International Docomomo Workshop 2016

Within the 14th International Docomomo Conference, the International Docomomo Workshop – “The Adaptive Reuse of Lisbon riverside area: the MMC case study” took place in Lisbon, at Instituto Superior Técnico, from 1 to 5 September 2016. The workshop brought together 30 renowned architects and 90 students from different universities worldwide to discuss the future of the Manutenção Militar Complex (MMC). Docomomo International is grateful to all the participants and tutors for attending the 14th International Docomomo Workshop with commitment and hopes to keep contributing for the sustainable future of the MMC, in straight collaboration with the Municipality of Lisbon. In the…

Launch: Arquitectanic. Os dias da Troika

This book offers to the reader 45 chronicles written by the critic and architect Jorge Figueira (1965) to Público newspaper, between 2012 and 2013. This words, written in an informal critical way, establish dialogues, often with humour, between architecture, architects, politics and politicians, travels and personal experiences. In short, the reader has a collection of texts that overflow the theme of architecture and talk intense and directly on the consistencies and inconsistencies of life; about the surprises and deviations halfway. More details: Facebook event

Exhibition: MIES & the Inheritance of Modernism

MIES & the inheritance of modernism 10th April – 7th August 2016, SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis Central hall, Heerlen, The NetherlandsInternational Exhibition “The world-famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969)still inspires architects. However, his work is falling into decay, likemany other modernistic buildings. This evokes the question: whatshould we preserve and how? The exhibition provides some answers. You will see, feel and readeverything about five restored masterpieces by ‘Mies’: S.R. CrownHall, Villa Tugendhat, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Robert F. CarrMemorial Chapel and Verseidag. A 20-minute video about thesebuildings, projected onto a 20-meter wide screen, will have itsworld premiere. You will also…

Article: The Legacy of the 20th Century Architecture: Administrative Protection Versus Effective Safeguard

“This article covers the French instruments for protecting the architectural and urban heritage, as well as its evolution. It will also cover the issues raised by the twentieth century architectural legacy. Subject to denaturing and destruction, the future of this legacy questions traditional values that usually serve as rationale for the recognition as a heritage site. The material and cultural knowledge about twentieth century architecture are presented as essential conditions to effectively safeguard it opposed to a usually ineffective administrative protection.” Full article: website

The Legacy of 20th century Architecture – Administrative Protection versus Effective Safeguard by Richard Klein

This article, by Richard Klein, is featured in a special edition of Revista CPC (no. 21), published by the Centro de Preservação Cultural, of the University of São Paulo (USP) Firstly, this article covers the French instruments for the protection of architectural and urban heritage as well as its evolution, and secondly, the issues raised by the architectural legacy of the twentieth century. “Subject to denaturing and destruction, the future of this heritage questions the traditional values that usually serve as rationale for the recognition as a heritage site. The material and cultural knowledge of twentieth century architecture are presented here…

Launch: Macau – Reading the Hybrid City – Discovering Manuel Vicente

The Rui Cunha Foundation and Docomomo Macau presented, on July 7th 2016, the catalogue “Macau: Reading the Hybrid City”. This work is the result of research undertaken by Docomomo Macau about the architect Manuel Vicente, compiling all the material produced for a series of conferences and the exhibition “Descobrir Manuel Vicente”. This book originates from the desire to reflect on Vicente’s work, from the point of view of those who worked with him, sharing the creative process, thoughts and strategies they developed during his practice in Macau. The result of his different interventions are presented in this document as a…

MMC: New Creative and Entrepreneur Hub of Lisbon

The Mayor of the Lisbon Municipality and the Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic presented, on 17 June, the new Creative and Entrepreneur Hub of Lisbon, a reference space for the capital of Portugal that is now being prepared in the former Military Maintenance facilities in Beato. In collaboration with Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, the International docomomo Workshop – “The Adaptive Reuse of the Lisbon riverside area: the MMC case study” (1-5 Setembro, Instituto Superior Técnico) intends to contribute for building the future of the 21st century industries, in the former industrial Military Maintenance facilities in Lisbon, in collaboration with Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. docomomo International…

Algarve Building – Modernism, Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal, 1925-1965

From his winning thesis in 2013 at the Royal Institute of British Architects President´s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis, Ricardo Agarez issue in this publication the inclusion of Portuguese architecture in the so-called Critical Regionalism through a reconstruction of the discussions and references that period in the Algarve area, and the study of the processes that the canon of the history and criticism of architecture has endorsed, faced with the results of a thorough investigation on buildings, documents, speeches, agents and files. More details: website

OASE 96 | Social Poetics – The Architecture of Use and Appropriation

“OASE 96 examines the remarkable revival of architectural practices that focus on reuse and appropriation of buildings, environment and materials. To what extent can and will designers engage in this process, and what is the possible positive or negative social impact of these interventions? Edited by Els Vervloesem, Marleen Goethals, Hüsnü Yegenoglu and Michiel Dehaene, this issue focuses on case studies, practical experience, critical reflection and ideas that show how architects and urban planners proactively deploy reuse in view of future user opportunities and/or applications. Between the faith in the autonomy of architecture on the one hand and design that…

Conference: Docomomo Slide night

Slide Night: 1st June 2016, 18:00, Walsh Street, Boyd Foundation, South Yarra, Australia SPEAKERS: Tony Lee, Boyd Foundation, talking about ‘Benchmarking Walsh Street’ – a comparative survey of modernist museum houses in LA Marika Neustupny, NMBW Architects, talking about ‘Shinohara & Kikutake  – house with an earthern floor & Skyhouse, Japan; Libby Richardson, PhD candidate the University of Melbourne, talking about ‘Modern churches in Melbourne’. More details: website