Obafemi Awolowo University, Arieh Sharon, 1962-76, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Development of a Conservation Management Plan We warmly invite you for an online presentation of the project Obafemi Awolowo University, Arieh Sharon, 1962-76, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Development of a Conservation Management Plan – Preservation of Africa’s most beautiful campus. The Zoom event will take place on Friday, June… Continue reading Online event – Africa’s Most Beautiful Campus
Author: Sophie Karchkhadze
Damaged architectural archives at UFRGS
Floods have damaged the architectural archives at the Faculty of Architecture, UFRGS, Brazil Docomomo International would like to convey the following information from Docomomo Brazil: the project archive damaged by the flood belongs to the Research and Graduate Program in Architecture (PROPAR) at the Faculty of Architecture, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).… Continue reading Damaged architectural archives at UFRGS
Exhibition “At Eye Level – Africa and its Modernity”
Photography exhibition At Eye Level – Africa and its Modernity opens on May 16 The exhibition “At Eye Level – Africa and its Modernity” by photographer Jean Molitor opens on May 16, 2024 at 19.00h at Willy Brandt House in Berlin. The exhibition will showcase African Modern Architecture through visual storytelling and documentation and other… Continue reading Exhibition “At Eye Level – Africa and its Modernity”
Presentation: Special Issue Docomomo Journal 70
Docomomo Journal 70 – “From Constructivism to Modernism in Kharkiv” presentation and exhibition Docomomo International is inviting you to the presentation, workshop-talk and vernissage to celebrate the publishing of the special issue of Docomomo Journal 70 – From Constructivism to Modernism in Kharkiv. This is our second Journal issue dedicated to Ukrainian architecture, the first… Continue reading Presentation: Special Issue Docomomo Journal 70
Heritage in Danger: SAS Royal Hotel
Heritage in Danger: SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark Docomomo Denmark reports that the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen by Arne Jacobsen (1960) is at risk. The building is assessed as high value by Copenhagen municipality (value 2 of 9 (1 being the highest)). However, the building is not listed by national authorities. According to… Continue reading Heritage in Danger: SAS Royal Hotel
CfP: Modernist Women Interior Designers & Artists
Call for Papers: Docomomo ISC/ID Conference on Modernist women interior designers and artists: to deepen the reading of the different expressions of female creativity The Docomomo International Specialist Committee on Interior Design (ISC/ID) and Docomomo Portugal, in partnership with Fundação Dom Luís I – Casa das Histórias Paula Rego and with the Municipality of Cascais,… Continue reading CfP: Modernist Women Interior Designers & Artists
Heritage in Danger: Notre-Dame de Beauraing
Heritage in Danger: Notre-Dame de Beauraing sanctuary Docomomo International has been made aware through Docomomo Belgium of a Heritage in Danger, namely the future state of the Notre-Dame de Beauraing sanctuary in Belgium. This Catholic sanctuary represents a major work of one of the most important and representative Belgian late modern architects, Roger Bastin (1913-1986).… Continue reading Heritage in Danger: Notre-Dame de Beauraing
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… Continue reading 2026 International Docomomo Conference
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/
Reviving Modernist Utopia Seminar
Seminar “Reviving Modernist Utopia” – Exploring Strategies for Regenerating post-war Modernist Housing Ensembles On Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2023, the Foyer Laekenois, in collaboration with Docomomo, is organising a symposium bringing together around twenty experts. This symposium will put the complex issues surrounding the regeneration of post-war modernist social housing projects into perspective… Continue reading Reviving Modernist Utopia Seminar
