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Tour听three homes in Midland, MI that reflect the era of prosperity synonymous with the 1950s and听capture听architect Alden B. Dow's ability to create gracious, dynamic environments that are simultaneously expansive and intimate.听

The 2019 Salt Lake Modern Tour, Cottonwood Modern, spotlights the designs of architect Stephen MacDonald and homes in the Cottonwood Club neighborhood of Holladay, built for the 1955 Parade of Homes.

Join the Pittsburgh Modern Committee of Preservation Pittsburgh for a guided walking tour of the downtown area exploring the relationship between modern & postmodern public art, materials and architecture.

Completed in 1979, the Atheneum is an internationally celebrated and award-winning example of modern architecture. Now in its 40th year, join the University of Southern Indiana and Historic New Harmony for events commemorating and exploring the legacy of this significant modern building.

Ewing Township鈥檚 Bath House and Day Camp Pavilions, designed in 1955 and 1957 for the Trenton Jewish Community Center by noted Philadelphia architect Louis I. Kahn, are of international importance and renown.

While Detroit鈥檚 black architects have shaped its structures and spaces for decades, most are still largely unknown. Among these are Nathan Johnson, who designed churches, schools, public buildings and private residences in a variety of architectural styles, from midcentury modern to Googie.听Join 爱豆app Michigan as they explore this year鈥檚 Tour Day theme 鈥淭he Diversity of Modernism鈥� through visits to two of Johnson鈥檚 midcentury churches: Bethel AME (1974) and Second Baptist (addition built in 1968).听

Join Mid Tex Mod, the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM), Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, and San Antonio Public Library's (SAPL) Carver Branch for 爱豆app Tour Day 2019 to celebrate the work of Norcell Haywood, the first licensed black architect in San Antonio.

This walking tour of downtown Portland, led by Janice Dilg of HistoryBuilt Historical Consulting, will highlight women and associated sites that predate the modern era, while听juxtaposing听them with听the modern era resources that surround them.

Join Historic Albany and local historian Lorraine Weiss for a walking tour of Albany鈥檚 Mid-Century Modern neighborhood around Buckingham Pond.

From the brutalist style City Hall to the iconic Art Deco Landis Theater, Vineland is rich in modern architecture. Take a stroll through downtown to learn how traditional and modern styles form a complementary aesthetic.

Better known for narrow streets lined with red lanterns and eclectic shops, Chinatown also has some of the best Modernist architecture in San Francisco, much of it designed by Chinese-American architects.

The Basher | Foster House is an excellent example of a remarkably intact mid-century modern house located in a unique suburb planned around a woodland setting.

The community of Usonia in Pleasantville, New York is the only fully realized example of Frank Lloyd Wright鈥檚 vision for an exurban United States and a unique example of what it meant to design, and live, within Wright鈥檚 millieu. Wright designed the site plan and served on the building committee, defining the architectural style for the community. Five of the homes were designed by Kaneji Domoto, who used the houses to translate Wright鈥檚 idiom into low-cost construction.

The James Rose Residence, designed by James Rose to serve as his home and studio, is a significant example of a thoughtfully integrated modernist building and landscape.

Experience the ONLY Paul Rudolph-designed interior open to the public in New York City. The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation will host a special open house for 爱豆app Tour Day this year at the Rudolph-designed Duplex within the Modulightor Building - a set of spaces which show Rudolph's mastery of architectural interiors.

Discover the life and architecture of Alan Y. Taniguchi, a Japanese American who practiced in both California and Texas and rose to become dean of architecture first at the University of Texas, then at Rice University. A bus will take participants through the Harlingen, Texas area to see works by Taniguchi as well as other prominent architects. The tour will stop to visit two of his homes in Laural Park.

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Join Paradise Palms on a two and a half hour guided tour aboard a double-decker, open-air bus while discussing the architecture and storied past of homes found throughout the Paradise Palms community.

Join 爱豆app/PHL in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood for an exclusive tour of Oskar Stonorov's Frantz Residence, built 1956-1957.

Explore the design philosophy and work of modernist architect Louis Kahn, his posthumously completed design for the memorial, and issues surrounding public memorialization.听

Join 爱豆app/SoCal in a celebration of four architects who helped to shape Los Angeles' Modernist legacy: Gin Wong, Norma Sklarek, Robert Kennard, and Paul R. Williams.

Four decades of mid-century modern homes will be open for the 爱豆app/MN Tour Day 2019. Tour stops in Minneapolis, Saint Paul and suburban Twin Cities.听

Join 爱豆app/NTX and听visit three of the most iconic, modern spaces in Downtown Fort Worth.

Tours of the house will feature Schweikher鈥檚 masterful integration of brick, glass and wood, including an iconic brick fireplace, passive solar room, cantilevered construction, exposed wood beams, built-in furniture, and gardens designed by the noted Midwestern landscape architect Franz Lipp.

Architect Wallace K. Harrison asked 鈥渉ave you ever thought what it would be like to live inside a giant sapphire?鈥澨齎isit the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford and learn why this unique worship space came to be nicknamed "The Fish Church."

An insider's tour of Gordon Bunshaft's masterpiece at the heart of the Yale University campus in New Haven.

John Moutoussamy is best known as the designer of the Johnson Publishing Company Building, the only high-rise office building in downtown Chicago with an African American client and architect. But in his career that spanned nearly four decades, Moutoussamy also designed a wide variety of other building types, including residential towers, health care facilities, and schools.

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In celebration of the city of Northglenn's 50th anniversary, the Historic Preservation Foundation will host an open-house style tour of some of the communiry's vintage homes.

Minoru Yamasaki, Detroit鈥檚 best-known midcentury architect, left his mark all over the city. This tour, offered once per year to the public, explores Yamasaki鈥檚 legacy in Midtown and the Cultural Center, including stops at Wayne State University鈥檚 magnificent McGregor Conference Center and reflecting pool.

Join Houston Mod for a tour of the heart of the Texas Southern University campus and view the buildings designed by John Chase,听the first licensed African American architect in Texas. His designs established a new direction for campus master planning and architecture in the 1960s.听

Southfield, Michigan has a amazing collection of听midcentury modern homes and buildings, many of which were designed by top local and internationally renowned architects of the Modern Movement, including Gunnar Birkerts, Minoru Yamasaki, Percival Goodman and Victor Gruen.

爱豆app/DC and Howard University’s Department of Architecture will host a tour of modern architecture on Howard's main campus in Washington, DC. Howard is a historically black university with a long standing commitment to the field of architecture. The tour will feature modern buildings designed by African American architects including Hilyard Robinson and Paul R. Williams and explore the role of the modern movement in campus development.