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Docomomo International
Non-profit organization devoted to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement. Includes aims, activities, publications and conferences.
From Here To Modernity
The story of the Modern Movement and its affect on Britain, to complement a BBC2/ Open University TV series. History, architect's profiles, images, dates and descriptions of key buildings.
Functionalism and the City of Viipuri
A study by E.T. Dankwa of the 1930s Modernist architecture in the then-Finnish city of Viipuri, featuring works like Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Municipal Library.
I. G. Farben Building
Chip Chapin's photographs and history of the complex built l928-31 for Farben to the Bauhaus design of Hans Poelzig. Now part of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Italian Futurist Architecture (1909-1944)
The architects, architecture and theory of an avantgarde architectural movement. Italian with English translations beneath.
Modcom
The Modern Committee is a Los Angeles-based volunteer group formed in response to the rapid destruction of post-WWII buildings. Includes listings of endangered and destroyed Modern buildings in southern California.
Pierre Chareau: Maison de Verre
Images and enthusiastic student's description of Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre, Paris, France (1932), a landmark of the International Style.
The Bauhaus
An illustrated history by Greg Flores of the new art school formed in Post World War One Germany, with bibliography.
The Canberra House
A history of modernist residential architecture in Australia's capital. House profiles, architect biographies, essays on styles and a history of Canberra.
Villa Cavrois
This plea for the preservation of a landmark of the Modern Movement in France, designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens in 1932, includes a history and photographs.