Launch: Macau – Reading the Hybrid City – Discovering Manuel Vicente

The Fundação José Saramago, in partnership with Docomomo International, Docomomo Macau and the Ordem de Arquitectos, will host the book launch for a new publication by Docomomo Macau, entitled “Macau: Reading the Hybrid City” on September 3rd, 2016, at 18:00. This catalogue is the result of research undertaken by Docomomo Macau about the work of architect Manuel Vicente, originating from the desire to reflect on his oeuvre, from the point of view of those who worked with him, sharing their creative process and strategies developed during his practice in Macau. Taking place at the Fundação José Saramago, the launch will…

Launch: Arquitectanic. Os dias da Troika

This book offers to the reader 45 chronicles written by the critic and architect Jorge Figueira (1965) to Público newspaper, between 2012 and 2013. This words, written in an informal critical way, establish dialogues, often with humour, between architecture, architects, politics and politicians, travels and personal experiences. In short, the reader has a collection of texts that overflow the theme of architecture and talk intense and directly on the consistencies and inconsistencies of life; about the surprises and deviations halfway. More details: Facebook event

Article: The Legacy of the 20th Century Architecture: Administrative Protection Versus Effective Safeguard

“This article covers the French instruments for protecting the architectural and urban heritage, as well as its evolution. It will also cover the issues raised by the twentieth century architectural legacy. Subject to denaturing and destruction, the future of this legacy questions traditional values that usually serve as rationale for the recognition as a heritage site. The material and cultural knowledge about twentieth century architecture are presented as essential conditions to effectively safeguard it opposed to a usually ineffective administrative protection.” Full article: website

The Legacy of 20th century Architecture – Administrative Protection versus Effective Safeguard by Richard Klein

This article, by Richard Klein, is featured in a special edition of Revista CPC (no. 21), published by the Centro de Preservação Cultural, of the University of São Paulo (USP) Firstly, this article covers the French instruments for the protection of architectural and urban heritage as well as its evolution, and secondly, the issues raised by the architectural legacy of the twentieth century. “Subject to denaturing and destruction, the future of this heritage questions the traditional values that usually serve as rationale for the recognition as a heritage site. The material and cultural knowledge of twentieth century architecture are presented here…

Launch: Macau – Reading the Hybrid City – Discovering Manuel Vicente

The Rui Cunha Foundation and Docomomo Macau presented, on July 7th 2016, the catalogue “Macau: Reading the Hybrid City”. This work is the result of research undertaken by Docomomo Macau about the architect Manuel Vicente, compiling all the material produced for a series of conferences and the exhibition “Descobrir Manuel Vicente”. This book originates from the desire to reflect on Vicente’s work, from the point of view of those who worked with him, sharing the creative process, thoughts and strategies they developed during his practice in Macau. The result of his different interventions are presented in this document as a…

Algarve Building – Modernism, Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal, 1925-1965

From his winning thesis in 2013 at the Royal Institute of British Architects President´s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis, Ricardo Agarez issue in this publication the inclusion of Portuguese architecture in the so-called Critical Regionalism through a reconstruction of the discussions and references that period in the Algarve area, and the study of the processes that the canon of the history and criticism of architecture has endorsed, faced with the results of a thorough investigation on buildings, documents, speeches, agents and files. More details: website

OASE 96 | Social Poetics – The Architecture of Use and Appropriation

“OASE 96 examines the remarkable revival of architectural practices that focus on reuse and appropriation of buildings, environment and materials. To what extent can and will designers engage in this process, and what is the possible positive or negative social impact of these interventions? Edited by Els Vervloesem, Marleen Goethals, Hüsnü Yegenoglu and Michiel Dehaene, this issue focuses on case studies, practical experience, critical reflection and ideas that show how architects and urban planners proactively deploy reuse in view of future user opportunities and/or applications. Between the faith in the autonomy of architecture on the one hand and design that…