Modernist Resources
Subcategories: Databases / Multimedia / Reports/Surveys / US Organizations / Intl Organizations / Powerpoints
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Databases
AIA Historical Directory of American Architects
Building Technology Heritage Library
Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Virtual Globetrotting
Los Angeles County Building Permits
LA Historic
Resources Inventory
Museum of Modern Art Image Database
Building Technology Heritage Library
Beverly Willis Foundation: Women Architects
2002 Panel Discussion with author Elizabeth Smith and the last living Case Study architects: Beverly Thorne, Don Knorr, Pierre Koenig, Ed Killingsworth, and Don Hensman, and photographer Julius Shulman
1989: Sandy Perlbinder, Madeline Warren, and Bruce Feirstein made a satirical film about Modernist architects called HOME
1970's Charles Kahn Interviews: audio with internationally-known architects and engineers
1970's Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive: artists, musicians, Architects, designers, photographers, directors, actors, writers, and art collectors. Also on YouTube.
1990's: Charlie Rose interviews with noted architects.
1968: Architect Charles Vaseff filmed the Boston Government Center - plus a video presentation on Wright.
Reports/Surveys
2021 Living at
Richard Meier's Smith House
2020 Chicago Architecture Oral Histories Index
2019 Florida Mid Century Modern Survey
2018 Palm Springs CA Historical Survey
2010 Richard Neutra's Cyclorama
1965 AIA Guide to Washington DC
US Architecture Organizations
World Monuments Fund / UNESCO * Form Follows Function
Modernati * OKCMod * Idaho Modern * Modern Interiors Research Centre
MOMOWO * SOS Brutalism * Topomomo * Unhappy Hipsters
Design is Human/Modern Atlanta
Links courtesy of Jean-Paul Bonfils
International Architecture Organizations
Links courtesy of Jean-Paul Bonfils
Powerpoints / Videos by Jean-Paul Bonfils
US Modernist Houses 1 (1920-1933). Video.
US Modernist Houses 2 (1934-1937). Video.
US Modernist Houses 3 (1938-1940). Video.
US Modernist Houses 4 (1941-1946). Video.
US Modernist Houses 5 (1947-1948). Video.
US Modernist Houses 6 (1949). Video.
US Modernist Houses 7 (1950). Video.
US Modernist Houses 8 (1951). Video.
US Modernist Houses 9 (1952). Video.
US Modernist Houses 10 (1953). Video.
US Modernist Houses 11 (1954). Video.
US Modernist Houses 12 (1955). Video.
US Modernist Houses 13 (1956). Video.
US Modernist Houses 14 (1957). Video.
US Modernist Houses 15 (1958). Video.
US Modernist Houses 16 (1959). Video.
US Modernist Houses 17 (1960). Video.
US Modernist Houses 18 (1961). Video.
US Modernist Houses 19 (1962). Video.
US Modernist Houses 20 (1963). Video.
US Modernist Houses 21 (1964). Video.
US Modernist Houses 22 (1965). Video.
US Modernist Houses 23 (1966). Video.
US Modernist Houses 24 (1967). Video.
US Modernist Houses 25 (1968). Video.
US Modernist Houses 26 (1969-1970). Video.
US Modernist Houses 27 (1971-1972). Video.
US Modernist Houses 28 (1973-1975). Video.
US Modernist Houses 29 (1976-1979). Video.
US Modernist Houses 30 (1980-1984). Video.
US Modernist Houses 31 (1985-1987). Video.
US Modernist Houses 32 (1988-1990). Video.
US Modernist Houses 33 (1991-1994). Video.
US Modernist Houses 34 (1995-1999). Video.
US Modernist Houses 35 (2000-2002). Video.
US Modernist Houses 36 (2003-2004). Video.
US Modernist Houses 37 (2005-2006). Video.
US Modernist Houses 38 (2007). Video.
US Modernist Houses 39 (2008). Video.
US Modernist Houses 40 (2009). Video.
US Modernist Houses 41 (2010). Video.
US Modernist Houses 42 (2011). Video.
US Modernist Houses 43 (2012). Video.
US Modernist Houses 44 (2013). Video.
US Modernist Houses 45 (2014). Video.
US Modernist Houses 46 (2015). Video.
US Modernist Houses 47 (2016). Video.
US Modernist Houses 48 (2017). Video.
US Modernist Houses 49 (2018). Video.
US Modernist Houses 50 (2019). Video.
US Modernist Houses 51 (2020). Video.
US Modernist Houses 52 (2021). Video.
World Incredible Houses. Video. World Iconic Houses
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US Contemporary Museums 1.
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World Museums 1. Video.
World Museums 2. Video.
World Museums 3. Video.
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World Museums 19. Video.
World Museums 20. Video.
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World Museums 22. Video.
World Museums 23. 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
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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.
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Wineries 1. Video.
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Wineries 3. Video.
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Heritage 1. Video.
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US Educational Facilities 1. Video.
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US Schools of Architecture 1. Video.
US Schools of Architecture 2. Video.
US Schools of Architecture 3. Video.
US Schools of Architecture 4. Video.
US Schools of Architecture 5. 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
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US Religious Architecture
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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 Churches and Chapels 1. Video. World Churches and Chapels 2. 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 Record Architecture. Video.
US Airports. Video.
World Airports
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Bus Stations. Video.
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Cruise Terminals. Video.
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Railway Stations 1. Video.
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Railway Stations 2. Video.
South of France 1.
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South of France 3. Video.
South of France 4. Video.
South of France 5. Video.
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Houses Southwest of France 1.
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Houses Southwest of France 2.
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Modernist Paris. Video.
Cars
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Cars
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Cars
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