Docomomo US has announced the winners of its 2016 Modernism in America Awards, which honor projects around the country that highlight and advocate for the restoration of postwar architecture and landscapes.

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Docomomo US has announced the winners of its 2016 Modernism in America Awards, which honor projects around the country that highlight and advocate for the restoration of postwar architecture and landscapes.The Modernism in America Awards is the only national program that celebrates "the people and projects working to preserve, restore and rehabilitate our modern heritage sensitively and productively. The program seeks to advance those preservation efforts; to increase appreciation for the period and to raise awareness of the on-going threats against modern architecture and design." The 2016 Modernism in America Award winners are:Design Award of Excellence:Mellon Square; Pittsburgh, PA
© Ed Massery 2014 for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

The Civic/Institutional Design Award of Excellence is given for the restoration of Pittsburgh?s Mellon Square. Envisioned as a cornerstone of Pittsburgh?s post WWII renaissance by Richard King Mellon and Mayor David L. Lawrence, this space was collaboratively designed by architects Mitchell & Ritchey and landscape architects Simonds & Simonds. It opened in 1955 as the nation?s first urban plaza designed with an underground garage and retail space as an integral ...