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American Enterprise Group Corporate Headquarters by BNIM

Des Moines

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

June 1, 2016

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“Who wouldn’t want to work on a Bunshaft building?” asks architect Rod Kruse, a principal at BNIM.

Scholars Debate the Fate of a Lost Mies Masterwork

Anna Fixsen

April 21, 2016

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“It is much better to be good than to be original,” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe famously advised his protégé Philip Johnson.

Midcentury Modern Miniatures

Meet the man making 3-inch-tall Eames chairs.

Miriam Sitz

April 15, 2016

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While big box retailers churn out cheap knock-offs of Eames rockers and Saarinen tulip chairs to meet consumers’ growing demands, Chicago collector and craftsman Michael Yurkovic has his eyes on a smaller market: mid-century modern miniatures.

Groups Petition Putin to Save Shukhov Tower

World Monuments Fund will host a two-day celebration in Moscow this weekend to raise awareness of Constructivist icon.

Anna Fixsen

March 18, 2016

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Preservationists are imploring Russian president Vladimir Putin to take decisive measures to restore Shabolovka Tower, a deteriorating Constructivist masterwork in Moscow.

When Modernism Was Young

Historian Kenneth Frampton points to the architectural significance of two early 20th-century industrial buildings.

Suzanne Stephens

March 1, 2016

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Historian Kenneth Frampton points to the architectural significance of two early 20th-century industrial buildings.

Architecture of Independence: African Modernism

Exhibition Gives New Perspective to African Design

January 21, 2016

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A traveling exhibition opening next week at Chicago's Graham Foundation shines a big spotlight on design in Africa.

Modernism Endangered

Why are we so ambivalent about the architecture of the recent past?

Edward Durell Stone

January 18, 2016

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Edward Durell stone discusses how the Conger Goodyear House came to be and how its design took shape.

Last Call at Tokyo's Hotel Okura

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

August 16, 2015

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Located in the Akasaka area, near the U.S. embassy, the Midcentury classic—which opened in 1962 and was designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi and Hideo Kosaka—closes this month. Much of it will be torn down.