TAP offers discounts for 14 IDC participants

TAP Portugal has agreed to offer the participants of the 14th International docomomo Conference, who make their flight booking and buy their ticket through TAP Portugal’s website, the following discounts: – 10% in economy class – 20% in business class More details: PDF.

Urbanism+Landscape

Conference: 20th-Century Urbanism and Landscape in Africa. DOCOMOMO-International Conference and Symposium 20th-Century Urbanism and Landscape in Africa. Research challenges and opportunities. University of Edinburgh 7-8 October 2015. “Keynote Speakers: Dr Rexford Asassie Oppong – KNUST, Ghana Prof. Luc Verpoest – KU Leuven Prof.  Johan Lagae – Ghent University Dr Iain Jackson – Liverpool University Following on from the successful workshop and conference held at the School of architecture, KNUST, Kumasi in July 2015, this new event will significantly carry forward the discussion about the potential ways in which research into 20th century modernism and landscapes in Africa can be pursued within…

Travel Tour: Discover Modern Cuba: Continuity of Past and Present

3 – 12 October, 2015 Havana, Cuba – Hotel Capri (8 nights) Tour Leader: Belmont Freeman Guest: Eduardo Luis Rodríguez Docomomo US is pleased to announce registration is now open for our educational travel tour of modern architecture in Havana, Cuba. Experience the rich architectural past of this long elusive Caribbean island located just 90 miles south of U.S. soil. Modern Cuba offers a unique travel opportunity in a small group setting featuring access to modern homes and buildings considered off the beaten path or not ordinarily open to the public. The ten-day, nine-night trip will be led by architect and scholar, Belmont Freeman, FAIA, with Cuban architect and historian, Eduardo…

Docomomo International at the Jornadas Europeias do Património 2015

The presentation of the national program for Jornadas Europeias do Património 2015 (European Heritage Days 2015) took place on the 24 September, in Museu da Electricidade, where it was held the delivery of the photo contest awards “Num instante…o Património! 2015” and the round table discussion “Património Industrial e Técnico: memória e recurso“, with the participation of Zara Ferreira, secretary general in representation of docomomo International, partner of this project. Round table: Zara Ferreia, secretary general of docomomo International Fernanda Rollo, Instituto de História Contemporânea, FCSH/UNL Jorge Custódio, APAI José Aguiar, FAUTL Manuel Lacerda, DGPC More details: website (Portuguese).

Docomomo International at the 1st MOMOWO Conference-Workshop

The first conference-workshop of the European project Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement, organized by Marjan Groot, took place on 23, 24 and 25 September 2015 at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Prof. Ana Tostões, docomomo International Chair, participated, presenting the lecture “Designing the Modern Life: Modernity, Architecture and Gender.” “From 23 to 25 September 2015, the project MoMoWo Women´s Creativity since the Modern Movement, will organize a historical conference-workshop on women designers and architects between 1918 and 1945. The MoMoWo conference-workshop aims for presentations of research papers in conjunction with dialogues, discussions and interviews with designers. This call…

Competition: 5th Edition of Digital Photography Competition, Crossing Viewpoints. Industrial Heritage

“RehabiMed is organizing the 5th edition of Digital Photography Competition CROSSING VIEWPOINTS, dedicated this time to INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE. DOCOMOMO Internacional collaborates in this contest, together with The European Year of Industrial and Technical Heritage 2015, the Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and UNESCO Havana. The contest is organized through Instagram and consists of two sections: the Mediterranean and Caribbean”. Being one of the institutional partners, docomomo International is supporting the development of this initiative. More details: Website.

Exhibition: Discovering Manuel Vicente, an architectural exhibition

Exhibition: Discovering Manuel Vicente, an architectural exhibition Opening:September 10th 2015 (THUR) 12:00 – 20:00 Period :September 10th 2015 – October 10th 2015 Local: Macau Design Center, Exhibition Gallery, 1st floor, 5, Travessa da Fabrica, Macau Free Admission “docomomo Macau and Macau Design Center present “Discovering Manuel Vicente”: An Architectural Exhibition. Throughout four decades, the intervention of Architect Manuel Vicente has had an extensive contribution to the reflection on the city in Macau, both at the level of Architecture, Urbanism and the role of the Architect in responding to the constant challenges of a changing society. The dimension of his intervention, which…

Suite IBERIA: La Arquitectura de Influencia Española en Caracas

Exhibition and Publication: Suite IBERIA – La Arquitectura de Influencia Española en Caracas 16 July – 30 August 2015 Sala TAC, Trasnocho Centro Cultural, Las Mercedes, CaracasThe “Trasnocho Arte Contacto” room (TAC, Trasnocho Centro Cultural), docomomo Venezuela and the embassy of Spain in Venezuela organize and present the exhibition: “Suite IBERIA: La Arquitectura de Influencia Española en Caracas”, which will open on 16th July 2015 at 7pm.The exhibition focuses on the several influences that the architectural and urban Spanish culture had in the construction of the modern Caracas, during the period 1900-1970. Curated by Hannia Gómes and with the assistance of Valeria…

Tour Modern Homes of Litchfield

Full-Day Tour: Modern Homes of Litchfield 15 August 2015, Full-Day Tour, Litchfield, Connecticut “Join Docomomo US on Saturday, August 15th for a special full-day tour of Modern Homes of Litchfield, Connecticut. This summer tour offers guests a unique opportunity to visit an exceptional collection of modern homes designed by architects such as Marcel Breuer and fellow Harvard 5 architects, John Johansen, and Eliot Noyes. The Modern Homes of Litchfield tour will begin with an overview at the Litchfield Historical Society and include 4 Marcel Breuer designed homes with the last home, Stillman House (which happens to be a 2014 Modernism in America Design Citation of Merit recipient), including a reception. Following the…