Kyoto-born architect Sei’ichi Shirai (1905–83) is perhaps best known for his Temple of Atomic Catastrophes, first published in 1955. The Temple of Atomic Catastrophes was never built, but it contributed to Shirai almost becoming the first Japanese Pritzker Prize laureate. Selected by the jury to be awarded the 1984 prize, Shirai unfortunately died before the official announcement.

The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF), celebrates the unique creative spirit that drives architecture and design. With a curated selection of films, events and panel discussions, ADFF creates an opportunity to entertain, engage and educate anyone excited about architecture and design. It has grown into the nation’s largest film festival devoted to the subject with screenings, legendary panelists, and vibrant discussions in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

The TWA Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) for Trans World Airlines, is one of the most significant examples of mid-century modern architecture in the world. The Columbia University GSAPP hosts this talk exploring the formal, structural and functional significance of Saarinen’s masterpiece, the evolution of its design, its decline within the changing aviation industry, and the twenty year effort to save the building from demolition and revitalize it as a hotel, restaurant and events center.

Edward Logue was both one of the most prominent figures in American urban renewal and one of the postwar era’s most prolific patrons of Modern architecture. Harvard Professor Lizabeth Cohen, author of Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age, will discuss Logue’s career and examine his relationship with Modernism.

This Municipal Art Society virtual tour, led by DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State President John Arbuckle, will celebrate the seminal architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable (1921–2013).

DOCOMOMO US will host the 2020 Modernism in America Awards. For the first time, the awards will be free to attend via a virtual ceremony on Thursday, November 12.