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…

Get ready! 10 days left to the 16th International Docomomo Conference 2020+1

16th International Docomomo Conference, Tokyo Japan 2020+1 Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities Docomomo’s first virtual international conference is just around the corner! This year the biennial International Docomomo Conference is held in Tokyo, where the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games are taken place, under the theme of “Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities,” Approximately 300 researchers and experts from 55 countries and regions around the world will make presentations on the world’s modern and contemporary architecture and history, as well as environmental conservation, restoration, and renovation, while engaging in a variety of discussions in online sessions (via Zoom). Keynote speeches will…

Iconic Houses Online Conference: Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House

Docomomo International would like to share the 6th International Iconic Houses Conference: Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House organized by the ICONIC HOUSES NETWORK. The event will be held online and consists of five modules to go live on the Thursday’s 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 September. It will be explored 20th-century Dutch architecture from the Amsterdam School to Post-Modernism, visiting twenty wonderful homes by Gerrit Rietveld, J.J.P. Oud, Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, and many others, not only in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, but spread all over the Netherlands, including Drachten, Groningen, Delft and Schaijk. Several of these…

Be:cause modern: the auction for modernism

Docomomo International is glad to share that Docomomo US will bring back be:cause modern: the auction for modernism, this November. All proceeds will benefit the ongoing work of Docomomo US and support its mission, including educational and advocacy efforts. The online auction will open for bids in early November and is expected to bring together more than 100 uniquely modern items across all price points. In anticipation of the auction, Docomomo US is currently seeking special donation items such as signed drawings and books, paintings, woodcuts and lithographs, unique and vintage tabletop items, furniture, exclusive tour experiences, and modern home stays. See some…

Docomomo US/Hawai’i Annual Membership Meeting

Docomomo International would like to share the invitation from Docomomo US/Hawai’i to their Annual Membership Meeting to be virtually hosted at a historic Ossipoff-designed gem, the Pālehua Cabins. This is an opportunity for Docomomo Hawai’i to give a summary of this past year’s events, as well as discuss plans for the upcoming year. Date and time: 21st Aug 21 2021, 4.00 p.m. – 1st Sep 2021, 6.00 p.m. (HST) Typically the meeting is hosted at a mid-century modern site. With the challenges of having a physical gathering this year, the event will be host virtually. Docomomo Hawai‘i has elected to…

3rd edition Barcelona Contemporary 2021

Docomomo International would like to share the 3rd edition of the Barcelona Contemporary. Barcelona Contemporary is a contemporary art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. The 3rd edition will represent a forum for direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography art, installations, video art and live performance. Barcelona Contemporary, organized by ITSLIQUID Group, will be held in Barcelona, at Valid World Hall Gallery from September 03 to September 23, 2021. Barcelona Contemporary provides artists and exhibitors with the unique opportunity to present their works to an international audience of professionals…

IV International Conference on the History of Art and Architecture of Ecuador

Docomomo International would like to share the IV International Conference on the History of Art and Architecture of Ecuador [IV Jornadas de Historia del Arte y la Arquitectura (HISTAA)], with the theme “Leisure and business: the post-war hotel in the Americas 1945-1990”, organized by the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (FAUC) de la Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador), to be held in a virtual format from 24th to 26th November 2021. This event is realized together with the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Artes (FADA) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) and la Bienal de Arquitectura de Quito (BAQ),…