Fenway Clayworks is the result of a lifelong interest in functional ceramics. Its founder, Sean VanderVliet has 20 years of experience as ceramicist, using his hands to craft and sculpt objects for the home. Sean speaks to the subconscious influence design has on us, how we consume it daily without realizing it, and how that has manifested in his work.

Vivian Beer is a furniture designer/maker based in New England. Her sleek, abstracted metal and concrete furniture combines the aesthetic sensibilities of contemporary design, craft, and sculpture to create furniture that alter expectations of and interface with the domestic landscape. She shares with us the people and pieces of midcentury design that have sparked her imagination. 

W X Y is an award-winning multi-disciplinary practice specializing in the realization of urban design, planning and architectural solutions in challenging contexts. For our Inspired by Midcentury feature, WXY tells a visual story of how their work has taken inspiration from one early and one later example of European modernism. 

Since 1985, Raymond Jungles, Inc. (RJI), has developed a dynamic practice inspired by the ethic of stewardship of the land under the leadership of Raymond Jungles. Here, RJI shares how their approach to landscape is informed by artists, architects, and designers of the midcentury. 

Furniture maker, artist and educator Wendy Maruyama has been making innovative work for 40 years and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her recent work moves beyond the boundaries of traditional studio craft and into the realm of social practice. The work she created for a recent exhibition drew inspiration from Anni Albers' work as a weaver and textile artist as well as her experience facing discrimination at the Bauhaus.

Landmark Columbus will be receiving a 2019 Keeping it Modern Planning Grant from the Getty Foundation for the iconic North Christian Church, which was designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1964. Additionally, another Keeping it Modern grant was awarded to Saarinen’s Miller House and Garden.

The 50th anniversary of the moon landing is July 20, 2019. The Johnson Space Center, which houses the Mission Control Center, was designed by Charles Luckmanand has been restored just in time for the anniversary. 

Houston Mod welcomes Luis de las Cuevas, Bayardo Selva, and Michael Valenzuela to its board. Houston Mod is a friend organization of Docomomo US dedicated to promoting knowledge and appreciation of modern architecture and design in Houston and Texas.

Docomomo US/Chicago is seeking nominations for its Board of Directors. They are looking for a dynamic and diverse group of people interested in leading the chapter. The chapter serves the greater Chicago area, including Indiana and Wisconsin.

The City of Beaverton plans to demolish a midcentury landmark and shutter 60+ small businesses, replacing it with a temporary parking lot while a longer-term redevelopment plan is in the works. Sign the petition to Save the Peaks.

Summer is house hunting season. Here are some midcentury listings to inspire you. 

When Docomomo US was created more than 20 years ago, we set out to build a network of like-minded individuals to offer leadership, knowledge, and enthusiasm for the modern movement, which was little and little appreciated. We honored the contributions of our longstanding members at the Modernism in America Awards ceremony in New York City on June 19th.

Awardees, sponsors, colleagues, and friends traveled from near and far last week and to celebrate Modernism's biggest night - the 2019 Modernism in America Awards. 

We are pleased to announce Katie Horak and Eric Keune will join the Docomomo US Board of Directors. 

Whatever your summer plans are - laying by the pool of a classic Palm Springs MCM, cruising the roadside architecture of Route 66, or taking in both nature + modernism at one of many National Parks that have both on offer - you're going to want a good book on hand. Enter our 2019 Summer Reads book list.

Brutal Neglect will be a short documentary directed by FAMU/Falmouth Film graduate Sophie May exploring a significant piece of Czech Brutalist architecture, Hotel Thermal, aiming to save it from the threat of reconstruction.

Brazil has nominated the Roberto Burle Marx's home, studio, and surrounding landscape as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The nomination will be considered in 2020.

The James Rose Center in Ridgewood, NJ, home of the midcentury landscape architect and now a preserved house museum, is seeking a tenant its North Studio.

Paul Rudolph’s internationally acclaimed Umbrella House has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The iconic house, one of Paul Rudolph’s first solo projects as a young architect, was commissioned by entrepreneur Philip Hiss in 1952.