Online release: “Housing Builds Cities”-Urban Planning

‘Housing Builds Cities’ Urban Planning (September vol. 4 issue 3, 2019) A brief note from the editors describes the aim of this thematic issue: Far from nostalgically celebrate the 90th anniversary of the second CIAM, which indeed opened in October 1929 in Frankfurt, the present issue is intended as collective work, a springboard which aims to widen the debate over housing experiences beyond geographical and temporal frameworks. The focus of that event, the Existenzminimum, has often been cited as representing a fundamental contribution to the rational design of the modern dwelling. But, the debates during that event went beyond the definition of this concept, because…

Call for Papers: Revista de Arquitectura RA 22 (2020)

The Escuela de Arquitectura – Universidad de Navarra is pleased to announce that the digital version of Revista de Arquitectura – RA 21 (2019) – Architecture for Museums / Arquitectura para los museos (guest edited by Pedro Ignacio Alonso) has come out and it will soon be available in physical format too. The previous issue of the publication, RA 20 (2018) – Nature as Construction Material, is now available open access and can be accessed throught its website. A new call for papers has been launched for the RA 22 (2020) with the theme Material Oriented Ontology. The deadline to…

Vasco Vieira da Costa: Library of details

The opening of the exhibition “Vasco Vieira da Costa: Library of Details”, will take place at Casa-Atelier Marques da Silva, Porto, on November 14th at 6.30 pm. To mark the occasion, there will be held a round table composed by three Vieira da Costa’s collaborators: António Madureira, José Quintão and Manuel Correia Fernandes. Vasco Vieira da Costa (1911-1982) was an Angolan architect with a degree in architecture from the School of Fine Arts of Porto (1949) and urbanism from the Faculty of Sciences of Paris (1948). He worked with Le Corbusier between 1947 and 1948, and returned to Angola in…

Early registration for the 2020 Master in Urban and Housing Studies in Latin America

Opening of the early registration for the 2020 course of the Maestría en Estudios Urbanos y de la Vivienda en América Latina (MEUVAL) [Master in Urban and Housing Studies in Latin America], Faculty of Architecture, Drawing and Urbanism (FADU), from 28th October to 29th November 2019. The MEUVAL is the first Master in Urban and Housing Studies at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and in Argentina. It is aimed at building complex and multidisciplinary thinking about the city and housing, from a Latin American perspective. Our Curriculum is based on four areas of knowledge: Public Policies / Culture and…

Round table and guided tour: Bauhaus Today

The German School of Lisbon (a project by Otto bartning, the German architect who was responsible together with Walter Gropius, for the Bauhaus school curriculum in Weimar) is organizing a 1-day series of events with the Portuguese Architects Association [Ordem dos Arquitectos] to celebrate the 100 years of the Bauhaus, on the 9th November, in Lisbon. Focusing on “Bauhaus Today”, the day will count with a visit to the campus of the German School of Lisbon, designed by Otto Bartning with recent additions designed by the architect João Luis Carrilho da Graça, followed by a round table on the impact…

8th Docomomo Brazil – North / Northeast Seminar

The 8th Docomomo Brazil – North / Northeast Seminar will be held in Palmas, Brazil, from May 4th to May 7th, 2020. The event is organized by the AMA Center – NAMA, Federal University of Tocantins – UFT, Lutheran Palms University Center – CEULP / ULBRA and Federal University of Uberlândia. The seminar program will include conferences, debates, round tables, publications’ launch and MOMO tours with visits to the iconic works of modern architecture in Tocantins. This year’s theme is Cultural Transfers, Historiography, Interventions and Modern City. The President of Docomomo International, Professor Ana Tostões, will be a keynote speaker,…

Architecture We Love to Hate

15 Controversial Modernist Buildings in Hong Kong Why are certain buildings being deemed ugly and worthless by some people but treasured by others? What are the bases for forming these different opinions? How do judgements made by professionals and the general public affect the perceived value of our built landscapes and their fate in ongoing urban development? This public engagement project,  co-organized by Docomomo Hong Kong and HKICON, with funding support from the Built Heritage Conservation Fund, Development Bureau, HKSAR Government. explored these questions by examining 15 controversial modernist buildings in Hong Kong. Some key questions to consider include: What…

Call for applications: PhD “TACK/Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture an its Ways of Knowing”

A call for applications is being held for 10  PhD positions located at ten academic institutions from across Europe, funded in the frame of the innovative PhD training program “TACK/Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture an its Ways of Knowing”. ‘TACK / Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing’ is a newly funded Innovative Training Network, as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions within the European Framework Program Horizon 2020. It trains young researchers in understanding the specific knowledge that architects use when designing buildings and cities. TACK gathers ten major academic institutions, three leading cultural architectural institutions as well as nine distinguished…

Online publication of the International Congress: Bauhaus and Greece

After the international congress entitled Bauhaus and Greece: The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture, held in Athens, from the 30th May  to 1st June 2019, the video recordings are now available on Youtube. The conference aimed to created a discussion around two main topics: the first, was the Bauhaus reception in Greece and other countries before and after the Second World War. In the special case of Greece, the influences of modern European culture on the arts, architecture and art education during these periods. The second topic was about other international initiatives that directly or indirectly referred…

Reglazing Modernism – Intervention Strategies for 20th Century Icons

Reglazing Modernism – Intervention Strategies for 20th Century Icons Angel Ayón, AIA, LEED AP Uta Pottgiesser, PhD, Architect, Prof. Nathaniel Richards, LEED AP The extensive use of exterior glazed enclosures is one of the most character-defining features of Modern architecture. After decades in service, these facade components have fallen into disrepair and now pose numerous challenges. Consequently, many pre- and post-war steel frame window walls, curtain walls and ribbon windows have been altered to address decay, reestablish functionality and improve appearance or performance. The resulting interventions have prompted important discussions around issues of heritage conservation, building science and sustainability. Focusing…