Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference

Docomomo International would like to share the Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference – The Future of the Past, organized by the Engineering New Zealand’s Otago Heritage Chapter. The pre-conference tour will be held between 11-14 November 2021 and the conference will be held between 14-17 November 2021, in Dunedin. The theme – The Future of the Past – focuses on heritage engineering and technology that has endured, been redeveloped, undergone restoration or repurposing to claim a place in the future. Pre-conference tour To whet your appetite ahead of the conference, experience a three-day pre-conference tour taking in the best of Southland’s engineering heritage across Queenstown,…

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…

Check the Instagram, Twitter and website of the oDOMOS workshop

Docomomo International would like to invite you to check the Instagram, Twitter and secretariat website of the oDOMOS workshop within the 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1 to follow daily work and updates. oDOMOs 10 Days Instagram https://www.instagram.com/odomos_2021_tokyo/?hl=ja oDOMOs 10 Days Twitter https://twitter.com/oDOMOs2021 oDOMOs secretariat Docomomo 2020

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…

Docomomo Singapore website is now live

Docomomo International is pleased to share that Docomomo Singapore website is now live. Please visit www.docomomo.sg to explore the listing of modernist sites and buildings in Singapore along with key people, organizations and other resources. You can also join Docomomo Singapore membership to support the conservation of Singapore’s modern built heritage.

16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1

Docomomo International is glad to announce that the tickets for the 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1 are now available for purchasing. An online viewing ticket includes: participation in all programs during the conference from 29th August to 2nd September 2021. Tickets can be purchased via online here. If you have any questions, please email: registration@docomomo2020.com.  

PROHITECH 2020 Postponed

[Message from the Organizing Committee: Dear PROHITECH 2020 participants, Despite the recent encouraging progress regarding the production of COVID-19 vaccines, it seems likely that various travel bans, and social distancing measures will remain for the upcoming months and it is uncertain whether it will be possible to travel and gather to Athens in July 2021 for PROHITECH 2020. In view of the above, the PROHITECH 2020 Organizing Committee has decided one final postponement of the Conference. The Conference will be held on 25-27 October 2021 in Athens. The new venue is the National Centre for Scientific Research ‘DEMOKRITOS‘. We anticipate that until then sufficient global immunity will…

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…

17th International Docomomo Conference 2022

Docomomo International is pleased to annouce that the 17th International Docomomo Conference will be hosted at the School of Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia in Valencia, Spain, between 6th and 9th September, 2022, under the theme “Modern Design: Social Commitment & Quality of Life“. This theme will encourage us to reflect upon how re-thinking interior space in the widest sense was tackled, the different contexts where it was developed and who the main artifices were. If the proposed theme is, in itself, pertinent, today it is of even greater interest as, curiously, the improvement in the health conditions of habitable…