Overview of the heritage of architectural modernism. Documented in several categories are 24 outstanding 20th-century buildings that have been restored and renovated in an exemplary manner. Among them are such well-known projects as the National Gallery in Berlin and the Villa Tugendhat, both by Mies van der Rohe, but also quite a few surprises. Internationally renowned experts demonstrate various strategies for restoration and conversion.
Overview of the heritage of architectural modernism. Documented in
several categories are 24 outstanding 20th-century buildings that have
been restored and renovated in an exemplary manner. Among them are such
well-known projects as the National Gallery in Berlin and the Villa
Tugendhat, both by Mies van der Rohe, but also quite a few surprises.
Internationally renowned experts demonstrate various strategies for
restoration and conversion.
Introduction Ana Tostoes Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty! & How to Keep Modern Heritage Alive? |
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Why Preserving Memory Matters For Building A Wonderfulworld |
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What to Do With Modern Tradition? |
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The Importance Of Research In The Restoration Of 20Th Century Architecture |
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The Museum As Advocate Of Modernist Preservation |
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Cultural Diversity In Conservation And Inherent Resilience |
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Documentation And Conservation Of Modern Movement Architecture In Education |
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Modern World Heritage -- Blindspot Technical Infrastructure? |
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Lina Bo Bardi's Casa De Vidro |
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Genesis And Reconstruction Of Vladimir Muller's Villa In Olomouc |
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Saving A Gem Of Modernist Architecture In Slovakia |
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Approaches And Strategies For Intervention |
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
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Yale Center For British Art |
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New Haven, Connecticut, Usa |
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Municipal Orphanage Amsterdam |
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Yamanashi Press And Broadcasting Center |
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Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Casa Estudio Para Artistas |
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Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |
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Conservation Through Activism |
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Isokon And Isokon Gallery |
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Trenton Bath House And Day Camp Pavilions |
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Le Corbusier's Apartment-Studio |
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Lifetime Achievement: Winfried Brenne |
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Meisterhaus Muche-Schlemmer |
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Biographies |
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Illustration Credits |
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Acknowledgments |
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Ana Tostões (b. Portugal, 1959) is an architect, architecture critic, and historian. President of Docomomo International and Editor of the Docomomo Journal (20102021). Full Professor at IST-University of Lisbon, where she is Architecture Scientific Board Chair, in charge of the Architectural PhD program, and leader of the heritage research line of CiTUA. She has a degree in Architecture (ESBAL), a masters degree in History of Art (UNL), with a thesis entitled Os Verdes Anos na Arquitectura Portuguesa dos Anos 50 (FAUP Ed.,1997) and holds a PhD (IST-UL) on culture and technology in Modern Architecture (Idade Maior, FAUP Ed., 2015), awarded with the X Bienal Ibero-Americana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Prize. Her research field is the critical history and theory of Modern Movement architecture, focusing on the worldwide cultural transfers. Within this field she has published books and essays curated exhibitions, and given lectures. She coordinated the research project focused on the modern Sub-Sahara African architecture, whose publication Modern Architecture in Africa: Angola and Mozambique (2014) was awarded with the Gulbenkian APH Prize 2014. She edited the book Cure and Care. Architecture and Health (2020).