I.M. Pei
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National Gallery Celebrates I.M. Pei Turning 100To celebrate I.M Pei, FAIA, turning 100 on Wednesday, the National Gallery of Art will host a discussion at the Gallery’s Pei-designed East Building, which opened in 1978. “Designed at a crucial point in Pei’s long and productive career, the East Building won the American Institute of Architect’s Twenty-five Year Read More >
April 24, 2017
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Summer Reading: Larry Van Dyne’s ‘Tear It Down! Save It!’
If you are looking for something to read on the beach this summer, take a look at this fascinating 10,000-word Washingtonian article by Larry Van Dyne on the history of Washington preservation efforts, including the growing debate over what to do with modern structures built during the past 50 years.
“The Read More >
June 22, 2009
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Modern Capital’s Letter on Dwell’s D.C. ‘Detour’
I just received the new issue of Dwell, which contains a letter to the editor I wrote in response to the magazine’s “Detour” piece on D.C. that ran in the December/January issue. At the time, I wrote that I was surprised to see that the modernist enclave Read More >
April 14, 2009
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Dwell Does D.C. and Baltimore
There’s an interesting piece about D.C. in the latest Dwell. Highlighted in its Detour column, Washington is described as “not all political wonks and Masonic conspiracies: It’s also a highly walkable city, its diagonal avenues wide open to modern design.” That’s great, but the piece, which is mainly an Read More >
November 17, 2008
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A Tour of Southwest
More than 50 years ago, Southwest D.C. underwent a massive transformation, representing the largest urban renewal project in U.S. history. The project covered 113 blocks, more than 450 acres and led to the relocation of more than 20,000 residents. Amid new development in the area, the question is how Read More >
October 14, 2008
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Debate Over Third Church of Christ Continues with Lawsuit
The saga over the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, continues. Members of the church at 16th and I streets, NW–who want to tear the building down and replace it with a new structure–have sued D.C. for naming the Brutalist structure a historic landmark. The church members are arguing Read More >August 10, 2008
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Luxist Estate of the Day: D.C.’s Slayton House
Luxist, the blog about all things luxurious, highlighted the the Slayton House in Cleveland Park as its Estate of the Day. (Modern Capital got a shout out at the end of the post.) I wrote about the home designed by I.M. Pei and updated by Hugh Newell Jacobsen Read More >
July 30, 2008
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Last Week of Marcel Breuer at National Building Museum
This is the last week to see the National Building Museum’s exhibit Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture. The exhbit features 12 models of Breuer’s architecutre and images of the the homes, churches and other types of spaces he designed, including the Whitney Museum of American Art. The show also includes Read More >
February 10, 2008
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Southwest D.C.: A Haven of Modernism
As Southwest D.C. goes through another period of urban renewal with the revitalization of the Waterside Mall (the new area will be called the Waterfront) and the new baseball stadium, the area continues to represent one of the region’s largest concentration of mid-century modern dwellings, which were built during Read More >
January 7, 2008
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D.C.’s Third Church of Christ Protected As Landmark
The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board voted unanimously to award landmark status to the Third Church of Christ, Scientist and barred congregants from redeveloping the 1971 building by Araldo Cossutta of I.M. Pei‘s architectural firm. Members of the church are not happy with the decision to protect the Read More >
December 7, 2007
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More on Saving Mies’ MLK Library, I.M. Pei’s Church of Christ
Washington Post columnist Roger K. Lewis, a practicing architect and a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, writes about what should be done about modern buildings that may not have aged so well. He discusses the recent debates abut two D.C. buildings: Ludwig Mies van Read More >November 11, 2007
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ArchitectureDC on I.M. Pei, Neutra and Goodman Homes in D.C.
When I was looking for information on the D.C. “Case Study House,” I came across this Summer 2003 issue of ArchitectureDC, a publication of the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Not only does it have a short item on that house, but an interesting article (beginning on page Read More >April 19, 2007
