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ETOM NEB Lab – Activating Trans-European Modernism
Activating Trans-European ModernismThe ETOM NEB-Lab for the New European Bauhaus and the ETOM – European Triennial of ModernismThe collaborative trans-European dimension of Modernism engenders particularly three huge potentials –especially exploring the developments beyond East and West dichotomies: first, a scope of incredibly rich and diverse modern cultural heritage, second the vital realm and diversity of……
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Final Call to Nominate a Site to the 2025 World Monuments Watch
Final Call to Nominate a Site to the 2025 World Monuments Watch The deadline to submit a nomination to the 2025 World Monuments Watch is approaching on March 15. World Monuments Fund (WMF) invites nominations for heritage places facing urgent challenges. Every two years, the Watch selects 25 places that tell a local story with……
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Final Call for Registration – Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists Conference
Final Call for Registration (26 Feb!) – Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists Conference (Lisboa, 7-8 March) Final countdown! Don’t miss the chance to attend the conference “Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists” in Lisbon on March 7-8, featuring two days of keynote lectures and paper sessions, plus an exclusive tour day on March 9.……
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The House on the Stream (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1942)
The House on the Stream (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1942) was awarded 2024 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize The masterpiece by Amancio Williams and Delfina Galvez has been cared for and recognized by DOCOMOMO since its inclusion in the first international registers in 1996, published and edited by Dennis Sharp and Catherine Cook: “The Modern……
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Docomomo ISC/ID + Docomomo Portugal Conference “Modernist women interior designers and artists”
Registrations are now open: Docomomo ISC/ID + Docomomo Portugal Conference “Modernist women interior designers and artists” Registrations are now open for the International Conference organized by Docomomo ISC/ID and Docomomo Portugal on “Modernist women interior designers and artists: to deepen the reading of the different expressions of female creativity”. The event will take place on……
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Women in Architecture
Research Database “Women in Architecture” in Czech Republic Docomomo International is happy to announce the newly launched database and website “Women in Architecture“, which was made possible with support from the Czech Science Foundation and conducted in collaboration between the National Gallery in Prague (NGP) and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.……
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Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate
Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate The International Heritage Centre at the Bauhaus University Weimar recently hosted a symposium entitled “Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate”, which focused on 20th-century university buildings and campuses that are closely linked to the concepts of Neues Bauen. A major case study was the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, with several presentations and a film screening……
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CONCRETO Academy
Docomomo International teams up in CONCRETO Docomomo International teams up in CONCRETO! CONCRETO is an Alliance for Education and Enterprises within the Erasmus+ Programme. A 36-month project bringing together 13 partners from 5 EU countries to promote the GREEN REHABILITATION of EUROPEAN CONCRETE ARCHITECTURE. The CONCRETO Partners recognise the LACK of specialist skills available and……
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Tropical Modernism – How did this architecture reach the equator?
Photo exhibition by Jean Molitor Tropical Modernism – How did this architecture reach the equator? The photo exhibition by photographer Jean Molitor provides an insight on how a broad stylistic, avant-garde architectural approach conquered the world. The art historian Andreas Butter was invited to the opening. Here are a few thoughts from his introduction. Münzenberg……
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Call for Abstracts: ICSA 2025 ‘Repurposing the past: unpacking material properties’
Call for Abstracts: ICSA 2025 ‘Repurposing the past: unpacking material properties’ On 8-11 July 2025, the next ICSA Conference will be held in Antwerp, calling for “reimagination of current practices intersecting structures and architecture in response to the pressing global environmental, social and economic crisis”. As part of this international conference, a special session on reuse practices from the……
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Docomomo Journal 2023
DJ 2023: Most viewed articles of the year Lico Rising from of the Ashes: post-war Philippines Architecture Maeda et al. The real reason why Nakagin Capsule Tower was never metabolized Ligtelijn Aldo van Eyck and the Amsterdam playgrounds Sopandi The Nature of Tropical Architecture in Indonesian Modernism Normandin Charles and Ray Eames: Modern Living in a Postwar Era Sopandi et……
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The 2025 World Monuments Watch
The 2025 World Monuments Watch Docomomo International would like to bring your attention to the 2025 World Monuments Watch. “The 2025 World Monuments Watch is now accepting nominations. World Monuments Fund (WMF) invites nominations for heritage places facing urgent challenges. Every two years, the Watch selects 25 places that tell a local story with global……
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Statement on Cultural Heritage Losses in Sudan by SAH
Statement on Cultural Heritage Losses in Sudan by SAH Docomomo International has been made aware through Docomomo Sudan of the statement issued by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) regarding the cultural heritage losses in Sudan. The statement can be accessed through this link. The Sudanese Kuwaiti Center building, depicted above, has also suffered destruction. Photo courtesy……
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BOOK LAUNCH: Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices: Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century
Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices: Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century You are invited to the book launch event of Dr. Ing. Marianna Charitonidou’s book Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices: Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century that will take place at the Goethe-Institut Amphitheater in Athens on Monday 22 January 2024, at 18:00.……
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Docomemos Bulletin 2023
Docomemos Bulletin 2023 The fourth edition of the DOCOMEMOS 2023 Bulletin (October-December) is now available. The bulletin and previous publications can be viewed and downloaded through Docomomo Brasil’s website.
