Revaluing Modern Architecture. Changing Conservation Culture. DOCOMOMO International would like to draw your attention to the new book of John Allan: Revaluing Modern Architecture. Changing Conservation Culture. The conservation of our Modern architectural heritage is a subject of vehement debate. When do buildings become old or significant enough to warrant special heritage status and protection?… Continue reading Revaluing Modern Architecture. Changing Conservation Culture.
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Bauhaus and Greece. The new idea of synthesis in art and architecture
Bauhaus and Greece. The new idea of synthesis in art and architecture DOCOMOMO International would like to draw your attention to the new book with the title: Bauhaus and Greece. The new idea of synthesis in art and architecture, the published volume of proceedings of the international conference held in Athens in May-June 2019. The… Continue reading Bauhaus and Greece. The new idea of synthesis in art and architecture
Selection from the DOCOMOMO Registers
Selection from the DOCOMOMO Registers With the DOCOMOMO Journal and book publications DOCOMOMO has gathered the knowledge around the globe which is collected in documentation fiches and displayed in the virtual exhibition MoMoVe. Besides two dedicated publications have given visibility to the diversity of Modern Movement in the different countries. In 2000 Dennis Sharp & Catherine Cooke edited THE… Continue reading Selection from the DOCOMOMO Registers
Book Party by DOCOMOMO International
Book Party by DOCOMOMO International Since January 2022, DOCOMOMO International is hosted by Heritage & Architecture with prof. Uta Pottgiesser as president and dr. Wido Quist as Secretary General at TU Delft, The Netherlands. DOCOMOMO invites students, staff and members to join the Book Party on Wednesday, 6th April 2022 from 12.30-13.30h and from 17.30-18.30h in… Continue reading Book Party by DOCOMOMO International
DOCOMOMO International Solidarity Statement on Ukraine
DOCOMOMO International Solidarity Statement on Ukraine Over the last weeks DOCOMOMO International has been contact with our colleague Alexander Bouryak, Chair of DOCOMOMO Ukraine who is still staying in Kharkiv, the City of Constructivsm. Many other colleagues, friends and activists had to leave the country. In the meantime, the people continue to protect and to… Continue reading DOCOMOMO International Solidarity Statement on Ukraine
DOCOMOMO Brasil News
DOCOMOMO Brasil News DOCOMOMO Brasil was founded in 1992 and has a huge and active community in eleven different regional groups (https://docomomobrasil.com/nucleos-regionais/). Aiming to strengthen and expand communication with the community in general, through the dissemination of activities undertaken by the national and regional groups, we created the official Youtube channel of DOCOMOMO Brasil. To… Continue reading DOCOMOMO Brasil News
DOCOMOMO_NL lecture and discussion on ‘Sphere dwellings’
DOCOMOMO_NL lecture and discussion on ‘Sphere dwellings’ On Thursday March 24, 19.30-21.30 the Dutch workingparty organizes an online lecture and discussion about the experimental Bolwoningen (sphere dwellings) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Language will be Dutch. Registration via info@docomomo.nl Aan de noordkant van de binnenstad van ‘s-Hertogenbosch staan 50 bijzondere woningen: de zogenaamde bolwoningen uit 1984 van architect… Continue reading DOCOMOMO_NL lecture and discussion on ‘Sphere dwellings’
“1972/2022 Monuments for Future in Practice”
“1972/2022 Monuments for Future in Practice” – On dealing with young monuments of modernism Please find enclosed a call for papers of the DFG network „Building Research Younger Building Stock 1945+” for an interdisciplinary study day, which will take place on 17-19.11.22 in the World Heritage City of Augsburg. The venue is the congress hall Augsburg, designed… Continue reading “1972/2022 Monuments for Future in Practice”
Docomomo Germany Conference 2022
Modern Movement, Industrial heritage thought ahead The 19. Docomomo Germany Conference will take place on 29th April 2022 at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein Coalmine in Esssen, Germany. Over the last decades many experiences with industrial heritage, its conservation and transformation. New questions and issues also arised, and are subject of this conference: How… Continue reading Docomomo Germany Conference 2022
Proclamation to Architects on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Budapest
PROCLAMATION TO ARCHITECTSon the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Budapest As a group of architects in Budapest, “Huszonkettesek”, we are addressing you and the world’s appreciative public. We feel that we have run out of tools, that we have no other option left to stop the government’s havoc. The current Hungarian government wants to make… Continue reading Proclamation to Architects on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Budapest
