This past week the Albright Knox Art Gallery released new renderings of its proposed expansion plan, including a "roof sculpture" for the open courtyard of Gordon Bunshaft's addition. 

Efforts to save Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center, dubbed "The Starship" for its futuristic appearance, have intensified amidst Governor Pritzker's announcement that the state will put the building up for sale. A group of ten high profile organizations have signed on to a letter urging the State of Illinois to support landmark status and #SaveOurStarship.

The animals aren't the only ones coming out of hibernation - spring is a time when the real estate market starts to wake up, too. We've come across some great midcentury homes for sale recently, so we've rounded them up here for your home-buying convenience.

Houston Mod, a Docomomo US friend organization, announced the launch of its latest book, After Alden: Mid-Century Architecture in Brazosport, Texas by Marty Merritt. 

Docomomo International is now accepting abstracts for the 16th International Docomomo Conference, to be held in Tokyo in 2020. Please submit abstracts no later than August 30th, 2019 (12 pm GMT) for one of the 11 identified thematic sessions.

Earlier this month, the Docomomo US/Georgia chapter showcased three MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) train stations constructed between 1975 and 1982 on its annual "MARTA-tectute" tour.

Although long overlooked, in recent years threats to sites of Modern heritage have been gaining a higher profile. Just in the past month, they topped two "most endangered" historic sites lists in Oklahoma and Chicago.

Late 1960s Steelcase Curved-Back Executive Swivel Chairs #1288 are needed for the restoration of the historic Apollo Mission Control Center

Fifty years after his family fled the Austro-Hungarian Empire, prolific shipbuilder John Rados purchased a large, hillside lot overlooking the Port of Los Angeles.

Included on America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2018 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Ship on the Desert is a little-known piece of Texas architectural history.

The Docomomo US Northern California (NOCA) Chapter is pleased to offer a travel grant for one student or emerging professional to attend and participate in the Docomomo US National Symposium 2019 in Hawaii from September 25-28, 2019.

Boston City Hall is 50 years old and thriving. Designed by Kallman McKinnell & Knowles after Gerhard Kallmann and Michael McKinnel entered and won a design competition, the new city hall was well-received among architectural critics but was polarizing for city residents. Over the years, the building faced various threats ranging from alteration to demolition, but recently the city has begun to embrace its Brutal heritage.

The American urban and suburban landscapes saw dramatic changes to the built environment post WWII. From the way we lived, to how we worked, shopped and played, many unknown regional minority and female architects played a vital role in the development of our communities. For as much as is known about the contributions of major architects such as Johnson, Breuer, Wright and Kahn, the contributions of regional minority and female architects to our built heritage is vast and yet largely unknown. 

Late last year, Docomomo US was made aware of a significant threat to redevelop San Diego's Horton Plaza. A group of local stakeholders quickly came together to advocate for preservation of this unique representative of our recent past. 

2019 is the centenary of the Bauhaus. Events, exhibitions, museum openings, and more are scheduled throughout the year to commemorate this influential school and its impact on modernism. We have compiled a list of some ways you can mark the occasion, Bauhaus-style.

Down in Texas, a special collaboration is brewing to map modernism around the state. modTEXAS,  Houston Mod, Mid Tex Mod, and Docomomo US NTX have joined forces to invite participants to seek-out subjects on a monthly theme using the #modtexas tag.

The Dome at Woods Hole, the oldest extant Buckminster Fuller designed geodesic dome in the world and a unique and delicate structure (the framing members are stock dimensional lumber cut to fit the geometry) is now under serious threat.

It's that time again and we've pulled together a few gift ideas that are now on our modern wish list.

The new publication Shaping the Post-War Landscape represents a significant contribution to the body of literature on landscape architecture and to the scholarly writings on design of the Modern era in general.

Reduce your screen time and read a book! Docomomo US is pleased to present our annual list of notable books of 2018 and 2019.