Modern Sudan Collective (MsC) Docomomo Sudan / Modern Sudan Collective invites you to browse through the recordings of their “modern conversations”. modern conversations inaugural session playlistDecember 10, 2022YouTube modern conversations on cinemaJanuary 25, 2025YouTube modern conversations on timeJanuary 25, 2026YouTube
Author: Wido Quist
Docomomo Technology Seminar 2025 on Library Renovations
Docomomo Technology Seminar 2025 on Library Renovations: Exchanges between research and practice The 2025 Docomomo Technology Seminar, ‘Library Renovations: Exchanges between research and practice’, was held at Bio Skandia in Stockholm, Sweden on September 25–26, 2025. The symposium was supported by Docomomo International, Aalto University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Bio Skandia. See the… Continue reading Docomomo Technology Seminar 2025 on Library Renovations
SAVE SOZA · STOP DEMOLITION · RENOVATION FIRST
SAVE SOZA · STOP DEMOLITION · RENOVATION FIRST The former Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment building complex in The Hague, SoZa, was designed by Herman Hertzberger in 1979, and was in use as a government building from 1990 to 2016. SoZa is internationally recognised as an icon of Structuralist architecture, with its visionary design… Continue reading SAVE SOZA · STOP DEMOLITION · RENOVATION FIRST
Student Workshop Los Angeles – Hall of Records
Analysis in progress! Time to look back at the findings so far at the start of day 4 of the DOCOMOMO Student Workshop… Working at Watt Hall, USC School of Architecture students and tutors are still impressed by the site visit to Neutra’s Hall of Records, the topic of the workshop. Once behind the laptop,… Continue reading Student Workshop Los Angeles – Hall of Records
In memoriam: Alexander Tzonis (1937 – 2026)
In memoriam: Alexander Tzonis (1937 – 2026) The international architectural community mourns the passing of Alexander Tzonis, who died on 1 March 2026 at the age of 88. A scholar of rare breadth and curiosity, Tzonis devoted his life to exploring the intellectual, cultural, and human dimensions of architecture. His work enriched generations of architects,… Continue reading In memoriam: Alexander Tzonis (1937 – 2026)
Student Workshop Los Angeles – report 1
Getting to know the Neutra Hall of Records Connected to the 19th International DOCOMOMO Conference at USC in Los Angeles, the accompanying student workshop kicked of on Thursday March 12 at the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design with an impressive introduction by Raymond Neutra on the legacy of his father and brother, Richard and… Continue reading Student Workshop Los Angeles – report 1
Impact of DOCOMOMO Journal in 2025
Recap of the impact of DOCOMOMO Journal in 2025 Most viewed abstracts in 2025 (January-November): Lico Rising from of the Ashes: post-war Philippines Architecture Toye Examining the Recorded Histories of Nigeria’s First Post-Independence Universities Uduku et al. Buildings for Higher Education in Africa Sopandi The Nature of Tropical Architecture in Indonesian Modernism Oginni et al. Documenting the Reuse of Modern… Continue reading Impact of DOCOMOMO Journal in 2025
CONCRETO Masterpiece 2025
Onsite learning at Ivrea (it) For the second year in a row, the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ivrea (it), the Industrial City of the 20th Century is hosting the CONCRETO Masterpiece. The CONRETO Masterpiece is a 2 weeks practical learning experience in the context of the Erasmus+ project on Empowering the Green Rehabilitation of… Continue reading CONCRETO Masterpiece 2025
Proceedings 7th International DOCOMOMO Conference
The VIIIth International Docomomo Conference took place at Columbia University in the City of New York in September 2004. Its theme was “Import/Export: Postwar Modernism in an Expanding World, 1945-1975,” and was the first Docomomo International meeting entirely devoted to the postwar period and the first to consider not just the impact of preservation on modernism but the impact of modernism on preservation, thus highlighting the opportunity modernism offers preservation to engage the central issues of our times.
Proceedings 11th International DOCOMOMO Conference
“Living in the Urban Modernity” is the central theme of this Conference, in which the participants will analyze the different components which transformed the city and its architecture in the first part of the 20th Century. During this period the growth of urban areas created a positive environment for the presence of modern architecture. The new materials alongside the new-found technologies brought about novel forms of expression. At the same time social changes acted as triggers for transformation; education, health, hygiene, housing, and the right to work and leisure were essential in shaping buildings and cities, with innovative architectural proposals within inventive
urban fabric.
