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 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
Frank Lloyd Wright Five Steps to Refresh Your Home, Frank Lloyd Wright Style
Saving America's Historic Sites Balancing Two Sites as One: Shawn Halifax on Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House
Saving America's Historic Sites Kirsten Reoch: Innovation and Complexity at The Glass House
Saving America's Historic Sites Preservation in Progress: Restoring the Pope-Leighey House Roof
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Black Modernism—Questions for Consideration and Dialogue
Preservation Magazine The Barcelona Couch Represents a Specific Era of the Edith Farnsworth House
Preservation Magazine A Team of Experts Restores a Rare Concrete Surface at Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming
Saving America's Historic Sites Last of the Animal Builders at the Edith Farnsworth House
Preservation Magazine An Important Step for Philip Johnson's New York State Pavilion

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