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…

Streets and neighbourhoods. Vladimir Braco Mušic and large scale architecture

The catalog was published to accompany the exhibition Streets and neighbourhoods. Vladimir Braco Mušic and large scale architecture, which is between 17th May and 20th November 2016 on display at the Museum of Architecture and Design. Through expert texts of the authors of the exhibition; Luka Skansi, Bogo Zupancic and Martina Malešic, we learn about the life and work of the architect and urbanist Vladimir Braco Music. Closely we get acquainted with the development of urban design concepts of Slovenian hausing estates from the first post-war developments to the last large neighborhoods. About neighborhoods of Vladimir Braco Mušic also wrote Matevž…

European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018

EFAITH is working hard to turn the industrial heritage campaign of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 into a success: the theme months, the cross-border initiatives and the twinning program. From September onwards the focus will be on promoting cross-border cooperation and twinning between associations. There is still one theme month announced: October, will be devoted to adaptive re-use of industrial buildings, to promote and present good practices of giving a new life to old industrial buildings – respecting their heritage and image. EFAITH itself will organise a series of initiatives, starting on October 4-5th EFAITH with lectures and debates…

Articles: Growing up Modern

Modernism has been described in numerous technical, architectural, and scholarly ways. It has not commonly been expressed from the inside out, as in, how it was to actually live with the main characters of that era. To understand the architects, designers, and artists of the midcentury, the following essays may elucidate the deeper as well as more mundane parts and pieces of the players. In learning about how their children experienced them, we can glean more of what was behind the sleek designs and innovative ideas. We all believe, or at least believed at the time, that our childhood was…

Isabel León Candelario (1949 – 2018): A Remembrance

Cuban architect Isabel León passed away on August 4th, 2018, having left a deep trace among her many colleagues and friends. Architect León graduated in 1975 from the School of Architecture of the Havana Higher Polytechnic Institute. For several years she worked at the National Planning Institute’s central office. During that period she served for two years as advisor in Ethiopia’s physical planning organization. In Havana she developed many projects in collaboration with other colleagues. Afterwards, she became a staff member of the Non-Governmental Organization Habitat-Cuba, a position from which she promoted diverse housing developments all along the country. Between…