Modernist Resources
Featured Resources:
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1991 Wright Guide, courtesy of author William Allin Storrer
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The 2018 Palm Springs CA Historical Survey / Palm Springs CA Phone Book 1966 / Palm Springs CA City Directory 1964
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The Charles Kahn Interviews: 1970's audio with internationally-known architects and engineers
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The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive: artists, musicians, Architects, designers, photographers, directors, actors, writers, and art collectors during the 1970's and 1980's. Also on YouTube.
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Architect Charles Vaseff filmed the Boston Government Center in 1968 - plus a video presentation on Wright.
Databases/Reports
Books - Articles
2020 Chicago Architecture Oral Histories Index
2007 NCSU School of Design: The Kamphoefner Years, by Roger Clark
2001 GSA Modernism
1990 Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice Of
Building, by Catherine Bishir, Charlotte Brown, Carl Lounsbury, and Ernest
Wood III
1965 AIA Guide to Washington DC
1960 The South Builds, by Terry Waugh, Elizabeth Waugh, and Henry Kamphoefner
1960's Douglas Fir Second Homes for Leisure Living, including houses by
George Matsumoto
1954 Quality Budget Houses by Katherine Morrow Ford and Thomas Creighton
1954 Treasury of Contemporary Houses
1952 Living Spaces by George Nelson
1951 The American House Today by Katherine Morrow Ford
1950's Architectural Record Mid-Century Houses Technical Guide
1946 MOMA If You Want to Build a House by Elizabeth B. Mock
1945 Tomorrow's House by George Nelson and Henry Wright
1940 The Modern House in America, by James Ford and Katherine Morrow Ford
US Architecture Organizations
Docomomo US * Getty Conservation Institute
World Monuments Fund /
UNESCO
* Form Follows Function
Modernati *
OKCMod *
Idaho Modern
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Modern Interiors Research Centre
MOMOWO *
SOS Brutalism
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Topomomo
* Unhappy Hipsters
Modern Mile Dallas *
Design is Human/Modern
Atlanta
International Architecture Organizations
Powerpoints / Videos by Jean-Paul Bonfils
US Modernist Houses 1. Video. US Modernist Houses 2. Video. US Modernist Houses 3. Video. US Modernist Houses 4. Video. US Modernist Houses 5. Video.
US Modernist Houses
6. Video.
US Modernist Houses
7. Video.
US Modernist Houses
8. Video.
US Modernist Houses
9. Video.
World Iconic Houses 1. Video.
World Iconic Houses 2. Video.
World Iconic Houses 3. Video.
World Iconic Houses 4. Video.
World Iconic Houses 5. Video.
World Iconic Houses 6. Video.
World Iconic Houses 7. Video.
World Iconic Houses 8. Video.
World Iconic Houses 9. Video.
World Iconic Houses 10. Video.
US Contemporary Museums 1. Video. US Contemporary Museums 2. Video. US Contemporary Museums 3. Video. US Contemporary Museums 4. Video.
World Museums 1. Video. World Museums 2. Video. World Museums 3. Video. World Museums 4. Video.
US Embassies. Video.
World
Embassies. Video.
US Operas and Performance Spaces 1.
Video.
US Operas and Performance Spaces 2.
Video.
World Operas and Performance Spaces 1.
Video.
World Operas and Performance Spaces 2.
Video.
US Women Architects 1. Video.
US Women Architects 2. Video.
World Modern Women Architects I.
Video.
World Modern Women Architects II.
Video.
European Modern Women Architects I.
Video.
European Modern Women Architects II.
Video.
European Modern Women Architects III.
Video.
European Modern Women Architects IV.
Video.
US
Sports Facilities. Video.
World Sport Facilities 1. Video.
World Sport Facilities 2. Video.
US Libraries. Video.
World Libraries. Video.
Royal Libraries. Video.
US
Hotels. Video.
World Hotels
1. Video.
World Hotels
2. Video.
US Schools of Architecture. Video.
World Schools of Architecture. Video.
US Photographers and Architecture 1.
Video.
US Photographers and Architecture 2.
Video.
World Photographers and Architecture 1.
Video.
World Photographers and Architecture 2.
Video.
World Photographers and Architecture 3.
Video.
US Religious Architecture. Video.
World Churches and Chapels 1. Video.
World Churches and Chapels 2. Video.
US Educational Housing 1.
Video.
US Educational Housing 2. Video.
US Public/Government Buildings. Video.
US Factories.
Video.
US Social Housing
US
Skyscrapers 1. Video.
US Skyscrapers 2. Video.
US Art Deco 1. Video.
US Art Deco 2. Video.
US Art Deco 3. Video.
World Factories.
Video.
World Social Housing. Video. World Heritage and Modernity 1. Video. World Heritage and Modernity 2. Video.
World Opera and Performing Arts Halls 1. Video. World Opera and Performing Arts Halls 2. Video. World Transport/Airports. Video. Houses South of France 1. Video. Houses South of France 2. Video.
Modernist Paris. Video.
Cars. Video.
World Record Architecture.
Video.