Modesto International Architecture Festival

The Modesto International Architecture Festival was established to promote and celebrate the architecture profession.

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.

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

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.

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