Físicas do Património Português. Arquitetura e Memória [Physics of Portuguese Heritage. Architecture and Memory]

The exhibition “Físicas do Património Português. Arquitetura e Memória” [Physics of Portuguese Heritage. Architecture and Memory] was organized by the Portuguese Directorate General for Cultural Heritage and it will be held at the museum of Popular Art, in Lisbon, starting december 5th. This exhibition aims to celebrate good examples of rehabilitation of architectural heritage in Portugal, while simultaneously reflecting on the history of heritage intervation and approaching contemporary debates. The cases presented are split into distinct physical states of matter: Liquid, Solid and Other States. This exhibition was organized on the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, and…

ISC/Technology

The following Preservation Technology Dossiers have been made available for free by ISC/Technology: – Dossier 1: Curtain Wall Refurbishment – Dossier 2: The Fair Face of Concrete – Dossier 3: Reframing the Moderns – Dossier 4: Wood and Modern Movement – Dossier 5: Modern Colour Technology – Dossier 6: Stone in Modern Buildings – Dossier 7: Technology of Sensations You can access all the public dossiers here.

Upcoming publication: bauhaus journal 1926–1931

Lars Müller Publishers is celebrating 100 Years of Bauhaus with a release of unique set of materials – they include an facsimile reprints of bauhaus journal from years 1926–1931, both in German and complete English translation. Also scheduled for release are the collected works of Bauhaus teachers, like Walter Gropius, Paul Klee and László Moholy-Nagy. Books will become available in January 2019 You can pre-order a copy here.

Docomomo Kosovo

Docomomo International would like to inform, that the docomomo Kosovo Chapter has added new entries to the docomomo Virtual Exhibition – MoMove. The entries are: ATK Qeveria e Kosoves in Prishtina (by Dragan Kovacevic, 1975) and Motel Vllaznimi in Landovica (by Miodrag Pecic, Trajko Dimitrijevic, Branislava Srejic, Ilija Bejic, Bogoljub Ivanovic, Arsa Dimitrijevic, 1973). To find these entries click here and here.

Event: La mirada de Domènec

Fundació Mies van der Rohe invites you to the presentation of the magazine Espill 58 of the University of Valencia and the dossier that includes on the intervention of Domènec at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion. The event will feature the presentation of Gustau Muñoz, co-director of L’Espill magazine and with Domènec himself in a conversation with Manuel Guerrero, essayist and critic.In the later debate “The cultural and social relationship between Barcelona and Valencia” will participate: Simona Skrabec, essayist and translator; Joan Manuel Tresserres, president of the Josep Irla Foundation, Josep Maria Muñoz, director of L’Avenç and Antoni Furió,…

Liturgia, Lugar de encontros – IV Jornada de Liturgia, Arte e Arquitectura [Liturgy, Meeting Place – IV Talks on Liturgy, Art and Architecture]

The Department of Architecture and Urbanism of ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon University Institute) is organizing “Lugar de encontros” [Meeting places], with the support of the Portuguese National Council of Architects (OA), as part of IV Talks on Liturgy, Art and Architecture, on the 24th November. These talks will be split into two different panels and they´ll bring together talks on spirituality, architecture and university projects, including a exhibition with student projects of chapels. Panels´ themes: ´Contexts´ – Moderator: Madalena Mariz Rodrigues ´Shapes´ – Moderator: Hugo Casanova To know more please visit website. Find the poster and the full program in the PDF…

Modern Architectures. The Rise of Heritage

This book is a collaborative work containing 18 essays, related to examination and preservation of modern architecture. From the publisher: “(…) essays offer a variety of fresh and thoughtful perspectives on how to examine our modern architectural heritage, considering both its local and international significance. Collectively, they provide a comprehensive overview of preservation activities and teaching programs around the world that have developed in this field since the 1980s, including new research and insights that have radically changed the canonical vision of modern architecture. The essays reveal how knowledge has opened up new areas of preservation and lead to deeper,…

100 Buildings 1900-2000

The twentieth century was a remarkable period in architectural history. Rivaling the transformative achievements of ancient Greece, the Gothic period the Renaissance, the twentieth century galvanized radical developments in building technology, architectural theory, and space that paralleled global revolutions in politics, economics, and social values. Knowledge of the twentieth century´s accomplishments is fundamentally critical for all students of architecture. More the 50 internationally renowned architects were asked to list the top 100 twentieth-century buildings they would teach to architecture students. The contributors were encouraged to select built projects where formal, special, technological and organizational concepts responded to dynamic historical, cultural,…

Event: Le Corbusier Apartment-Studio re-opened for visiting

Apartment-studio of Le Corbusier, located inside the famous Molitor building, is opened again after undergoing conservation for the past two years. It served as home to Le Corbusier, who lived there with his wife since 1934, until her death in 1965. The conservation process, led by François Chatillon, aimed at restoring the state of the apartment from 1965, to express the constant change in Corbu´s living environment, where he experimented with new ideas and aesthetics. Corbusier’s apartment-studio is listed as national heritage since 1972. In 2016 the Molitor building was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with 16 other…

Docomomo Belgium

For the month of November Docomomo Belgium is organizing a series of tour that include guided visits to exhibitions and promenades. If you happen to be in Belgium in November, join in and register to participate in these docomomo activities. 08.11.2018 – Exhibition: “L’œuvre et la carrière de l’architecte Jean Cosse”, Faculté d’architecture, d’ingénierie architecturale et d’urbanisme LOCI, Brussels 10.11.2018 – Exhibition + Excursion to Leuven “HERLEVEN. Leuven na 1918” 17.11.2018 – Bus tour, Sart Tilman, Liège To know the full programmes and more details about registration please visit: docomomo Belgium