Entries by CIPA
Corona image in Corona era
Detection and Documentation of the Great Wall of Gorgan by dr. Abbass Malian The Great Wall of Gorgan or the Red Snake (which owes its name to its red color bricks), is a historical wall that extends from the Caspian Sea to the top of the Alborz Mountains. Almost all of this wall is now […]
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CAMP FOR DOCUMENTATION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN IRAN
Faculty of architecture and urbanism of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad organized an international camp for documentation of a modern architectural heritage in Iran, with collaboration of DOCOMOMO Iran (international committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement), petroleum museums and documents center of Iran, and CIPA (international scientific committee […]
ICOMOS Board Elections
In October 2020, the 20th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium would have taken place in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately COVID-19 determined otherwise. The “ICOMOS GA2020 Marker Event” took place to acknowledge the excellent work and support of the ICOMOS organizer team. The ICOMOS 21st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium will be held on 31 August – 09 September 2023 in […]
Summary of the CIPA EP webinars
CIPA Emerging Professionals have organized, moderated and presented 7 online events, gathering an international audience from more than 75 countries, with a total attendance of over 1,000 people. Accessing Heritage Places from Home Webinar Series (supported by CIPA, ICOMOS, the National Trust for Canada and NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering) Part 1- ‘Digital Tools as Opportunities […]
Beirut’s Shattered Heritage: An Emergency Documentation
By Joe Kallas, Minna Silver and Ona Vileikis. Shattered stained glass windows and endangered heritage left after the explosion in the harbour of Beirut in Lebanon, reflect the shattered hopes that the capital of Lebanon had during the decades of restoration in its historic sites. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate […]
About the 2019 Statutes
Text by Prof. dr. F. Rinaudo For a scientific committee like CIPA-HD, the Statutes are of fundamental importance because they regulate the way research and dissemination activities are developed. The Statutes cannot be untouchable tool. They must adapt to new situations that the advancement of knowledge proposes to new research habits of its members and […]
Virtual Reality and the Lockdown
Longread by Prof. Dr. Minna Silver (4 to 5 minutes) The world has changed from the beginning of the new decade 2020, when the pandemic COVID-19 known as the corona virus has spread to different continents with unexpected consequences. The world has vividly appeared to be a more vulnerable place for humankind than earlier in […]
CIPA workshop „Research and Education in Urban History in the Age of Digital Libraries“ 2019 – A summary
The junior research group UrbanHistory4D hosted the workshop „Research and Education in Urban History in the Age of Digital Libraries“ under the patronage of CIPA on 10-11 October 2019 in Dresden. Organized by Florian Niebling (Würzburg), Heike Messemer (Würzburg) and Sander Münster (Dresden) it was a joint international event of the University of Würzburg and […]