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Our 2025 Annual Theme: Places of Worship

Interior view of North Shore Congregation Israel; Architect: Minoru Yamasaki

Credit

C. William Brubaker Collection, University of Illinois Chicago.

Featured News

Our 2025 Annual Theme: Places of Worship

December 19, 2024

Press release

September 23, 2025

Open Call: 2026 Student Board Position

°®¶¹app is currently seeking qualified applicants to contribute to the ongoing leadership of the organization as a one year student board member – starting on January 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2026 – the term is potentially renewable for one year at the discretion of the board.

Newsletter, U.S. Board

Press release

May 21, 2025

Former Whitney Museum of American Art and Modulightor Building Apartment Duplex Receive NYC Landmark Designation

°®¶¹app and °®¶¹app/New York Tri-State Chapter are thrilled to announce the New York City individual and interior landmark designation of the former Whitney Museum of American Art at 945 Madison Avenue, designed by Marcel Breuer and Associates.

Advocacy, Breuer, New York, Paul Rudolph

Press release

December 18, 2024

°®¶¹app and °®¶¹app NY/Tri-State Work to Designate Breuer’s Former Whitney Museum of American Art

°®¶¹app and its New York Tri-State Chapter continue to successfully work to designate and protect Marcel Breuer’s iconic inverted Brutalist ziggurat, the former Whitney Museum of American Art at 945 Madison, as a New York City Individual and Interior Landmark.

Advocacy

Press release

October 21, 2024

Open Call: 2025 Student Board Position

°®¶¹app is currently seeking qualified applicants to contribute to the ongoing leadership of the organization as a one year student board member – starting on January 1, 2025, and ending on December 31, 2025 – the term is potentially renewable for one year at the discretion of the board.

U.S. Board

Press release

July 19, 2024

Future of the Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center

After months of discussions with our Finnish colleagues, the Alvar Aalto Foundation along with the Consulate General of Finland in New York, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and managing firm Office of Tangible Space have released a press release regarding the future of the interior. While we are disappointed the interior could not have remained in situ, °®¶¹app is grateful to our colleagues for mobilizing and protecting this very important piece of our legacy.

Advocacy

Press release

January 30, 2024

Rosa Lowinger and Uta Pottgiesser to address °®¶¹app National Symposium attendees in Miami

°®¶¹app is pleased to announce that Rosa Lowinger and Uta Pottgiesser, internationally recognized experts in the realm of Modern preservation, will present the opening and closing keynote addresses at the 2024 °®¶¹app National Symposium.

national symposium, florida

Press release

January 11, 2024

°®¶¹app Statement on the 2024 National Symposium

After thoughtful consideration, °®¶¹app will be holding the next National Symposium in Miami and Coral Gables, Florida. Recently, the state has introduced and passed many bills and laws that threaten already vulnerable sectors of the population. These policies do not align with the core values of °®¶¹app or any of its chapters.

national symposium, florida, Diversity

Press release

November 16, 2023

Open call for student board position

°®¶¹app is currently seeking qualified applicants to contribute to the ongoing leadership of the organization as a one year student board member starting on 01 January 2024 and ending on 31 December 2024 – the term is potentially renewable for one year at the discretion of the board.

U.S. Board

Press release

August 25, 2023

Louis Kahn's Margaret Esherick House Named to the National Register of Historic Places

The Louis I. Kahn designed Margaret Esherick house, located in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior. The private residence was listed on the Register on August 21 due to its architectural significance as an iconic modernist building, universally recognized as a premier example of Kahn’s design principles.

Saved, historic preservation, philadelphia, louis kahn

Press release

August 10, 2023

°®¶¹app is hiring

°®¶¹app seeks a full-time Communications and Membership Coordinator.

hiring

Press release

September 12, 2022

Announcing the winners of the 2022 Modernism in America Awards

°®¶¹app is pleased to announce the twelve recipients of the 2022 Modernism in America Awards. These projects highlight the best in preservation practice by today’s architects, designers, preservation professionals and advocates. This year’s awards recognize preservation efforts ranging from the transformation of large-scale projects into beacons of sustainability to modest home revitalizations, many of which have been years, or even decades, in the making. The results are a testament to the dedication and foresight of those who recognize the value of preserving our modern heritage for everyone.

