The Pittsburgh Modern Committee surveys, researches and explores our region’s 20th-century modern and postmodern architecture, design, and public art (circa 1940s-1980s) as a groundwork for preservation, education and considerate design solutions in collaboration with community members and the City.

Our mission is to engage public awareness of local Modernist design and related community experiences through documentation, public programming, education, and advocacy - and together explore its significance and potential to be reinvigorated and relevant throughout Pittsburgh’s diverse neighborhoods.

Start exploring: Read our curated series published with Docomomo US, check out our Instagram, and purchase hand-pulled screenprints depicting modern sites in Pittsburgh!

Brittany Reilly, Committee Founder & Director

COMMITTEE MEMBERS & NETWORK
Our participants include architecture, design, planning & preservation professionals and enthusiasts. We are a dynamic network, and welcome new perspectives and support by hosting ‘open studio meetup evenings’ once a month.

If you’re interested in being involved say hello via email.

The PITTSBURGH MODERN COMMITTEE was originally developed as a working committee of PRESERVATION PITTSBURGH. Preservation Pittsburgh is a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to preserving our region’s historic, architectural, cultural, and environmental heritage. Its members, who include preservationists, architects, historians, artists, and other neighbors, are united by their concern that the future of Pittsburgh’s irreplaceable architectural and landscape treasures are in jeopardy. The primary goal is to promote the importance of preservation issues in the deliberations and decisions of public officials, private groups, developers and the general public.

The Pittsburgh Modern Committee logo was inspired by the geometric load-bearing facade (a structural concept design of Peter Muller-Munk Associates of Pittsburgh) of IBM’s corporate tower at Gateway Center built between 1961–1963 (now the United Steelworkers building). Architects Curtis & Davis of New Orleans utilized material supplied by US Steel to achieve the remarkable glass & steel diamond truss.