bauhaus journal 1926–1931 facsimile edition

To mark the centennial of the Bauhaus, Lars Müller Publishers issues reprints of some of the more outstanding publications in the Bauhaus program, in cooperation with the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin. One hundred years after the founding of Bauhaus, it’s time to revisit bauhaus journal as significant written testimony of this iconic movement of modern art. In this journal, published periodically from 1926 to 1931, the most important voices of the movement are heard: masters of the Bauhaus, among others, Josef Albers, Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer, as well as Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van…

Cure and Care_the rehabilitation

A contest has started to award two Research grant under the I&D CuCa_RE: Cure and Care_the rehabilitation project/ CERIS, IST, PTDC_ATPAQI_2577_2014. These grants are for the research group CERIS – ICIST at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. The candidates must have a Master´s in Architecture. Favourable conditions: i) knowledge on history of health facilities´ architecture in Portugal; ii) experience in research, participation at scientific events, production and editing of scientific articles; iii) experience with excel; iv) previous experience with AutoCAD; v) experience in organizing conferences and/or architecture exhibitions. The contest will last from 27th February until 12th March, 2019. To know more about…

Architecture in dialogue, Portugal and Brasil

Starting from the themes proposed in the Exhibition “Infinito Vão – 90 years of Brazilian Architecture” [Infinito Vão – 90 Anos de Arquitetura Brasileira], the seminar “Architecture in Dialogue: Portugal and Brazil” [Arquitetura em Diálogo: Portugal e Brasil] invited 14 architects from the two countries to talk about the distinctive traits of both the new architectonical productions. The seminar will focus on program, technology, infrastructures and cultural heritage, will make a budget of the actual architectonical sphere in these countries. For more details, please visit: website [Portuguese]

Humanity Heritage in the Ibero-American area

The third International Conference of Tourism and History, with the title “Humanity Heritage in the Ibero-American area, future desires in its organisation and tourists management” [Património da Humanidade no Espaço Ibero-Americano: Desafios Futuros no seu Planeamento & Gestão] will be held at the same time in the Campus Penha da Franca, at the University of Algarve (Faro), and in the University of Caxias do Sul, in Brazil. The conference will be focused on four themes: 1st theme: Humanity Heritage in the Ibero-American area: organisation and tourists management 2nd theme: Resources, Products and culturally turistic Experiences in the context of Ibero-American identity…

A building, many museums. Alcino Soutinho and the Nero-Realism Museum

A building, many museums, Alcino Soutinho and the Neo-Realism museum [Um edifício, muitos museus. Alcino Soutinho e o Museu do Neo-Realismo]. With the curator Helena Barranha, the exhibition propose a way of watching the Neo-Realism museum as a convergence space of several trips, questions and museological projects inside Alcinho Soutinho’s life and work. Starting from the list of visited museums from several countries, and the expositive spaces designed by himself, the exhibition highlights the way the Neo-Realism Museum reflects all the references, creating a strong relationship with the urban fabric of Vila Franca de Xira. For more details, please visit: website

Futuro Desenhado [Designed Future]

In the context of the Lisbon Triennale, in 20th February 2019 was launched the book “Designed Future – Paulo Mendes da Rocha“. The invited speakers of this debate were the Brazilian critic of architecture Guilherme Wisnik, and the Portuguese architects and publishers Daniela Sá e João Carmo Simões. “Designed Future is a journey through the modern condition, our urban lives, America, the new territory and the old continent, of vision and drawing as an essential tool for building future. The most complete collection of texts, interviews and unpublished archival images by Paulo Mendes da Rocha”. For more details, please visit: website

Call for paper: Architecture for Art, Spaces for Exhibiting

The international conference organised as part of the 24th Ischian Meeting on Mediterranean Architecture, to be held on 19-22th september 2019 in Ischia invites architects, artists and scholars from diverse fields to propose new and innovative considerations of this theme through a call for abstracts. The event, entitled “Architecture for Art: Spaces for Exhibiting”, is the third and final appointment of a trilogy inaugurated in 2018 with the conference “Architecture for Art: Spaces for Ideas”, which was followed in 2018 the conference “Architecture for Art: Spaces for Creation”. The final objective of this series is to create the “Capri-Semaforo Verde per l´Arte” park in a…

UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture Logo Competition

The UIA is launching a competition for the UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture logo. The World Capital of Architecture is a new triennial programme launched by UNESCO and the UIA, whereby the two organisations will designate cities hosting the UIA World Congress of Architects as World Capitals of Architecture for a period of 1 year. The city designated as World Capital of Architecture will become a global forum for discussing the pressing challenges facing our world, through the prisms of culture, heritage, urban planning and architecture. UNESCO, the UIA and local institutions will organise activities and events to promote projects that will…

ColloquiATe 2019

The DISEG Department of the Polytechnic University of Turin, together with ArTec, Società Scientifica dell´Architettura Tecnica are organising the conference ColloquiATe 2019 with the title: Ingegno e Costruzione nell´epoca della Complessità. A Call for Abstracts is now open! The deadlines are as follows: 18 February 2019: Submission of abstracts 4 March 2019: Notification of accepted papers 29 April 2019: Submission of full papers Topics: A_Construction History and Preservation B_Construction and Building Performance C_Design and Building Technologies The conference will take place on 25th – 28th September 2019, Turin, Italy. For more details, please visit: website In ColloquiATe 2019 Torino Comunicato you can find more information [Italian]

Launching of Docomomo Journal n. 59 — An Eastern Europe Vision

Docomomo International, together with Henrieta Moravcikova, guest editor of DJ 59, organised the launching of Docomomo Journal 59 — An Eastern Europe Vision which took place at the Faculty of Architecture STU, in Bratislava, Slovakia, 20th February 2019. On this occasion, Professor Ana Tostões, Chair of Docomomo International, led a public lecture earlier that day at STU entitled “Modern Architecture in Portugal”. The invitation can be found at Docomomo Journal Launching Poster. To order Docomomo Journal 59, please visit: Docomomo Shop Online