Modernist Resources

US Architecture Organizations

 

   

      

   

    

 

   

   

   

     

     

    

      
        

 

  Docomomo US * Getty Conservation Institute
 World Monuments Fund / UNESCO * Form Follows Function
Modernati * OKCMod * Idaho Modern * Modern Interiors Research Centre
MOMOWO * SOS Brutalism * Topomomo * Unhappy Hipsters
Modern Mile Dallas * Design is Human/Modern Atlanta

International Architecture Organizations

   

   

 

 

             

   

   

  

 

   

   
   

   

 

 

     

  Links courtesy of Jean-Paul Bonfils

Databases

Bowker Architect Directories 1956, 1962, 1970
Los Angeles County Building Permits
Museum of Modern Art Image Database
Building Technology Heritage Library
2019 Florida Mid Century Modern Survey
1950's Modernist Mail-Order houses
2010 Richard Neutra's Cyclorama
2009 New Canaan Survey + Appendices
US National Map USGS
Internet Archive

Books - Video - Audio

The Charles Kahn Interviews: 1970's audio with internationally-known architects and engineers.

The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive features interviews Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel conducted with prominent artists, musicians, architects, designers, photographers, directors, actors, writers, and art collectors, documenting the arts world during the 1970's and 1980's. Also on YouTube.

Architect Charles Vaseff filmed the Boston Government Center in 1968 plus a video presentation on Wright.

NCModernist 2001 GSA Modernism
NCModernist 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.
NCModernist 1965 AIA Guide to Washington DC
NCModernist 1960 The South Builds, by Terry Waugh, Elizabeth Waugh, and Henry Kamphoefner
NCModernist 1960's Douglas Fir Second Homes for Leisure Living, including houses by George Matsumoto
 NCModernist 1954 Quality Budget Houses by Katherine Morrow Ford and Thomas Creighton
 NCModernist 1954 Treasury of Contemporary Houses
 NCModernist 1952 Living Spaces by George Nelson
 NCModernist 1951 The American House Today by Katherine Morrow Ford
 NCModernist 1950's Architectural Record Mid-Century Houses Technical Guide
 NCModernist 1946 MOMA If You Want to Build a House by Elizabeth B. Mock
 NCModernist 1945 Tomorrow's House by George Nelson and Henry Wright
 NCModernist 1940 The Modern House in America, by James Ford and Katherine Morrow Ford

Powerpoints / Videos by Jean-Paul Bonfils

Iconic Houses 1. Video.
Iconic Houses 2. Video.
Iconic Houses 3. Video.
Iconic Houses 4. Video.
Iconic Houses 5. Video.
US Educational Housing 1. Video.
US Educational Housing 2. Video.
 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 Contemporary Museums 1. Video.
US Contemporary Museums 2. Video.
US Contemporary Museums 3. Video.
US Contemporary Museums 4. Video.
US Libraries. Video.
US Photographers and Architecture 1.  Video.
 US Photographers and Architecture 2.  Video.
US Public/Government Buildings. Video.
US Religious Architecture. Video.
US Factories. Vimeo.
US Social Housing
US Hotels. Video.
US Schools of Architecture.  Video.
World Schools of Architecture.  Video.
World Hotels 1. Video.
World Hotels 2. Video.
World Factories. Video.
World Social Housing. Video.
World Heritage and Modernity 1. Video.
World Heritage and Modernity 2. Video.
World Photographers and Architecture 1. Video.
World Photographers and Architecture 2. Video.
World Photographers and Architecture 3. Video.
World Churches and Chapels 1. Video.
World Churches and Chapels 2. Video.
World Opera and Performing Arts Halls 1. Video.
World Opera and Performing Arts Halls 2. Video.
World Museums 1. Video.
World Museums 2. Video.
World Museums 3. Video.
World Museums 4. 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.