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.

docomomo International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the great artist Querubim Lapa, to his family and friends. Querubim Lapa was born in Portimão, in 1925. Having graduated in Sculpture (1947 – 1953) and Painting (1978), in ESBAL, Lisbon, he was an author of a multiple work – painting, drawing, sculpture, tile, engraving – but it was in the ceramics applied to architecture that he was distinguished himself. He was one of the most influent Portuguese artists of the 20th century, not only because of his work, but also due to his attitude of permanent dissatisfaction with the established order and with…

Docomomo International is happy to announce The Report of mASEANa project 2016: 2nd&3rd International Conference “Pioneers of Modern Architecture”. This publication is a documentation report of the project Appreciating Asian modern: mASEANa project 2015-2020 and it was published and edited by mASEANa Project and the Japan Foundation, collaborately. The mASEANa project is promoted by Docomomo Japan and came from the coalition of docomomo International, mAAN and ICOMOS ISC20c, with the support of the Japan Foundation, and the collaboration of the Toyota Foundation, for the protection, conservation and promotion of modern heritage monuments and sites in south-east Asia. The Second mASEANa International Conference — “Pioneers of Modern Architecture” took place in…

On 26th April 2016, between 14h00 and 17h00, the IST PhD Week Spring 2016 will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. Program: Moderation Ana Tostões (IST PhD Program in Architecture Coordinator) Barbara Coutinho Luis Santiago Baptista Ricardo Carvalho Speakers: Vittorio Magnago Mapugnani (Dean of the Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur, ETH Zurich, Germany) The Shape of the City. A Methodological Proposal Hilde Heynen (Chair of the departmentof Architecture, Urbanismand Planning of the KU Leuven, Belgium) Modernity, Gender and the City Sarah Whiting (Dean of the Rice School of Architecture, Houston) Saving Modern Chicago Tom Avermaete (Delft University…

DOCOMOMO International would like to inform that are now open the candidacies for 2 internships with a duration of 3 months, within Programa de Bolsas Estágios do Santander Universidades (Santander Universidades Internship Grants Program), to the following functions: 1. Support for scientific publications editing and press office http://empregopt.santanderadvance.com/empregos/vaga/32786/apoio-a-edicao-de-publicacoes-cientificas-e-assessoria-de-imprensa.html 2. Support for the organization of scientific meetings http://empregopt.santanderadvance.com/empregos/vaga/32785/apoio-a-organizacao-de-encontros-cientificos.html Only candidates whose University has joined the program can apply for the grants. More details: http://bolsasdeestagiosantander.pt (Portuguese)

A part of the candidacy to list 17 architectural works of Le Corbusier as World Heritage, the international colloquium La Valuer Universelle Exceptionnelle. Une question essentielle et difficile, will take place in Ronchamp, France, between 13th and 14th April 2016. The international colloquium is organized by the Communauté de Commune Rahin et Chérimont, and aims to stimulate the local support committee for the nomination, which currently has more than 650 signatures. For two days, the colloquium will bring together specialists from the following institutions: French Ministry of Culture,Vauban network, Heritage office of La Chaux-de-Fonds, docomomo International, Fondation Le Corbusier, Association de l’œuvre de Notre-Dame du Haut and Parc naturel…

docomomo International is pleased to inform you that the Chair, Professor Ana Tostoes, was awarded by the X Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (BIAU) with the publication A Idade Maior. Cultura e Tecnologia na Arquitectura Moderna Portuguesa, Porto, FAUP Edições, 2015. BIAU will take place in São Paulo, Brazil, July 2016, with an academic program of activities that will include the presentation of the selected projects. BIAU is an initiative of the Ministry of Development of the Government of Spain that wishes to be a forum for exchange of experiences among professionals of architecture and urbanism of the Latin American countries as well as a place of debate…

“The public space has become a political arena; its use and design is a matter of negotiation for the future. The public continues to make new demands on the basic principles of democracy and on the design of public spaces in which these are negotiated. DEMO:POLIS introduces the scope and significance of public space for contemporary society. Exemplary works, films, models, designs, concepts by artists and architects as well as participatory models, stress the potentials of public spaces for our civil society. Works by artists including Nuno Cera, Hans Haacke, Birgit Hein, Reinhild Hoffmann, Elfi Mikesch, Michael Najjar, Michael Ruetz, Stih…