International Commitee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement
ArmArch, has announced that the first issue of ´ArmArch: Language of Armenian Architecture´ journal is now available online. This current issue is dedicated to the problems of regionalism in modernist architecture and aims to present the vast layer of Armenian regional modernist architecture that ArmArch has been researching. To download in English or Armenian link.
“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…
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 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…
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…
“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…
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…
“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]
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…
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