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The Modesto International Architecture Festival was established to promote and celebrate the architecture profession.
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History
In 2008 American Institute of Architects Sierra Valley Chapter (AIASV) founded the “AIA Sierra Valley Film Festival” in collaboration with the Modesto Art Museum, the State Theatre, and the Modesto Film Society. Bob Barzan, Executive Director of the Modesto Art Museum, had the original idea to put on a one-night architecture film festival in Modesto. He approached the Modesto Film Society, State Theatre and AIA Sierra Valley to see if they were interested in partnering with the museum on the event. The four non-profit organizations got together and planned the first event. The festival was such a success that they decided to make it an ongoing event featuring 4 architectural film nights throughout the year. Since 2008 the Festival has grown each year to incorporate new events, taking it beyond film and incorporating lectures, exhibits, tours and special events.
In 2010 the festival received its new name "The Modesto International Architecture Festival."The festival introduces the public to the world of architecture past, present, and future.
Past Films
2008
The Fountainhead
Metropolis
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Greening of Southie
2009
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
'"Architect of Dreams (AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD WINNER)
Angle of Inspiration
2010
Aqua Tower
Rick Joy: Interludes (AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD WINNER)
A Girl is a Fellow Here Columbus, Indiana: Unexpected, Unforgettable
Jonathan Segal: Design + Build + Sustain
Sprawlanta
Building Imagination: Wealth
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
2011
Peter Stutchbury, Architecture of Place
Subversive Architects
A Plea for Modernism"
So What"
Morris Lapidus: Architect | Icon | American Original
Portland: A Sense of Place" (AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD WINNER)
2012
Daeyang Gallery and House: A Conversation with Steven Holl (AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD WINNER)
Alone and Desired
Village Architect
Daniel Libeskind : Artist Series
Second Nature : A Documentary Film About Janne Saario
Hedonistic Sustainability
Facts
The host city, Modesto, has a population of approximately 211,156 as of April 2009, Modesto ranks as the 17th largest city in the state of California. Modesto is located in Northern California, 92 miles east of San Francisco, 68 miles south of the state capital of Sacramento, 90 miles north of Fresno, and 66 miles west of Yosemite National Park.
For decades through the 20th century, Modesto was on the cutting edge of architecture in California and the United States. Modesto's landscape, commercial, residential, and government architecture was held up as a model for others and major architects designed buildings and landscapes in the city. Among them are John Funk, William Wurster, Julia Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gardner Dailey, Milton Pflueger, Thomas Church, Lawrence Halprin, Russell Guerne Lappe, and John McLaren.
The festival is open to submissions by independent film makers from around the world.
The festival is hosted by two nonprofit organizations, the American Institute of Architects and the Modesto Art Museum.