Montgomery County
Planning Department
2425 Reedie Drive, 14th Floor
Wheaton, MD 20902
Planning Department
2425 Reedie Drive, 14th Floor
Wheaton, MD 20902
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Montgomery Modern
Montgomery Modern book
Released in October 2015, the Montgomery Modern book is a chronicle of mid-century modern architecture in Montgomery County. This illustrated reference guide includes an inventory of key buildings and communities, and biographical sketches of practitioners including architects, landscape architects, planners and developers. Author Clare Lise Kelly was awarded the 2015 Paul H. Kea medal for architectural advocacy by the American Institute of Architects (Potomac Valley Chapter).
Copies of the book can be purchased online:
A hard cover copy costs $65 and a paperback costs $55.
Now available in Kindle e-book, $14.99.
Book launch party
The Planning Department hosted a launch party for the new book, Montgomery Modern: Modern Architecture in Montgomery County, Maryland, 1930-1979, on Friday, October 30 at The Writer’s Center (4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD). The 250-page, well-illustrated book is written by Clare Lise Kelly, a preservation planner and an architectural historian with the Planning Department’s Historic Preservation Office.
“Montgomery Modern reflects Clare’s commitment and passion for preserving the recent past. The book features significant landmarks from the period – with plenty of photos – as well as biographies of the architects responsible for them,” said Planning Director Gwen Wright. “We are dedicated to raising awareness about this era in our County’s history and in historic preservation.”
About 100 people attended the book launch event, which was sponsored by the Planning Department’s Historic Preservation Office. Kelly spoke about her research and writing about the County’s midcentury modern architecture and signed copies of the book.
“I’ve been researching historic sites for 25 years now and advocating for their preservation, and Montgomery County has one of the strongest preservation programs in the country,” said author Kelly. “The post-war era is a time period that has been little understood and we are raising awareness about the value of buildings in this time period.”
Modern Montgomery from M-NCPPC
More information
- DOCOMOMO
- Peerless Rockville Recent Past
- National Park Service Recent Past Initiative
- National Trust for Historic Preservation Recent Past + Modernism Initiative
- Recent Past Preservation Network
Staff contact
Clare Lise Kelly
301-495-3402
Clare.Kelly@montgomeryplanning.org
Last updated: August 25, 2015