Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for the international symposium on the role of paper in European avant-garde art during the first half of the 20th century, organized by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in collaboration with the MDRN lab of the University of Leuven and with the Université Libre de Bruxelles. “A wide variety of historical or classic avant-garde artists turned to paper during the first half of the 20th century. Whereas this turn to paper has received quite some attention in the study of Cubism (collage), Expressionism (the woodcut), and Dada (photomontage),…

Docomomo International is pleased to share the call for nominations for the SAH Publication Awards. Every year, the Society of Architectural Historians presents awards that recognize the most distinguished publications in architectural history, urban history, landscape history, preservation, and architectural exhibition catalogues. SAH also presents the Founders’ Award for an outstanding JSAH article written by an emerging scholar in the previous two years. The deadline to submit nominations for the 2022 SAH Publication Awards is July 31, 2021. Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award was established in 1949 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of…

Docomomo Interantional is pleased to share the call for papers for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanismo ZARCH, Issue 18: “Women, Feminist Practices and Alternative Practitioners in Architecture”, with the editors Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno (Associate Professor, Zaragoza University, Spain) and Ann E. Komara (Professor, University of Colorado-Denver, USA). “In contrast to other types of studies on women and architecture in which biography predominates, this special issue seeks to delve into how the different situations in which women have carried out their work can be a device for opening up new fields of activity, encouraging creativity and offering a…

Docomomo Interantional shares the call for papers for the journal Architectural Theory Review vol. 26, no. 1. , “Terms and Conditions: Financialized Space”, edited by Maren Koehler (University of Sydney) and Jasper Ludewig (University of Newcastle). “This issue of Architectural Theory Review investigates the relation between finance capital and architecture. In particular, we seek contributions that explore previously overlooked situations in which the terms and conditions of finance have had spatial and architectural effects. In this way, the issue aligns itself with the argument recently reiterated by Sara Stevens and Lauren Jacobi, among others, that spaces of finance – banks,…

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for the open-access online journal in_bo vol. 13, no. 7. titled “Sacred Pedagogy: The Sacred in Architectural and Design Education”. “Any design pedagogy implies the reconsideration of the relationship between the sacred and the religious. Today, spaces of rituals risk becoming themes of specialized design — as stadiums for example, where architecture cannot ignore the rules and the form of the games that take place in them. Also, divisive religious beliefs highlight the fragility and fragmentation of contemporary society. The expansion of the sacred beyond religions underscores the theme of…

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers for the ESEMPI DI ARCHITETTURA International Journal, special issue 2021 “Totalitarian Architecture and Urban Planning: History and Legacy”, with the guest editors Claudia Lamberti and Justyna Zdunek-Wielgołaska. “Totalitarianism is universally known as a political system that exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. In this kind of regime, propaganda is a fundamental aspect of the maintenance of power and consensus. Architecture and town planning have the potential to support and promote ideological propaganda. In many ways, totalitarian architecture represents the regime that builds it. Both…