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.

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
Preservation Magazine Restoring a Honolulu House to its Breezy, Minimalist Origins
Saving America's Historic Sites An Emerging, Evolving, Energized Edith Farnsworth House: A Q&A with Scott Mehaffey

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