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Visual Acoustics

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the...

05.12.10
John Margolies: Roadside America

John Margolies: Roadside America brings together approximately 400 color photographs of Main Street signs, storefronts, movie theaters and drive-ins, gas stations, short-order restaurants, motels,...

04.05.10
1960s Cultural Landscapes Preserved

Enjoy a special evening with two renowned authorities on Southern California modernism: architect and author Alan Hess (Googie, Googie Redux, Palm Springs Weekend, Oscar Niemeyer Buildings) and...

03.23.10
Arcadia/Suburbia: Architecture on Long Island, 1930–2010

Arcadia/Suburbia: Architecture on Long Island, 1930 - 2010 brings to light the impressive architectural history of Long Island over the past 80 years and underscores the role that Long...

03.02.10
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

In this first-ever retrospective of the life and work of Eero Saarinen (1910—1961), the Yale University Art Gallery presents an assemblage of never-before-seen sketches, models, photographs,...

02.21.10
The Albert Frey House

This 45-minute guided tour is a rare opportunity to see the 1,000-square-foot residence of the late modernist architect Albert Frey. Situated on a mountain precipice overlooking downtown Palm...

01.31.10
Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner

This exhibition is the first comprehensive overview of John Lautner’s architecture. Co-curated by Los Angeles–based architect Frank Escher, who is also the Administrator of the John...

01.30.10
Baxter & Liebchen

Brooklyn-based emporium of midcentury wares.

02.22.10
reGeneration

eGeneration is a fourteen-year-old store dealing in Mid-Century vintage furniture, with a focus on the 50's. The store specializes in vintage pieces from American and Danish designers, such as...

01.21.10
Prague Kolektiv

Prague Kolektiv is the only enterprise in North America specializing in original Czech furniture, lighting, and decorative objects. Our pieces represent the designs of the pre-war Czech avant-garde...

01.21.10
Silverlake / Los Feliz Mid-Century Architecture Tour

The MAK Center will present its Architecture Tour 2009 by featuring seven mid-century residences dating from 1926 through 1964....

08.06.09
The California Ranch House / A Talk by Alan Hess

Architect and architecture critic for the San Jose Mercury News will lead a discussion about the history of the California ranch house vernacular. The presentation is offered in conjunction with...

07.08.09
Jay Pridmore

Jay Pridmore is the author of Chicago Architecture and Design.

03.16.10
Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn (1901-1974) may not have as many built works as his contemporaries Le Corbusier or Mies van der Rohe but the legacy he left stands just as tall and reaches just as far. Born in Estonia...

03.09.10
Pedro E. Guerrero

Pedro E. Guerrero was the photographer for three of America's most famous artists: architect Frank Lloyd Wright and sculptors Louise Nevelson and Alexander Calder. Guerrero's six-decade career...

02.11.10
John Lautner

John Lautner is one of the best known among modernist architects who worked in southern California in the mid-20th century. Born in 1911, Lautner spent six years studying at Frank Lloyd Wright's...

01.29.10
John Cronin

For 35 years, John Cronin has safeguarded New York’s waterways, investigating dozens of pollution cases and authoring three laws to protect the Hudson River and its communities. So when...

09.28.09
Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect

Few contemporary architects are as revered, reviled, and ultimately celebrated as the Dutch designer Rem Koolhaas. The new film Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect by directors Markus Heidingsfelder...

$29.95
Visual Acoustics DVD

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern...

$26.99
ABCD Sofa

Pierre Paulin designed this sculptural piece in 1968 for Artifort in two variations: sofa and love seat. This vintage offering, a sofa, was manufactured in France.

$3000.00