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September 8, 2013
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Docomomo US TOUR DAY 2013
The seventh annual Do.co.mo.mo US tour day is the weekend of October 5th and 6th. See all of the US tour day activities. Join in one of the great activities here in Michigan!
a2modern presents “A Sensitive Wrightscape”: Landscape Renovation at the Palmer House and Tour of the Home and Tea House, October 6th from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Details and registration.
City of Southfield Architectural Tour, Sunday, October 6th, 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This tour will highlight Southfield’s distinctive buildings and homes and to promote Southfield as a place to live and do business. Guides will comment of the distinctive features of Mid-Century Modern architecture as well as architects of the day. Southfield has buildings designed by noted architects Victor Gruen, Minoru Yamasaki (World Trade Center), Gunnar Birkerts, Rosetti & Associates, Louis Redstone, among others.
July 19, 2013
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Michigan Modern Lecture Series
MICHIGAN MODERN LECTURE SERIES
Sponsored by Cranbrook Art Museum and the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research in association with the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
Where: deSalle Auditorium
Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Lectures are included with regular Museum Admission
Sunday, September 15, 4:00pm: Leslie S. Edwards, Head Archivist, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, “Competition, Collaboration, and Connection: Cranbrook in 1939”
Sunday, September 22, 4:00pm: Craig McDonald, Director, Alden B. Dow Home and Studio, “Alden B. Dow: Midwestern Modern”
Sunday, September 29, 4:00pm: Rip Rapson, President and CEO, The Kresge Foundation, “Ralph Rapson: A Son’s Perspective of a Pioneering Modernist”
Sunday, October 6, 4:00pm: Eric Hill, Professor of Practice in Architecture, University of Michigan, “Michigan Modern: The National Context”
Sunday, October 13, 4:00pm: Dale Gyure, Professor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, “Serenity and Delight: The Architectural Humanism of Minoru Yamasaki”
July 16, 2013
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a2modern gives tour for Michigan Modern Symposium
[Nancy Bartlett, archivist, speaks to the Michigan Modern group June 16th in the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library, U-M]
In conjunction with the Design that Shaped America Symposium, a2modern gave a day-long tour on June 16th starting at the Bentley Historical Library and ending at the Frank Lloyd Wright Palmer House. Many thanks to several that helped on the tour (Nancy Bartlett, Anthony Timek, Grace Shackman, Nancy Deromedi, Juliana Cerra, Gary and Sue Cox); to the Bentley Library; and to the homeowners that opened their homes: Bob Metcalf, Glenn Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daane and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Cox. We also would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. David Osler and Molly Osler for being at the Osler designed home to provide personal insight.
[Anthony leading tour of Saarinen’s North Campus plan June 16th, 2013 as part of the Michigan Modern Symposium]
We had a great day and met enthusiasts from throughout the country including Tyler Merkel who is raising the awareness of West Michigan’s Modern Architecture and Design. See his blog Mid-Century Michigan.
July 3, 2013
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Frank Lloyd Wright at Twilight: a few spaces still available!
Frank Lloyd Wright at Twilight
Thursday, July 18, 2013
A rare chance to visit the Wright-designed Goetsch-Winckler House in Okemos
fundraiser for the Michigan State University Museum, the science and culture museum at MSU
in conjunction with the special exhibit, “East Lansing Modern, 1940-1970,” at the MSU Museum through Aug. 18.
The Goetsch-Winckler House in Okemos, Mich., is a compact, one-story Usonian house with signature Frank Lloyd Wright design elements: organic relationship to the site, horizontal planes, cantilever roofs, and the embodiment of Wright’s early design philosophy for moderately priced housing.
Designed for MSU art professors, the Goetsch-Winckler House is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the second of Wright’s Usonian house designs.
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Refreshments – tours – meet the homeowners
6:45 — “A Modest, Modern Masterpiece,” with Dr. Susan J. Bandes, Exhibition Curator and MSU Professor of Art History & Visual Culture
Location:
2410 Hulett Rd., Okemos (parking instructions to follow)
$50 per person
Space is limited.
Register online at our secure site: https://commerce.cashnet.com/msu_3722
Or send check to:
MSU Museum
c/o Goetsch-Winckler House Tour
409 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing, Mich. 48824
(Please include names of attendees)
Questions:
(517) 355-2370
East Lansing Modern exhibition page:
http://museum.msu.edu/?q=node/987
Read more about the home at the Michigan Modern web site:
http://michiganmodern.org/architects-designers-firms/architects/frank-lloyd-wright/goetsch-winckler-house/
June 15, 2013
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Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America
The Exhibit is now open at Cranbrook Art Museum!
