Award: Prémio Nuno Teotónio Pereira 2019

The applications for the 2019´s year edition of the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Prize, awarded by the Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana [Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation], are open. The Prize is considered the oldest prestigious distinction in the housing sector and is divided into two segments: Urban Rehabilitation and Scientific Production Work. The ​​Urban Rehabilitation segment is structured in four categories: Residential building rehabilitation; Equipment building rehabilitation; Urban rehabilitation; Public space rehabilitation or requalification. The Scientific Production Work segment is structured in two categories: PhD thesis; Master Thesis. Applications will be open until May 31st and must…

Eileen Gray – Her Work and Her World

The renowned and highly influential architect, furniture-maker, interior designer and photographer Eileen Gray was born in Ireland and remained throughout her life an Irishwoman at heart. An elusive figure, her interior world has never before been observed as closely as in this ground-breaking study of her work, philosophy and inner circle of fellow artists. Jennifer Goff expertly blends art history and biography to create a stunning ensemble, offering a clear beacon of light into truly understanding Gray – the woman and the professional. Gray was a self-taught polymath and her work was multi-functional, user-friendly, ready for mass production yet succinctly…

Study Day: Towards a Modern Sustainable Heritage

How to Intervene in a Culturally Responsible Way? in collaboration with the UQAM School of Design and the UQAM Heritage Institute Docomomo Québec and Provencher_Roy, a Montreal major architectural firm, an institutional member, organize a day of study on modern heritage and sustainable development at the Université du Québec à Montréal, on May 2 and 3, 2019. At the meeting architects, managers and professors concerned with the challenges of sustainable development to heritage assessment and intervention on the innovative architecture of the 20th century. It will be an opportunity to learn more about the historic renovation of the United Nations…

Valmor Award 2017 Results

On the last 11th April 2019, the winners of the Prémio Valmor [Valmor Award] 2017 were awarded by the Municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The headquarters of EDP and the Lisbon Cruise Terminal, designed by the ateliers of the architects Aires Mateus and Carrilho da Graça, respectively, are the winners of the  Prémio Valmor  and Municipal Architecture Award for the year 2017. Docomomo International congratulates both architects, Manuel Aires Mateus and Carrilho da Graça, for Prémio Valmor  2017. Prémio Valmor 2017 Headquarters of EDP by Manuel Aires Mateus Lisbon Cruise Terminal by João Luís Carrilho da Graça Honourable Mentions 2017 Palacete de Santa Catarina by…

Alvar Aalto Libraries

Alvar Aalto Libraries presents all nineteen of Alvar Aalto’s completed libraries as well as the Academic Bookstore in Helsinki. Chronologically, the completed buildings range from Viipuri Library in the 1930s to Alajärvi Library in the 1990s, which was built after Aalto’s death. Aalto’s libraries have served various needs, for instance, as part of larger administrative, institutional or cultural centres. A significant group is the public libraries, such as those in Seinäjoki, Rovaniemi and Wolfsburg. Another significant group, which includes the libraries at the University of Jyväskylä, Aalto University and the Mount Angel monastery, are his scholarly libraries. The libraries in…

Alvar Aalto Homes

Our entire culture rests on the nature of our dwellings, stated Alvar Aalto in a lecture he delivered in Munich in 1957. During the course of a career spanning over 50 years, Aalto designed a total of nearly 100 single-family houses, apartments blocks, student dormitories and summer homes. Many of them are architectural gems, in which his thoughts about dwelling and architecture converge. Aalto considered experimental building to be very important: in his opinion, there should always be an opportunity for experimentation in every project, for it is only in that way that architecture can be promoted and quality improved…

Federico Maggia Prize 2019

Visions and Change. Young designers building ideas With the launch of the competition, the 2019 edition of the Federico Maggia Prize is launched, which aims to promote the confrontation between young designers by stimulating new visions on the existing spaces of the area of Biella, Italy. The path, started in 2013 with “Industrie Dismesse. Young designers building ideas“, which focused on the wool factory of Maurizio Sella, and later, in 2015, expanded to the landscape, urban and cultural context with “Industrial landscapes. Young designers building ideas”, in order to spread across provincial areas. To give consistency to the process and encourage a virtuous…

Heritage Conservation Assessment

Docomomo Macau is organising a lecture on Heritage Conservation Assessment: Conservation Management Plan in Hong Kong, on the 3rd of April, 2019. The invited speaker is architect Tony Lam and the moderation of the lecture will be done by Tiago Rebocho. Admission is free and the conference will be held in English. Time: 19h00, 3rd of April, 2019 Venue: Auditorium, C & C Club, Macau The poster can be found here.

Call: Architectures for a new liturgy. Interventions on the religious heritage after Vatican II

From the 10th to the 12th of October will be held inside the Seminary of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Porto the 6th International Congress about Contemporary Religious Architecture. The theme will be the interventions on the religious heritage after the Secon Vatican Council (1962-1965) when the process of renewal of the Catholic churches began. “The renovation of the places of worship – of its presbyteries, but also of the baptisteries and other sacramental spaces – has hardly been treated by the scientific literature, despite its enormous importance for the old buildings. In these actions there are always dichotomies that provoke…