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Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs

Deezen

The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled the reconstructed Aluminaire House in California, a modernist house originally designed in the 1930s by architect Albert Frey and editor A Lawrence Kocher. The three-storey house has a boxy frame with an entry program that is pushed back and framed by pilotis.

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Inside the Big Business That Is Palm Springs Modernism Week

Dwell

Every February, the multiday festival turns the Southern California city into the epicenter of all things midcentury modern. It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs, and in the city’s Uptown Design District, the Shag Store is bumping. In short: If there’s a face of this year’s Palm Springs Modernism Week, it’s Shag.

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Eleven of the most under-threat modern buildings in America

Deezen

"It is a critical moment for modern architectural sites in the US," explained Docomomo US executive director Liz Waytkus. Waytkus believes that the US is at a critical juncture in the battle to conserve modern buildings due to the current economic climate. Photo courtesy of Buffalo Rising. Willert Park Courts, Buffalo, New York.

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Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt buildings revealed in series of renders

Deezen

Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Wright was one of the most famous architects of the 20th century and an early proponent of modernism in the United States. Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. "In Top: Gordon Strong Automobile Objective. Above: The Illinois.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. Elizabeth K.

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The 50 most powerful women in architecture and design

Deezen

Photo by Marton Perlaki Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at MoMA Having joined the Museum of Modern Art in 1994, Paola Antonelli is now the institution's senior curator and founding director of research and development. million YouTube subscribers. Regis Chicago , which was also completed by Gang in 2020.

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A Splendid Torch: Henry Mercer’s Historical Connections (Part 1)

SW Oregon Architect

Like Mercer, Bill disdained the downsides of modernization and industrialization upon design and construction, particularly the primacy of standardization and the loss of rich diversity associated with many historical buildings. The walls had hardly risen above their foundations when the poor fellow died. “I