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Morgan Creek by In Situ Studio

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

August 26, 2024

A neglected but architecturally significant mid-century house and its surrounding grounds are saved from potential demolition and redevelopment through a comprehensive renovation and expansion.

In ‘The Modern Garden,’ Pierluigi Serraino Illuminates Overlooked Landscapes

Excerpt: The Modern Garden: The Outdoor Architecture of Mid-Century America by Pierluigi Serraino

August 7, 2024

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Read an excerpt from the forthcoming survey of midcentury landscapes, which explores the sometimes fraught relationships among landscape architecture, building, and photography.

The Getty Foundation’s Conserving Black Modernism Initiative Announces Newest Grant Recipients

Matt Hickman

July 23, 2024

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Eight sites, including a Washington, D.C., theater and a Buffalo community center, will share $3.1 million earmarked for preservation efforts through a grant partnership with the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

A New Documentary Wrestles With the Legacy of Designer Eliot Noyes—and Corporate Modernism

Dante A. Ciampaglia

July 18, 2024

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Jason Andrew Cohn’s ‘Modernism, Inc: The Eliot Noyes Design Story’ opens in New York on July 19 at the IFC Center.

Alvar and Aino Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium Opens its Doors to Overnight Guests

Matthew Marani

May 24, 2024

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Completed in 1933, the erstwhile medical facility in rural southwest Finland stands as an early landmark of Modern design.

Albert Frey’s Aluminaire House Lands in Palm Springs

Russell Fortmeyer

April 15, 2024

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The permanent installation of the experimental 1931 residence on the grounds of the Palm Springs Art Museum coincides with a retrospective exhibition on its designer.

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Vladimir Radutny Architects Transforms a Top-Floor Apartment in a Chicago Landmark

Chicago

James Gauer

April 8, 2024

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The 2020 Design Vanguard's makeover of an 1,800-square-foot unit honors the Hancock Center's distinctive exoskeleton with striking structural elements.

Norman Foster Presented with Architecture Sarasota’s Second-Annual Hiss Award

Ian Volner

April 4, 2024

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In March, the octogenarian British architect descended on the Modernist architecture-rich city on Florida's Gulf Coast for a weekend of festivities and public programming.

‘Tropical Modernism’ Surveys Climate-Responsive Architecture in Post-Colonial West Africa and India

Catherine Slessor

March 26, 2024

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An exhibition at V&A South Kensington examines how Western ideas were reimagined as a form of post-colonial nationhood that combined European practice with indigenous traditions of making and design.

Tower at Eliel Saarinen-Designed First Christian Church Soars Again After $3.2 Million Restoration

Matt Hickman

February 29, 2024

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Completed in 1942, the National Historic Landmark–designated site in Columbus, Indiana, is considered one of the first Modernist churches in the U.S.

Articles Tagged with ''modernism''

Morgan Creek by In Situ Studio

In ‘The Modern Garden,’ Pierluigi Serraino Illuminates Overlooked Landscapes

The Getty Foundation’s Conserving Black Modernism Initiative Announces Newest Grant Recipients

A New Documentary Wrestles With the Legacy of Designer Eliot Noyes—and Corporate Modernism

Alvar and Aino Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium Opens its Doors to Overnight Guests

Albert Frey’s Aluminaire House Lands in Palm Springs

Vladimir Radutny Architects Transforms a Top-Floor Apartment in a Chicago Landmark

Norman Foster Presented with Architecture Sarasota’s Second-Annual Hiss Award

‘Tropical Modernism’ Surveys Climate-Responsive Architecture in Post-Colonial West Africa and India

Tower at Eliel Saarinen-Designed First Christian Church Soars Again After $3.2 Million Restoration

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