The Queens Theatre is screening Modern Ruin, the story of Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion for the 1964-1965 World’s Fair. A discussion with director Matthew Silva and fair historian Bill Cotter will follow film.
Docomomo US is hosting a weekend travel tour at The Sea Ranch in California October 18–20. The names: Halprin, Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull, Whitaker, Esherick and more. And Barbara Stauffacher Solomon’s Supergraphics!
Susan Singh is researching the inventive materials and practices of the Modern movement with a focus on technology history. Read about her key takeaways from the 2024 Docomomo National Symposium in Miami.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania, a new exhibition at the National Building Museum, presents both realized and unrealized projects and examines how FLW’s vision of the future might have impacted urban, suburban, and rural landscapes.
Kimberly La Porte, Senior Management Specialist of Public Art for Public Schools in New York City, shares her 2024 symposium experience and how it resonates with the work she is doing in NYC.
The National Building Museum’s exhibition Capital Brutalism explores the history, current state, and future of seven polarizing buildings and the Metro system in Washington, D.C.
This MoMA exhibition presents these sometimes conflicting visions of modernity proposed by designers of home environments in Latin America between 1940 and 1980.
At its March 13, 2024 meeting the DOCOMOMO US/NY Tri-State board voted in its newest member. Welcome Ritika Jharia.
The Village of Southampton is considering designation of important modern houses designed by Ward Bennett, Norman Jaffe, and Myron Goldfinger. DOCOMOMO supports Southampton’s efforts to preserve these architectural legacies.
Tours at the Glass House will now include the restored Brick House, Philip Johnson’s dramatic pairing to his Glass House. Long closed to the public, the opening coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Glass House.
Philip Johnson’s Brick House (aka Guest House), his opposites attract complement to the Glass House, opens for public tours May 2, 2024 after a comprehensive restoration.
Pics from “Complexities of the Modern American City,” the 2023 Docomomo National Symposium in New Haven, CT. The largest ever.
Are conversation pits the antidote to endless hours in front of screens? Possibly. Check out conversation_pits on instagram for all the inspiration you’ll ever need. It’s a lot about the pillows.
Docomomo International recently added five country-level working parties: Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. The organization now counts 77 working parties and more than 3,000 international-level members.
It was only a matter of time. “With the stroke of his pencil he gave structure to life, and life to structure. That is a legacy that lives on.” Now, we’re told, in a new bathroom fixture collection from BRIZO. Catch the video.
Docomomo Journal is the peer-reviewed journal of Docomomo International that, since 1990, has provided a twice-yearly collection of recent and original research on the documentation and conservation of Modern Movement sites. The journal is now open access and digitized back to 2010. Peruse some great issues at our leisure.
Apparently cats like Brutalism a lot more than architectural pundits, civic leaders and everyday onlookers. This Instagram account—taglined a “daily dose of cats and concrete”—is all fun. If you’re on Instagram check out Julliard School, Pirelli Building, Whitney Museum and more.
Along with architecture, Charles and Ray Eames made their mark in short films. In Power of Ten, a 1977 film for IBM, the duo visualized the concept of magnitude and it still mesmerizes. Six million YouTube viewers couldn’t be wrong.