We are delighted to share the news that the 19th International Docomomo Conference will be held in Los Angeles on March 17-22, 2026, on the topic of “Multiple Moderns: Climate, Community, Creativity”! Our hosting Chapter will be Docomomo US/Southern California, with the direct support of University of Southern California, School of Architecture; and Getty. This will be the second time that an International Docomomo Conference is held in the United States, and we look forward to joining our vibrant international network, this time on the West Coast, to celebrate everything Modern.

The Call for Abstracts is inviting practitioners, educators, researchers, and scholars involved in the documentation, conservation, and renovation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the modern movement to submit paper abstracts on the theme Multiple Moderns: Climate, Community, Creativity.

The Scientific Committee encourages proposals that support the conference theme and the subthemes below, that advance our collective practice in the documentation and conservation of modern works, and expand our understanding of modernism globally to assist in the development of educational frameworks and tools for a new generation of designers.

This could include historic research and scholarship, educational and pedagogical applications, and case studies in conservation practice related to one of the following themes:

• Mobility and Sprawl
• Modernism in the Sun
• Late Twentieth-Century Modernism
• Community Adaptation and Repurposing
• Creativity and Collaboration

Abstracts may be submitted between Thursday, May 1, and Monday, June 2, 2025