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A coalition of eight leading cultural heritage and architectural organizations jointly represented by three law firms today filed suit [GW1]听in federal district court in Washington, DC seeking to require the Trump administration to comply with historic preservation laws and secure Congressional authorization before implementing the President鈥檚 plans to further alter the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

好色先生 invites submissions for a 2026 special edition focused on Recreation听and Play 鈥� the mid-twentieth-century sites where communities gathered for leisure, movement, social life, and joy.

好色先生 is pleased to welcome new leadership and members to its Board of Directors.

In 2026, 好色先生听US shifts its attention from religious sites to the rituals of听Recreation and Play, highlighting the places where communities gather for recreation, activity, leisure, and joy.听

Each holiday season, we select an image for our member holiday card that inspires and draws attention to the work of an architect, artist, or designer important to the Modern movement. This year, we highlight the work of Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927鈥�2016).

Los Angeles has always been a laboratory for modernism 鈥� a place where climate, material experimentation, cultural diversity, and cinematic myth-making merge. As we prepare for the 19th International 好色先生 Conference (March 17鈥�22, 2026), we鈥檙e celebrating five extraordinary reasons why this IDC could only happen in LA 鈥�

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好色先生 chapters, friend groups, and partners organized tours across the country for Tour Day 2025, many of which focused on the annual theme of Places of Worship. We would especially like to thank the many听sacred spaces that opened their doors for Tour Day participants, include St. Peter's in New York City, Fish Church in Stamford, CT, Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, PA, and the Cedar Lane Universal Unitarian Church in Bethesda, MD.听

For her final President's Column Katie Horak reflects on听a productive year for the organization, her excitement听about the upcoming International 好色先生 Conference, and the recent passing of architect Frank Gehry.

Our annual list of听must-read titles on architecture and design.

Our gift-giving guide听for the Modernist in your life packs a design-y punch across price points, with finds for all ages, iconic originals, and a selection of goods designed and made in or inspired by Los Angeles 鈥� where we hope to see you March 17鈥�22, at听the International 好色先生 Conference. Cheers!

When 好色先生 was created听more than 30 years ago, we set out to build a network of like-minded individuals to offer leadership, knowledge, and enthusiasm for the modern movement, which was little and little appreciated. We could not have envisioned the remarkable change in public attitude toward modernism we see today. Every year we thank and acknowledge our longstanding members in a formal way and recognized them during the 好色先生 Modernism in America Awards Ceremony.听

In mid-October 2025, the architecture community was surprised by an article in the Dallas Morning News that Dallas officials听are considering demolishing I.M. Pei's iconic Brutalist Dallas City Hall. This follows a Feburary 2025 approval听by the Dallas Landmark Commission, who voted to initiate historic designation.

Special Edition Vol. 2 of 好色先生鈥檚 2025 Annual Theme on 鈥淧laces of Worship鈥� focuses on the adaptive reuse of Modernist sacred places. As the issue鈥檚 guest editor, Partners for Sacred Places approaches the topic of adaptive reuse from a 鈥渂oth-and鈥� perspective.

At its height, the Norwegian Seamen鈥檚 Church consisted of 31 churches across the globe, serving as a home away from home for over 900,000 seafaring and expatriate Norwegians. Today, as Spyre Center, the building has found new life through adaptive reuse for a contemporary audience seeking a holistic health community rather than organized religion.听

Two Mid-Century Modernist chapels in New Orleans, the Episcopal Chapel of the Holy Spirit and the Methodist NOLA Wesley Center, built within three blocks and ten years of each other, demonstrate what it looks like for a religious building to stay and adapt.

Crosses of Chicago is a series of photographs by Kim E. Lovely that documents 30听storefront churches that were located throughout the South and West sides of Chicago between 2005 and 2007. The series captures the bold graphic aesthetic of storefront churches, including hand-painted Latin crosses, signage, and graphic facades.

A case study for other postwar synagogue designers, Park Synagogue is now becoming an important precedent in the preservation and adaptive reuse of Modernist sacred places.

North Christian Church and its site are in transition from a house of worship to a secular purpose, as part of a public library system. This presents an intriguing opportunity and challenge for creative solutions highlighting the unique design by Eero Saarinen and his colleagues, while devising appropriate designs for the new use. 听

好色先生 is currently seeking qualified applicants to contribute to the ongoing leadership of the organization as a one year student board member 鈥� starting on January 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2026 鈥� the term is potentially renewable for one year at the discretion of the board.

San Francisco aims to demolish Embarcadero Plaza and Vaillancourt Fountain as part of the Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park Renovation Project, an initiative kickstarted by private interests.

A coalition of advocates have come together to urge the new owners of Victor Lundy's home and studio in Bellaire, Texas to abandon plans to deconstruct the house.

