Farnsworth House Re-Opens!

In 2020 the Farnsworth House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation is celebrating Edith Farnsworth Reconsidered, a yearlong focus on namesake Dr. Edith Farnsworth’s life and times. The centerpiece of this nine-month project is Edith Farnsworth’s Country House – a temporary refurnishing of Farnsworth House to reflect its 1955 appearance. A new tour and exhibits focused on the untold story of this remarkable woman, who was an accomplished research physician, classically-trained violinist, poet and translator, world traveler and music-lover, are now available. The Farnsworth House, designed and built in the International Style by architect Ludwig Mies van…

Edmonton 2020 Conference: “Hindsight 2020: Conservation, Disruption, and the Future of Heritage” – virtual sessions

HINDSIGHT 2020 will explore heritage conservation’s disruptive role in a 21st century defined by resource scarcity, climate change and sustainability. In an era seeking heroic solutions, historic preservation provides transformative ideas, highlighting the importance of adaptation, minimal intervention, reversibility and maintainability. While Edmonton is the research, refining, and manufacturing heart of the Canadian oil industry, it is also a hotbed of environmental innovation and activism. HINDSIGHT 2020 will be hosted by a vibrant historic city at the very forefront of the climate crisis, one wrestling with its petroleum legacy and the imperative to transition to a low-carbon future. Building on…

Webinars “Arquitetura e Transculturação: conexões transatlânticas | 2020” [“The Architecture and Transculturation: transatlantic connections | 2020]

On the 13 of August 2020 at 6 p.m. (GMT -3), the second webinar “Architecture and Transculturation event: transatlantic connections | 2020” of LoCAU (Laboratory of Criticism in Architecture, Urbanism and Urbanization) will take place. The initiative is organized by the PhD in Architecture and CITUA (Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture), in partnership with the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (IST-UL). These webinars aim to promote and disseminate the debate on a thematic of transculturation in Architecture and Urbanism between Brazil, Europe and Africa. There will be five webinars, with speakers from Brazil, Europe and Africa….

Reasearch Program “20th Century Architecture, Project Material for the 21st Century Sustainable City”

The Office of Architectural, Urban and Landscape Research launched in partnership with the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition and the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local and Regional Authorities, in connection with the Urban Planning Plan construction architecture, the National Agency for Urban Renewal, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and the Social Union pour l’habitat, the program “Architecture du XXe siècle, matière à projet pour la ville durable du XXIe siècle” [“20th Century Architecture, Project Material for the 21st Century Sustainable City”], for the period 2016-2020. General presentation of the research programme The built heritage inherited from…

Webinars “Arquitetura e Transculturação: conexões transatlânticas | 2020” [“The Architecture and Transculturation: transatlantic connections | 2020]

On the 6 of August 2020 at 6 p.m. (GMT -3), the second webinar “Architecture and Transculturation event: transatlantic connections | 2020” of LoCAU (Laboratory of Criticism in Architecture, Urbanism and Urbanization) will take place. The initiative is organized by the PhD in Architecture and CITUA (Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture), in partnership with the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (IST-UL). These webinars aim to promote and disseminate the debate on a thematic of transculturation in Architecture and Urbanism between Brazil, Europe and Africa. There will be five webinars, with speakers from Brazil, Europe and Africa….

Docomomo International Public Discussion #02 – “Traffic seeks another way”

Following the first discussion “How do you map modernism under/after COVID-19”, which counted with the participation of Dr. Takayuki Suzuki, Dr. Ana Tostões, Dr. Shin Muramatsu and Dr. Yoshiyuki Yamana, the second session of “Is Modernism Frozen?” will happen on 24th August 2020 with the theme “Traffic seeks another way”. Moderator Takayuki Suzuki (Japan, China) Panelists New York: Theodore Prudon (United States) Brazil: André Luiz de Souza Castro (Brazil) Japan: Kengo Hayashi (Japan) Topics: Docomomo International Public Discussion #02 Date and Time: 24 August 2020, 10 PM Japan / 9 AM New York / 10 AM Brasilia / 2PM GMT…

Call for Nominations: SAH Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability, and Sustainability (IDEAS) Committee

The Society of Architectural Historians seeks nominations and self-nominations for five members to serve on a newly-established SAH Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability, and Sustainability (IDEAS) Committee. SAH recognizes that it needs to examine its culture, processes, and structure and take actionable steps in order to meet the goals laid out in its IDEAS Initiative. To that end, SAH will have an IDEAS Committee made up of SAH members, Board members, and staff. The Committee members will be charged with developing and guiding a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy that also encompasses Accountability and Sustainability.  The Committee will work with the SAH…

Call for papers Esempi di Architettura International Journal: “Human Heritage and Cultural Landscape. Contemporary declinations”

EDA, VOL. 8, n.1, 2021 Editors | Curatori Olimpia Niglio, Noriko Inoue, César Augusto Velandia Silva Title: “Human Heritage and Cultural Landscape. Contemporary declinations” The 1992 UNESCO Convention is an important legal reference for the knowledge an enhancement of cultural landscapes that represent a heritage in which nature bears the marks of man’s work and tells its history, experiences, memories, and meanings. These landscapes describe the evolution of human society and the transformations achieved over time that have then conditioned the development of the territories. The rapid social and economic changes that we are witnessing in recent decades have led…

The Diversity of Modernism

Docomomo International is pleased to inform that Docomomo US continued to develop their annual advocacy theme “The Diversity of Modernism”. Docomomo US and its chapters focused their attention on the work of diverse designers, updating a document where is represented architects and designers of color and women who made significant contributions to the Modern Movement. There is now a Special Edition newsletter is dedicated to highlighting some of these designers which can be find in Docomomo US website.

7th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar

The Docomomo São Paulo Nucleus and the stricto sensu Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the São Judas Tadeu University invite you to participate in the 7th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar. This event will continue the activities of seminars developed by the Docomomo São Paulo Nucleus, resumed in 2017, when the 5th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar was held in the capital, organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University (FAU- UPM). That seminar was followed, in 2018, by the 6th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar, promoted jointly with the Institute of Architecture and…