Petition to preserve Ataköy Phases I-II as modern architectural heritage Docomomo Turkey, together with Docomomo International, ICOMOS Turkey 20th Century Heritage National Scientific Committee, Iconic Houses, KORDER Conservation and Restoration Specialists’ Association, and Ataköy Phase I Conservation and Beautification Association, has started a petition with the aim to preserve Ataköy Phases I-II in Bakırköy, Istanbul,… Continue reading Heritage in Danger – Ataköy Phases I-II
Category: Momo at Risk
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
Heritage in Danger: Hashima City Office Building by Junzo Sakakura
Heritage in Danger: Hashima City Office Building by Junzo Sakakura Docomomo International has been made aware through Docomomo Japan of the intensified demolition threats to the Hashima City Office Building by Junzo Sakakura. The Hashima City Office Building is located a 5-minute walk from Junzo Sakakura’s birthplace, was completed in 1959 and received the prestigious… Continue reading Heritage in Danger: Hashima City Office Building by Junzo Sakakura
Heritage in Danger: Belgrade Fair
Heritage in Danger: Belgrade Fair Docomomo International has been made aware through Docomomo Serbia of the intensified demolition threats to the pavilions of the Belgrade Fair. Docomomo Serbia, along with two other professional associations in the field of cultural heritage protection—the Association of Conservators of Serbia and Europa Nostra Serbia—has issued a press release, calling for… Continue reading Heritage in Danger: Belgrade Fair
Heritage in Danger: Le Corbusier’s Sanskar Kendra Museum of the City of Ahmedabad, 1955
Docomomo International would like to draw your attention to an urgent matter at Le Corbusier’s Sanskar Kendra Museum of the City of Ahmedabad, 1955. William J. R. Curtis makes a plea for renovation and retention of a major Le Corbusier work. Read the full article here. To sign the petition click here. Image: The museum in… Continue reading Heritage in Danger: Le Corbusier’s Sanskar Kendra Museum of the City of Ahmedabad, 1955
Heritage in Danger: The new check-in hall of the Main Railway Station in Prague
New check-in hall of the Main Railway Station in Prague (Prague, Czech Republic) Docomomo International has been made aware through Docomomo Czech Republic of a Heritage in Danger, namely the future state of the new check-in hall of the Main Railway Station in Prague. “The new check-in hall of the Main Railway Station in Prague… Continue reading Heritage in Danger: The new check-in hall of the Main Railway Station in Prague
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… Continue reading Statement on Cultural Heritage Losses in Sudan by SAH
Urgent action required: Ontario Place (Toronto, Canada)
Urgent action required: Ontario Place (Toronto, Canada) Docomomo International would like to share a message from Ontario Place for All, a grassroots organization advocating to protect Ontario Place, one of Toronto’s key heritage sites, from privatization and immediate threats of demolition. The 155-hectare public waterfront site was designed by architect Eberhard Zeidler, landscape architect Michael Hough,… Continue reading Urgent action required: Ontario Place (Toronto, Canada)
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
Rekenkamer (Court of Audit building) in the Hague
Open Letter – Rekenkamer (Court of Audit building) in The Hague Following Docomomo Netherlands, Docomomo International would like to draw to your attention the matter of the the Rekenkamer (Court of Audit building) in the Hague by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, one of the most important Dutch architects of the last century. Various specialists… Continue reading Rekenkamer (Court of Audit building) in the Hague
