Hubert-Jan Henket, Dutch architect, scholar, and co-founder of Docomomo International will invite reflection on whether the classic definitions of the Modern Movement still hold true in our evolving world of climate urgency, social change, and architectural pluralism.

SESSION CHAIR: Susan Macdonald, RIBA, Getty Conservation Institute

St. Pat’s in Oklahoma City: A Brutalist Marvel Girdled by Angels
Selena Bagnara Milan U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

Stavoprojekt and Self-Help Construction in 1950s Czechoslovakia
Klára Ullmannová Czech Technical University in Prague

Too Soon: Inflatable Structures, Space, and the 1950s Suburb
Katarzyna Balug Florida International University

The Conservation of Smithdon School
Jon Wright Jestico + Whiles

SESSION CHAIR: Kyle Normandin WJE

Endurance in Concrete: The Borjomi Composers’ House
Tatia Gvineria Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts

Reactivating La Bourse du Travail through Cultural Programming
Amina Rejeb, Monther Jamhawi University of Sharjah

Administered Integration: the Bruges Biekorf Library (1976-1986) Warre Onnockx, Maarten Liefooghe Ghent University

Negotiating the Past: Postmodern Restoration and Architectural Disputes in Liège
Valentine Masset, Wouter Van Acker Université Libre de Bruxelles

SESSION CHAIR: Chandler McCoy, Getty Conservation Institute

Irving Gill’s Concrete Construction in Southern California
Kate Whitney-Schubb University of Pennsylvania

The Schindler House on Kings Road – The Conservation Master Plan
Jeffrey Caldwell WJE

A Place in the Sun – Restoring the Neutra Lovell Health House
Frank Escher, Ravi GuneWardena – Escher GuneWardena Architecture

Wright’s Blocks in Los Angeles: Knit and Textile Block Technology and Approaches to Repair at the Freeman, Bollman, and Hollyhock Houses
Ann Harrer, Karla Salahshour – WJE; Greg Demos Demos Development; Abbey Chamberlin Brach Hollyhock House; Eran Hammer

SESSION CHAIR: Jesús Barba Bonilla Page & Turnbull

CH20 and Unidad Barrio Sur (1957-2014)
Martin Cajade La Universidad de la República (Udelar)

Adaptive Modernities: Spatial Strategies Transforming Mass Housing
Adriana Pablos University of South Florida

Architecture for Women: The Work of Milada Petříková-Pavlíková
Klára Brůhová Czech Technical University in Prague

Designing, Building, and Adapting: Community Agency in Watapuluwa
Inês Leonor Nunes University of Coimbra

SESSION CHAIR: Elsa Haarstad Getty Conservation Institute

Lived-In Adaptation: Post-Occupancy and the Inhabitant Authorship
Antonio Cantero, Delft University of Technology

Reuse of Abandoned Industrial Buildings in CZ through Communities
Lenka Popelová, Klára Ciesarová, Ashtra Najla, Dominik Jansa – Czech Technical University in Prague

Community Adaptation and the Spatial Politics of Geneva Camp
Umme Haque; Humayra Alam – Texas A&M University

Rethinking Riverside Plaza: From Brutalist Utopia to Immigrant Gateway Housing
Hector Burga University of Minnesota

SESSION CHAIR: Marta Peixoto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Universal or Local Decisions? Insights from Iraqi Modernity
Raghad Ahmed Fadhil, Ghada Musa Al Slik – University of Baghdad

Geoffrey Bawa and the Fractal Poetics of Modernism in the Sun
Kalpanee Jayatilake University of Cincinnati

Between Extraction and Comfort: L'Architecture d’Aujourd’hui and the Colonial Logic
Piero Medici Universitè Libre de Bruxelles

Preservation and Rebuilding After the Los Angeles Wildfires
Leo Marmol Marmol Radziner

SESSION CHAIR: Liz Waytkus Docomomo US

Archiving Late Modernism: The Museo di Sant’Agostino in Genoa
Elena Geria, Giovanna Franco – University of Genoa; Wido Quist Delft University of Technology

Time’s Ticking: Rethinking Age in Preservation Policy
Siena Leone-Getten Pratt Institute

Updating Late 20th Century Modernism Architecture and Community
Takako Fujimoto Hosei University; Sumiko Ebara Chiba University; Kenta Ishiguro, Tohru Shiraiwa – Masamtsu Nozawa Building Workshop Co., Ltd.

With Heritage So Meh: Landmarking Chicago's "First Mediocre Skyscraper”
Adam Rubin Chicago Architecture Center

SESSION CHAIR: Ying Zhou The University of Hong Kong

Milton Barragán and “Balcones de Guápulo”: An Unpublished Project
Verónica Vaca Proaño, Enrique Ferreras Cid – Universidad Internacional SEK; Néstor A. Llorca Vega Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE)

Clorindo Testa and the Spirit of the Machu Picchu Charter
Mara Sánchez Llorens Universidad Politécnica; Fermina Garrido Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Kamalapur Railway Station: Erasing a Tropical Modernist Legacy?
Fatema Tasmia Boston University; Tashdeed Yasar Anondow OCULUS Architects

Aditya Prakash's Tagore Theatre: Illogic of Facade Preservation
Vikramaditya Prakash University of Washington

SESSION CHAIR: Louise Noelle Gras Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Modern Heritage, Climate, and Development in Eternal Spring City
Horacio E. Torrent Schneider Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Towers in the Sun: Wandenkolk Tinoco in Recife (1974-1982)
Fernando Diniz Moreira Federal University of Pernambuco

Architecture as Shelter: The Experimentalism of Alejandro Zohn
Silvia Aloisio Iowa State University

The Sun as Cure: Heliotherapeutic Architecture in Italy (1920-60)
Anna Karla Milani Delft University of Technology

SESSION CHAIR: Wido Quist Delft University of Technology

Collaborative Intellectual Networks: Alliance Française of Quito
Nestor Llorca Vega Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE); Enrique Ferreras Cid, Verónica G. Vaca Proaño – Universidad Internacional SEK

Tropical Networks: The Philippine Mission to Latin America 1947
Timothy Augustus Ong ICOMOS Philippines

Eco-Social Reframing of Mass Housing Modernism: Case of Lazdynai
Marija Drėmaitė; Viltė Janušauskaitė Vilnius University

Nová Cvernovka Cultural Center: Reactivating Architecture
Nina Bartošová Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava; Barbora Vacková Masaryk University

Join us for an evening walk downtown and admire the city’s skyline. Complements the Bunker Hill tour, which highlights the city’s civic and cultural center; duplicates material on the Modern Skyline tour.