In collaboration with Lehman College of the City University of New York, Docomomo US/New York Tri-State representatives will guide tours of the two connected buildings on that Bronx campus designed by Marcel Breuer, his first permanent buildings built in New York City. 

Tour Paul Rudolph's Endo Laboratories in Garden City, Long Island, with Docomomo US/New York Tri-State and tour leader Sean Korsandi.

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Join us for an open house and talk at the William Landsberg home in Port Washington, Long Island, renovated and restored by Stephen Moser Architects. The 1951 house was designed by and for Landsberg, who studied at Harvard University with Marcel Breuer and later worked for him. In 1956, Landsberg established his own architecture practice, gaining regional fame for his Bauhaus-inspired designs.

The 1950s Washington Square Southeast urban renewal project—a reduced version of an earlier, broader Washington Square South plan—cleared nine blocks of Greenwich Village to create three "superblocks." One was designated for New York University expansion, the others for housing. All now belong to the University. The tour will view the built results including work by Philip Johnson, I. M. Pei and Hideo Sasaki and discuss their subsequent evolution.

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A unique chapter in the story of urban renewal, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts was the nation’s first performing arts complex. It was also part of the larger 45-acre Lincoln Square Urban Renewal Project, which included the Lincoln Towers housing complex, Fordham University, and community facilities. Directed by Robert Moses, the project erased the San Juan Hill neighborhood, displacing more than 7,000 families, largely African American, and 800 businesses.

Join us in New Haven, Connecticut from June 21-24, 2023 and experience one of the country’s most densely woven collections of mid-century art, design, and architecture. As we take in this cultural epicenter, we will consider the triumphs and complexities surrounding the design and building of the Modern city and the impacts on our collective communities.

As part of Docomomo US Tour Day 2022 with its thematic focus on Modern shopping malls, the New York Tri-State chapter is presenting an in-person talk by Caroline Zaleski on Long Island’s Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall. Although now greatly altered, in its original form Roosevelt Field was the second largest mall in the country and the most distinguished in the region. Zaleski, the leading authority on the Modern architecture of Long Island, will delve into its fascinating and little known history.

Docomomo US/New York Tri-State’s Modern Conversations series is back for Fall. In this virtual talk, architectural historian Grace Ong Yan will investigate the intersection of branding, corporate design, and business in midcentury America, revealing a new interpretation of the history of corporate modernism from the perspective of the business client.

Join DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State for a guided in-person tour of Nivola: Sandscapes, an exhibition dedicated to the work of artist Costantino Nivola at the Magazzino Italian Art Foundation in Cold Spring, NY. A native of Sardinia and longtime resident of Springs, NY on Long Island, Nivola (1911–1988) created large-scale architectural reliefs and sculpture installations in collaboration with prominent Modern architects.

In this virtual talk, hosted by Docomomo US/NY Tri-State, Art History Professor Kristina Wilson will investigate how race and gender influenced—and were influenced by—the development and marketing of midcentury Modern decor in postwar America, presenting a striking counter-narrative to conventional histories of design.

The Docomomo US/New York Tri-State chapter we will be presenting a virtual tour of Marcus Garvey Village in Brooklyn as their contribution to Docomomo US Tour Day 2020 celebrating the theme "The '70s Turn 50." Our guide Mark Ginsberg, FAIA of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects designed a major renovation to the complex. He will explain the project’s background, its strengths and weaknesses, how it fared over time and how the renovation revitalized the complex.. Our guide Mark Ginsberg, FAIA of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects designed a major renovation to the complex. He will explain the project’s background, its strengths and weaknesses, how it fared over time and how the renovation revitalized the complex.

A 1948 Art Moderne bank in New Haven is currently being demolished. To preservationists the building seemed an ideal candidate for adaptive reuse. How can we better explain and protect our midcentury resources? How can we ensure historic preservation embraces the Modern era?

The community of Usonia in Pleasantville, New York is the only fully realized example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision for an exurban United States and a unique example of what it meant to design, and live, within Wright’s millieu. Wright designed the site plan and served on the building committee, defining the architectural style for the community. Five of the homes were designed by Kaneji Domoto, who used the houses to translate Wright’s idiom into low-cost construction.

Following a meticulous restoration, Eero Saarinen’s landmark 1962 Trans World Airlines terminal has been given new life as the centerpiece and arrival point for the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport. This moderated panel will hear from key players on the fascinating genesis of the 25-year-long project: how the building was saved from the wrecking ball then restored and repositioned as a contemporary destination.

Marcel Breuer: Building Global Institutions, edited by Barry Bergdoll and Jonathan Massey, has just been published by Lars Müller Publishers. Drawing on the recently digitized Breuer archive at Syracuse University, the volume includes chapters by ten authors on facets of Breuer’s practice. Four of the authors—Barry Bergdoll, Lucia Allais, Guy Nordenson, and Teresa Harris—will come together to discuss the book and the renewed appreciation for Breuer’s work and for so-called Brutalist architecture.

Visit a variety of Privately Owned Public Spaces in Midtown Manhattan—both exterior and interior, some famous and others less familiar, dating from the 1950s to the present.

M. Paul Friedberg, one of the celebrated landscape architects who introduced Modernism to the design of outdoor space, will discuss how he turned sometimes limited public spaces into places of activity and community.