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a modernist home in the desert
Hey, Big Spenders ...

Neutra’s iconic Kaufmann House in Palm Springs hits the market for $25 million

interior photograph of a contemporary art gallery designed by Balkrishna Doshi
Mind the Cliché

Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People gets the order right, puts people before architecture

photo of the Farnsworth House plano illinois exterior
Pieces of Edith

The Farnsworth House gets period decor in an effort to shine light on its mysterious owner

installation at exhibit columbus
The Middle of Everywhere

Exhibit Columbus reveals 2020–2021 curatorial theme and Miller Prize recipients

Photo of Palacio da Alvorada in Brasilia
Drone Drama

Brazilian officials move to add anti-drone gear to Brasília’s modernist palaces

Victor and Aladar Olgyay diagram of a climate control device in Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning
Forced Air

In Modern Architecture and Climate, climate control takes command

a modernist office building outside of detroit, the federal-mogul
Southfield Squabble

Modernist Michigan gem threatened with significant alternations

Frederick Kiesler Space House
The Social Networker

A new book argues Frederick Kiesler was the influencer at the center of American modernism

All white building above glass walls, the new Center for Cyber Innovation
CYBERNETIC CANTILEVER

AECOM designs Center for Cyber Innovation for the United States Air Force Academy

Black-and-white photo of three women with trophies, from X-ray architecture
X-Rayted

X-Ray Architecture asks us to reimagine building materiality

White line drawing of a jutting home
LAIR OF PRETENSION

Lair puts a spotlight on the homes of famous movie villains

Image of modernist home with flat roof in Connecticut woods
Preservation Promises

Another modernist New Canaan icon gains full historic protections

Photo of the Columbus Square pavilion, a small, circular structure with thick stone walls, a single red door, and an angular roof.
Architects Anonymous

Did Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher build Philadelphia’s modernist stone pavilion? The answer may save it from demolition

A color photograph of César Pelli's The Commons in Columbus, Indiana.
Not Your Average Mall

Remembering César Pelli’s lost mark on the Midwest

Rendering of low-hanging white steel and glass building with long windows
Forgotten Modernism

A little-known Mies van der Rohe design will be built at Indiana University

A modern house buried among native plants
Go Long

Barry Bergdoll showcases a new wave of modern architecture on Long Island

Aerial photograph of Pittsburgh skyline with collaged in building designs
Re-Imagining the Modern

New book grapples with ambitious, contentious moment in Pittsburgh’s urban history

California Preservation Conference

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