Exhibition Open Call: What is the White City?

The Projects Room hosts changing exhibitions and projects dedicated to the question “What is the White City?” Liebling Haus invites creatives from different disciplines to take an active part in the investigation, interpretation, and critique of  the concept. The room serves as a platform for alternative, dynamic research and discussion  on ways to expand and develop the idea of urban conservation, looking at the White City as a unique case study of both a World Heritage Site and a vibrant  evolving city. The Projects Room is a space for contemporary discussions about conservation, urbanism, identity, and culture in Tel Aviv….

Docomomo Journal is now open source!

Following the limitations caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic that closed libraries, bookstores, schools, universities and learning spaces all overs the world, Docomomo International endeavored to transform Docomomo Journal into open source, making all its contents available to readers. Therefore its website has been restructured. Since open source is one of the requirements demanded by the most demanding and effective scientific indexing systems – SCOPUS and Web of Science -, Docomomo International took the time to complete the necessary conditions for indexing, such as the creation of DOIs (digital object identifier) ​​for all published content. It is intended, therefore, to submit…

Mission for Modernism

Mission for Modernism is a new online educational lecture series initiative of Docomomo US providing focused conversations, book discussions and tours from those on the front lines working to preserve and celebrate modern architecture, landscapes and design. Mission for Modernism highlights the depth and breadth of modern preservation projects and addresses core modern design principles including the social context, technical merits, aesthetics and setting of these important pieces of American history. The Mission for Modernism webinar series features scholarly discussions on important and current topics, preservation professionals’ efforts to restore and reuse significant sites, in addition to best practices for…

International Seminar: “Small Baltic Conversations: Architectures, Cities and Heritage of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia”

Docomomo International would like to draw your attention to the first of the six meetings of the International Seminar “Small Baltic Conversations: Architectures, Cities and Heritage of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia”,  happening thursday 8 April 2021, at 2.00 pm, curated by Donatella Scatena and Marco Falsetti and organized by the Sapienza University of Rome, in collaboration with the Department of Architecture and Design and the Baltic Studies Center will be held on the Zoom platform. The conference aims to address, within an interdisciplinary debate, the architectural culture, addresses and issues of the heritage of the Baltic countries. The intervention of…

Call for entries – Student competition “60 plus: Brutalism” by ICOMOS Germany

Docomomo International would like to draw your attention to the student competition “60 plus: Brutalism” organized by ICOMOS Germany and partners. Competition task The ICOMOS Student Competition 2021 is dedicated to the heritage of Brutalism of the era before 1990. The aim of the competition task is not only to admonish that the buildings of Brutalism must be preserved, but to precisely state what makes them worth preserving. What meanings can be attributed to these buildings? Is their value limited to the material honesty of the concrete or can other architectural, urban planning or conceptual qualities be identified? What might…

Nominations for the 2021 Modernism in America Awards

Docomomo International is pleased to inform that Docomomo US is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Modernism in America Awards. In its eighth year, the Awards celebrate the documentation, preservation and reuse of modern buildings, structures and landscapes built in the United States or on U.S. territory. The Awards recognize those building owners, design teams, advocacy and preservation organizations that have made significant efforts to retain, restore and advocate for the aesthetic and cultural value of such places. Deadline Early nominations must be submitted by 5:00 PM Eastern on April 29, 2021 All nominations must be submitted by 5:00 PM Eastern on June…

Robert Maxwell Memorial Online Lecture by Kenneth Frampton

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that Kenneth Frampton is giving the 2021 Robert Maxwell Memorial Lecture via Zoom on 22 April 2021 at 6 pm British Summer Time. Please register via the link on the poster if you would like to attend the live event:  Frampton Lecture Poster Kenneth Frampton’s presentation will advance a critique of the current malaise in architectural education and of the equally debilitating state of contemporary practice. These aspects are evident in the current postmodern tendency to reduce architecture either to design of spectacular sculpture at a gargantuan scale or to the application of Building…

16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1

On March 20, 2021, the official Japanese Olympic/Paralympic Committee made a decision to bar spectators from abroad. This means some kind of barring of overseas travelers will be expected to extend this Summer and Fall. Therefore, the 16th International Docomomo Conference 2020+1 Tokyo organizing committee decided to hold the conference completely virtually, instead of a hybrid of real and online announced earlier. Please wait for further announcements of more details on how we conduct the meeting and all related matters around April 15th, 2021 on the conference website: docomomo2020.com

A talk by Philip Boyle: Two buildings by Carlo Scarpa – space, light and materiality

Docomomo International is pleased to share the online talk organized by Docomomo UK “A talk by Philip Boyle: Two buildings by Carlo Scarpa – space, light and materiality”, happening 30th March, 6.00 – 7.30 pm (GMT+1). The meeting will be presented live on Zoom – admission free of charge. Please join using the link shown below: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83532548604?pwd=b2RoWUhkVE9zQlVtNVJOejJJMTRWQT09 Meeting ID: 835 3254 8604 Passcode: 061921 Topic: DOCOMOMO – A talk by Philip Boyle: Two buildings by Carlo Scarpa – space, light and materiality Time: Mar 30, 2021 06:00 PM London Carlo Scarpa (1906 -1978) from Venice, Italy was…

Online Talks Cycle – Conversas de Pé d’Orelha

Docomomo International is pleased to share the Online Talks Cycle – Conversas de Pé d’Orelha. Ciclo de palestras e conversas em torno das obras de Bordalo Pinheiro e Querubim Lapa [Pé d’Orelha Talks. Lectures and talks cycle around the works of Bordalo Pinheiro and Querubim Lapa], happening 16th March to 9th April 2021, at 6 pm (GMT). Organized by Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, the Cycle Conversas de Pé d’Orelha, assembles presentations and talks within the theme of the exhibition Pé d’Orelha. Conversas entre Bordalo e Querubim, present in the museum until the end of April 2021. At this cycle, the curators of…