Tour day 2019: Bauhaus 100: a celebration

Weissenhofsiedlung (Stuttgart, 1927 – Caracas, 1952) Docomomo Venezuela has organized a tour day on the 2nd of November with the theme: “Bauhaus 100 – a celebration” to celebrate the Centenary of the Bauhaus and discover its influence in Caracas. The tour will include relevant pieces of the first modern architecture of Caracas (1927-1952) little studied or recognized. Passing by bus through Paradise, San Martin, San Bernardino and La Florida, the docotour will end with a visit to the interiors of the fifth Caoma, residence of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and headquarters of the Villanueva Foundation that treasures his documents…

Architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia [Architecture from the 20th century in Basilicata and Puglia]]

“9 x 100 = 900, 9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia” is the title of the week dedicated to the modern movement architecture, organized by Docomomo Italy, from 15th to 23rd November, in Matera. On November 15th, to mark the beginning of the week, the traveling exhibition “9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia“, organized by the Basilicata and Puglia sections of Docomomo Italy will be inaugurated at the Cinema Teatro Duni (by the architect Ettore Stella, from Matera, 1949); guided tours to Matera’s modern architecture will take place during the…

International Symposium: 100 Bauhaus

The College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University held a symposium on “100 Bauhaus”, focusing on the challenges of conservation of modern heritage. This event brought specialists on conservation of Bauhaus-related heritage such as Dipl.-Ing. Frank Assmann (Bauhaus Foundation); Prof. Ivo Hammer (Tugendhat House International Conservation Committee), plus experts on the conservation of modern architectural heritage in Shanghai like Profs. Qian Feng and Qu Cuisong (Wenyuan Building, Tongji University); and Mr. Zuo Xun (Green House, Shanghai IADR). The symposium offered a great opportunity to discuss on conservation criteria and design approaches for a topic –modern heritage- that is…

16th International Docomomo Conference

On the 11th October 2019, the Scientific Committee Meeting will meet up in Tokyo, Japan, to organize the 16th International Docomomo Conference. Hosted by Docomomo Japan, the 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, at the Ueno Park Area, from 10th to 13th September 2020, under the theme: Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities. Schedule 15th March – 14 September –  Call for papers. Early November 2019 – Call for papers’ selection notification. 30 January 2020 – Full paper submission deadline (1st version); Registration deadline for speakers and sessions chairs. 10 March 2020 – Deadline for session…

Dennis Sharp CICA Awards for Architectural Criticism 2020

The International Committee of Architectural Critics CICA is pleased to announce an invitation to publishers, editors, curators and authors to submit their publications for consideration for the 10th CICA Awards 2020 by 30th November 2019. Award winners will be announced during the UIA XXVII World Congress of Architecture to be held in Rio de Janeiro from July 19th to 23rd, 2020. The Awards fall into four categories: “Bruno Zevi CICA Book Award” For published books on architectural criticism, theory and history “Pierre Vago CICA Journalism Award” For an article of architectural criticism for individual, institutional or society magazines, newspapers and…

XIII Seminar Docomomo Brazil “Brazilian Modern Architecture. 25 years of Docomomo Brazil. Every world into one”

13th Docomomo_Brazil Seminar Docomomo Brazil is holding their 13th Seminar, from 7th to 10th October at the the UFBA Faculty of Architecture in Salvador with the theme “Brazilian Modern Architecture. 25 years of Docomomo Brazil. All worlds into one”. According to the words of Jose Carlos Huapaya Espinoza, the General Coordinator of the 13th Docomomo Brazil Seminar: “The 13th Docomomo_Brazil Seminar, from October 7 to 10, 2019, has two meanings: first, it included the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the first seminar in June 1995; second, because, in this celebration, the event returns to the same place where it…

Winner: Docomomo Photo Prize

Docomomo International is happy to announce the winner and 2 honourable mentions of the 4th Docomomo Photo Prize edition — 2019, under the theme Cure and Care Architecture. The Docomomo Photo Prize is an international photography competition promoted by Docomomo International that is taking place every season according to a specific theme, through Instagram. The jury panel of this edition was composed by: Ana Tostões (Architect, PhD, Chair of Docomomo International and Full Professor at Técnico — University of Lisbon) Björn Schötten (Architect, Aachen University Hospital Geymüller) Daniela Arnaut (Architect, Professor at Técnico – University of Lisbon) Iñaki Bergera (Architect, photographer) Jonas…

“La Réutilisation Adaptative” [Adaptative Re-use]

The President of Docomomo International, Professor Ana Tostões, has been invited to give the inaugural lecture at the École Nationale Supérieur d’Architecture de Grenoble, on the 17th October 2019. With the presentation “La Réutilisation Adaptative” [Adaptative Re-use], the conference will be held in French at 18th, at the Maglione auditorium, at the École Nationale Supérieur d’Architecture de Grenoble. Check the poster in the attached PDF.

Student website with travel report to the 15th International Docomomo Conference 2018

From August 18th to September 1st, 2018, a group of eleven students discovered the modern architecture of Central Europe (Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia) under the direction of France Vanlaethem, Professor Emeritus of UQÀM and President of Docomomo Québec; and Manuela Senese, Lecturer at UQÀM – Université du Québec à Montréal and member of Docomomo Québec. The purpose of the trip was to attend the 15th Docomomo International Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and meet with representatives of organizations as well as professionals working to protect and safeguard modern architecture along the way. Now, they have created a website, with the support…

Docomomo US National Symposium 2020 – Announcement

The next Docomomo US National Symposium will take place in Chicago, IL from June 3-6, 2020 in collaboration with the Docomomo US/Chicago chapter. Chicago has been recognized as the “crossroads”, not only for its connecting of water, land, and air networks, but for its place at the intersection of architecture, culture, and technological change. The rapidity of Chicago’s growth, coupled with its prominence in producing innovations of the modern movement is an opportunity for the 2020 meeting of Docomomo/US to consider this history and its prospect for the recognition, interpretation, preservation and extension of the forms and ideas of modernism…