Last year docomomo International has raised awareness about the endangered status of Maison de Peuple in Clichy, France, which is threatened by the planned construction of a 96 meter tower in the back of the building. The Association Quartier Maison du Peuple has started a petition addressed to the French Minister of Culture, Mr. Franck Riester, opposing the project … read more…

Walsh Street Tours Experience Walsh Street ‘Walsh Street’, the house Boyd designed for his own family in 1957, is his most well-known work. It has been extensively published both nationally and internationally as an exemplar of modernist Australian architecture and a house that continues to influence architectural thinking. It is now the home of the … read more…

Designed and lived in by architect Sydney Ancher, in 1948, number 2 Maytone Avenue, Killara, is for sale by  Savills Residential Sales. The property is one of three that form an enclave of modern case-study houses, which demonstrate how modern International Style architecture was adapted in Australia using the capacities of local post-war construction. Auction Saturday … read more…

Relics of the Future Presented by Melbourne Design Week and Richard Sowada Relics of the Future is a documentary featuring internationally renowned photographer Toni Hafkenscheid, as he explores hidden stories behind iconic architectural structures once considered “Visions of the Future” from the 1960’s. This film is a fascinating and light-hearted look at the way we … read more…

Publication: Bauhaus Eine fotografische Weltreise / A photographic journey around the world by Kaija Voss, Jean Molitor, published by be. bra verlag, Berlin 2018 From the publisher: “The Bauhaus movement, founded in Weimar in 1919, influenced the development of modern architecture far beyond the borders of Germany. For almost a decade, photographer Jean Molitor has … read more…

CCP Centre for Contemporary Photography 02 February – 31 March 2019 Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) is presenting a major survey of the monumental Crowd Theory photographs by Melbourne-born, London-based artist Simon Terrill. The exhibition explores crowd dynamics and the relationship between urban architectural spaces and those who inhabit them. Crowd Theory (2004–2018) is an ongoing series of photographic and … read more…

Monday 11 Mar 2019 9:15am – 6:30pm Japanese Room, Level 4 Glyn Davis Building (MSD) 133 University of Melbourne Join us for the annual ACAHUCH Labour Day Heritage Symposium. In 2019 we’ll explore new research into the value, purpose, form and history of spaces for the purchase, consumption and production of food. Dining trends come and … read more…

Docomomo Australia is re-publishing an appeal by Citizens for Melbourne to stop the attempt to circumvent the suspended permit to demolish part of Federation Square for the construction of a new Apple Store. Dear all, At Citizens for Melbourne and the Our City, Our Square campaign we hope you’re well. I am unsure if you’ve … read more…

  Simpson-Lee House I design Booth & Peters, Arthur Baldwinson (1908-1968, design architect) type Housing / House date of completion 1957 address 23 Roland Avenue, Warrawee – Australia gps 33º 43′ 48.72” S/151º 6′ 55.8” E Reference: Baldwinson’s Artist Houses (PDF) Photo Reference:  no. 6121: Simpson Lee house, 23 Roland Avenue, Warrawee (Wahroonga), April 1964 / … read more…

Sir Peter Cook Director, CRAB Studio, London In the 1960s Sir Peter Cook, together with Warren Chalk, Dennis Crompton, David Greene, Ron Herron and Michael Webb, set up Avant-Garde architecture group Archigram. With this, they put forward a series of radical proposals as a reaction towards what he stated was a dull period in British … read more…

The first major history of Paddington in forty years was initiated by the Paddington Society, published by UNSW press in 2019. It provides a fresh and revealing perspective on this celebrated heritage suburb with leading historians and specialists exploring the makeup of Paddington’s diverse community including its indigenous, colonial, post-war migrant, bohemian and LGBTQ residents … read more…

University of Western Australia invite you to join a practical 5 day workshop to learn professional colour investigation techniques. It is vital that targeted research is carried out to inform decisions made about paint and colour schemes to support the interpretation and understanding of heritage places. Led by Dr Donald Ellsmore, you will investigate historic … read more…

Peter Wille, photographer, Robin Boyd, architect, Neptune’s Fishbowl, Toorak Rd, South Yarra, completed 1970, reproduction of colour slide. Peter Wille: Out driving until 31 December 2019 State Library of Victoria, Melbourne free entrance Curator talk: Peter Wille: Out driving taking place Tuesday 12 February 2019. Explore the work of Peter Wille, who amassed a collection of … read more…

The Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW & ACT is hosting a talk by Genista Davidson, visiting from UK. She lives and breathes all things Art Deco. Genista is only in Australia for a very small window of time. Genista says. “It is the only movement that goes across all the genres. It can be a … read more…

The 7th international scientific conference “Modernism in Europe – modernism in Gdynia. 20th century architecture – preservation of its authenticity and integrity.” will be organized by the city of Gdynia on October 3rd-5th, 2019. As in previous years, the co-organizer of the conference will be the Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture. The theme … read more…

Through her poetic images, Israeli architectural photographer Erieta Attali explores the relationship between architecture and landscape, interrogating how the context and surrounding terrain of a building form part of a two-way dialogue. Attali is a master at revealing the natural within the manmade, depicting architecture as a feature of nature. Projects by some of the … read more…

Docomomo Iran in association with the Research Institution of Art and Culture of the University of Tehran would like to invite to the “International Conference on Conservation of 20th Century Heritage from Architecture to Landscape“. The conference takes place 23-24 April 2019, at Negaresten Garden, University of Tehran. Call for Abstracts: Research Institution of Art and Culture … read more…

Napier Waller “I’ll put a girdle round about the earth” 1933, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra © Estate of Napier Waller Until 17 March 2019* Australian Art galleries | Level 1 Free entry In the 1920s, Australian artists rebelled against the austerity of World War I to create images of an abundant … read more…

  Agence Christiane Schmuckle-Mollard awarded the 2018 WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize 7th November 2018, World Monuments Fund, New York, US Docomomo International congratulates Christiane Schmuckle-Mollard on the recognition of the rehabilitation of the Karl Marx School in Villejuif. The 2018 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize was awarded to Agence Christiane Schmuckle-Mollard for the rehabilitation of the Karl Marx … read more…

Call for Entries: 2019 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation Submissions open: 17th December 2018 – 31st March 2019 The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation recognises exemplary efforts by individuals and organisations to restore or conserve structures, places and properties of heritage value in the region. It aims to encourage other property … read more…