World Monuments Fund Exhibition on Preserving Modern Architecture to Open at the University of Florida on September 8

Modernism at Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks, an exhibition organized by the World Monuments Fund (WMF) and sponsored by Knoll, Inc., will travel to design schools and other venues across the U.S. beginning with the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning, where it will be on view from September 8 through September 24, at the gallery in the Architecture Building. The college will hold an opening reception on September 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. A program with a brief presentation by WMF’s Director of U.S. Programs Amy Freitag will begin at 6:45 p.m. The exhibition will also travel to New York City, where it will be on view at the AIA New York Center for Architecture from January 21 through April 10, 2010.