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a historic office building in Memphis, a Driehouse Foundation award winner this year
Second Callings

The Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards recognizes 2020 pillars of restoration excellence

a chili restaurant in Washington, D.C., one of the locations targeted by the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites
"Essential Places of Reflection For Our Democracy"

The Weitzman School of Design launches a center for civil rights sites preservation

The tombs, a towering jail with no windows, against a blue sky
The Tomb Where It Happened

Manhattan’s notorious “Tombs” will close next month as part of Rikers realignment

a memorial in texas made of marble
No Basement Jokes, Please

$450 million overhaul of Alamo Plaza in jeopardy after historical commission moves to block monument relocation

The entrance to the Driehaus Museum, with a lengthy explainer of the show
They'll Tell the Story of Today

Chicago’s Driehaus Museum enlivens its historic mansion with contemporary art

urban plaza in downtown los angeles, night
Freshening Up A DTLA Icon

Union Bank Plaza, a modernist Downtown L.A. landmark, undergoes $20 million renovation

Taking the Lead

Landslide 2020 spotlights women-designed landscapes and the threats that they face

interior photograph of a corporate headquarters
This Brutal World

Public opinion has softened its views on Brutalism. That isn’t enough to stay the wrecking ball.

Inside the renovated Rothko Chapel, with an octagonal skylight
Renovating Rothko

Architecture Research Office brings the Rothko Chapel closer to its creators’ vision

colorful mural in a hotel restaurant
Mayday, Mayday

SOM’s Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati among America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

inside the ruins of a natatorium
Going With The Flow

Jorge Otero-Pailos’s Watershed Moment opens as the first contemporary art installation at the historic Lyndhurst estate

Interior of a crumbling segregation-era gym, the type being looked at by tulane researchers
Remnant Schools

At Tulane, faculty are repurposing the legacy of Jim Crow across Louisiana

historic home in staten island
Preserving an Overlooked Outer Borough Legacy

Frederick Law Olmsted’s Staten Island farmhouse among 18 New York sites recommended for historic listing

Photo of a microphone on an empty stage, of the type nina simone would use
In Brief

Nina Simone’s childhood home secures a protective easement

entrance to crypt museum in paris
A Step Forward and A Look Back

Crypt at Notre Dame Cathedral reopens for exhibition on Victor Hugo, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

B&W photo of modernist paul rudolph building in north carolina, the Burroughs Wellcome Company headquarter
Say It Ain't So

Paul Rudolph’s Burroughs Wellcome headquarters building in North Carolina threatened with demolition

The flying saucer, a round concrete structure shaped like a star
Up, Up, and Away

Sharjah’s Brutalist “Flying Saucer” gets a restoration and site-specific art show

a modern brick church bell tower
A Wish, Granted

Saarinen-designed church in Columbus, Indiana, secures federal grant for repairs

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