International Congress on Modern Architecture

International Congress on Modern Architecture, Internationaler Kongress für Neues Bauen, Congrès International pour l'Architecture Moderne
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Founded: 1928
Sources: HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Les organes de l'Association sont : 1° Le Congrès, qui est l'assemblée générale des membres de l'Association; 20 le Comité international pour la réalisation des problèmes architecturaux contemporains, qui a pour mission de préparer l'ordre du jour du congrès, de constituer le bureau pendant le congrès et d'exécuter les décisions du congrès. (HB 1936) The organs of the Association are: (1) The Congress, which is the general assembly of the To formulate the aims of modern architecture; to uphold modern ideas in architecture; to gain acceptance for these principles in technical, economic and social circles, to work for the solution of architectural problems members of the Association; (2) the International Committee for contemporary architectural problems, which prepares the agenda of the Congress, constitutes the Bureau during the Congress, and executes the decisions of the Congress (HB 1938)

Seats

Members in these countries

Members in various countries.
Algeria , Belgium , Brazil , Czechoslovakia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Indochina , Italy , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , United Kingdom , United States of America , Yugoslavia ,

Congresses

Object

(a) To formulate the aims of modern architecture; (b) to uphold modern ideas in architecture; (c) to gain acceptance for these principles in technical, economic, social circles, etc. (HB 1929) Formuler le problème architectural contemporain ; représenter l'idée architecturale moderne; faire pénétrer cette idée dans les cercles techniques, économiques et sociaux; veiller à la réalisation du problème de l'architecture. (HB 1936) To formulate the aims of modern architecture; uphold modern ideas in architecture; to gain acceptance for these principles in technical, economic and social circles, to work for the solution of architectural problems. (HB 1938)

Finances

Members' subscriptions.

General facts

The next Congress was held (?) at Frankfort in September 1929.

Publications

« L'habitation minimum » (troisième édition 1933) ; « Les lotissements rationnels, 1931 »; « La ville fonctionnelle » (en préparation). (HB 1936) Official Publications: L’habitation minimum (3rd edition 1933); Les lotissements rationnels, 1931; La ville fonctionnelle (in preparation). (HB 1938)

Activities

Conferences, publications. (HB 1929) Le Congrès est un congrès de travail qui demande de chaque membre des travaux désintéressés pour le but du congrès. Premier congrès tenu au Château de La Sarraz en 1928; deuxième à Francfort en 1929; troisième à Bruxelles en 1930; quatrième à Athènes en 1933. Dernières assemblées du Comité : Barcelone 1932, Londres 1933, Amsterdam 1935. Expositions à l'occasion de chaque congrès. (HB 1936) The Congress is a congress of workers, which calls for disinterested work on the part of each member for the ends of the Congress. The first Congress was held at ARTS AND SCIENCES the Chateau of La Sarraz in 1928; the second at Frankfort in 1929 ; the third at Brussels, 1930 ; the fourth at Athens, 1933. The fifth was held in Paris from June 28th to July 2nd, 1937. Subject: 'Housing and Leisure'. Last meetings of the Committee: Barcelona, 1932; London, 1933; Amsterdam, 1935; La Sarraz, 1936. Exhibitions on the occasion of each Congress. (HB 1938)

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