Kharkiv, Ukraine Modern Heritage crys for Help Dear DOCOMOMO friends, today we received the first news from our colleague Ievgeniia Gubkina from Kharkiv, Ukraine: “My hometown Kharkiv, which for many years has been the subject of my scientific research, excursions and educational projects, is surrounded by the Russian army and every day is under inhuman… Continue reading Kharkiv, Ukraine Modern Heritage cries for Help
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DOCOMOMO Korea Student Design Competition
Announcement DOCOMOMO Korea Student Design Competition Docomomo Korea is announcing the theme for its annual student design competition: “Reuse and Development of Seoul Hilton Hotel and surrounding site” Seoul Hilton was designed by Jong Soung Kimm with his firm SAC International, Ltd. during 1977~80, and was completed in 1983. It recently changed ownership, and the… Continue reading DOCOMOMO Korea Student Design Competition
“Brutal Activism: Rescuing Preston Bus Station” – Sally Stone
“Brutal Activism: Rescuing Preston Bus Station” – Sally Stone Docomomo Turkey is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its foundation on March 6, 2022. On this occasion they would like to invite to the online event “Brutal Activism: Rescuing Preston Bus Station”: The event will take place on 06 March 2022 – 17.00 (EET) 15.00 (CET)and… Continue reading “Brutal Activism: Rescuing Preston Bus Station” – Sally Stone
Bid to save the Australian Environmental Studies Building at Griffith University, Brisbane
Bid to save the Australian Environmental Studies Building at Griffith University, Brisbane “A pair of architects have launched a bid to heritage protect a 1970s university building built among the bush on Griffith University’s Nathan Campus in Brisbane, which the university plans to demolish. Completed in 1977, the Australian Environmental Studies Building was designed by John… Continue reading Bid to save the Australian Environmental Studies Building at Griffith University, Brisbane
A call to save the VPÚ skyscraper by Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík
A call to save the VPÚ skyscraper by Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík Extract from an essay by Jakub Potůček, art historian. Translated into English “In the online version of the daily Metro, an article appeared at the end of November with the catchy headline House of Joy: Žižkov’s landmark awaits revival. Interesting reading? But… Continue reading A call to save the VPÚ skyscraper by Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík
SYMPOSIUM “Open Modernism – The Future of Villa Beer”
SYMPOSIUM “Open Modernism – The Future of Villa Beer” 25 and 26th February 2022 presented by ÖGFA and DOCOMOMO Austria, in cooperation with the Villa Beer GmbH. The Symposium will be streamed live and will be simultaneously translated into English. program and registration The news that Villa Beer, a key work of Viennese modernism designed… Continue reading SYMPOSIUM “Open Modernism – The Future of Villa Beer”
Frederico Maggia 2022 Award
Frederico Maggia 2022 Award – Italy The Sella Foundation, together with the Ordinances of Architects and Engineers of Biella, launches the eighth edition of the Frederico Maggia Award, in memory of the engineer-architect Federico Maggia from Biella. The Biennial Federico Maggia Architecture Award offers young designers under 30 the opportunity to design and build useful… Continue reading Frederico Maggia 2022 Award
Online Forum: Integrated Approaches to Europe´s Dissonant Heritage
Online Forum: Integrated Approaches to Europe´s Dissonant Heritage – Insights, Networks, and Future Perspectives February 16 – 17, 2022, 13:30 – 17:00, via Webex All over Europe, dissonant heritage of the 20th century is under discussion. The Online Forum offers the space to talk and have an exchange about integrated approaches to the dissonant heritage… Continue reading Online Forum: Integrated Approaches to Europe´s Dissonant Heritage
Open call: Cities as Archives
Open call: Cities as Archives Open call for paper The Panel at VI ASAI Biennial Conference is announcing an open call forHistorical Stratigraphies and Visual Cultures of the Built Environment across the Horn of Africa, East Africa and Regions Beyond.Deadline of the application is March 03, 2022. The panel seeks to shed new light on… Continue reading Open call: Cities as Archives
Demolition of Marcel Breuer-designed Geller House
Demolition of Marcel Breuer-designed Geller House Marcel Breuer’s first binuclear house, Geller I in Lawrence, New York has been demolished in the dead of night. Geller I is largely considered the project that propelled Breuer to private practice in New York and prompted the Museum of Modern Art to commission Breuer to design an exhibition house in… Continue reading Demolition of Marcel Breuer-designed Geller House
