Interviews by Docomomo International

In February, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, led interviews to Prof. Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University, New York, USA), to Jong Soung Kimm (SAC International, Ltd., Architects Consultants, Seoul, Korea), to William Whitaker (Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA) and to David Brownlee (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA). The interviews will be available soon.

Call for Papers: RMB Conference 2018 – Teaching Through Design

2nd RMB Conference: Teaching Through Design: In search for interdisciplinary tools and methods for the Reuse of Modernist Buildings Call for PapersThe 2nd RMB Conference 2018 will be held in Coimbra, in the frame of the Colloquium Teaching through Design that was firstly organized by the Department of Architecture and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra in 2012.The RMB Conference is an activity of the European Erasmus Project “Reuse of Modernist Buildings – Design tools for sustainable transformations”, coordinated by Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Detmold, Germany), with University of Coimbra, the University of Antwerp, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical…

Book Launch: Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage

Time Frames provides a reconnaissance on the conservation rules and current protection policies of more than 100 countries, with particular attention to the emerging nations and twentieth-century architecture. The contributions illustrate the critical issues related to architectural listings, with a brief history of national approaches, a linkography and a short bibliography. The book also provides a short critical lexicography, with 12 papers written by scholars and experts including topics on identities, heritages, conservation, memories and the economy. By examining the methods used to designate building as heritage sites across the continents, this book provides a comprehensive overview of current protection policies…

Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922-2016)

Docomomo International wishes to remember the architect Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922-1916) on the occasion of two special dates: his birthday, on 30th January 1922, and the first year birthday of his sad death, on 20th January 2016. Text by the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, 20th January 2016: “Today Portuguese architecture suffered great loss with the death of Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922-2016). Aforementioned, perceived programs such asT housing and public equipment or intervention in the city and the territory, like Obra Aberta Open Work, designed with an unprecedented realism. At 25 years-old he claimed that it´s necessary to build…

Concurso: Estágios no Docomomo International

O Docomomo International procura colaboradores para estágios até 12 meses. Os interessados devem enviar candidatura (com CV e Carta de Motivação em pdf único) até dia 26 de janeiro para docomomo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt, com o título “Candidatura [nome do candidato]”. Edital do concurso: https://goo.gl/KrJ9m9

Urbanism+Landscape

Masterclass: Tower Blocks: History and Heritage of Social Mass-Housing “This masterclass is jointly offered by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies and DOcumentation and COnservation of the MOdern MOvement – International Scientific Committee on Urbanism and Landscape docomomo ISC U+L. Mass social housing, built in large quantities by state organisations, constitutes one of the most pervasive built legacies of the ‘modernist century’ across the world.  Contrary to popular stereotypes of banal uniformity of design, mass housing ‘heritage’ is characterised by extreme diversity of organisation and architecture, at international, regional and local levels. The masterclass will combine a wide-ranging international overview of the…

Conference: The Fourth mASEANa International Conference

The Fourth mASEANa International Conference — Modern Living in Southeast Asia: between Universality and Locality — was held at the Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Indonesia, between 18th and 20th January 2018. About mASEANa mASEANa Project is a collaboration platform set up by modern Asian Architecture Network (mAAN, established in 2001) along with Docomomo International and Docomomo Japan (established in 2000). Inaugurated during its first meeting in Tokyo, 2015, mASEANA Project sets to form a 5-year collaborative platform (until 2020) for researchers working on the documentation, inventory, historiography, as well as preservation of modern Southeast Asian architecture and architects. “mASEANa” stands for “modern ASEAN architecture”…

New Partner Institution: Architectuul

Docomomo International is happy to inform that we have signed a partnership protocol with Architectuul. This agreement intends to establish the terms for a cooperation and exchange relationship between the signing parties, so that both institutions can benefit from programs and projects, within their areas of activity. More details soon! About Architectuul “Architectuul was created in 2010 as an open world wide architecture community by a team of architects, graphic designers and software engineers. We share exciting building projects and promote their creators – from the acclaimed to the forgotten, from the classic to the contemporary, from the beautiful to the…