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The First Ray Kappe–Designed Residence Completed in Palm Springs

Sarah Amelar

September 13, 2022

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RECORD visits the one and only house in Palm Springs by the late L.A. modernist Ray Kappe.

Tribute: John K. Rauch (1930–2022)

The Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown co-founder, known for project management and technical design, was also a skilled designer in his own right

Izzy Kornblatt

September 7, 2022

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As a close collaborator of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Rauch helped change the course of 20th-century architecture.

In a Toronto High-Rise, MJMA Transcends the Typical Office Plan

Alex Bozikovic

September 2, 2022

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MJMA worked with client Polar Asset Management to create a gallery-like setting for its Toronto headquarters.

New Book by Kenneth Frampton Looks at the Work of Lesser-Known Modernists

Review: 'The Other Modern Movement,' by Kenneth Frampton

Josephine Minutillo

July 22, 2022

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"The Other Modern Movement" re-examines the Western canon of 20^th-century architecture.

Currents: Avraam Miletsky's Concrete Crematorium in Kyiv

Ilana Herzig

May 10, 2022

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The dramatic concrete building is a landmark of Ukraine’s Soviet-era modernism.

The Gardens of Mount Curve, a 1964 Record House, Reimagined by Coen+Partners

Minneapolis

Ilana Herzig

April 6, 2022

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Coen+Partners renovates the gardens of a Minneapolis residence and 1964 Record House to restore symmetry and ensure accessibility and continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces.

A Flawed MoMA Exhibition Erases the Social Context of South Asian Modernism

Review: “The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947 – 1985” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Ranjani Srinivasan

March 4, 2022

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“The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947 – 1985,” on view at the Museum of Modern Art, ignores the failings of modernist design and planning.

Though Beloved, Midcentury Modern Houses Are Vanishing

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

February 20, 2022

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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.