Though Beloved, Midcentury Modern Houses Are Vanishing James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus February 20, 2022 2 Comments The sudden demolition of Marcel Breuer’s influential 1945 Geller House is symptomatic of the larger trend of disappearing midcentury modern homes and the informal lifestyles they promoted.Read More
New Exhibition Shines a Light on George Fred Keck’s Solar Home of 1933 ‘Houses of Tomorrow,’ on the first glass dwelling in the U.S., is on view at the Elmhurst Museum near Chicago through May 29 Zach Mortice February 8, 2022 No Comments The exhibition explores the modernist Chicago architect’s House of Tomorrow built for the city’s Century of Progress international exposition.Read More
Review of 'Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Fifth Edition)' By Kenneth Frampton Eric Mumford September 12, 2021 No Comments Kenneth Frampton’s quintessential survey of modern architecture has been updated and greatly expanded.Read More
Eileen Gray’s Villa E-1027 Reopens to the Public Bridget Goldberg August 16, 2021 7 Comments Under restoration since 2014, the villa by the Irish modernist has reopened to the public in France.Read More
Review of 'Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past' By Reyner Banham Anthony Vidler May 6, 2021 No Comments A reprint of Reyner Banham’s historical survey provides insight into the aims behind what was called the “megastructural” movement.Read More
Minnette de Silva: The story of an “Asian Woman Architect” Utkarsha Laharia March 24, 2021 One Comment Often described as the first true pioneer of Sri Lankan modernism, the architect—who spent much of her life in obscurity—was a woman of many firsts. Read More
Golden Valley Midcentury Modern House by Strand Design / Str8 Modern Minneapolis Jenna M. McKnight February 6, 2021 6 Comments Strand Design works with a builder to update a Midcentury house in Minneapolis.Read More
Aluminaire House Finds Permanent Home at Palm Springs Art Museum Kara Mavros September 4, 2020 One Comment Albert Frey and Lawrence Kocher designed the groundbreaking metal structure in 1931.Read More
Cooper Union Exhibition Highlights the Work of Costantino Nivola Cathleen McGuigan February 24, 2020 No Comments A show on view through March 15 examines the work of an artist who worked closely with many prominent modernist architects.Read More
225 Polk Avenue by Hastings Architecture Nashville Josephine Minutillo February 1, 2020 No Comments An abandoned public library in Nashville is now home to the architecture studio that restored it.Read More