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Opening Reception on Friday at the Westport Arts Center Aggregate: Art + Architecture - a Brutalist Remix

Andreas Kornfeld Untitled (360 Fujiroids) http://360.a-kornfeld.com

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Added by Andreas Kornfeld on September 24, 2009 at 11:01am — No Comments

A modern garden in America's midwest Innovation has helped to put Columbus, Indiana, on the map, reports Tim Richardson.

A modern garden in America's midwest Innovation has helped to put Columbus, Indiana, on the map, reports Tim Richardson. By Tim Richardson In many ways Columbus, Indiana, is an ordinary Midwestern town, its main street lined with shops and restaurants, with numerous churches, an imposing town hall and a showpiece main square. But it is also extraordinary, in that it boasts more than 70 pristine… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on September 8, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Marcel Breuer Design and Architecture

The Museum of Design Atlanta in association with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library proudly present

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Added by Thomas F. Little on September 2, 2009 at 9:21pm — No Comments

New Design for the Lincoln Center Fountain Unveiled

"The Lincoln Center Fountain Is Being Taught Some New Moves" By ROBIN POGREBIN The New York Times Published: August 25, 2009 Preservationists who have voiced concern over the changes being made to Lincoln Center in its redevelopment may be alarmed to learn about one in particular: The centerpiece of the performing arts complex, its plaza fountain, is not only being replaced, but its… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on August 26, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Archives of Modern Master Aditya Prakash Saved

The newly founded Aditya Prakash Foundation preserves and manages the archives of this Indian modern master who was responsible for much of what was built in Chandigarh during the period of Le Corbusier's involvement. To view images of his works and recent exhibitions visit… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on August 22, 2009 at 10:31am — No Comments

"Heritage: from chocolate box to concrete box" by Tom Dyckhoff, Architecture Critic of The Times (UK).

By Tom Dyckhoff: Heritage has democratised and rightly even includes pig-ugly buildings, says the man behind Saving Britain’s Past. [...] Heritage has democratised. These days, it can mean pretty much anything: a coalmine, the childhood homes of the Beatles (now owned by the National Trust), that little café down the road with an interior straight… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on August 19, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Zaha Hadid's "Burnham Pavilion" in Chicago

From ArtWeLove.com: It has been a hundred years since the American urban planner Daniel Burnham created his renowned Plan of Chicago, a massive civic blueprint that has shaped the way the city has grown into the magnificent collection of streetscapes, stunning lakefront spaces, and suburban forest preserves it is today. As part of a centennial celebration of Burnham's plan, Pritzker Prize-winning architect… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on August 12, 2009 at 11:03pm — No Comments

Charles Gwathmey, Modernist Architect, 19 June 1938 - 04 August 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/arts/design/05gwathmey.html?hp One of the great interpreters of modernism and always true to its heritage, even thru the dark times of po-mo. Continue

Added by Robert Meckfessel on August 4, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Julius Shulman, October 10, 1910 - July 15, 2009

More about Julius Shulman, who passed away July 15th: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=121083109179&h=StMwj&u=CxKQf&ref=mf Continue

Added by Thomas F. Little on July 16, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

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Added by Thomas F. Little on July 6, 2009 at 9:56pm — No Comments

Indianapolis Museum Of Art acquires Saarinen's Miller House

The IMA has acquired the landmark Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana. One of the country’s most highly regarded example… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on June 17, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Four Seasons, Power Lunch Palace, Gets 50th Birthday Remodeling

Commentary by James S. Russell June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Architect Philip Johnson hung sparkling curtains of metal mesh in the windows of the Four Seasons restaurant in 1959, then lunched there regularly for decades, keeping an owlish eye on the place through his thick, round glasses. After all, the restaurant is as famous for its modern grandeur as for its food and power-broker patrons. The Four Seasons is throwing… Continue

Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on June 10, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Paul Goldberger, lecture "The Quest for Modernism at Yale," available on ITunes U.

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Added by Jorge Otero-Pailos on May 26, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Does anyone know Engel johnson???!!!

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Added by Thomas F. Little on April 3, 2009 at 1:47pm — 2 Comments

Photos from Phoenix Flies at Breuer's Atlanta Central Library

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Added by Thomas F. Little on March 11, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

APC's Phoenix Flies + GSU + Collier Heights Walking Tour

Of interest to DOCOMOMO supporters: If you participated in last year's home tours, you may have taken the self-guided tour of Collier Heights - here's a chance to learn more and enjoy a guided walking tour (from the Phoenix Flies website - with over 100 events): http://www.phoenixflies.org/ Collier Heights, a residential suburb six miles west of downtown Atlanta, exhibits an exceptionally intact collection of mid-20th century house types and represents the culmination of African-American resi… Continue

Added by Thomas F. Little on February 16, 2009 at 12:24pm — No Comments

DOCOMOMO + YAF = Phoenix Flies

Scogin and Elam's Buckhead Branch Library Presentation and self-guided tour 11:30 Saturday March 7 Marcel Breuer and Atlanta's Central Library Presentation and self-guided tour 6:30 Wednesday March 11 Please RSVP: rsvp@docomomoga.org More details forthcoming... DOCOMOMO/US, Georgia Chapter and the Young Architects Forum of AIA Atlanta are working wi… Continue

Added by Thomas F. Little on February 3, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

March 7, 2009 Symposium and Tour: Jacksonville Beaches

DOCOMOMO/US Florida and AIA Jacksonville again are teaming up for a symposium and tour on the Recent Past on March 7, 2009. This year will highlight some of the most interesting work from the beaches of Northeast Florida: Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach, etc. Morning presentations will run kick off at 9:00 a.m. at St. Pauls By The Sea Episcopal Church in Jacksonville Beach. This spectacular building (designed with graceful brutalism) is a 1966 product of Georgia architect… Continue

Added by Richard Shieldhouse on January 9, 2009 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies

From AP, via Salon: COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish architect Joern Utzon who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House has died. He was 90. Utzon's son Kim says his father died in his sleep early Saturday. Utzon drew up the design for the opera house in 1957 but quit seven years before it was finished after scandals about cost blowouts and design arguments. Government-appointed architects took over and the interior was not completed to Utzon's original plan. In 2003, Utzon was awarded the prestigiou… Continue

Added by Thomas F. Little on November 29, 2008 at 10:03am — No Comments

Chicago Tribune Polls Public Interest in Preservation

Visit the website to learn more about threatened buildings in the Chicago area and cast your vote: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-080918preserved-poll,0,7885369,post.poll Continue

Added by Jon Buono on September 24, 2008 at 12:58pm — No Comments

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