Streets and neighbourhoods. Vladimir Braco Mušic and large scale architecture

The catalog was published to accompany the exhibition Streets and neighbourhoods. Vladimir Braco Mušic and large scale architecture, which is between 17th May and 20th November 2016 on display at the Museum of Architecture and Design. Through expert texts of the authors of the exhibition; Luka Skansi, Bogo Zupancic and Martina Malešic, we learn about the life and work of the architect and urbanist Vladimir Braco Music. Closely we get acquainted with the development of urban design concepts of Slovenian hausing estates from the first post-war developments to the last large neighborhoods. About neighborhoods of Vladimir Braco Mušic also wrote Matevž…

Docomomo Books: Moscow Heritage at Crisis Point / updated edition

“New International Report Outlines Threats to Moscow’s Heritage plus Information about Threats to St. Petersburg. Buildings under threat include internationally famous landmarks: The Bolshoi Theatre, Mayakovskaya Metro Station, Monuments of the Avant-Garde, plus buildings that are an inseparable part of Moscow’s identity like Children’s World Department Store and the Central House of Artists. Report possible due to the support of the late Scholar of Russian architecture and Co-Founder of Do.Co.Mo.Mo. Catherine Cooke. The report is a follow up to the 2007 report, which brought the crisis that Moscow’s heritage is undergoing into the centre of national and international attention. Despite…

Article: Lisboa, Cidade Triste e Alegre: Arquitectura de um Livro [Lisbon, Sad and Joyful City: Architecture of a Book]

In the framework of the exhibition Lisboa, Cidade Triste e Alegre: Arquitectura de um Livro [Lisbon, Sad and Joyful City: Architecture of a Book] (12-16 September, Lisbon Museum – Pimenta Palace, Portugal), centered on the book with the same name, published in 1959 by the architects Victor Palla (1922-2006) and Costa Martins (1922-1996), the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, wrote the text “Um dia em Lisboa em forma de poema gráfico” [A day in Lisbon in the form of a graphic poem] to Portuguese Público newspaper. More info: Download PDF + docomomo

Building the modern world: Albert Kahn in Detroit

“Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit by Michael H. Hodges tells the story of the German-Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty to become one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. Kahn’s buildings not only define downtown Detroit, but his early car factories for Packard Motor and Ford revolutionized the course of industry and architecture alike. Employing archival sources unavailable to previous biographers, Building the Modern World follows Kahn from his apprenticeship at age thirteen with a prominent Detroit architecture firm to his death. With material gleaned from two significant Kahn archives—the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library and…

Built Heritage journal

The Built Heritage journal published a special issue dedicated to 20th-Century Heritage: Exploring the New Futures of the Recent Past, with the participation of the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostoes. The Built Heritage (CN 31-2123/G0, ISSN 2096-3041) is a blind-peer-reviewed, international journal published quarterly, devoted to all aspects regarding the research, conservation, and regeneration of historic buildings, settlements, and sites. It is the first journal in China published in English that integrates built heritage conservation in the multidisciplinary sphere of architecture, urban and rural planning, and landscape architecture, administrated by the Ministry of Education of China, sponsored by Tongji University, and published by…

Architecture as propaganda in twentieth-century totalitarian regimes

“It is well known that architecture has the potential to support and promote ideological propaganda. In the totalitarian regimes of twentieth-century Europe, political leaders clearly understood that potential and knew how to exploit it. As a consequence, architecture prospered under totalitarian rule. When the regimes eventually collapsed, they left a rich architectural legacy, which remains today as an evident and sometimes awkward part of the urban landscape. This conference volume explores how prominent architects conveyed the dominant political programmes of totalitarian regimes through buildings, monuments and urban planning. Scholars from a range of academic backgrounds examine the significance of difficult architectural…

The Report of mASEANa project 2017: 4th & 5th International Conference

Docomomo International is happy to announce The Report of mASEANa project 2017: 4th & 5th International Conference “modern living in Southeast Asia”. This publication is a documentation report of the project Appreciating Asian modern: mASEANa project 2015-2020 and it was published and edited by mASEANa Project and the Japan Foundation, collaborately. The mASEANa project is promoted by Docomomo Japan and came from the coalition of docomomo International, mAAN and ICOMOS ISC20c, with the support of the Japan Foundation, and the collaboration of the Toyota Foundation, for the protection, conservation and promotion of modern heritage monuments and sites in south-east Asia. The 4th mASEANa International Conference — “modern Living in Southeast…

Call for Abstracts: International Meeting on Modern Heritage and Best Practices: Sustainability, Conservation, Management and Architectural Design

“Docomomo Chile, Docomomo International and the Faculty of Architecture Design and Urban Studies of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, are organizing a meeting on good practices on modern heritage between 21st and 24th March 2018. The theme of best practices on modern heritage refers to the set of procedures, ethical guidelines, principles and actions that – through exemplary cases – can configure the most appropriate, judicious and efficient course of action for sustainability, conservation, better management and good design regarding the relationship between heritage and new architecture. The preservation of modern buildings and complexes, as well as urban spaces…

Docomomo Brazil is happy to anounce the Docomomo Brazil Magazine

“The number 01 arrives in the hands of the reader in the year of commemoration of the 25 years of founding of the Docomomo Brazil. The 25-year period may give a false impression of backwardness, but it reflects the perhaps necessary maturation period for the consolidation of Docomomo Brazil and its recognition as promoter of documentation actions and conservation of the diverse expressions of the modern movement in the national territory and in the diverse actions undertaken by Docomomo International.” To submit articles: link More details: website [Portuguese]