“This national meeting promotes a reflection on the teaching of architecture in Portugal in the context of the portrait that the Prize of Architecture offers the last 5 years to distinguish the best projects from all Portuguese universities. It will be an opportunity to bring together members of the various jury compositions, teachers and experts to a debate around issues that concern all those who share the mission and commitment to affirm the national teaching and excellence of the young talents of Portuguese Architecture. This session follows the seminar on land-use planning that will also take place in the Monastery…

Between 19th September and 10th October 2017, the IST PhD Week Fall 2017 took place at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, Portugal, under the theme “Sustainable Reuse. Towards a Better Environment”. Programme 19 September Richard Klein  École d’Architecture de Lille The villa Cavrois (1929-1932), Robert Mallet-Stevens architect 21 September Hubert-Jan Henket Delft University of Technology; Bierman Henket architects About progress, restoration and adaptive reuse of [health] buildings with modernity in mind 26 September Luiz Amorim Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Built Environment questions and the legacy of Delfim Amorim 28 September Maria Manuel Oliveira Escola de Arquitectura da Universidade…

Docomomo International is happy to announce the winner and the 2 honourable mentions of the 2nd Docomomo Photo Prize edition — Summer 2017, under the theme Modern Landscapes. Docomomo Photo Prize is an international photograph competition promoted by Docomomo International that is taking place every season according to a specific theme, through Instagram.  The jury panel of this edition is composed by: · Ana Tostões (Chair of Docomomo International and Full Professor at Técnico — University of Lisbon) · Inãki Bergera (Architect and Photographer) · João Belo Rodeia (Docomomo International, Architect and Professor at University of Évora and Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa) · Miles Glendinning (Chair of the ISC…

Between 3rd and 10th September 2017, Docomomo International will be represented at the UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress by Louise Noelle (Member of the Advisory Board of Docomomo International and Chair of Docomomo Mexico). “The UIA world congresses are a forum for professional and cultural exchange among all the world´s architects, and bring together thousands of participants from around the globe. Each event focuses on a pertinent theme, developed by eminent personalities from the international architectural, planning, and construction fields. Debates, exhibitions, tours and festivals make them the perfect meeting place for colleagues and friends, and students of architecture are…

In the framework of the RMB project – “Reuse of Modernist Buildings – Design Tools for Sustainable Transformations”, financed by ERASMUS+ Programme 2016, the workshop “An experimental development of new residential and working Environments and typologies in Large-scale Housing project of the post-war era in Marl” took place in Marl, Germany, between 28th August and 1st September 2017. Students and professors from the RMB project partners got together to develop proposals for the future of the Office Tower (Buturm) and Large Housing Project (Hüls), in Marl. The goal was to put under discussion how to transform existing large-scale housing buildings…