Award, Modernism in America

Press release

August 25, 2022

Hurley Building development moves forward

After a four year process by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the state announced its plans to partner with Leggat McCall Properties (LMP) to redevelop the Charles F. Hurley Building. This announcement came after years of discussions over the future of the Boston Government Services Center and how to improve circulation, engagement with the community while being respectful to the building as a historic resource.

Threatened, Advocacy, brutalism, new england, Paul Rudolph

Press release

June 22, 2022

°®¶¹app founder Theodore H.M. Prudon steps down and Robert Meckfessel becomes 2nd board president

°®¶¹app, the leading national organization dedicated to the preservation of Modern architecture, landscapes, and design, announces that its long-standing President and Founder, Theodore H.M. Prudon, FAIA has stepped down and Robert Meckfessel, FAIA has become the organization’s President.

U.S. Board

Press release

April 29, 2022

The 11 most threatened modern sites

Prompted by the recent demolition of Geller I, °®¶¹app has selected 11 of of the most significant examples of Modern architecture from across the country that are at risk of being lost.

Endangered, Threatened, Advocacy, most threatened modern list

Press release

February 28, 2022

Membership Coordinator Position

Come join our team!

Press release

February 18, 2022

Mallitecture & Memories

As part of its 2022 advocacy theme, °®¶¹app is launching Mallitecture & Memories, a crowdsourcing campaign to document midcentury shopping malls.

Advocacy, Shopping Malls, Documentation

Press release

May 19, 2021

Who’s Modern? / What’s Modern? Mabel O. Wilson and Jack Pyburn to give keynote address at 2021 National Symposium

The °®¶¹app 2021 National Symposium, “Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America,†will feature a joint keynote address by Mabel O. Wilson and Jack Pyburn that considers how race and the African American experience have been impacted by the Modern Movement and looks at the origins of how history is determined to be significant or valuable, that may in turn lead us to reconsider what we preserve.

national symposium, Chicago

Press release

December 23, 2020

°®¶¹app Response to President Trump’s Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Civic Architecture

In a year in which the United States of America has been ravaged by the worst pandemic in a century and economic devastation that may take generations to repair, °®¶¹app is disturbed and appalled by the December 21, 2020 announcement of the Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

Advocacy

Press release

September 23, 2020

°®¶¹app announces Be:cause Modern: The Auction for Modernism

°®¶¹app is excited to be launching its first online auction this November. The auction entitled be:cause modern will feature one-of-a-kind items, drawings, book, experiences and modern home stays. The be:cause modern auction will benefit the ongoing work of °®¶¹app and support its mission during the challenging times we find ourselves in.

auction

Press release

September 16, 2020

Buffalo's Willert Park Courts to receive Modernism in America Advocacy Award

Willert Park Courts, the first housing complex for African Americans in Buffalo and an early example of International Style design, will receive the °®¶¹app 2020 Modernism in America Advocacy Award of Excellence. The organization's top advocacy prize honors the work of Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) and the Michigan Street Preservation Corporation (MSPC) who for over 15 years maintained their stance that the complex is “one of the single most historic places in the City of Buffalo.â€

Threatened, Award, Advocacy, Modernism in America

Press release

September 09, 2020

Announcing the winners of the I Spy Modernism Architectural Photography Competition

°®¶¹app presents the twelve winning photos of the inaugural "I Spy Modernism†Architectural Photography Competition.

Contest

Press release

June 28, 2020

Icons at Risk helps preserve unique 20th century houses worldwide

The Iconic Houses Network has just launched Icons at Risk, a new international initiative to preserve the world’s most endangered architecturally important modern houses.

