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Modernity for the Masses

A new book explores Antonio Bonet’s grand plans for Buenos Aires public housing

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Bringing Modern Back

Jeanne Gang, MAD Architects, Rod Serling, and more “headline” Palm Springs’ 2022 Modernism Week

a modernist office building with a scalloped roofline with a Michigan State Medical Society sign
Arch Support

Minoru Yamasaki’s Michigan State Medical Society Building goes up for sale

a large plant in a sunken room in JO-HS
Lighten Up

In Mexico City, JO-HS showcases local and international work in a breezy gallery

a modernist church complex with a tall, slender bell tower. a spacious terrace is in the foreground.
Liturgical Refresh

Beyer Blinder Belle revamps the capital’s landmark National Presbyterian Church

exterior of a modernist structure along a creek designed by harry weese
Cup of Harry

A Harry Weese-designed bank in Columbus, Indiana, begins second life as coffee shop

A long rounded building with glazed facade and a red staircase inside at the university of oxford
Clear Glass, Full Heart, Can't Lose

A pair of new buildings at the University of Oxford adds modern spice to a 1,000-year-old institution

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Heritage Fire Sale

Brazil’s Bolsonaro aims to auction off iconic Ministry of Education and Health Building in Rio de Janeiro

Looking at a handsome bank front, featured in Mid-Century Britain: Modern Architecture 1938-1963
Mid-Century Britain

From festivals to schools, cathedrals, and bomb sites: The story of mid-century modernism in Britain

Exterior of E-1027, a white, modernist concrete volume with cantilevering decks
Modernisme Chaleureux

Eileen Gray’s iconic E-1027 villa reopens to the public after extensive renovation

Black and white screencap of a berlin housing development on television
Prestige TV

Television cemented the idea that architecture was both a rarefied art and key to the good life

a monumental modernist sculpture in a garden-like setting
Gems Aplenty

Explore the modernist landscapes of Washington, D.C., with this new illustrated guide

mid-century housing blocks in france
You Say You Want A Revolution

Utopian politics makes a uniquely rotten pairing with architecture

The luss house, a midcentury modern home cantilevering over the woods
Get On That Waitlist

At The Luss House transforms a mid-century architect’s New York home into an immersive art exhibition

view of a midcentury bank building
From Cash Withdrawals to Cold Brew

This historic Harry Weese-designed bank building will be reborn as a Columbus coffee shop

A black and white drawing of an alvar aalto designed pavilion, cited by kenneth frampton
Making It Modern

Two new books about Kenneth Frampton help broaden the horizons of modern architecture

photograph depicting a smiling man and his two sons in the front of a modern midcentury house in Houston, john s. chase
Model Home

In 1959, John S. Chase, Texas’s first licensed Black architect, laid claim to one of the state’s most radical houses

Photo of the advaney house design by hugh newell jacobsen
1929–2021

Modernist maestro Hugh Newell Jacobsen passes away at 91

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