Modern Architecture Stories

Technical innovation, experimentation, and rethinking the way humans lived in and used the designed environment, whether buildings or landscapes, were hallmarks of modern architectural practice. Learn more about these fascinating places and the future-minded thinkers who brought them into being.

Historic Sites Consider This: A Closer Look at Mexican Modernist Design at the Edith Farnsworth House
Preservation Magazine Autumn and Ryan Hadbavny Bring Their Pittsburgh-Area House Back to 1962
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Action Fund’s 2025 National Grant Program Awards $3M to Preserve 24 Sites Nationwide
Saving America's Historic Sites How Marjorie Leighey Saved Her Home, a Story in Five Acts
Preservation Magazine Designer Jennifer Ott Rehabilitates an Eichler House in Northern California
Preservation Magazine A Houston Designer on the Highs and Lows of Restoring His 1960s Townhome
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund What is Black Modernism?
Preservation Magazine A Midcentury Modern House in Nutley, New Jersey, Suits a Design-Oriented Family
Preservation Magazine Philip Johnson's Brick House is Restored and Open to the Public After a 15-Year Closure
National Fund for Sacred Places After Years of Infiltration from the Elements, a Modernist Hotspot's Iconic Tower is Restored
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Action Fund’s 2024 National Grant Program Awards $3M to Preserve 30 Sites Nationwide
Historic Sites Public Lives and Private Spaces: Restoring Philip Johnson’s Brick House

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