Join us at the Melbourne School of Design for the first BE—150 Dean’s lecture, where Beatriz Colomina explores the impact of medical discourse and imaging technologies on the formation, representation and reception of twentieth-century architecture. She challenges the normal understanding of modern architecture by proposing that it was shaped by the dominant medical obsession of … read more…

Saturday 13 April 2019 – 6.00pm Step back in time at Canberra Modern’s Modernist Dinner at University House (1954). Eat, drink and dance in your best vintage outfit with a mid-century inspired menu. Join guest MC – Ms Modernism, Annalisa Cappuro and artist Trevor Dickinson, locally known for taking our humble bus stops to icon … read more…

BUS TOUR: Iconic Bus Shelters of Canberra with Trevor Dickinson Saturday 13 April – 10am – 12pm.  Join artist Trevor Dickinson on a bus tour of Canberra’s iconic bus shelters – be prepared for some pop-up activities at some stops and some special guests along the way. BOOK NOW ================================== TALK/EXHIBITION: Australian Odyssey: Marion Hall … read more…

David O’Loughlin, Convenor: Art Deco and Modernism Society (SA Chapter), launched the Architecture Museum’s 9th publication in the Architecture Museum Monograph Series on Thursday 30th August, at the City of Holdfast Bay Council Chambers. Titled Chris A. Smith: Moving with the Times and written by Alison McDougall, the monograph was produced as a collaboration between … read more…

Exhibition: John Gollings Spirit of Place Date: 23 March / 21 July 2019 Location: Heide II Curator/s: Kendrah Morgan An ancient rock shelter in remote Arnhem Land decorated with complex x-ray figures and naturalistic animals is one of a number of extraordinary Indigenous sites featured in this exhibition of work by acclaimed Melbourne photographer John … read more…

Why Canberra Modern? Canberra is a young city with a rich architectural legacy. With major boom periods in the 1920s and again from the 1950s-1980s – the architectural aesthetic of the city is eclectic, but deliberately cohesive. The mid-late twentieth century period of development in Canberra, specifically during the National Capital Development Commission’s (NCDC) oversight … read more…

Exhibition: A room of one´s own: Feminist questions about architecture 25th January – 19th May 2019, Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia The Museum of Estonian Architecture, in Tallinn, is presenting the exhibition “A room of one´s own: Feminist questions about architecture”. A room and money of her own – these are two prerequisites for … read more…

Under Threat: Miyakonojo Civic Hall by Kiyonori Kikutake, Miyakonojo, Japan, 1966 Docomomo International has been alerted to the current threat the former Miyakonojo Civic Hall, in Miyakonojo, faces. Designed by Japanese architect Kiyonori Kikutake and built in 1966, the Miyakonojo Civic Hall is a particular representation of the Metabolism Movement and its principals, envisioning structures … read more…

Publication: bauhaus journal 1926–1931 facsimile edition Edited by Lars Müller in collaboration with Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin To mark the centennial of the Bauhaus, Lars Müller Publishers issues reprints of some of the more outstanding publications in the Bauhaus program, in cooperation with the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin. One hundred years after the founding of Bauhaus, … read more…

NATIONAL STUDY ON INDIGENOUS PLACES Presentation by Prof Hilary du Cros EG Whitlam Visiting Research Fellow at the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University The Whitlam Government (1972-1975) was deeply concerned about Indigenous Affairs and Cultural Heritage. The crucial issue investigated was whether the dismantling of Whitlam initiatives, active up until 2004 – the Australian … read more…

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…