Docomomo Chicago

Chicago regional chapter of DOCOMOMO, the international organization for the DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings and sites of the MOdern MOvement.

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

Latest from Lee Bey: Tearing down Elgin building designed by Marina City architect is a bitter pill to swallow - Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/IpVwVnepG4

[Saving Places @SavingPlaces]

Preservation Win!

"The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on to approve a budget amendment that provides key funding for a plan to save, renovate & expand the Mitchell Park Domes."

We applaud this preservtion solution!

https://t.co/o5ZqYzD71l

[Jahn/ @jahnarch]

Earlier this year, filmmaker Nathan Eddy released “The Dream Was What Mattered,” a stunning 8-minute portrait of the James R. Thompson Center. As we look ahead to the building's 40th anniversary in 2025, we invite you to uncover its past in Eddy's film: https://t.co/PxjdmxiHql

[Preservation Chicago: Love Your City Fiercely! ® @Pres_Chicago]

DON'T MISS!

Michelangelo Sabatino: The Edith Farnsworth House
An icon of modern architecture with a legendary history

Saturday, Oct 26, 2024
2:00 to 3:00 pm

Chicago Humanities Festival
Northwestern University, Norris University Center

Register today!

https://t.co/PK8GmVAw1r

[Dezeen @dezeen]

The challenges of preserving and upkeeping mid-century modern homes mean many are at risk of demolition, conservation experts tell Dezeen as part of our mid-century modern series.
https://t.co/0S9O4aqyeH

[Docomomo Chicago @docomomoChicago]

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://t.co/dkNBW8Mmss

[Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) @SAH1365]

#SAHARAhighlights brutalist architecture: Fritz Wotruba, Kirche zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit, Vienna, Austria, 1974-76. Photograph by Laura McGuire, 2012.

Discover 11 more designs in the archive: https://t.co/x1kc3ruPJB | #brutalism #architecture

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

How Paul Rudolph made American architecture brutal—Mark Lamster https://t.co/GaJFMpoomG

[Max Chavez @maxeschavez]

Don Tosi House (1949) by Don Tosi. At the time of this home’s construction, Tosi was working for Bruce Goff. Because the 25-year-old Tosi was unlicensed at the time, Goff signed off on the plans. The house was fully rebuilt in 1967 after being destroyed by an F4 tornado.

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

Join us on Oct 23 at 5 PM for Polis: Public Space in Spain, featuring a lecture by architect Joan Roig and a panel with Illinois Tech faculty on urbanism! More: https://t.co/sDasAiiMHx

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

Discover the future of cities at the 2024 Peter Schaudt Lecture! Join us on Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. in Crown Hall to hear Antonella Contin discuss sustainable urban growth and smart cities. More: https://t.co/jESnUYG2Cb

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

The @chihumanities Fall Festival is back with eight standout lectures ranging from poetry to basketball along with our own Professor Michelangelo Sabatino, who will highlight the famed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed Edith Farnsworth House on October 26.
https://t.co/cVLCbF7mnO

[Docomomo Chicago @docomomoChicago]

At the printer's, look for it early next year.

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

From Obama’s 'humble' first office to newest skyscrapers, Open House Chicago puts architecture on display - @leebey in Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/lLdZj4r63B

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

@illinoistech is excited to join @chiarchitecture Open House Chicago on Oct 19-20! Explore our Kaplan Institute, S. R. Crown Hall, and Carr Chapel, plus over 170 must-see sites across the city. https://t.co/s3om3baLrN

[Docomomo Chicago @docomomoChicago]

New DePaul Athletic Facility In Lincoln Park Receives Alderman Approval - https://t.co/fBlNt5cIJo Tearing down the existing houses is only half of the problem, the other half is the clumsy design.

[The Architect's Newspaper @archpaper]

Museum officials in Kansas City, Missouri, are seeking an architect-led team to design a new addition, or multiple additions, totaling 61,000 square feet at the historic campus.
https://t.co/vuVwH8GY8t

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

Professor Michelangelo Sabatino’s book, The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture, recently was honored as part of Docomomo US’s 2024 Modernism in America Awards. https://t.co/5a1dhWbFfj

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

Take a tour of the iconic Crown Hall with Kevin Hüi and Andrew Maynard ! 🏛️ Designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1956, this masterpiece continues to shape global architecture. https://t.co/3hg5pxY4Ne

[Archinerds @archinerds]

Brenneman School, by Bertrand Goldberg, Chicago, USA, 1963. #architecture #archinerds