E+T: 13th International Docomomo Conference 2014, Seoul, Korea

Conference Preparation. Please complete the survey Dear all, In preparation for the 2014 Docomomo International Conference in Seoul, we would like to gather information from architecture, planning, design, and conservation education programs around the world. This conference will emphasize the need for sustainable practices in the preservation of modern architecture. We would like to learn more about how the idea of sustainability is taught and practiced at your institution, to better inform the conference workshops and panels. Please complete the following brief survey [or forward it to relevant program faculty/staff]. The survey is available both in English and Spanish. Your answers will…

Shukhov Radio and Television Tower

DOCOMOMO International Chair, professor Ana Tostões, addressed letter to President Vladimir Putin, concerning the Shukhov Tower´s threat of destruction: Barcelona, March 2014 President Vladimir Putin Dear Mr. President,  I wish to draw your attention to the perilous situation that is going on around the conservation of the remarkable Shukov Tower. According to recent correspondences with Docomomo Russia, and the information gathered among all international forums with expression worldwide media, DO.CO.MO.MO. (the international committee for the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement) painfully realizes that the Shukov Tower is under threat of destruction.  The Shukov Tower is a unique project and a…

Hiroyuki Suzuki (1945-2014)

DOCOMOMO International wishes to convey the most sincere condolences at the passing of the great architect and architectural historian, Hiroyuki Suzuki, to his family and to DOCOMOMO Japan Chapter, members and friends. Professor Hiroyuki Suzuki served with honor and skilled commitment DOCOMOMO organization as Japan Chair. DOCOMOMO will remember him with joy and proud. Download PDF

Nadir Afonso, 1920-2013

Nadir Afonso, the acclaimed painter architect, disciple of Le Corbusier, passed away on December 11. DOCOMOMO International wishes to express its condolences to his family and friends. Image: From the left to the right: O lek Kujawsky, Iánnis Zenákis and Nadir Afonso (with their wives), at thetim e they worked on the construction site of the Unité d´Habitation de Marseille, 1950. Photographer unknown. Text by João Cepeda on Docom om o Journal 47 – 2012/2: Nadir Afonso: the Painter (who Graduated) Architect  From his Collaboration with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, to his Works in Chaves and the Abandonment of…

Une Architecture Pour L´Homme: Junzo Sakakura in Architectural Documents

Contemporary Japanese architecture has for the past fifty years been heavily influenced by the industrial materials and pared-down style of modernism, pioneered by Le Corbusier. Junzo Sakakura (1901-1969) traveled to Paris to study with him for five years in the 1930s, then brought what he learned back home to Japan. One of his most acclaimed works was the 1951 Museum of Modern Art in Kamakura, a floating white square perched over the sea. This explores his development of that and other designs through photographs, drawings, and other materials from the archive. Open 9:39-16:30, closed Dec. 29 – Jan. 3. Reservations…

2013 Xi´an International Conference on Modern Architectural Heritage

The chair of Docomomo International, Ana Tostões, was present on the 2013 Xi´an International Conference on Modern Architectural Heritage, China, on 8-10 October 2013, with Albert Dubler, president of UIA, and Sheridan Burke, president of ICOMOS ISC 20thC Heritage. PDF: 1. Conference programme; 2. “Other MoMo, Other Heritage, A Review of the Xi’an 2013 International Conference on Modern Architectural Heritage” by Cheng Yang, Xinwen Wang and Kecheng Liu; 3. Xi´an Declaration on the Conservation of Modern Heritage in Different Contexts. Download PDF