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America
(Upper Galleries)
Exhibition Dates: June 14, 2013 – October 13, 2013
In Michigan, industry and design intertwined creating an epicenter of modern design. Michigan’s visionaries touched nearly every aspect of American life. Detroit’s automobile manufacturers didn’t just produce automobiles; they styled them to become synonymous with the American dream. The state’s furniture manufacturers didn’t just manufacture furniture; they revolutionized the look of the American office and home. Michigan architects Albert Kahn, Eero Saarinen, and Minoru Yamasaki didn’t just design buildings; they defined an era.
Michigan’s industry, prosperity, and educational institutions created a synergy that attracted the design talent that formed the foundation for modern American design. This exhibition celebrates Michigan’s outstanding contributions to Modern design and the stories of the people who made it happen. For more information about the Michigan Modern project, click here.
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America is organized by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office in association with Cranbrook Art Museum and curated by MPdL Studio.
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America is supported by the State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, the Kresge Foundation, Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, DeRoy Testamentary Foundation, Alden B. Dow Home and Studio, the McGregor Fund, Herman Miller, Eleanor & Edsel Ford House, Knoll, Robert W. Daverman, AIA, the Detroit Art Deco Society, the Michigan Historic Preservation Network, and the Michigan History Foundation.
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May 10, 2013
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Frank Lloyd Wright at Twilight: A Tour of the Goetsch-Winkler House
Frank Lloyd Wright at Twilight
Thursday, July 18, 2013
A rare chance to visit the Wright-designed Goetsch-Winckler House in Okemos
fundraiser for the Michigan State University Museum, the science and culture museum at MSU
in conjunction with the special exhibit, “East Lansing Modern, 1940-1970,” at the MSU Museum through Aug. 18.
The Goetsch-Winckler House in Okemos, Mich., is a compact, one-story Usonian house with signature Frank Lloyd Wright design elements: organic relationship to the site, horizontal planes, cantilever roofs, and the embodiment of Wright’s early design philosophy for moderately priced housing.
Designed for MSU art professors, the Goetsch-Winckler House is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the second of Wright’s Usonian house designs.
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Refreshments – tours – meet the homeowners
6:45 — “A Modest, Modern Masterpiece,” with Dr. Susan J. Bandes, Exhibition Curator and MSU Professor of Art History & Visual Culture
Location:
2410 Hulett Rd., Okemos (parking instructions to follow)
$50 per person
Space is limited.
Register online at our secure site: https://commerce.cashnet.com/msu_3722
Or send check to:
MSU Museum
c/o Goetsch-Winckler House Tour
409 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing, Mich. 48824
(Please include names of attendees)
Questions:
(517) 355-2370
East Lansing Modern exhibition page:
http://museum.msu.edu/?q=node/987
Read more about the home at the Michigan Modern web site:
http://michiganmodern.org/architects-designers-firms/architects/frank-lloyd-wright/goetsch-winckler-house/
May 6, 2013
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Film: Mendelsohn’s Incessant Vision
As part of the Jewish Film Festival: Mendelsohn’s Incessant Vision
Israel, Poland, USA, Germany, 2011, 71 minutes, English
He drew sketches on tiny pieces of paper and sent them, from the WW1 trenches, to a young cellist, who was waiting for him in Berlin. She thought he was a genius and helped him become the busiest architect in Germany. When the Nazis came to power, Erich and Louise Mendelsohn escaped Germany forever. The buildings which Erich built, scattered as a trail of their journey, have changed the history of architecture. This film is a cinematic meditation about the untold story of Erich Mendelsohn, whose life and career were as enigmatic and tragic as the path of the century.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Jennifer Perlove Siegel, Lecturer in Art History and Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.
Sponsored by Harlene & Henry Appelman and Penchansky Whisler Architects
May 3, 2013
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Tour: Southfield Modern
Tour: Southfield’s Unique Collection of Mid-Century Modern
DATE: Saturday, June 29, 2013
Time: 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Start: Millennium Centre (Northland Theater) 15600 Northland Drive, Southfield, MI 48075
Parking: Free at Millennium Centre
COST: $20/per person
See flyer for more information!
Tour includes discussion of Mid Century Modern Design Elements for Homes, offices, Commercial Buildings and Religious Institutions
SPONSORED BY: Southfield Historical Society & the City of Southfield