In this Skyscraper Museum book talk, author Claire Zimmerman discusses Albert Kahn Inc.: Architecture, Labor, and Industry, 1905–1961, which examines how the architecture firm shaped the US auto industry’s built environment. In person or live on YouTube.
Docomomo US’s Special Edition: Places of Worship, Vol. 1, highlights the architectural and cultural significance of postwar Modern religious buildings across the U.S. Don’t miss the article on Church of the Transfiguration in Queens, NY.
The first round of tours for this year’s event taking place October 11 and throughout the month of October has been announced, with more to come. The 2025 theme is Places of Worship.
This panel discussion hosted by the Onera Foundation in New Canaan, CT, will examine Eero Saarinen’s design innovations through his work on the U.S. embassies in London and Oslo, under the Cold War-era US Embassy Program.
Join Histoury tours for a tour of one of Westchester’s hidden midcentury modern neighborhoods: Ardsley, NY. Featured in Progressive Architecture in 1952, Twenty-One Acres Cooperative founded in 1948 remains a striking example of midcentury ideals.
On view at MoMA, through July 2026: The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower explores the history and legacy of Kisho Kurokawa’s iconic 1972 building, a symbol of Japan’s Metabolist movement and postwar techno-futurism. See a fully restored capsule,
DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State is asking the LPC to designate The Church of the Transfiguration, a key piece of Lithuanian American history and culture that is also a modern architecture worth saving.
LPC approved with a unanimous vote on May 20. The designation allows this icon of the Brutalist style in NYC to continue to serve a worthy purpose while also protecting the exterior and such renowned interior spaces as the main lobby, stairwell, coat check, and other public areas.
Of course you knew the hit series “Severance” is filmed at Saarinen’s Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ. They truck in fake snow.
The 19th International DOCOMOMO Conference will take place in Los Angeles, CA, March 17–22, 2026.
Eight Frank Lloyd Wright designed houses you can book on Airbnb; Arizona to Michigan and one in between.
According to AD magazine, glass block has escaped “trend jail” and is making a comeback in restaurant and residential design.
Albania, Croatia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Nigeria and Portugal are newly approved DOCOMOMO International working parties, bringing the total to 80.
Are conversation pits the antidote to endless hours in front of screens? Possibly. Check out conversation_pits on instagram for all the inspiration you’ll ever need. It’s a lot about the pillows.
Docomomo International recently added five country-level working parties: Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. The organization now counts 77 working parties and more than 3,000 international-level members.
It was only a matter of time. “With the stroke of his pencil he gave structure to life, and life to structure. That is a legacy that lives on.” Now, we’re told, in a new bathroom fixture collection from BRIZO. Catch the video.
Docomomo Journal is the peer-reviewed journal of Docomomo International that, since 1990, has provided a twice-yearly collection of recent and original research on the documentation and conservation of Modern Movement sites. The journal is now open access and digitized back to 2010. Peruse some great issues at our leisure.
Apparently cats like Brutalism a lot more than architectural pundits, civic leaders and everyday onlookers. This Instagram account—taglined a “daily dose of cats and concrete”—is all fun. If you’re on Instagram check out Julliard School, Pirelli Building, Whitney Museum and more.
Along with architecture, Charles and Ray Eames made their mark in short films. In Power of Ten, a 1977 film for IBM, the duo visualized the concept of magnitude and it still mesmerizes. Six million YouTube viewers couldn’t be wrong.