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The 10th International Docomomo Conference was organised by Docomomo Netherlands and took place in September 2008.
The programme of the 2008 International Docomomo Conference included paper, case study and poster presentations. In addition, it contained Round-table Sessions – interactive discussion and debate meetings in small groups – and hosted the second edition of the International Docomomo Student Workshop.
9th International Docomomo Conference Ankara 2006 “Other” Modernisms The conference proceeded from the consensus that the mainstream historiographic construction of twentieth-century modernism through its canonic texts and buildings has marginalized or suppressed some modern trajectories, which are now gaining an unprecedented legitimacy as the subject matter of revisionist histories. Today the exclusive, totalizing and teleological… Continue reading 9th IDC Ankara 2006
8th International Docomomo Conference New York 2004 POSTWAR MODERNISM IN AN EXPANDING WORLD 1945–75
7th International Docomomo Conference Paris 2002 THE RECEPTION OF ARCHITECTURE OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT: IMAGE, USAGE, HERITAGE
6th International Docomomo Conference Brasilia 2004 The Modern City Facing the Future
Vision and Reality
Universality and Heterogeneity
Artistic Autonomy or Functional Determinism: The Dilemma of Form in Modern Architecture by Juan Antonio Cortés — Megaform and Landform as a Remedial Strategy by Kenneth Frampton — The Art of Building Cities by Antonio Monestiroli — The Selective Inventory of Modern Movement Works: Monuments vs. Ordinary Architecture by Gérard Monnier — The Division of Functions in the Modern City: The Debate Between CIAM and Team Ten by Dennis Sharp — The Problem and Myth of Technology in Modern Movement Architecture by Ignasi de Solà-Morales — The Critical Restoration of Modern Architecture by Bruno Reichlin
The Functionalist Dwelling, Successes and Failures: Model Werkbund Estates, Case Studies by Jadwiga Urbanik — Conceptions and Conflicts Regarding the Restoration and Renovation of the Settlement ‘Reform’ in Magdeburg by Winfried Brenne — The Phenomenon of ‘Modernity’ in Domestic Architecture by Erhard Schütz — The Essence of the Modern Movement by Ben Rebel — Conserving the 20th Century Architectural Heritage: Approaches to a Common Problem by Laura Tuominen — Swedish Modern Movement Architecture from the 1930s: Its Characteristics and How to Protect and Take Care of It by Eva Rudberg — Modern Movement Documentation as a Central Resource for Architectural Education by Ivor Richards & Catherine Cooke
The first International Docomomo Conference took place from September 12-15, 1990 at TU Eindhoven.