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DOCONF2023 Proceedings
DOCONF2023 Proceedings have been published. The bi-annual DOCONF series, organised by the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the Foundation for Urban Design, Budapest, provides a comparative overview of current doctoral research in architecture, urban design, urban planning, and landscape architecture focusing on the urban challenges related……
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ONLINE LECTURES: Winter Wednesdays ’23-’24
Invitation for Docomomo Belgium’s first online lecture of the new series of Winter Wednesday’s Lectures which will take place on 15/11 20h. Please, register through this link: https://docomomo.be/onlinelectures23-24/ Marc Pimlott (TU Delft) will talk about ‘Landscape, territory, interior and its ideological gesture’. The lecture concerns the transformation of landscape through ideological gesture, to territory, and……
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Convergences and Divergences
Modernism Beyond East and West International conference (16-18 November 2023) with partners from different parts of Europe critically rethinking and analyzing the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. Organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“. More information here.
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Architects’ Journeys #1: Stanislas Jasinski
Architects’ Journeys #1: Stanislas Jasinski Authors: Véronique Boone (vice chair Docomomo Belgium), Maurizio Cohen, Benoît MoritzPublisher: Mercatorfonds Brussels (2023) Architects’ Journeys is a collection of monographs on architects who left their mark on the built landscape of Brussels after the First World War. The collection focuses on the output of architects whose work is less well known,……
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OPEN CALL | Landscapes of Care
OPEN CALL | Landscapes of Care Public housing across multiple geographies: crossing theories and practices Sophia Journal is currently accepting submissions for its third thematic cycle “Landscapes of Care” focused on “Public housing across multiple geographies: crossing theories and practices”. Editors: Maria Neto (UBI-FAUP), Paz Nuñez Martí (UAH-ETSAM)Guest Editors: Igea Troiani (LSBU), Joan Mac Donald……
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2026 International Docomomo Conference
The 19th International Docomomo Conference Announcement DOCOMOMO International is pleased to announce that the 19th International DOCOMOMO Conference to be organized in 2026 has been granted to DOCOMOMO US and the US/ California Chapter, based on and following the unanimous recommendation of the DOCOMOMO Advisory Board. During the 2022 Conference in Valencia, it was stated……
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Extended deadline – 2024 IDC Sessions
Extended deadline for International Docomomo Conference 2024 Call for Sessions Please note the extended deadline for the Call for Sessions for the International Docomomo Conference 2024 until 30 September 2023. More information can be found in here, as well as on the Conference website: https://docomomoconference2024.com/calls-sessions/
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Getty Conservation Guest Scholars
Getty Conservation Guest Scholars Deadline – 2 October 2023 On behalf of Getty, Docomomom International would like to draw to your attention that the deadline for Conservation Guest Scholar Program is on 2 October 2023. The Conservation Guest Scholars Program at Getty provides opportunities for professionals to pursue research on topics that contribute to the advancement……
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In Memoriam – Maija Kairamo, 1935-2023
In Memoriam – Maija Kairamo, 1935-2023 Docomomo International is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Maija Kairamo, Finnish architect and longtime collaborator of Docomomo. Please read the obituary by the Honorary President of Docomomo, Hubert-Jan Henket below: “On a summer day in June, our dear Docomomo friend, the elegant architect Maija Kairamo (born……
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In Memoriam – Jean-Louis Cohen, 1949-2023
In Memoriam – Jean-Louis Cohen, 1949-2023 Docomomo International is deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Jean-Louis Cohen on August 7, 2023. A renowned architectural critic, professor, and advocate of 20th century architecture preservation, he also held a crucial role in the scientific council of Docomomo and was an invaluable collaborator. Docomomo……
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New Publication – Ambitions/the architecture of the eighties
Ambitions / the architecture of the eighties The authors of this book set out to explain some of the key processes behind the Czech architecture of the 1980s – such as the growing efforts to engage in internal, critical self-reflection, the realistic assessments of what the Czech building industry was capable of and attempts to……
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2023 Vitruvian Honors & Awards Submissions
Submissions for the 2023 Vitruvian Honors & Awards Program The Facade Tectonics Institute’s Vitruvian Honors & Awards program celebrates outstanding achievements in the field of facade design and delivery. The program recognizes outstanding projects, as well as project teams and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to facade design, engineering, fabrication, installation and lifecycle performance.……
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Webinar: Heritage-led Development for IIM Ahmedabad
Future of the Modern Past – Heritage-led Development for IIM Ahmedabad The webinar on the future of the IIM Ahmedabad will take place on April 13 and 14, 2023, 17.00-20.15 IST / 13.30-16.45 CET. The event is organized under the aegis of ICOMOS India, through the collaboration of The National Scientific Committee of 20th Century……
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MoMo at Risk: Boerentoren in Antwerp
Monument at Risk – The Historic Boerentoren in Antwerp Docomomo International would like to share the letter from Docomomo Belgium, who as a national working party took initiative to compile a letter regarding the possible transformation of the historic Boerentoren building in Antwerp, Belgium. The letter can be viewed in full below: Docomomo Belgium announces:……
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Erich Mendelsohn. Architecture of Dialogue
Conference Erich Mendelsohn – Architecture of Dialogue Docomomo International is pleased to share the program for the conference “Erich Mendelsohn – Architecture of Dialogue”, set to take place on March 21 to 24, 2023 in physical and digital format. Docomomo Israel is a partner of this conference. The event will be held in English. For……
