Organized in 2019, the Colorado Chapter is excited to become a regional chapter of Docomomo US. Given the abundance of modern buildings in Colorado, the Chapter encompasses the entire state, with members all along the Front Range and Western Slope.  Across the state are icons of Modern design, from the nationally recognized to the hidden regional gems. Among these icons are NCAR Mesa Laboratory and USAFA Cadet Chapel, lesser known sites such as the Aspen Center for Physics, Mile High Center, and the work of Colorado’s own regional architects Eugene Sternberg, Charles Sink, Charles Deaton, Charles Haertling, Victor Hornbein and many others.

Unfortunately, in Colorado’s rapid growth over the last several decades, especially in the last several years, much of the state’s Modernist fabric has come under attack, including master works by I.M. Pei, Harry Weese, Victor Lundy, Dan Kiley and Garrett Eckbo.  Today, Modern buildings across the state are threatened with similar fates. 

It is this constant threat that highlights the importance of our mission to move modern forward.  The Colorado Chapter will advocate for these sites, protect and preserve what we can save, document what we cannot, and engage and educate our communities.

We will move Modern forward.

The Colorado chapter holds monthly membership meetings that are open to the public.

View the current chapter board members here.