PhD seminar: Dirk van den Heuvel – Jaap Bakema and the Open Society: Architecture, Democracy and the Welfare State in The Netherlands

The Architecture Departments of Lusófona University of Lisbon and Porto are organizing a seminar – Architecture: Design and Research – for the current academic year. In this context will happen on 12th March at 14:30 (GMT) the PhD Seminar Dirk van den Heuvel – Jaap Bakema and the Open Society: Architecture, Democracy and the Welfare State in The Netherlands. Throughout the post-WWII decades the Dutch architect Jaap Bakema (1914-1981) was inspired to build for a democratic and egalitarian society which recognized and accommodated diversity in lifestyles as a starting point for urban planning. This is evidenced by his many interventions…

Online Festival – To Spring with Oris

Days of Oris is an international architectural Festival organized by Oris House of Architecture from Croatia and in December 2020 we organized our first online Festival. This year’s first Oris Festival – To Spring with Oris – will be held on March 18 and 19, 2021 and will bring together 14 renowned architects and successful business women and 2 moderators. The online Festival To Spring with Oris is organized as 14 lectures, each 20 minutes long, with live stream from Oris House of Architecture and interaction between speakers, viewers and sponsors on a professional event platform for virtual events. The lectures will be in English….

UIA International Women in Architecture Committee

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day celebrated today 8th March, Docomomo International wants to share some details about the UIA International Women in Architecture Committee. “The 140th UIA Council session of 23 July 2020 approved the establishment of a new UIA “International Women in Architecture” Committee to recognize the contributions, leadership and engagement of women architects in national and international organizations. The Committee was founded to promote women’s advancement in the field of architecture, to ensure that women’s excellence is celebrated and represented and to create opportunities for visibility, advancement and recognition through the UIA’s Working Bodies and…

Does architecture evolve with the human species? Does the species condition architecture?

On the occasion of the event “Serralves On Line Experience”, the Serralves Foundation is inviting you to the conference “A Arquitetura evolui com a espécie? A espécie condiciona a Arquitetura?” [Does architecture evolve with the human species? Does the species condition architecture?], on 8th March, with the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, the physician Dr. Manuel Sobrinho Simões, and moderation by Valdemar Cruz, journalist. Admission is free upon registration. For more information and registration, please visit the website. [Portuguese]

Digital forum – Beirut Urban Declaration

Docomomo International is pleased to share the digital forum organized by the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut “Beirut Urban Declaration”, happening 12th, 13th and 14th March 2021, online. “Transport and urban mobility, housing, Beirut’s harbor, urban regulations and heritage, master plan for the districts devastated by the explosion of August 4, 2020… These 5 issues crucial to Beirut reconstruction will be discussed on March 12, 13, 14, 2021 during a digital forum organized by the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut. “Since the explosion of August 4, 2020, the Order has mobilized to build positive dynamics around…

Online Talks Cycle – Pier Luigi Nervi e l’architettura del ‘900 a Firenze

On the occasion of the ending of the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi Architettura come Sfida [Pier Luigi Nervi – Architecture as a Challenge] that happened between 25th January and 26th February 2021, will happen the online talks cycle “Pier Luigi Nervi e l’architettura del ‘900 a Firenze”, between 26th February and 9th April 2021. Organized by Fondazione degli Architetti di Firenze [Architects’ Foundation Florence], Associazione Pier Luigi Nervi Project [Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association] and Manifattura Tabacchi, this cycle of four talks explores the theme of the importance of Pier Luigi Nervi’s Municipal Stadium Nervi, both in the context of…

Call for applications – 5th edition of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the call for the 5th edition of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA is open until 12th March 2021 (24h, GMT+1). The European Award for Architectural Heritage intervention is a biennial contest organized with the support of COAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) and AADIPA (Association of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage), the purpose of which is to distinguish quality heritage interventions and contribute to their disclosure. The contest that, with ten years of existence, is aimed at consolidating itself as a catalyst and observatory of new…

Getty Conservation Institute Free Online Publication: The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places

Docomomo International is happy to share the release of the Getty Conservation Institute publication The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework:A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places, By Susan Marsden and Peter Spearritt and with contributions from Leo Schmidt, Sheridan Burke, Gail Ostergren, Jeff Cody, and Chandler McCoy; Los Angeles, Getty Conservation Institute Publications, 2021. The publication pretends to be a free online tool for architecture and heritage conservation professionals around the world. “The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places promotes broad thinking about the historical processes that have contributed to the twentieth-century built environment worldwide. It identifies and analyzes the…

Online Docomomo School Tokyo Japan 2020+1

In the context of the 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1, Docomomo International invites bachelor and master students to participate on the Online Docomomo School 2020+1 Tokyo, happening from 26th July to 4th August 2021. Summary  In 2021, the DOCOMOMO Online School will be focusing on in-depth research on urban modern heritage and its relation to Japanese culture. People have lived and will continue to live in modern neighbourhoods and sites that represent 20th century urban heritage. Daikan-yama Hillside Terrace in Tokyo, is such an example of a modern architecture and urban masterpiece, designed between 1969 and 1992 by Pritzker…

Call for Papers – International Conference on Architectural Criticism: on the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the Call for contributions for the International Conference on Architectural Criticism: on the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism, by CICA is now open until 30th April 2021. “Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis to it? Does it have a duty to present evidence in the evaluation of a building? Or should it take on what architects say about their designs? In the context of a flat internet, should architectural criticism be able to define best practices? Does…