Call for Abstracts: APT Miami 2019 Conference

The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) announced that submission of abstract for their upcoming conference is now open. The “APT Miami 2019 Conference” is focused on four subjects: Effects of Climate Change in Warm Weather Coastal Regions Sustainability and Conservation of Built Heritage in the Americas Conservation of Modern Heritage Across the Americas Diversity, Population Change, and Gentrification in the Preservation Dialogue The conference takes place 19th – 23rd November 2019, at InterContinental Hotel, Miami, Florida. The organizers are: Janet Bascom e: administration@apti.org p: (217) 529-9039 Vanessa Olmo e: vanessa@apti.org p: (217) 529-9039 For more information, and to submit your abstract, visit this website.

Liberated Dwelling (Befreites Wohnen)

Sigfried Giedion’s small, but vocal manifesto Befreites Wohnen (1929) is an early manifestation of modernist housing ideology and as such key to the broader understanding of the ambitions of the International Congresses of Modern Architecture (CIAM) and the debate on the industrialisation of construction processes and its impact on public housing at the beginning of the twentieth century. An important step in Giedion’s rise as one of the foremost propagators of modern architecture, this manifesto is based on the argumentative power of visual comparisons, and the only book the art historian both authored and designed. For the first time the book is…

Bauhaus Eine fotografische Weltreise / A photographic journey around the world

From the publisher: “The Bauhaus movement, founded in Weimar in 1919, influenced the development of modern architecture far beyond the borders of Germany. For almost a decade, photographer Jean Molitor has travelled around the globe to document its influence – be it in Berlin or Casablanca, Stuttgart or Havana, St. Petersburg or Guatemala City, Vienna or Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This book offers an overview of the most important architectural trends in the first half of the 20th Century and features over 130 impressively-staged photos of Classic Modernism master-pieces from all over the world, some of…

Call for Entries: 2019 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation recognises exemplary efforts by individuals and organisations to restore or conserve structures, places and properties of heritage value in the region. It aims to encourage other property owners to undertake conservation projects within their communities, either independently or by seeking public-private partnerships. Since 2000, the Awards have recognised 233 winners from 21 countries for their thorough understanding of the places, sound technical achievements, and significant social and policy impacts at the local, national and regional levels. By recognising these practices, the Awards have contributed to meaningful achievements in changing the conversation about what constitutes…

La buvette d´Évian. Maurice Novarina, Jean Prouvé, Serge Ketoff (1955-2018)

Completed in 1957, the Nouvelle Buvette de la Source Cachat – or Pump Room for the Cachat springs – at Évian-les-Bains is ranked as a twentieth century icon. The building was the product of fruitful collaboration by team capable of combining tremendous plastic sensitivity with precise structural rigour: Maurice Novarina, an experienced architect; the “construction genius” Jean Pouvré; and architect-engineer Serge Ketoff. From their collective exploit came technical object of undoubted originality, a daring performance delivered  with gusto – this was much more than just industrial materials made to look good. Precision mechanics rather than Meccano, this masterpiece so cherished by Jean Pouvré is an…

The Future as a Project. Doxiadis in Skopje

Recently docomomo International informed about the exhibition “The Future as a Project | Doxiadis In Skopje”, supported by docomomo Greece. Docomomo International is now happy to announce the release of the exhibition catalogue “The Future as a Project. Doxiadis in Skopje”. It presents for the first time Doxiadis’ work in Skopje, which includes strategic plans for the city and a new outline for the master plan. In addition, it presents the work of Kenzo Tange for Skopje’s city centre, and showcases a series of modernist buildings authored by leading Yugoslavian architects that still stand in the city today. It finally…

Call for Abstracts: Re-engaging with the Gulf Modernist City: Heritage and Repurposing Practice

In the framework of the 10th Gulf Research Meeting in Cambridge, UK that will take place in July 2019 the workshop “Re-engaging with the Gulf Modernist City: Heritage and Repurposing Practice,” is now accepting proposals. Long-time neglected architectural and artistic productions of the modernisation era in the Gulf are now at the centre of a renewed interest. In the last decade, a series of initiatives were launched to understand, analyse and re-engage with the once-modern city, which meanwhile lost its pivotal function and meaning. A city within a bigger city, the urban fabric produced in the Gulf during the modernisation…

From skyscraper to Vertical Fabric. New architectural and urban scenarios

Original title: “Dal grattacielo al tessuto verticale. Nuovi sviluppi architettonici e urbani” From the publisher: “If examined within a complex system structured into distinct vertical elements, each skyscraper behaves as an autonomous organism, as a “micro-city”, reproducing in its inner space, and in a smaller scale, the same kind of widespread urbanization of the urban fabric. In particular for the contemporary mega-cities such as Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, it is possible to schematize the dynamics of high-rise buildings system identifying an inner “overturned” structure, that corresponds with a vertical transposition of the horizontal hierarchy. This research aims to…

Hospitals – A Design Manual

Hospitals as a building type have undergone a substantial evolution in the past years. Changes in healthcare, the impact of evidence-based medicine and aspects of healthcare economics (such as the clustering of diagnostic procedures in specialized clinics) pose new and different challenges for the designer. Private healthcare facilities herald the paradigm change from the large functional building complex to a design-conscious health institution with luxury hotel features. Health centers more devoted to prevention rather than cure have been another important trend. This publication explains the principles and requirements for the planning of hospitals and other health facilities. An international case…

Upcoming publication: bauhaus journal 1926–1931

Lars Müller Publishers is celebrating 100 Years of Bauhaus with a release of unique set of materials – they include an facsimile reprints of bauhaus journal from years 1926–1931, both in German and complete English translation. Also scheduled for release are the collected works of Bauhaus teachers, like Walter Gropius, Paul Klee and László Moholy-Nagy. Books will become available in January 2019 You can pre-order a copy here.