Postwar modernism's new showcase.DOCOMOMO DOCOMOMO Documentation and Conservation - Modern Movement (New York, NY urban design organization) US, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. chapter of the international organization dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement, will host the VIIIth International DOCOMOMO conference--"Import/Export: Postwar modernism in an Expanding World, 1945-1975." This is the first DOCOMOMO conference devoted entirely to the postwar period. It is also first to consider the impact of preservation on modernism and conversely con·verse 1 intr.v. con·versed, con·vers·ing, con·vers·es 1. To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; talk. See Synonyms at speak. 2. , the impact of modernism on preservation. "As the home of "Corporate Modernism" on one band, and the United Nations on the other, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of evokes the multiple and often conflicting postwar social, cultural and political dimensions as well as the optimism and anxiety that so greatly shaped modernism and made it much more than merely a style," said Theodore H.M. Prudon, Ph.D., FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , and president of DOCOMOMO US." "We will consider postwar modernism as an international phenomenon and the convergence of specialists from all over the world should be of interest to architects, historians, planners and preservationists." The conference week will be divided into three distinct components. During the two main conference days, September 27 and 28 at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 68 historians, architects, planners and preservation professionals from 25 countries will present their papers in three parallel sessions. For additional information contact Linda Miller Linda J. Miller is the Iowa State Representative from the 82nd District. She has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. Miller currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Education committee; the Human Resources committee; and the State 212/725-7656 lindagmiller@earthllnk.net |
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