ICOMOS
INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON TWENTIETH
CENTURY HERITAGE
About us
The ICOMOS Twentieth Century Heritage International Scientific Committee is inter-disciplinary in its membership and recognises the diversity of regional and cultural expression in twentieth-century heritage. The ISC20C welcomes expert, associate, emerging professional and institutional members.
The committee focuses its efforts on conserving and celebrating mid to late twentieth-century places that are most at risk through lack of recognition and protection.
The committee co-ordinates a range of projects, conferences, declarations, and publications to address these issues. The Heritage Alerts program is a key advocacy project through which ISC20C raises international public consciousness about specific sites under threat.
2026 AGM & SYMPOSIUM
Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia) | 16 October 2026 Dear ISC20C members, with great pleasure, we announce that the 2026 ISC20C Annual General Meeting & Symposium will take place
Call for Abstracts | ICOMOS GA2026 Scientific Symposium
The International Scientific Committee on Twentieth-Century Heritage (ISC20C) invites submissions to a Scientific Symposium session at ICOMOS GA2026, to be held in Kuching, Malaysia. Common Threads: Similarities for
ISC20C Recent News
Call for Contributions | ICOMOS EPWG 2026 Conference & Summer School, Almaty
Global Dissonant Modernities: Designing the Future for 20th-Century Architectural Monuments and Sites Join ICOMOS EPWG Germany and ICOMOS Kazakhstan for a dual event in Almaty,
Launch of the National Scientific Committees for 20th Century Heritage | NSC20Cs
ISC20C is proud to introduce the National Scientific Committees for 20th Century Heritage (NSC20Cs) initiative. This is an additional step towards building a dynamic global
ISC20C Lead Appointed for GA2026 “Common Threads” Session
ISC20C is pleased to announce that Dr Stephen Schrapel has been appointed as ISC20C’s lead and primary contact for the GA2026 Scientific Symposium session “Common
Call to ISC20C Members: Expert Contact Point for GA2026 Session
We are pleased to invite expressions of interest from ISC20C expert members to act as ISC20C lead and contact point for the ICOMOS GA2026 Scientific Symposium session: “Common
Meeting: Latin American Modern Architecture Day
Join the XI Conference on Modern Latin American Architecture: 20th Century Public Building online on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 4:00 PM (Colombia Time) / 6:00 PM (Argentina Time).
AGM 2025 Deadline for registration extended
Dear ISC20C members, we’re glad to announce the extension of deadline to register for the AGM, in particular: – registration for in-person participation will be