The Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation has completed Phase I restoration of the historic Ball-Paylore home designed by architect Arthur T. Brown, FAIA in 1952 for clients Phyllis Ball and Patricia Paylore. The property is now available for limited tours and overnight stays. 

With a local developer now on board, plans to transform the Pirelli building into a hotel are moving forward.

@modTEXAS is calling upon the powers of social media for its Mapping Mod project, an Instagram-based initiative to document Modernist architecture and design in 2020. The project was launched in January 2019 and is continuing to grow.

As the decade comes to a close, we at Docomomo US would like to thank you for your membership and support of our organization, and your ongoing resolve to keep vital architecture alive and help save threatened sites around the country.

The holidays can be hectic. Keep it simple with a good book - whether it's for yourself or for someone else - less is always more. 

Houston Mod took the opportunity of their annual holiday party to recognize a little-known modern chapel recently named a city landmark.

Return of the #DocoGames! Join us for the 2019 epic tournament of modernism and support these eight contenders in their efforts to save the modern places they love.

Great news for midcentury homeowners in California: this past October, the nation's most populous state passed a Historic Tax Credit into law. 

The Western Savings Bank aka Souper! Salad! by W.A. Sarmiento at Metrocenter in Phoenix is being offered for sale or lease.

The 2019 Modern Holiday Gift Guide features picks from some of our favorite people and places. 

What Houston Mod's been up to this fall. 

Make Modernism your cause for Giving Tuesday 2019 and help raise the profile of a modern site you care about saving. 

Docomomo US believes one of the best ways to foster increased awareness and appreciation for significant sites is to experience them firsthand, which is why we started the Explore Modern Houses Partnership. Today, we are excited to welcome the Glass House to the partnership.

Let's #throwback to Tour Day 2019 where Docomomo US chapters and friends across the country celebrated the the many diverse aspects of modernism.

Just when it began to seem like Boston was finally embracing its Brutalist heritage by restoring and reimagining its City Hall, news broke that the State plans to redevelop the Paul Rudolph-designed Boston Government Center.

Interested in moving modern forward? Get involved with the Docomomo US/Oregon Board and be part of a national network dedicated to raising the profile of modern sites, structures and design, while advocating for modernism.

A nomination to the National Register for Seattle's Freeway Park, designed by Lawrence Halprin & Associates and Bulgarian architect  Angela Danadjieva, is being considered by the Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Seems like the Thompson Center has been in the news a lot lately - here's an update on our favorite downtown starship.

The new and expanded Museum of Modern Art reopened this month, but it's not the first time there's been a "new MoMA." See what the critics have to say, then go see it for yourself!

Elizabeth Munyan, the recipient of Docomomo US Northern California (NOCA) Chapter’s 2019 Travel Grant for Students & Emerging Professionals, writes about her experience attending the 2019 National Symposium in Honolulu.