Activating Trans-European ModernismThe ETOM NEB-Lab for the New European Bauhaus and the ETOM – European Triennial of Modernism The collaborative trans-European dimension of Modernism engenders particularly three huge potentials –especially exploring the developments beyond East and West dichotomies: first, a scope of incredibly rich and diverse modern cultural heritage, second the vital realm and diversity… Continue reading ETOM NEB Lab – Activating Trans-European Modernism
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Kickoff CONCRETO Academy and Handbook
Kick off CONCRETO Academy On March 5-7, the CONCRETO-ACADEMY kicked off in Ivrea, Italy. On behalf of DOCOMOMO International, Andrea Canziani and Wido Quist joined the meeting. Just a few kilometres away from the snowy Alps, Ivrea was a great scene to meet with the project partners from Turkey, Italy and Spain. Ivrea, the industrial… Continue reading Kickoff CONCRETO Academy and Handbook
Final Call to Nominate a Site to the 2025 World Monuments Watch
Final Call to Nominate a Site to the 2025 World Monuments Watch The deadline to submit a nomination to the 2025 World Monuments Watch is approaching on March 15. World Monuments Fund (WMF) invites nominations for heritage places facing urgent challenges. Every two years, the Watch selects 25 places that tell a local story with… Continue reading Final Call to Nominate a Site to the 2025 World Monuments Watch
Final Call for Registration – Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists Conference
Final Call for Registration (26 Feb!) – Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists Conference (Lisboa, 7-8 March) Final countdown! Don’t miss the chance to attend the conference “Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists” in Lisbon on March 7-8, featuring two days of keynote lectures and paper sessions, plus an exclusive tour day on March 9.… Continue reading Final Call for Registration – Modernist Woman Interior Designers and Artists Conference
The House on the Stream (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1942)
The House on the Stream (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1942) was awarded 2024 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize The masterpiece by Amancio Williams and Delfina Galvez has been cared for and recognized by DOCOMOMO since its inclusion in the first international registers in 1996, published and edited by Dennis Sharp and Catherine Cook: “The Modern… Continue reading The House on the Stream (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1942)
Docomomo ISC/ID + Docomomo Portugal Conference “Modernist women interior designers and artists”
Registrations are now open: Docomomo ISC/ID + Docomomo Portugal Conference “Modernist women interior designers and artists” Registrations are now open for the International Conference organized by Docomomo ISC/ID and Docomomo Portugal on “Modernist women interior designers and artists: to deepen the reading of the different expressions of female creativity”. The event will take place on… Continue reading Docomomo ISC/ID + Docomomo Portugal Conference “Modernist women interior designers and artists”
Women in Architecture
Research Database “Women in Architecture” in Czech Republic Docomomo International is happy to announce the newly launched database and website “Women in Architecture“, which was made possible with support from the Czech Science Foundation and conducted in collaboration between the National Gallery in Prague (NGP) and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.… Continue reading Women in Architecture
Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate
Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate The International Heritage Centre at the Bauhaus University Weimar recently hosted a symposium entitled “Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate”, which focused on 20th-century university buildings and campuses that are closely linked to the concepts of Neues Bauen. A major case study was the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, with several presentations and a film screening… Continue reading Global Bauhaus: Campus-Heritage-Climate
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
CONCRETO Academy
Docomomo International teams up in CONCRETO Docomomo International teams up in CONCRETO! CONCRETO is an Alliance for Education and Enterprises within the Erasmus+ Programme. A 36-month project bringing together 13 partners from 5 EU countries to promote the GREEN REHABILITATION of EUROPEAN CONCRETE ARCHITECTURE. The CONCRETO Partners recognise the LACK of specialist skills available and… Continue reading CONCRETO Academy
