New Year, new theme. Docomomo US has chosen its thematic focus for 2026: the rituals and spaces of Recreation and Play, expanding attention beyond formal architectural typologies to the built environments where people gather for leisure, activity, and joy.
The Noguchi Museum brings you its latest exhibition: Noguchi’s New York, exploring Isamu Noguchi’s dynamic relationship with New York City and how its cultural and political landscape shaped his work. The exhibition marks the 40th anniversary of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum.
The vacant and at-risk Modern structures at Wells College in Aurora, NY, may soon enter a new chapter after sale to the Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge which plans to open an Indigenous-led university on the site as early as next year.
This October, Docomomo US is offering an exclusive 11-day, five-city travel tour exploring India’s architectural evolution from imperial landmarks to modernist masterpieces.
Of course you knew the hit series “Severance” is filmed at Saarinen’s Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ. They truck in fake snow.
Eight Frank Lloyd Wright designed houses you can book on Airbnb; Arizona to Michigan and one in between.
According to AD magazine, glass block has escaped “trend jail” and is making a comeback in restaurant and residential design.
Albania, Croatia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Nigeria and Portugal are newly approved DOCOMOMO International working parties, bringing the total to 80.
Are conversation pits the antidote to endless hours in front of screens? Possibly. Check out conversation_pits on instagram for all the inspiration you’ll ever need. It’s a lot about the pillows.
Docomomo International recently added five country-level working parties: Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. The organization now counts 77 working parties and more than 3,000 international-level members.
It was only a matter of time. “With the stroke of his pencil he gave structure to life, and life to structure. That is a legacy that lives on.” Now, we’re told, in a new bathroom fixture collection from BRIZO. Catch the video.
Docomomo Journal is the peer-reviewed journal of Docomomo International that, since 1990, has provided a twice-yearly collection of recent and original research on the documentation and conservation of Modern Movement sites. The journal is now open access and digitized back to 2010. Peruse some great issues at our leisure.
Apparently cats like Brutalism a lot more than architectural pundits, civic leaders and everyday onlookers. This Instagram account—taglined a “daily dose of cats and concrete”—is all fun. If you’re on Instagram check out Julliard School, Pirelli Building, Whitney Museum and more.
Along with architecture, Charles and Ray Eames made their mark in short films. In Power of Ten, a 1977 film for IBM, the duo visualized the concept of magnitude and it still mesmerizes. Six million YouTube viewers couldn’t be wrong.