Uta Pottgiesser, Ana Tostões (eds.) Birkhäuser / Docomomo International, 2024 Docomomo Portugal is pleased to share that the publication Modernism in Africa. The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, edited by Uta Pottgiesser, chair of Docomomo International, and Ana Tostões, chair of Docomomo Portugal, and published by Birkhäuser and Docomomo International is out! With contributions from Uta Pottgiesser (TU Delft), Ana Tostões (Lisbon University), Ola Uduku (University of Liverpool) and many others, this book looks at the extraordinary, but often unknown Modernist architecture in Africa, from interpretations of Art Deco, International Style, Brutalism as…
Dear Docomomo Chapters, Due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, we are extending the deadline of June 1st to August 15th, 2020. A plan for new documentation homework has been approved in the last Council Meeting, August 30th, 2018 (Ljubljana, Slovenia), proposed by the ISC/Registers. With the aim of moving forward to the documentation of conservation good practices, Docomomo Working Parties (WP) have to submit: Working Parties that already have submitted 30 Documentation Fiches and uploaded 50 sites to MOMOVE: (a) 1 fiche for 2019 and 1 fiche for 2020, on an example of Good Conservation Practice. Download the template here: link, and here: link. (b) A bibliography with 5-10 publications (books or articles) on Modern Movement…