Endangered, Threatened

Press release

May 19, 2020

°®¶¹app launches Architectural Photography Competition

The iconic images created by photographers of the mid-20th century have forever shaped the way we view great works of modernism. Now °®¶¹app invites you to put your own photographic imprint on modernism through the "I Spy Modernism" photo competition.

News

Press release

February 06, 2020

°®¶¹app Response to Draft Executive Order

°®¶¹app became aware in the last few weeks of a draft executive order that is circulating for consideration by the White House officials that would designate “classical†architecture as the preferred style for federal buildings. This significantly alters the long-standing Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture written in 1962 by Daniel Patrick Moynihan which states that Federal architecture and new buildings should place major emphasis “on the choice of designs that embody the finest contemporary American architectural thought.†The policy continues to explicitly state, “The development of an official style must be avoided. Design must flow from the architectural profession to the government and not vice versaâ€.

Advocacy

Press release

February 06, 2020

Walker Guest House replica to be auctioned at Modernism Week

A full-scale replica of architect Paul Rudolph’s iconic 1952 Walker Guest House will be auctioned during this February’s Palm Springs Modernism Week.

florida, Sarasota

Press release

February 22, 2019

°®¶¹app/NOCA 2019 Travel Grant for Students & Emerging Professionals

The °®¶¹app Northern California (NOCA) Chapter is pleased to offer a travel grant for one student or emerging professional to attend and participate in the °®¶¹app National Symposium 2019 in Hawaii from September 25-28, 2019.

chapter, docomomo, noca, travel grant, national symposium

Press release

October 22, 2018

°®¶¹app is hiring two new positions

°®¶¹app is hiring this fall. Come join our team!

hiring

Press release

September 06, 2018

Joint statement on the preservation of VRSB-designed Abrams House

°®¶¹app and the Society of Architectural Historians filed a joint position statement on the preservation of the Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown-designed Abrams House (1979) in Pittsburgh, PA.

Endangered, Newsletter, Advocacy, docomomo, sah, Pittsburgh

Press release

May 16, 2018

°®¶¹app/NOCA Travel Grant for Students & Emerging Professionals

The °®¶¹app NOCA Travel Grant provides financial support for students and emerging professionals committed to the documentation and conservation of Modern buildings and landscapes. The intention of the scholarship is enable one individual to participate in the °®¶¹app 2018 National Symposium.

chapter, docomomo, noca, travel grant, national symposium

Press release

May 01, 2018

Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Modernism in America Awards

°®¶¹app is pleased to announce the thirteen recipients of the 2018 Modernism in America Awards.

Award, Advocacy, modern, Preservation, Modernism in America, historic preservation, docomomo

Press release

March 08, 2018

Restoration of McCormick House to be complete in June 2018

Elmhurst Art Museum's highly anticipated restoration of Mies van der Rohe McCormick House facade to be complete in June 2018

Restoration, Mies

Press release

February 27, 2018

2018 National Symposium: Design, Community, and Progressive Preservation

Symposium, Columbus

Press release

February 26, 2018

°®¶¹app responds to plans to demolish 270 Park Avenue

As JP Morgan Chase and the City of New York announce plans to demolish and replace 270 Park Avenue, formerly the Union Carbide building, °®¶¹app and °®¶¹app New York/Tri-state join forces to advocate for this iconic example of corporate modernism.

Endangered, Threatened, midtown east

Press release

June 20, 2017

Announcing the 2017 Award Winners

°®¶¹app is pleased to announce nine winners of the 2017 Modernism in America Awards program. 

Press release

April 13, 2017

°®¶¹app Study Grants

°®¶¹app is pleased to announce the development of a Study Grant program to provide financial support for qualified individuals whose work or educational focus demonstrates a continued interest and commitment in the area or subject of exploration for which the particular study grants are being offered. The Study Grant program has been made possible with the generous support of an anonymous °®¶¹app supporter for the Modern Mexico City travel tour taking place in October 2017.

Study Grant

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