of the Latin American…

Getty Conservation Institute Free Online Publication: The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places

Docomomo International is happy to share the release of the Getty Conservation Institute publication The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework:A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places, By Susan Marsden and Peter Spearritt and with contributions from Leo Schmidt, Sheridan Burke, Gail Ostergren, Jeff Cody, and Chandler McCoy; Los Angeles, Getty Conservation Institute Publications, 2021. The publication pretends to be a free online tool for architecture and heritage conservation professionals around the world. “The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places promotes broad thinking about the historical processes that have contributed to the twentieth-century built environment worldwide. It identifies and analyzes the…

Call for Papers – International Conference on Architectural Criticism: on the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the Call for contributions for the International Conference on Architectural Criticism: on the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism, by CICA is now open until 30th April 2021. “Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis to it? Does it have a duty to present evidence in the evaluation of a building? Or should it take on what architects say about their designs? In the context of a flat internet, should architectural criticism be able to define best practices? Does…

Footprint 27, Autumn / Winter 2020

Docomomo International is pleased to share that the new issue of Footprint is out now – Vol. 14, Issue 27, Autumn / Winter 2020.This issue, edited by Aleksandar Staničić, Marc Schoonderbeek, Heidi Sohn and Armina Pilav, is dedicated to the theme “Conflict Mediations”. This issue includes research articles by Eliyahu Keller, Mark Jarzombek and Eytan Mann; Gökçe Önal; Melina Philippou; Noa Roei; Lutz Robbers; and Ahmad Beydoun. It also includes visual essays by Omar Mismar; The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI); and Katarina Andjelković. Footprint 27 can be found online in the following link: https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/footprint/issue/view/845.  

Call for Papers – APT 2021 Conference: Preservation Beyond Politics

The Association for Preservation Technology (APT) has an open call for papers (deadline 8th March 2021) for its annual conference – APT 2021 Conference, taking place between the 29th October and 2nd November 2021. UPDATE: the deadline was extended to 19th March 2021 Under the theme “Preservation Beyond Politics”, the conference will explore the complexities, opportunities, and lessons learned from preserving and reinvesting in this monumental city. The three tracks that will explore this year’s theme are: Track 1: Revisiting Renewal: Evolving Past Transformations Reexamining past interventions is a vital part of APT’s mission to promote the advancement of preservation…

Call for Papers – XIII Congreso Internacional Historia de la Arquitectura Moderna Española

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the call for papers for the XIII Congreso Internacional Historia de la Arquitectura Moderna Española [XIII International Congress History of Modern Spanish Architecture], with the theme Arquitectura para la salud y el descanso (1914-1975) / Architecture for health, resting and well-being (1914-1975), happening 27-29 April 2022, is open. “There is no doubt that the first steps in the technical and spatial definition of the modern movement were taken in the field of industry; and that the great development of modern aesthetics took place when the achievements made by industry were applied to the…

Call for papers: DOCONF2021 – Facing Post-Socialist Urban Heritage

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the DOCONF2021 – happening in Budapest, 8-9 October 2021 – with the theme “Facing Post-Socialist Urban Heritage”, is open until 31st March 2021. “The DOCONF2021 is the 4th international doctoral / postdoctoral conference in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and planning organized by the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The DOCONF gives the chance for young researchers to find relevant international context regarding their research topic, to present and discuss in a conference, and to publish a final full paper (15000…

Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the issue 162 of Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica – Housing in a Box – has just been printed: the main core of the different essays converges into that considerable body of experiments aimed to explore and encourage the efforts of architects, engineers and manufacturers in promoting a widespread knowledge and use of a Meccano-like house, no more a static object but a demountable, assembled and mass-produced shelter. This world of (apparently) humble things is therefore the central point of convergence of all the essays in which our readers will find the emerging lines of a…