Mid-Century Modern furniture, painting and prints in Melbourne

Gallery Midlandia offers a selected choice of  original paintings and prints from 1930-1970. The gallery shows works from the USA, Scandinavia, Europe and Australia. They deal in mid-century jewellery, objects, and select furniture plus a range of books pertaining to mid century art, design and architecture. The director, Martin Mcintosh, has been collecting mid century art and design since the early 1990s, and is thrilled to share his knowledge and enthusiasm of the era with clients. More details: website

Lancashire Goes Pop. Modernism & Politics in Central Blackburn in the 1960s

Blackburn Shopping Centre was built through the sixties in partnership between the Blackburn Corporation and the Laing Development Company, and was designed by the Preston based architectural firm Building Design Partnership (BDP). BDP, as evinced by their two recently listed projects Preston Bus Station and the Halifax Headquarters Building, were one of the few architectural practices of the period really able to exploit the aesthetic possibilities of a project of this scale. Whatever the aesthetic nuances or otherwise of the scheme, by any measure knocking down Blackburn’s Victorian city centre and replacing it with a shopping centre was a simply…

Lecture Series for Public on “Mapping Modern Movement Architecture of Hong Kong”

Docomomo Hong Kong is presenting a series of public lectures on modern architecture ‘s history in Hong Kong at the city’s Heritage Discovery Centre. The lectures will be held on Nov. 22, Dec. 6, and Dec. 20, 2014. Each lecture session is organized around a particular theme: “Mobility and Efficiency,” “Comfort in Living,” and “Rationality and Technology,” respectively. The first two sessions will be held in Cantonese, and the third session will be in English. The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre is located in Kowloon Park on Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. More Download PDF

Save the Date: 15th International Docomomo Conference

Hosted by Docomomo Slovenia, the 15th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Ljubljana, at the Cankarjev Dom, from 28th to 31st August 2018, under the theme: Metamorphosis. The Continuity of Change. Schedule 2 June – 1 September: 2017 Call for papers. 3 November 2017: Call for papers’ selection notification. 31 January 2018: Full paper submission deadline (1st version). 28 February 2018: Deadline for session chairs return papers with comments to authors, with their  revision. 30 March 2018: Full paper submission deadline (final version). 23–27 August 2018: Docomomo student workshop 28–31 August 2018: 15th International Docomomo Conference Theme For the 15th International Conference in Ljubljana, DOCOMOMO…

15 IDC – Programme available 15th International DOCOMOMO Conference

Docomomo International and Docomomo Slovenia informs that the Programme for the 15th International Docomomo Conference is now available at http://www.docomomo2018.si/index.php/programme! We are looking forward to see you all in the Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, between 28th and 31st August 2018! ABOUT Every two years docomomo (the international committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) organizes an international conference, bringing together docomomo members and friends from its 72 national Working Parties, as an opportunity for in-depth exploration of an important theme or aspect of the Modern Movement. The forthcoming conference is being hosted by docomomo Slovenia and will take place at…

Register at 15th International Docomomo Conference 2018!

Docomomo International and Docomomo Slovenia informs that the registration for the 15th International Docomomo Conference is open at http://www.docomomo2018.si/index.php/registration-and-fees! We are looking forward to see you all in the Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, between 28th and 31st August 2018! ABOUT Every two years docomomo (the international committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) organizes an international conference, bringing together docomomo members and friends from its 72 national Working Parties, as an opportunity for in-depth exploration of an important theme or aspect of the Modern Movement. The forthcoming conference is being hosted by docomomo Slovenia and will take place at the…

15th International Docomomo Conference 2018

Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28-31 August 2018 http://docomomo2018.si THEME Metamorphosis. The Continuity of Change VENUE: Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia ORGANIZED by: docomomo International and docomomo Slovenia LANGUAGE: English SCHEDULE Call for Papers . 2 June – 1 September 2017 – Call for Papers . 8 November 2017 – Notification of Acceptance . 30 January 2018 – Full paper submission deadline (1st version). . 28 February 2018 – Deadline for session chairs to return papers with comments to authors, with suggested revisions. . 30 March 2018 – Full paper submission deadline (final version). . 20-28 August 2018 – Workshop . 28-31 August 2018 – Conference . 26-27 August; 1-3 September 2018 – Docotours ABOUT Every two years docomomo (the international committee…

15 IDC – Pre and Post-Conference Tours

Docomomo International and Docomomo Slovenia informs that the programme for the Doco-tours in Ljubljana is available at http://docomomo2018.si/index.php/pre-and-post-conference-tours! Short Pre-conference Doco-tours in Ljubljana: – Plecnik´s Own House Tour, 28th – 31rd August; – Plecnik´s Ljubljana Tour, 28th August; – Ravnikar´s Ljubljana Tour, 28th August; – Ljubljana´s 1960s Neighbourhoods Tour, 28th August. Pre-Conference Doco-tours in Slovenia: Celje, Piran: – Ground-Up CELJE Tour, 26th August; – Slovenian Karst Region and PIRAN Tour, 27th August. Post-Conference Doco-tours in Slovenia: – Bled and Gorenjska Tour, 1st September; – ŠTANJEL – NOVA GORICA – GORIŠKA BRDA – TRST Tour, 2nd September; – VILLA TUGENDHAT and Brno city tour, 3 September. Instructions…

International Docomomo Workshop 2018: Education to Everybody / Structures in Ljubljana

Within the 15th International Docomomo Conference, the International Docomomo Workshop – “Education to Everybody / Structures in Ljubljana” will take place in took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 24 to 28 August 2018. Students can apply to participate until 24 April! Instructions and information about the workshop are available at: website

Call for Abstracts: 16. Docomomo Germany Conference & RMB Final Conference

DOCOMOMO Deutschland, the Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture and the project ‘Reuse of Modernist Buildings (RMB)’ invite you to the 16th DOCOMOMO Germany & RMB Conference. This first event in Berlin on the 1st of March 2019 at the Akademie der Künste continues the tradition of the Karlsruhe DOCOMOMO Germany Conferences. The EU project RMB initiates a pedagogical framework on the European level based on common definitions, methods, and approaches for the ´reuse´ of modern buildings, with the aim of offering a ´Joint Master on Reuse of Modernist Buildings´. In this context, the conference will take place in…