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…

Footprint 27, Autumn / Winter 2020

Docomomo International is pleased to share that the new issue of Footprint is out now – Vol. 14, Issue 27, Autumn / Winter 2020.This issue, edited by Aleksandar Staničić, Marc Schoonderbeek, Heidi Sohn and Armina Pilav, is dedicated to the theme “Conflict Mediations”. This issue includes research articles by Eliyahu Keller, Mark Jarzombek and Eytan Mann; Gökçe Önal; Melina Philippou; Noa Roei; Lutz Robbers; and Ahmad Beydoun. It also includes visual essays by Omar Mismar; The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI); and Katarina Andjelković. Footprint 27 can be found online in the following link: https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/footprint/issue/view/845.  

Mini Modern Film Festival: “Minnesota Modern Masters”

Docomomo US/Minnesota and the Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH) will host “Minnesota Modern Masters,” a mini film festival and panel discussion, Wednesday 10th March 2021 at 6:30pm. “​This year we are thrilled to be presenting a special joint program hosted with our friends at the Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH). We will be screening a selection of interviews from MNSAH’s extensive “Minnesota Modern Masters” oral history project. Interview subjects include Close Associates, Hodne & Stageberg, Ed Sovik, Rafferty & Rafferty, and Val Michelson. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with MNSAH and Docomomo US/MN members.”…

Modernism Is Frozen – Urbanism and Architecture under/after Covid-19

LEARNING FROM MODERN MOVEMENT INTERIORS IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC Specialist Committee on Interior Design of Docomomo International 27th March 2021, 1 pm (GMT) We have an online discussion for The Next Urbanism and Architecture Under/After COVID-19. This series is subtitled “Is Modernism Frozen?” and the discussions were held with titles “HOW DO YOU MAP MODERNISM UNDER/AFTER COVID-19”, “TRAFFIC SEEKS ANOTHER WAY” and “HOUSING FOR ISOLATING”. Now we are going to have the fourth public panel discussion titled “LEARNING FROM MODERN MOVEMENT INTERIORS IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC” and you are invited to participate. Panelists: Deniz Hasirci (Izmir University of Economics, Docomomo-interior-Turkey)…

Call for Papers – APT 2021 Conference: Preservation Beyond Politics

The Association for Preservation Technology (APT) has an open call for papers (deadline 8th March 2021) for its annual conference – APT 2021 Conference, taking place between the 29th October and 2nd November 2021. UPDATE: the deadline was extended to 19th March 2021 Under the theme “Preservation Beyond Politics”, the conference will explore the complexities, opportunities, and lessons learned from preserving and reinvesting in this monumental city. The three tracks that will explore this year’s theme are: Track 1: Revisiting Renewal: Evolving Past Transformations Reexamining past interventions is a vital part of APT’s mission to promote the advancement of preservation…

Call for Papers – Esempi di Architecttura, EdA, Vol. 9, 2022

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the International Call for papers of Esempi di Architecttura, EdA,  for the upcoming Vol. 9, n. 1/2, 2022 is open until 30th April 2021. The theme is “Historic Cities and Cultural-Religious Heritage: Preservation & Regeneration”. “Within the system of complex interactions among cultures, developments and environments and their resultant attributes, together we seek to search ways, paths and means that are implied for framing sustainability in all human activities aiming towards march to growth, development and expansion and ultimately making the happy worlds through the ongoing channel of ‘Succession– Sustenance–Sustainability’. Historical cities imbuing cultural-religious heritages…

Docomomo Belgium Online Lecture IV

Docomomo Belgium invites to the Online Lecture IV, via ZOOM, on Wednesday 10th March 2021 at 8 pm. The conference will be held by Guido Stegen with the title “Conservatieve chirurgie en circulariteit, guidelines voor de restauratie van La Nouvelle Maison” [Conservative surgery and circularity, guidelines for the restoration of La Nouvelle Maison]. Guido Stegen is an architect and founder of the architectural firm ARSIS and Space Syntax Brussels, active in the fields of architecture, urban planning, restoration and research. Since 2018, he no longer holds official functions (teacher, CRMS), but remains active as a guest professor in post-graduate courses…