Docomomo US/Philadelphia

🎬 Stardust: A Story of Love and Architecture

April 21, 2026 screening attended by Docomomo PHL members

Filmed over a decade by their son, this funny, moving documentary chronicles the fifty-year love story and creative partnership between Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, whose embrace of complexity, symbolism, and the lessons of the everyday landscape changed the course of architecture.

Post-screening conversation with director Jim Venturi (son of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown) and Anita Naughton.

members enjoyed food and drinks prior to the film

Hope you attend virtually!

Recap of Symposium: Architecture in the Raw: The Past, Present and Future of Brutalism on February 27, 2026.

Co-hosted by Thomas Jefferson University’s Center for the Preservation of Modernism and Docomomo-PHL.

Grateful to Jefferson University for hosting and to our generous sponsor

Thank you to our speakers and contributors:
David Zaveloff, Richard Grubb & Associates • Suzanne Singletary, Jefferson • Dan Macey, Docomomo-phl • Aaron Betsky, Architecture Critic • Barbara Klinkhammer, Jefferson • Emma Connelly, NJ Historic Preservation Office • Bruce Becker, Becker + Becker Associates • Michael Bixler, Hidden City Philadelphia • Liz Waytkus, Executive Director, Docomomo-us • Paul Steinke, Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia • Bill Whitaker, University of Pennsylvania’s Architectural Archives

Special thanks to:
• Docomomo PHL Board: Dan Macey, Grace Ong-Yang (Jefferson Professor), Michael Bixler, Bill Whitaker, and Claudette McCarron
• Jefferson team, including Suzanne Singletary, Suzanna Barucco, Melissa Raffel, and volunteers.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and continues to support Docomomo and Jefferson programs.

CHANGED TO A VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM

Architecture in the Raw: The Past, Present and Future of Brutalism

CO-PRESENTED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF MODERNISM & DOCOMOMO-PHL

🗓️ February 27, 2026, Friday
⏰ 1pm - 6:00pm ET
📍Zoom

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$20 Zoom Attendance
Free to Faculty and Students, but you must register

*Note: If you paid for the tour, symposium and/or reception previously, refunds of $10 will be issued to those who registered for the tour and $20 refunds will be issued to those who registered for the in-person option.

Due to the recent snowstorm, and with the potential for additional inclement weather at the time of the scheduled event, we are concerned that travel conditions may make access to the meeting site difficult for some attendees. We want to ensure that everyone can participate safely and without the added stress of navigating potentially hazardous conditions.

For that reason, we have decided to move the Brutalism Symposium to a virtual format. This will allow us to proceed as planned while prioritizing the safety and well-being of all participants*. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.

Thank you to our generous sponsor

Recap of House Tour: A Study of a Stunning Stonorov on February 15, 2026, a pioneer modernist transformation of an 1800s farmhouse. This home in Phoenixville, PA, is a seamless marriage of landscape and form, with clean lines, expansive views, and mid-century design details that feel just as current today as they did 70 years ago.

Thanks to Realtor Marion Dinofa and Docomomo Board Member, and to Alec Kearns, listing agent, for hosting us. Thank you to Bill Whitaker, Director and Curator of the Architecture Archives, University of Pennsylvania, for his insight on Oscar Stonorov, a nationally recognized architect and urban planner who collaborated with Louis Kahn and wrote extensively about socially responsible design.

We’re grateful to everyone for coming to events. Special thanks to Docomomo PHL Board Members, Dan Macey, Marion Dinofa, Dan Vieyra, David Rosenwasser, and Claudette McCarron.