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The Getty Foundation announces new $1.55 million investment in Conserving Black Modernism

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The Getty Foundation is investing an additional $1.55 To date, the Fund has invested $27 million in 304 sites across the country. Good news for preservation advocates! million in the conserving Black Modernism program managed by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Alvar Aalto Foundation Announces Preservation Milestone for Studio Aalto in Helsinki, Finland

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© Alvar Aalto Foundation Studio Aalto and its garden area have just been officially granted protection by the Uusimaa Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment. Additionally, the Studio reflects the architectural-office design ethos of the 1950s and 60s. Read more »

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Conserving Black Modernism: An Initiative to Preserve African American Architectural Heritage in the United States

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Image © Jalen Wright The Getty Foundation 's Conserving Black Modernism initiative, launched in 2022, represents a pivotal effort to preserve and celebrate the architectural contributions of African American architects in the Modernist movement. Coles House, designed by Robert T. Coles and built in 1961 | Buffalo, NY. Read more »

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Calder Gardens all set for September reopening in Philadelphia

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Sited along a 1.8-acred acred site on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the sculpture garden dedicated to Alexander Calder 's work. As was previously announced by the Calder Foundation, programming for Calder Gardens is being operated jointly with the Barnes Foundation.

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The Cultural Landscape Foundation acquires photographer Alan Ward's archive

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The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) has just announced a gift of landscape photographer and architect Alan Ward’s digital archive, a donation they say provides both the public and scholars exposure to one of the profession’s most beloved practitioners. Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, U.K.,

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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Selects Sasaki to Revitalize Iconic Taliesin West in Arizona, USA

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Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Taliesin West by Andrew Pielage The renowned Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has entrusted Sasaki with the task of designing a comprehensive design for Taliesin West in Scottsdale , Arizona , United States.

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Better Block Foundation, a nonprofit for open-source neighorhood design and ‘wikiblock’ urbanism, is hiring

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Following last week’s look at an opening for an Architect/Designer at Build Block , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Landscape Designer at the Better Block Foundation. ” the company adds. “This position is very hands-on.”