Docomomo US is pleased to announce sixteen recipients of the 2024 Modernism in America Awards. Now in its 11th year, the Awards celebrate the documentation, preservation and reuse of Modern buildings, structures and landscapes built in the United States or on U.S. territory and recognize building owners, design teams, individuals, and preservation organizations that have made significant efforts to retain, restore, and advocate for the aesthetic and cultural value of such places.
This year’s award-winning initiatives truly went above and beyond, taking on herculean tasks to provide us with shared community assets, a sense of play in our design, and iconic Modern spaces adaptable to current day needs.
The awardees were selected by a distinguished panel of experts led by jury chair Gail Kennard, president of LA-based Kennard Design Group, the legacy firm of her father, Modernist architect Robert Kennard. Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Senior Program Officer at the Ford Foundation, landscape historian Steven Keylon, and architect and freelance journalist James Russell, FAIA round out the group. Speaking on the projects recognized, Kennard stated her hope that “twenty to thirty years from now, people will look back and appreciate that these sites are still around and serving a purpose and be glad that someone had the foresight to preserve them.”
Congratulations to the 2024 Modernism in America Awards winners, as follows:
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Lever House (New York, NY)
Mariners Medical Arts Building (Newport Beach, CA)
Former US Embassy (Oslo, Norway)
345 Glass House (Berea, OH)
Docomomo US/MN Minnesota Modern Registry (Inventory)
Heritage at Risk Survey 2023 (Miami-Dade County, FL)
Elizabeth Scheu Close: A Life in Modern Architecture (Book and Exhibition)
Breuer Cottage (Wellfleet, MA)
CITATION OF MERIT
King Liberty Center (Honolulu, HI)
Donaldson Futuro (Idyllwild, CA)
UC San Diego Humanities & Social Sciences Building (La Jolla, CA)
The Edith Farnsworth House (Book)
Philadelphia Police Administration Headquarters (Student Project)
Aluminaire House (Palm Springs, CA)
CITATION FOR ART PRESERVATION
Concrete Play Horses (New York, NY)
Marble Garden (Aspen, CO)