Call for Papers: Paranoá Journal. Archives and Collections in Architecture and Urbanism

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for the Paranoá Journal, Archives and Collections in Architecture and Urbanism, which will be guest edited by Maria Cristina da Silva Leme, Daniela Ortiz dos Santos and Liz Sandoval. This Thematic Edition welcomes papers that reflect on the expansion of the perception and recognition of the importance of collections and archives for studies in the field of architecture and urbanism. In this call, it is listed relevant and pressing themes to instigate new approaches and changes in the classic representations of collections and the idea of archives, which is a…

Call for Proposals: JSAH Roundtable: Rethinking the Urban Landscape

Docomomo International shares the call for proposals for the JSAH Roundtable with the theme “Rethinking the Urban Landscape”. “An enduring intellectual and a perceptual rift divides the city from the natural world both in scholarship as well as in the public imagination. In the past three decades, humanities scholars working with social and natural scientists have challenged these assumptions by investigating the complex interaction and intersection of cultural and natural systems, and by exploring how cities and nature are inextricably woven together into what is being called the urban landscape. Just as the seminal work of urban historians such as…

Call for Applications: SAH Membership Grants for Emerging Professionals

Docomomo International would like to share the SAH Membership Grants, which provide emerging scholars with a one-year digital SAH Individual membership to bridge the gap between the Society’s subsidized student memberships and the full-cost SAH memberships. These awards are intended for emerging scholars, regardless of age or employment status, who are new to the field of architectural history or its related disciplines. These grants are funded by the Society of Architectural Historians’ Scott Opler Endowment for New Scholars. Award The award consists of a one-year digital SAH Individual membership. SAH will recognize the award winners at the SAH 2022 Annual International Conference in Pittsburgh…

Call for Submissions: Bruno Zevi Prize 2021

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…

Call for Papers: Charrette 8(1). Race and Space: Changing the architectural narrative

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,…

Call for Papers: in_bo 13, no. 17. “Cities and Territories of Democracy”

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for the in_bo 13, no. 17, “Cities and Territories of Democracy”, edited by Ilaria Agostini, Luigi Bartolomei, Elena Franco. The call aims at drawing attention to the relationship between politics and territory, analyzing the link between the shape of power and the shape of cities as well as the capacity that urban planning has to regulate such a connection. Does the town planning precede, accompany or follow the political decision? Does a democratic order imply a democratic city? How might economic forces fit today into the relationship between urban planning and…

Call for Application: 2021 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

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…

Latest design and architecture books from Lund Humphries available online

Docomomo International would like to share with you some of the latest design and architecture books from the publisher Lund Humphries that are now available online. Mid-Rise Urban Living by Chris Johnson (July 2021, available in the US from November 2021) Shows how effective low-rise housing is in creating contemporary sustainable urban communities, with case studies of work by leading architects including WOHA, MVRDV, dRMM and Zaha Hadid. The author is an architect and planner who was responsible for architecture and planning in New South Wales for 15 years and led the Australian Urban Taskforce. See Pdf: here. Building Bad: How Architectural Utility…

Publication available online “The Conservation Plan of the Flaminio Stadium” [“Piano di Conservazione dello Stadio Flaminio”]

Docomomo International would like to share the publication The Conservation Plan of the Flaminio Stadium [Piano di Conservazione dello Stadio Flaminio], published by the Getty Foundation of Los Angeles is now available online on the website of the Keeping it Modern initiative, with which the research work and the creation of the document were financed. During three years of work, a team of 36 specialists was involved in the drafting of an in-depth historical-critical study of the Stadium and its urban context, in the development of an organic database, in the development of digital models for multidisciplinary analysis and in…

Call for Articles: ESACH Quarterly n°2

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…