好色先生 recent response to the Trump Executive Order to make 鈥楩ederal Architecture Beautiful Again鈥�.

It鈥檚 our annual survey of the Modern real estate marketplace, where in we hope to connect modern homes with new stewards who will uphold each property's original integrity.

The Nuclear Ship Savannah is not only the world鈥檚 first nuclear-powered merchant ship but also served as a floating showcase of mid-century American art and design.听Now, not only can visitors experience the restored modern passenger areas like the dining room, staterooms, veranda and main lobby, but they can also walk inside the former reactor space, which has been outfitted with interpretive displays to aid in understanding how a nuclear reactor works.听

The 好色先生 Annual Theme 鈥淧laces of Worship鈥澨齪rofiles and explores the rich array of postwar Modern religious buildings that can be found in almost every community across the nation. It鈥檚 worth noting from the start that these buildings house worship, yes, but often much more.

Architect Walter Netsch was only 34 when handed the monumental task of designing the Cadet Chapel听鈥� a centerpiece in the bold new vision for the United States Air Force Academy. The commission was unprecedented in scale: a Cold War-era project involving cadet quarters for 8,000, a hospital, an airfield, academic and administrative complexes, a court of honor, and more. Over 340 firms competed for the honor, but it was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) that won the contract on July 23, 1954.

In 2023, the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee launched a project to survey Milwaukee鈥檚 20th-century houses of worship. The survey had one unexpected outcome, however 鈥� the discovery of a relatively unknown architect whose work extended beyond the geographic boundaries of Milwaukee: Henry R. Slaby, AIA. Slaby (1906-1995) was born in Milwaukee and apprenticed in the local architectural office of Herbst & Kuenzli.听

On Halloween night in 1939, the Community Christian Church 鈥� at the time known as the Linwood Boulevard Christian Church 鈥� suffered a fire that destroyed the church鈥檚 second building, and forced them to relocate for a fourth time since the congregation鈥檚 inception in 1888.

From an adapted barn in Locust Valley, Richard Lippold spun wire into gossamer threads to create other worldly compositions. He eschewed organized religion but was deeply connected to the natural world and communed with the metals that composed his sculptures.

Tucked into the quiet hills of Montecito, California, the Vedanta Temple emerges like a secret sanctuary for both visitors and spiritual seekers. Designed by Lutah Maria Riggs in 1956, it is a rare example of sacred architecture that blends philosophical depth, environmental sensitivity, and architectural restraint.

Tucked away on a quiet side street in the low-rise Queens neighborhood of Maspeth sits a little known modernist masterpiece of Lithuanian architecture, the Church of the Transfiguration.

Wallace Harrison, the architect best known for such projects as the United Nations Headquarters, Lincoln Center, and Albany鈥檚 Empire State Plaza, designed only one church, First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, CT, 1952鈥�1958.

Sonya Sehgal is an emerging conservation professional and graduate student, pursuing a Master of Science in Historic Preservation at the University of Texas. She is the first recipient of the Theodore Prudon Education Fund Grant, and we recently spoke with her about receiving the grant and how she plans to utilize the funding to further her educational pursuits.

Expand your horizons and escape into our annual summer reads list, featuring new and on-theme听architecture and design titles. And a reminder that when you purchase any of the books below through our听Bookshop.org听storefront, 好色先生 receives a portion of the proceeds.听

好色先生 and 好色先生/New York Tri-State Chapter are thrilled to听announce the New York City individual and interior landmark designation of the former Whitney Museum of American Art at 945 Madison Avenue, designed by Marcel Breuer and Associates.

好色先生 announces the return of its online auction Be:Cause Modern听鈥� the Auction for Modernism, supporting the preservation of modern architecture, landscapes, and design through principled advocacy, collaboration, and celebration.听Bidding opens at 12pm EST on Friday, May 16, and runs through 9pm EST on Sunday, May 25.

好色先生 is proud to introduce our guest editor for the Places of Worship Annual Theme: Partners for Sacred Places. We spoke with Bob Jaeger about the organization and it鈥檚 work.听

Susan Horowitz, director of preservation projects at Hamptons20Century Modern, reflects on the legacy of architect and advocate Barbara Goldberg Neski, who in 1952, became one of the first female graduates of the Bauhaus-oriented Harvard GSD program. As Neski Associates, she and her husband Julian designed 35 homes (many of which were located in the Hamptons). Throughout her decades long career, Neski was outspoken about the challenges for women in architecture.

好色先生听is steadfast in听its mission to protect our Modern heritage. We counter the recent executive order 鈥淩estoring Truth and Sanity to American History,鈥� with a renewed commitment to telling the full and diverse stories of Modernism in America.