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Columbia University graduate fieldwork in Venice
Graduate students from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) spent the week of 7th-11th October recording elements of the Prioral Palace and Church of the Order...
Lamassu facsimiles sent to the University of Mosul
Two monumental facsimiles of lamassu, Assyrian winged lion deities with human heads, are now on their way from Madrid to Mosul. After being flown to the city with the help...
Next year at the British Museum: new exhibition on the Bakor Monoliths
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary in November 2020 of the ‘UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transport of Ownership of Cultural...
Jeremy Corbyn endorses the campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
In London there has been an important meeting in the Mosque with the Local MP and many councillors pledging support for the Factum Foundation and UKHBPT scheme to revitalise the...
New collaborations focusing on the Spanish Golden Age
Spanish painting, the original reason that Factum was established in Madrid, is the focus of a great deal of our attention. Following successful collaborations with Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, the...
Unveiling the reconstruction of the sacred cave of Kamukuwaká
Following months of ‘organic modelling’, carried out in close communication with the Wauja community in Upper Xingu (Brazil), the reconstruction of the sacred cave will be unveiled in Factum’s Madrid...
The recording of Raphael’s Cartoons at the V&A
In August 2019, a team of 3D recording and high-resolution panoramic photography specialists from Factum Foundation carried out the recording of the Raphael Cartoons at the V&A, which have been...
September talks
International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry 27th international symposium, Ávila September 4th Factum Foundation Project Director Carlos Bayod participated in a panel on ‘Ethics for Heritage Recording Specialists.’ He spoke alongside...
Recreation of Six Sunflowers in a Vase on show in Tokyo exhibition
The exhibition ‘Superclone Cultural Properties’ (Sep. 16 –29) at the Tokyo University of the Arts Museum introduces the concepts and material realities that lie behind the reproduction of cultural heritage....
Save the date: Conversation at Spencer House
On 23 Sept., Factum Foundation’s Adam Lowe and exhibition designer Charlotte Skene Catling will be in conversation with Jonathan Jones about how technology is being used to enhance our understanding...
The Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO gives its patronage to the Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative
The Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative and its ongoing training programme through the 3D Scanning, Training and Archiving Centre at Stoppelaëre House received the patronage of the Egyptian National Commission for...
The campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The Tower Hamlets Planning Committee meeting to decide the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, due to happen on 30 July, was differed. It may happen in September / October,...
The lost silver map of Al-Idrisi
Factum Foundation’s recreation of the lost silver map of Al-Idrisi is now complete. The map, a reconstruction of a lost 12th-century original following a 16th-century Ottoman copy, was exhibited at...
Recording a 19th-century relief map of Jerusalem
In July 2019, a team from Factum Foundation used photogrammetry to record a 1:500 scale model of Jerusalem – the first topographic relief to aim for scientific accuracy. The hand-painted...
Book launch: ‘Antonio Canova. Atelier’
A new book, Antonio Canova. Atelier, tells the story of the ongoing collaboration between Factum Foundation and the Musei Civici di Bassano del Grappa, a project which is transforming the...
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