Invisible Cities – Machinami – Japanese urban landscape

Pierre-Jean Giloux´s first monograph, the publication extends the eponymous video tetralogy inspired by the Japanese utopian architectural movement: Metabolism (1960-70). The films of the Invisible Cities cycle are portraits of Japanese cities, superimposing filmed and photographed images of everyday, social and urban reality, with virtual images. The book explores the links that connect four Japanese cities with a rich architectural past (Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto). This journey through Japan´s Megapolis traces the history of Japan and ends with the reconstruction of pavilions for the Osaka 70 Universal Exhibition and a virtual proposal for a smart city on the waters of Lake Biwa….

Modernism at the Glasgow Doors Open Days

As part of the Glasgow Doors Open Days from 10 to 16 September 2018, the 1967 Anderston Kelvingrove Parish Church, designed by Honeyman Jack & Robertson and now Category B listed, became a Festival Pop-Up Hub, at which, over several days, a series of fantastic talks on 20th-century architecture and urbanism were held. It all started, on Monday, 10 September 2018, with Raw Concrete: Brutalism, Architecture and Energy and Glasgow Unbuilt ‘Cultural Centre’, two talks by the architectural historians Barnabas Calder and Alistair Fair respectively. On Tuesday, the architect Mark Baines discussed in his talk, titled In Search of Light: The Architecture of Gillespie, Kidd &…

Proceedings of the 15th International Docomomo Conference (e-book)

The e-book version of the proceedings of the 15th International Docomomo Conference were published. Title: Metamorphosis. The Continuity of Change Publishers: Docomomo International Docomomo Slovenia Editors: Ana Tostões Nataša Koselj Design: Nataša Koselj Printing: Mat-Format d.o.o. Indexed by Scopus. How to cite this book (CMS): Tostões, Ana, and Koselj, Nataša, eds. Metamorphosis. The Continuity of Change. Lisboa: Docomomo International; Ljubljana: Docomomo Slovenia, 2018. Index in the PDF below Download PDF

16th International Docomomo Conference

The candidacy from Docomomo Japan to organise the 16th International Docomomo Conference, in Tokyo, was approved in the 15th Docomomo Council Meeting, last August 30, 2018, at Cankarjev Dom. The 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, organized by Docomomo Japan, between the 15th and the 18th September 2020, under the theme “Resilient Inheritability: Sharing Values of Global Modernity”. Theme: Resilient Inheritability – Sharing Values of Global Modernity Today, not only in Europe, but in Japan, South America, Africa and throughout the world, the architectural cultural heritage that we call the “Modern Movement” (MoMo) has been exposed to the major force…

2018-2022: The Headquarters of Docomomo International in Lisbon

The headquarters of Docomomo International will remain in Lisbon, based at Técnico – University of Lisbon, 2018-2022, under the presidency of Ana Tostões. Docomomo International wishes to call attention on the future of Docomomo International Headquarters. All the Working Parties are invited to send candidacies for hosting the future headquarters of Docomomo International (2022 – 2028), before December 2019, to be approved at the 16th council meeting (2020).