October 2008: Architectural Experiments

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The first scenes of Woody Allen's Manhattan capture it: ambitious dreams and New York are synonymous, and buildings are the manifestation of the connection. Appropriately, the Museum of Modern Art's show Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s features more than sixty drawings, collages, paintings, and models representing architectural experiments for New York and beyond.

A Manhattan transplant, architect Francine Besselaar built her Princeton, New Jersey, home to showcase open, airy spaces and a kitchen that fosters conversation. Click here to watch the video.

Magic Mountain
Inspired by the arresting grandeur of Mount Ranier, Ko Wibowo overcame a tight budget and a nest of NIMBY neighbors to realize his dream home: a corrugated-metal manse whose debt is greater to the mountain that to the bank.

Lone Star
After losing his studio to a fire, artist Kyle Farley teamed up with architect M.J. Neal to build a rugged house south of Fort Worth, Texas, that's anything but paint-by-numbers.

Plains Gold
For a scant $134 per square foot, the Darnells of Kansas City, Missouri, have a copper-clad modernist's dream. Getting it built, however–their two daughters entered the picture halfway through–was another story altogether.

San Francisco Living: Home Tours
September 11-14

The annual program provides design enthusiasts and the general public with an inside look into the world of distinctive residences in San Francisco. Projects are showcased with the designer(s) via an open house format, and tour participants have the opportunity to see some of the city's latest residential projects from the inside out, meet design teams, explore housing trends, and discover design solutions that inspire unique San Francisco living.

Modern on the Inside
October 22, 5:30PM

Join Dwell editors and experts for an evening focused exclusively on modern design. You'll learn how to incorporate the enduring qualities of modern into your own home projects, experience the latest in kitchen and bath design, high-end appliances and luxury home furnishings. All while enjoying delicious wines and hors d' oeuvres in the beautiful showrooms of the Architects & Designers Building.

Speakers at the event will include:

Michela O'Connor Abrams, Dwell President & Publisher
Paige Rien, Interior Designer, HGTV's Hidden Potential
Michael Sylvester, Publisher, fabprefab.com
Joel Turkel, Principal, Turkel Design
Amber Bravo, Editor Emeritus, Dwell

Tickets are $20 online, $25 at the door.
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A&D Building, 150 East 58th Street, New York.

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