Public Housing. Myths Perception, Reality, and Social Policy

From the publisher: “Popular opinion holds that public housing is a failure; so what more needs to be said about seventy-five years of dashed hopes and destructive policies? Over the past decade, however, historians and social scientists have quietly exploded the common wisdom about public housing. Public Housing Myths pulls together these fresh perspectives and unexpected findings into a single volume to provide an updated, panoramic view of public housing.With eleven chapters by prominent scholars, the collection not only covers a groundbreaking range of public housing issues transnationally but also does so in a revisionist and provocative manner. With students in mind, Public…

Exhibition: Siza – Unseen & Unknown

Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung would like to invite to their new exhibition “Siza – Unseen & Unknown”. Álvaro Siza was awarded the Pritzker Prize for his life’s work in 1992 and is one of the most renowned contemporary architects. Amongst many accolades, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2002 and 2012. The current exhibition at the Museum for Architectural Drawing provides an intimate view into Siza’s work, illustrated by sensitive and playful sketches that contrast with the monumentality of his buildings. Drawings by his late wife, Maria Antónia Siza, are also on display…

7th International Scientific Conference “Modernism in Europe – modernism in Gdynia”

The 7th international scientific conference “Modernism in Europe – modernism in Gdynia. 20th century architecture – preservation of its authenticity and integrity” will be organized by the city of Gdynia on October 3rd-5th, 2019. As in previous years, the co-organizer of the conference will be the Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture. The theme of the forthcoming conference will focus on issues related to the form of modernist architecture and the problems of preserving its integrity and authenticity. The contents of the conference will be supervised by the Scientific Committee constituted by prominent experts from Poland and abroad. We would…

Exhibition: Beauty is a rare thing | Robbrecht en Daem: short films | MATTER. the White conferences

MATTER. the White conferences [Matéria: conferências brancas] present, following Paul Robbrecht e Johannes Robbrecht´s conference, last November, at FAUP, entitled An Architectural Anthology, a particular vision of Robbrecht en Daem´s projects portrayed by Maarten Vanden Abeele, through 11 short films, under the heading, evoking Ornette Coleman´s composition, “Beauty is a rare thing”. Maarten Vanden Abeele (1970) is a Belgian photographer, cinematographer and visual artist. He develops his visual art by creating installations in combination with his photo-works and performances, directed and, sometimes, performed by himself. His work led to (long-term) collaborations with, among others, Pina Bausch, Opéra National de Paris,…

Rio de Janeiro: World Capital of Architecture 2020

UNESCO has announced the city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, as the World Capital of Architecture for 2020. This initiative, the first ever of the kind, results from the recent partnership between UNESCO and the International Union of Architects (IUA). Rio de Janeiro will be the host of UIA 2020´s World Congress of Architects from 19th to 26th July 2020. The Congress will focus on the theme “All the worlds. Just one world.” UNESCO´s assistant director-general for Culture Ernesto Ottone R. said, “The World Capital of Architecture initiative underscores the common commitment of UNESCO and the UIA to preserve…

Event: Public Space – Passage and Stay

The Center for Urban Information of Lisbon (CIUL), together with partner universities such as FA-UL, ISCTE-IUL, FCSH-UNL, FBA-UL, IST-UL, has organized a 2-day event “Encontro UniverCidades”, to be held on 29th and 30th January. This event aims to reflect on the city of Lisbon in order to foster synergies between different educational institutions and the Municipality itself, around a common theme. This year the theme chosen was: Public Space – Passage and Stay [Espaço Público – Passagem e Permanência]. To know more and to check the full program, please visit: website

Symposium: Paradores, Tourism and Culture. Towards the centenary

Professor Ana Tostões, the Chair of Docomomo International, has taken part of the international symposium “Paradores, Tourism and Culture. Towards the centenary” [Paradores, turismo y cultura. Rumbo al centenario], in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, as speaker. The research group Iacobus of the University of Santiago de Compostela organized, together with Paradores de Turismo de España S.M.E, S.A., the first international symposium focused on the mark Paradores network has left in tourism in Spain, and also the reflection on the valorization of its cultural potencial. The symposium has three main goals: – To deepen the knowlegde of the history of Paradores as one of the pillars…

Treacherous Transparencies. Thoughts and Observations Triggered by a Visit to Farnsworth House

From the publisher: “Treacherous Transparencies analyzes transparency as expressed in architecture and art in an attempt to understand the intentions and objectives that underlie its use by pertinent architects and artists. The publication looks at a few important works by selected artists and architects who work with transparency as an artistic strategy, which they implement primarily by using glass and mirrors but other media as well. The architects and artists listed together in this context form an unlikely alliance: Bruno Taut, Ivan Leonidov, Marcel Duchamp, Mies van der Rohe, Dan Graham, and Gerhard Richter. But they do have something in common:…

Research grant under the Project “CuCa_RE: Cure and Care_the rehabilitation”

A contest has started to award one Research grant under the ARTIS project – Institute of Art History of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon – CuCa_RE: Cure and Care_the rehabilitation (FCT-PTDC / ATPAQI / 2577/2014) . The contest will last from January 31st to February 13th, 2009. To know more about further requirements and conditions please visit: website

EU Mies Award 2019: 40 Shortlisted works announced

The Jury for the 2019 Mies Award has just announced the list of 40 works that are contenders for this year’s Prize. The shortlisted works are spread out in 17 different European countries. 7 of them are in France, 6 in Spain, 4 in Belgium, 3 in Austria and 3 in Denmark. Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and  Romania have 2 shortlisted works and Albania, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Slovakia 1 work each. It is the first time that Albania, Serbia and Slovakia have a shortlisted work. In the selection of 40, Culture is the most represented program with 15 works (museums, cultural centres, music theatres and an auditorium/congress centre). There are 6 Education buildings (schools, university buildings and libraries); 5 Collective housing works; 3 Mixed use constructions, 2 Industrial centres and 2 Single…