Call for Papers: “Committed, Politicized, or Operative: Figures of Engagement in Criticism from 1945 to Today” (HPA 7/2020)

In a 1995 article on the renewal of architectural criticism, French architect and critic Bernard Huet referred to Charles Baudelaire to define art criticism as necessarily – in the poet’s words – “partial, impassionate, political”. During the 1990s, perhaps as a reaction to the 1980s, when in many specialized publications architectural criticism was identified as “communication” or even as promotion of architects and architectures, it emerged an extensive nostalgia for a notion of criticism associated to the historical avant-gardes. In this “committed” criticism or in the “politicized” one it was possible to emphasize the critic’s influential and active role in…

Call for Papers: Watching, Waiting – Empty Spaces and the Representation of Isolation (Split, 3 Dec 20)

The Institute of Art History – The Cvito Fiskovic Centre in Split calls for papers for an international conference of academics and professionals: “Watching, Waiting – Empty Spaces and the Representation of Isolation”. Across the globe, the year 2020 was unexpectedly marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Photographs of empty public spaces – the locations of historic events, celebrations, protests, social gatherings, crowds of tourists – from Milan, Paris, London, Istanbul, and Hong Kong to Dubrovnik and Split… these sights stir up bittersweet emotions. On the one hand, these pictures are intensely beautiful. They recall artist’s books and historical photographer’s monographs…

Colloquium “Arquitectura: Investigar a Prática” [“Architecture: Investigating the Practice”]

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the colloquium “Arquitectura: Investigar a Prática” [“Architecture: Investigating the Practice”] with the participation of Ana Tostões, Bárbara Silva, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, João Belo Rodeia, Marta Sequeira, Nuno Grande, Paulo Tormenta Pinto, Pedro Bandeira e Xavier Monteys. The colloquium is organized by the The Architecture Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. and will be happening next Friday, May 29, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (GMT + 1) with the assistance of the Zoom platform (https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94086081397). To know more about the UAL’s online conferences, go to the website.

Antonio Bonet Correa (1925-2020)

Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the professor and historian of Spanish art, Antonio Bonet Correa, to his family and friends. Antonio Bonet Correa (La Coruña 1925-Madrid 2020), was one of the most distinguished figures in the conformation of art history in Spain if not its inventor. He was a handsome man, distinguished-looking, a little French in taste and form; he had a shrewd sense of humor and a capacity for storytelling that captivated those willing to go beyond what was expected in the second race. Professor Bonet, Don Antonio – as the…

International symposium 1989 “Hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand.”

The symposium entitled “1989, hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand” is organized by the ACS, Architecture, Culture Société/UMR AUSser 3329 Laboratory and will be held on 27 and 28 November at ENSA, Paris Malaquais. The team is asking for contributions from researchers, teachers and practitioners in architecture and in social sciences. Proposed communications should be submitted by 29 June 2020. Bellow is the call for communications and its practical arrangements. For the symposium to take place in the best possible conditions, it may be postponed in the view of the current health situation. Deadline for submitting propositions: 1st…

Online conference “Gaston Eysselinck in the footsepts of Le Corbusier” with with Marc Dubois

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Gaston Eysselinck in the footsepts of Le Corbusier” with Marc Dubois, chair of Docomomo Belgium. The conference is part of the cycle organized jointly by Docomomo Switzerland and the TSAM laboratory at EPFL, and will be held on Thursday May 14 at 6:00 p.m. It will be streamed at the link below: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/92849483535 The limited ceuvre of the Ghent architect Gaston Eysselinck belongs to the most compelling evidence of an innovative architecture in Belgium. During his studies he comes into contact with pu­blications of the European avant-garde, the Russian architecture and…

Carlos Martí Aris (1948-2020)

Docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the Spanish architect, Carlos Martí Aris, to his family and friends. “On the first of May, the architect, historian, critic, and editor Carlos Martí Aris passed away in Barcelona, the city where he was born in 1948. He was a leading intellectual compass within the profession in Spain, and a prominent member of the brilliant generation of Catalan theorists that also included Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Josep Quetglas, and Félix de Azúa. He earned his architecture degree in 1972, and his doctorate in 1988, from the Universidad Politécnica…

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

“Docomomo Tokyo Team is opening a discussion for the next Urbanism and Architecture under and after COVID-19 on Facebook, to build a series of online discussion by ZOOM and develop it into one of themes in the International docomomo Conference 2020+1 in Tokyo. This “+1 year” will give us a great opportunity to find hints for cities and architecture over the world of today in our study on Modernism. Modernism Is Frozen This title has double meanings. First, our cities designed by modernism are locked down which is based on industrialism, commercialism, mass traffic and mass housing. On the other…

Online Conference “L’art des structures” with Aurelio Muttoni

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “L’art des structures” [“The art of structures”] with Aurelio Muttoni, engineer and EPFL professor. The conference is part of the cycle organized jointly by Docomomo Switzerland and the TSAM laboratory at EPFL, and will be held on Thursday May 7 at 6:00 p.m. It will be streamed at the link below: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/99455392292    

Online Conference “Jardines del Pedregal de San Angel. El lugar ideal para vivir.”

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Jardines del Pedregal de San Angel. El lugar ideal para vivir.” [“Gardens of the Pedregal de San Angel. The ideal place to live.”] given by the Professor Claudia Rueda of the Architecture Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. The conference will be happening next Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 3:00 pm with the assistance of the Zoom platform (Zoom ID: 940-8608-1397; https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94086081397).