Become a Docomomo Portugal member 2025

Docomomo Portugal is the Portuguese working party of Docomomo International. It aims to foster the documentation, conservation and reuse of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement in Portugal according to Docomomo International’s mission. The territorial scope of its activities will be in Portugal, however, it will extend to work carried out within the Iberian countries, as well as in with Docomomo International. If you wish to join the efforts of documenting and protecting the Modern Movement architecture at a worldwide scale, you can support Docomomo Portugal as chapter of Docomomo International you can become a member. The Docomomo Portugal+International…

Call for Sessions and Roundtables: EAHN Biannual Conference Aarhus 2026

Docomomo Portugal is please to share that the Call for Sessions and Roundtables for the EAHN Biannual Conference Aarhus 2026 is open until Friday, 17 January 2025, 23H59 CET. “The call is open to research that delves into unexplored or under-explored periods, geographies, buildings, architects, and texts. Conversely, we also seek to reexamine established architectural themes from unconventional perspectives, highlighting voices and contributors that have historically been marginalized. By inviting these diverse perspectives, the meeting aims to enrich the discourse of architectural history and push the boundaries of the field. We seek thematic proposals in two basic formats: approximately 25…

Docomomo Portugal officially approved as Docomomo chapter!

Docomomo Portugal is happy to announce that it was officially approved as a Docomomo working party during the last Council Meeting of Docomomo International that took place of 12 December 2024 during the 18th International Docomomo Conference in Santiago, Chile. This approval follows the challenge launched by Docomomo International that was unanimously approved at the 17th Docomomo Council Meeting (Valencia, September 8, 2022) to create a Portuguese chapter, autonomous from Docomomo Iberia. The formal candidacy of Docomomo Portugal was supported by letter by the Docomomo chapters Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Mexico and Switzerland. Portugal is now one…

Highlights from the 18th International Docomomo Conference

Last December 10-14, took place the 18th International Docomomo Conference in Santiago, Chile, under the theme “Modern Futures – Sustainable development and cultural diversity”, organized by Docomomo International and Docomomo Chile. Highlight for Docomomo Portugal was its official approval as Docomomo working party at the Council Meeting on 12 December. Portugal took part at the conference with several presentations by its members as well as chairing of sessions, namely: Session: – “Capturing time inside architecture” – Ana Tostões (Docomomo Portugal chair) and Marta Peixoto (Docomomo Brazil) – “Adaptive modern housing:shifting notions of comfort and the transformation of domestic space for…

Modernist Women Interior Designers and Artists

Ana Tostões, Zara Ferreira (eds.) Lisboa, Docomomo Portugal / Docomomo ISC/ID, 2024   Docomomo Portugal is proud to announce that its first publication Modernist Women Interior Designers and Artists is out! Edited by Ana Tostões and Zara Ferreira Modernist Women Interior Designers and Artists is the result of the joint Docomomo Portugal and the Docomomo International Specialist Committee on Interior Design (ISC/ID) conference with the same name held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on March 7th and 8th, 2024, in celebration of International Women’s Day. The Modern Movement, often celebrated for its commitment to a better life for all, has historically…

Exhibition: Paisagens Construídas

Fundação Marques da Silva, Porto, 11 January – 29 March 2025 Docomomo Portugal is pleased to share that at Fundação Marques da Silva, FIMS, will be patent the exhibition “Paisagens Construídas” [Built Landscapes] from 11 January to 29 March 2025. The exhibition “Paisagens Construídas” opens on Saturday, 11 January, at 16H00, showcasing sixteen works of Portuguese architecture, published in the book with the same name by Valdemar Cruz and photographed by Inês d’Orey. The works, selected from the choices of over fifty figures from the fields of architecture, visual arts, engineering, and photography, illustrate the various paths, with broad recognition…

Landscape Architecture and Infrastructure of the Twentieth Century – Selections from the Docomomo Chapters

Jan Haenraets, Andrew Saniga, Gulnur Cengiz (eds.) Docomomo International, 2024   Started in 2019, the project of this book was carried out by the Docomomo International Specialist Committee on Urbanism and Landscape, in collaboration with Docomomo International (under the presidency of Ana Tostões) and all working parties. It was published finally in 2024 in an online format as part of the Docomomo International Book Series #1 (series eds.: Uta Pottgiesser, Wido Quist) This book presents a wide range of landscapes that have been integral to the Modern Movement era. It aims to raise awareness of their design significance and to…

Conference and exhibition: Arquitectas da nossa Casa

Coimbra, 26th October 2024 Within the aim of the celebration of National Day of the Architect, which was celebrated on 3rd July, the Centro Regional Section of the Portuguese Order of Architects will hold the conference “Arquitectas da nossa casa” on 26 October 2024 to highlight the portuguese women architects. The aim of this event is to give visibility to the current practice of women architects, providing a space for reflection and debate, as well as recognition and celebration of their diverse career paths. The conference will be composed of several roundtables, and at the end have the opening of…

International Conference: The Architecture of Need: Collective-Use Facilities and Community Service in the Twentieth Century

Lisbon and Évora, 29-31 October 2024 The International Conference “The Architecture of Need: Collective-Use Facilities and Community Service in the Twentieth Century” will take place in Lisbon at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on 29-30 October with a filetrip visit day on 31 October 2024 to Évora. It is organised in the context of the initiative “Arquitectura Aqui – Community, Proximity, Action: Collective-use Facilities in Portugal and Spain 1939-1985”, an output of the research projects ArchNeed – The Architecture of Need: Community Facilities in Portugal 1945-1985 (funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), based at CIDEHUS Interdisciplinary Centre for History,…

CICA 2024 International Conference: “Architecture Between Autonomy and Engagement”

On 12- 13 and 19-20 October 2024, the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) will hold its International Conference under the theme “Architecture Between Autonomy and Engagement”, online via Zoom. The event will feature a series of lectures and debates exploring the various dimensions of contemporary architecture, bringing together prominent names from the global architectural scene. Keynote speakers include renowned architects and scholars such as Denise Scott Brown (Philadelphia), Nzinga Mboup (Dakar), Álvaro Siza (Porto), and Rossana Hu & Lyndon Neri (Shanghai). The keynote lecture by Álvaro Siza will count with an introduction by Docomomo Portugal’s chair Ana Tostões. Each…