Call for papers: Cultural Heritage and International Law in the Event of Armed Conflict

For centuries the international law has developed a vast legal framework of Conventions and Declarations to protect cultural heritage. History also teaches us that it is not always possible to stop those who, with wickedness and contempt, offend the cultural heritage and identities of communities around the world. Following the political events that are offending cultural heritage and destroying the identity of the communities in so many countries of the world, we are urging, today, citizens of the world to reflect together about the value of the “soft power” because the culture is an expression of the communities and stressing…

Launch of the website dedicated to Le Corbusier serial inscription on UNESCO World Heritage List

The serial inscription of Le Corbusier’s Architectural Work on the World Heritage List occured in 2016 at the 40th of the World Heritage Committee in Istanbul. It is the result of joint work by Germany, Argentina, Belgium, France, India, Japan and Switzerland. Le Corbusier Foundation and Docomomo France inform us of the launch of the website dedicated to Le Corbusier’s architectural work inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The site is accessible from the link: http://lecorbusier-worldheritage.org.

MIES.5Oyears.PORTO – Matter: white conferences

Matter: white conferences evokes the 5Oth anniversary, of one of our main references’ death, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), through MIES.5Oyears.PORTO, a set of actions that discuss his line of thought and body of work, beginning mid-December 2019, extending up to April 2020. Library Installation_ Exhibit display/Hub Mies van der Rohe: Architecture is not a Martini Cocktail FAUP – library, December 19th to March 7th, 2020 Exhibition Mies van der Rohe: Un´idea di città [Uma ideia de Cidade] Casa das Artes, March 7th to  April 19th, 2020 Opening event: March 7th, Saturday, 4pm. The exhibition is organized in partnership…

Mies van der Rohe latest published books

Shopmies.com, the Mies van der Rohe Foundation library, offers an extensive and careful selection of books about Mies van der Rohe that incorporates the latest news published worldwide: Architectual Portraits. The Mies Project: The Berlin-based photo artist Arina Dähnick follows in the footsteps of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe most worlwide iconic buildings in her study of city life and urbanity, displaying the contrasts of inside and outside, of blurriness and focus, reflections and mirror images, and playing with the viewer’s perception. Almost Nothing: The book collects work by one hundred various artists that comment on or appropriate buildings, designs,…

Haunted Bauhaus

“The Bauhaus (1919–1933) is widely regarded as the twentieth century’s most influential art, architecture, and design school, celebrated as the archetypal movement of rational modernism and famous for bringing functional and elegant design to the masses. In Haunted Bauhaus, art historian Elizabeth Otto liberates Bauhaus history, uncovering a movement that is vastly more diverse and paradoxical than previously assumed. Otto traces the surprising trajectories of the school’s engagement with occult spirituality, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics. The Bauhaus, she shows us, is haunted by these untold stories. The Bauhaus is most often associated with a handful of famous…

The Future as a Project: Doxiadis in Skopje is now available in open access digital format

“The Future as a Project: Doxiadis In Skopje” an edited book by Docomomo Greece is now available in an open access in digital format. It presents for the first time Doxiadis’ work in Skopje, which includes strategic plans for the city and a new outline for the master plan. In addition, it presents the work of Kenzo Tange for Skopje’s city centre, and showcases a series of modernist buildings authored by leading Yugoslavian architects that still stand in the city today. It finally comments on ‘Skopje 2014’ project and its ‘conflict’ with the modern heritage of the city. Edited by:…

IST PhD Program in Architecture: PhD Week Winter 2020

On 28th February 2020, the first day of the IST PhD Week Winter 2020 will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, with the presentation “All museums need to be set on fire!” by Professor Nuno Faria (artistic director in Museu da Cidade, Porto, and guest lecturer in ESAD-Caldas da Rainha). On 9th March 2020, the IST PhD Week Winter 2020 will continue with presentations from the lecture “Portuguese Architecture by hand of Lúcio Costa” by Professor José Pessôa (Escola de Arquitectura e Urbanismo da Universidade Federal Fluminense) and the lecture “Goa diaries” by Architect Victor Mestre…

4th Cycle of Conferences by Docomomo Switzerland

[Due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 crisis Docomomo Switzerland announces the following alterations: The round table around the figure of Hans Döllgast for this Tuesday, March 17 is cancelled. The conference of March 31 it will be streamed to the lesse:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/353979336 at 5:30 pm] Docomomo Switzerland is pleased to announce that the 4th cycle of conferences is organized jointly by the TSAM laboratory at the EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland).  The conference cycle, running from February to May 2020, aims to restore the multiple aspects of modern and contemporary production. It is not only an opportunity to underline the diversity and…

Docomomo US National Symposium – Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America

[Dear Symposium Speakers, Registrants, and Sponsors, Thank you for your ongoing and generous support of the Docomomo US National Symposium in Chicago.  I am writing today with good news. We have identified May 26-29, 2021 as the new dates for the Chicago Symposium. We believe these dates allow us to move forward with the outstanding program of speakers, tours and events that were originally scheduled. While we considered dates in the fall of 2020, we believe keeping the Symposium in the late spring necessitates the least amount of changes, provides a time with excellent Chicago weather, and allows for largest number of people to participate in the…

Conference “Search for a 21st century classicism”, Porto

Atelier Kempe Thill presents the conference ‘Search for a 21st century classicism’, on February 20, Thursday, at 6:30 pm, in the Fernando Távora Auditorium, of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, within the scope of the cicle Matéria: conferências brancas [Matter: the white conferences]. Under the title ‘Search for a 21st century classicism’, Oliver Thill will address the logical relationship between typology and architectural expression and will present proposals for the design of collective housing and public facilities that face/incorporate the challenges of the 21st century. Atelier Kempe Thill architects and urban planners was founded in 2000…