Docomomo Journal 74 – Imperfect Modernism is published online!
Our members will receive the printed issues 73 and 74 by the end of the year.
Guest edited by Liutauras Nekrošius and Kateryna Didenko (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University / Docomomo Lithuania), this issue is dedicated to research that showcases the geographical and civilizational diversity of modernist architecture, examining how it has not only witnessed key turning points of the 20th century—such as political and social utopias, technological breakthroughs, and aesthetic and social experiments—but also reflects the dual forces of globalization and a unified architectural vision on one side, and the struggle to preserve ethnic and religious identity on the other.
Published: 2025-11-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52200/docomomo.74 (pdf)
DOCOMOMO JOURNAL 74
IMPERFECT MODERNISM
CONTENT
When Leisure Ends in Loss:
— Revising Urban Entertainment Facilities from Socialist Romania
(Ruxandra Balcanu, Alexandra Ioana Radu)
Interrupted Modernity in Santiago de Chile:
— The Political Afterlife of the Ochagavía Hospital
(Claudia Oliva Saavedra)
From Nubia to Khartoum:
— The Politics of Constructing the Sudan National Museum
(Mai Abusalih)
Shifting Paradigms Between Modernism and Tradition:
— The Case of Tashkent
(Sofia Celli, Davide Del Curto, Karolina Pieniazek, Gunce Uzgoren)
Paradoxical Modernism in Singapore’s Mosque Architecture:
— Secularism, Indo-Saracenic Elements, and Mosque Upgrading in the Inaugural Mosque Building
— Fund Phase (1977-1983)
(Hadi Osni)
Processes of Ruinisation and Revitalisation
— Kharkiv Industrial Architecture in the Modernist Era
(Olena Remizova, Kyrylo Bozhko)
Adaptive Modernity in Times of Scarcity
— Urban Housing in Maoist China
(Yimei Zhang)
Digitizing Modernist Heritage
— Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Conservation of Miguel Ángel Roca’s Architecture
(Victoria Ferraris, Carla Ferreyra, Anna Sanseverino, Luisa Smeragliuolo Perrotta)
Kurnėnai School
— A Unique Example of Interwar Lithuanian Modernism and Its Preservation
(Margarita Janušonienė)
The HYPA Building in Šabac
— Challenges and Strategies for Protecting Modern Heritage in a Changing Socio-Political Landscape
(Marko Gavrilović)