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

Launching: Docomomo Journal 54 (2016/1) – Housing Reloaded

Franz Graf and Giulia Marino, guest editors of Docomomo Journal 54 (2016/1) – Housing Reloaded invites you to attend to its launching, next 31 May, on Cercle de l’Ermitage, Cully, Switzerland. This informal launch is also an opportunity to visit the work of Alberto Sartoris, Vieux Moulin (1935), “rediscovered” during the recent restoration by Jean-Christophe Dunant who contributed for this issue of Docomomo Journal. For organizational reasons, we ask you to confirm your attendance by Friday, 27th May by e-mail to giulia.marino@epfl.ch

Publication: Architecture de la Culture

Publication available for download: Richard Klein & Bernard Toulier (ed.), Architecture de la Culture, Relais du Pouvoir Européen, Paris, docomomo International, 2009 (French/English). docomomo International initiated in 2004 a multi-year cycle entitled “networks of modernity in the twentieth century” in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Centredes Hautes Etudes de Chaillot. In 2005, “the networks of modernity” was devoted to architectures of culture in Europe. During the study days between 16th and 17th December, architects and researchers have explored the history and rehabilitation of Houses of the People and Houses of Culture, places of cultural and artistic diffusion experiencing a…

Seminar: El Movimiento Moderno en México: Ciudad, Arquitectura y Tecnologías

On 26th and 27th May 2016, the Seminar El Movimiento Moderno en México: Ciudad, Arquitectura y Tecnologíaswill take place at Auditorium “Joaquin A. Mora”, Facultad de Arquitectura, Mexico DF, Mexico. 26th May: _Alfonso Pallares, sembrador de ideas (UNAM) by Elisa Drago; _Mexico – Veracruz, miradas desde adentro y hacia afuera. Interpretaciones regionales y nacionales del Movimiento Moderno (Docomomo Mexico/Universidad Veracruzana) by Ivan San Martin and Fernando Winfried; _Imaginarios de modernidad y tradición. Arquitectura del siglo XX en América Latina (Porrua) by Catherine Ettinger McEnulty. 27th May: _Table 1 with the theme “ciudad, territorio y arquitectura”, moderated by Armando V. Flores Salazar; _Table 2 with the theme…

Inaugural conference: Ideal(istic) Education | Modern Education and Modern Architecture

Technion – Israel institute of Technology, Haifa Israel Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Segoe Building Thursday, 9th May, 2016 | 09:00-17:00 The inaugural conference of Docomomo Israel brings together researchers, architects and educators who explore the role of architecture in introducing modern ideas to the community by design of educational facilities. In presenting new case studies and fresh perspectives, the conference seeks to challenge the established notions of modernism and address its diverse global interpretations, as these were formed in light of educational ideals and cultural themes.More details: Download PDF

Docomomo Israel Inaugural Symposium: Ideal(istic) Education | Modern Education and Modern Architecture

Docomomo Israel Inaugural Symposium Ideal(istic) Education | Modern Education and Modern Architecture took place last Thursday, 19th May, 2016, at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. This symposium had the special participation of Prof. Ana Tostões, chair of docomomo International, who has presented her keynote lecture by video since that, for compelling reasons, was not able to be in Israel, for the event.

Urbanism+Landscape

Conference: Back to the city. Urbanism, Density and Housing 1976-2016 On 5th and 6th May 2016, the Conference Back to the city. Urbanism, Density and Housing 1976-2016 will take place at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. This conference is part of the ongoing research programme The New Tenement, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, currently being undertaken by Professor Florian Urban at the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art. Funding for the conference has been provided by the Leverhulme Trust.Conference organisation has been a collaborative effort between Florian Urban and Ambrose Gillick at the Glasgow School of Art, docomomo ISC/U+L and…