

Modernist Truro Celebrates 50th Anniversary
One of the Washington, D.C., area’s mid-century modern residential communities recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a weekend of...


Parkitecture in our Backyard
As the summer tourist season envelops Washington, D.C., many of the local residents of our nation’s capital hit the road to more sparsely...


WSSC Building Success at Hyattsville City Council Vote
The former Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) Headquarters in Hyattsville, Maryland is one step closer to being saved from...


2018 Tour Day Planning Meeting, June 13
Please join us for our second Tour Day Planning meeting, where we will select a route for Tour Day and divide into sub-committees. The...


Pope-Leighey House to Celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday, June 8th
As the celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright's 150th birthday winds down (he would have marked his sesquicentennial on June 8th, 2017), the...


Hollin Hills Welcomes 2018 Tour
Well more than 1,000 mid-century modern fans hiked or drove through Hollin Hills on April 28 as part of the 2018 edition of the Hollin...


Hyattsville Residents Defend Local Modern Architecture
A group of citizens in Hyattsville, Maryland, have organized in opposition to the demolition of a local mid-century modern gem. The...


National Association of Broadcasters Building Threatened
The former headquarters of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) designed by architecture firm Mills, Petticord & Mills may...


Winners of the 2018 Modernism in America Awards
Docomomo US has announced the 13 winners of its 2018 Modernism in America Awards. Now in its fifth year, the program honors exemplary...


The Vaulted Architecture of the Metro That Almost Wasn't
Docomomo DC hosted a lecture by Zachary Schrag last week at the West End Library. Following introductions by Docomomo DC chair Tom Jester...