Docomomo International is pleased to announce the new call for papers for the thematic issue of the Architektúra & urbanizmus 2021, 3-4 entitled The Heritage of Postwar Modernism: Engaged Research.

“Today, we are witnessing a wave of demolition of Modernism or Brutalism icons on both sides of the former Iron Curtain. A key role in activating public opinion against the destruction of the often unpopular and long-criticised buildings has been played by architectural theorists and historians. Should we regard the present engagement of the scholarly community in the struggles for the protection of architectonic heritage as individual departures from the ivory tower, or does it form an integral component of research work? Is the immediate threat to researched buildings the opportunity for the emergence of new interpretive frameworks for architecture and the uncovering of innovative methods in the area of heritage protection? Or, conversely, does this engagement pose more of a threat to objectivity, and hence even the foundations of research itself?”

The deadline for submitting papers is 10th September, 2021.
Editors of the thematic issue are members of A&U’s editorial board Henrieta Moravčíková, Peter Szalay and Rostislav Švácha.

To submit your manuscript for consideration in this special issue, please use the online form.

More information are available in A&U’s website.