Federal Modernism

Growth, Efficiency & Modernism: GSA Buildings of the 1950s, 60s and 70s: Originally published in the fall of 2003, the study was updated and reprinted in March 2006. A PDF may be downloaded online. Copies of the book may be obtained by contacting the Center for Historic Buildings.

GEM Assessment Tool: Published as part of Growth, Efficiency & Modernism. A downloadable PDF is located in the historic preservation library.

Architecture of the Great Society:  Summarizes comments and issues from a forum held at Yale University assessing GSA's buildings constructed during the 1960s and 1970s. A downloadable PDF is in the historic preservation library.

Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and Courthouse Case Study: An example of a First Impressions Project in a 1960s modernist building.  A downloadable Word document is in the historic preservation library.

Modern Building Posters and Brochures: Special set of posters and brochures highlighting select GSA Modern Buildings.

CONTACTS

Additional Contacts For

• Historic Preservation
• Regional Historic Preservation Officers

REFERENCE

• Executive Order 13006
• Executive Order 13287
• ADM 1020.2 Procedures for Historic Properties

GOVERNMENT LINKS

• National Register of Historic Places
• First Impressions at Byron G. Rogers Courthouse
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Preserve America
• U.S. Custom House, New Orleans, Louisiana
• U.S. Custom House, Norfolk, Virginia

NONGOVERNMENT LINKS

• National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
• Association for Preservation Technology International
• State Historic Preservation Legislation Database