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Registration starts Friday Sept 18th at 10 AM ET
Join us October 14 at 7:00 on Zoom for Modern Richmond's first virtual event.
Most architects don't know just how many amazing mid-century Modernist houses still exist. George Smart didn't know either - because they were largely undocumented and later, he found out, in danger of destruction. In 2007, he started a project that has become USModernist, the world's largest online digital archive for Modernist residential design, and he has helped hundreds of endangered Modernist houses find new caring owners.
With bulldozers destroying mid-century Modernist houses daily, many "livable works of art" remain threatened by rising land prices and disinterested heirs, George will share the story and the details of how his energetic and dedicated team of volunteers documented over 7,000 Modernist houses across America, featuring nearly every Wright, Lloyd Wright, Neutra, Schindler, Lautner, Ellwood, Koenig, Ain, Soriano - built and unbuilt - and more. Of particular interest to architects, George will share how the USModernist Library collected, scanned, and made 2.8 million pages of practically inaccessible architecture magazines free and accessible to everyone.
Participants will learn how to start a documentation and preservation effort in their communities - with nothing more than a car, a cell phone, and a laptop.
Free Admission - Register here
Registration starts Friday Sept 18th at 10 AM ET
Please note: this event requires a (free) Zoom account - create your account at www.zoom.us