June 2014

Modern Living Series: Robert C. Metcalf's Patterson House Tour – Sat., June 28th(this saturday!)

Modern Living Series: Robert C. Metcalf’s Patterson House Tour – Sat., June 28th
LOGISTICS UPDATE: The residence is located at 1605 Harbal, Ann Arbor. The homeowners have received permission to allow parking on both sides of the street on Saturday. So, you can park on Harbal even though it says no parking!

Also: You will be asked to leave shoes at the door, no interior photography and the owners ask that you do not excursion around the property due to the steep slope and poison ivy!

patterson

Currently, the UM Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit (through July 13th) titled “Three Michigan Architects.” This house is one of the fourteen projects in the Robert C. Metcalf exhibit. It was the goal of a2modern to coordinate an interior view of one of the projects featured in the exhibit, in a sense, to add the layer of time and living patterns and needs to the discussion.

a2modern is pleased to host a tour that offers homeowners and enthusiasts a rare opportunity to experience Robert Metcalf’s residential work. This home, designed in 1956 and built in 1957 for Kenneth and Elizabeth Patterson, is an excellent example of Metcalf’s site planning, use of natural materials, and blending the inside with the outside. Present homeowners Audra Wenzlow and Dave Hollinden will be in attendance to answer questions about the home and its history.

Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m. (note: 2:00 time is now sold out but there is room at 3:00 or 4:00!)
When: Sat., June 28th
Where: 1605 Harbal Street
Cost: $10/person
Space is limited, see registration link below.

Light refreshments will be served.

Registration
This event has limited space availability.
Registration is required.
REGISTER HERE

Logistics: The residence is located at 1605 Harbal. The homeowners have received permission to allow parking on both sides of the street on Saturday. So, you can park on Harbal even though it says no parking!

Questions? email: modernists@a2modern.org.

[Image source: Robert Metcalf Collection, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Historic Ann Arbor: An Architectural Guide By Susan Wineberg & Patrick McCauley (update on booksellers)

Update: “Historic Ann Arbor: An Architectural Guide” by Susan Wineberg & Patrick McCauley and published by the Ann Arbor Historical Foundation can be purchased at:

Bookbound
Downtown Home & Garden
Museum on Main Street
(Washtenaw County Historical Society)
Nicola’s
The Mail Shoppe

It is a well researched guide to over 350 properties in Ann Arbor.

Modern Living Series: Tour of Detroit’s Mies van der Rohe Historic District

Modern Living Series: Tour of Detroit’s Mies van der Rohe Historic District

Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
When: Saturday, July 19th
Cost: $30/person, registration required

Detroit’s Mies van der Rohe Historic District in Lafayette Park includes 186 cooperatively owned Town House and Court House units, three apartment towers, an elementary school, a retail district, and a 13-acre park known as the Lafayette Plaisance.

The neighborhood has been hailed as “one of the most spatially successful and socially significant statements in urban renewal” and as a “prototype for future urban development predicated on human values.” The site contains the largest collection of buildings by the architect Mies van der Rohe in the world, as well as the only group of row houses built to his specifications.

The tour will be conducted by Christian Unverzagt and Neil McEachern, both long-time residents of Lafayette Park. Unverzagt is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College. McEachern, now retired, is a former Detroit Public Schools principal.

You can learn more at MiesDetroit.org

Space is limited, REGISTER HERE

LOGISTICS: Transportation is own your own. We will meet at the Mies van der Rohe Plaza in the Shops at Lafayette Park at 12:45 p.m. Parking is available in the shops (off Lafayette). Alternatively, public parking is available on Joliet Place and Nicolet Place (off Rivard) and the plaza may be approached from the north by walking through the Plaisance.

Questions? email: modernists@a2modern.org.

Modern Living Series: Robert C. Metcalf's Patterson House Tour – Sat., June 28th

Modern Living Series: Robert C. Metcalf’s Patterson House Tour – Sat., June 28th

patterson

a2modern is pleased to host a tour that offers homeowners and enthusiasts a rare opportunity to experience Robert Metcalf’s residential work. This home, designed in 1956 and built in 1957 for Kenneth and Elizabeth Patterson, is an excellent example of Metcalf’s site planning, use of natural materials, and blending the inside with the outside. Present homeowners Audra Wenzlow and Dave Hollinden will be in attendance to answer questions about the home and its history.

Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
When: Sat., June 28th
Where: 1605 Harbal Street
Cost: $10/person
Space is limited, see registration link below.

Light refreshments will be served.

Registration
This event has limited space availability.
Registration is required.
REGISTER HERE

Questions? email: modernists@a2modern.org.

Logistics: The residence is located at 1605 Harbal. There is limited parking. a2modern will email registered attendees on parking specifics closer to the event.

[Image source: Robert Metcalf Collection, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

a2modern is officially a 501 (c) 3 organization

(June 2, 2014)

a2modern is now a not for profit 501 (c) 3 organization! As of today, a2modern can accept donations, gifts, and other transfers to the organization. All proceeds from the organization are used for the mission of the organization which is to raise the awareness and appreciation of modern design and architecture. To date, a2modern has done this through programs, tours, research, lectures and printed materials like the a2modern map! Please consider giving to a2modern to continue the work we have been doing and to support new programs and projects!