Historian and author Sandy Isenstadt will speak on constructing an architectural modernism centered on the new perceptual conditions and visual habits that followed widespread electrification. Presented by The Athenaeum of Philadelphia in partnership with the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

New Canaan architect, Mark Markiewicz, AIA, will close out October4design program with a lecture about the Bauhaus movement’s influence on art, architecture and design.

John Arbuckle guides tour participants through an often-overlooked stretch of Manhattan on this Municipal Art Society in-person tour. Lined by International Style skyscrapers, Sixth Avenue north of Bryant Park is described in New York 1960 as “New York’s preeminent Modernist street.”

October4design is winding down with this hard-hat tour of the Pirelli Tire Building turned hotel—”the Marcel,” after its original architect—in New Haven, CT.

The New Canaan Museum & Historical Society’s two-day Modern House Day Tour + Symposium returns this October with modern house tours, a symposium, and parties.

Oct 22-23. UMassBrut, an initiative of UMass Dartmouth & UMass Amherst, will host a two-day symposium including professional workshops, scholarly lectures, campus tours, and engagement with local artists and community activists with a focus on concrete Brutalist architecture.

The New Canaan Museum & Historical Society’s two-day Modern House Day Tour + Symposium returns this October with modern house tours and symposium and parties.

Join the New Canaan Museum & Historical society for a presentation looking at how New Canaan, CT, became a mecca of midcentury Modern along with a film exploring several iconic houses—all part of the October4design.

The Estonian Ministry of Culture and Four Freedoms Park Conservancy present an acoustic and site-specific concert, created specifically for Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. This program celebrates the 120th birthday of Estonian-born architect, Louis Kahn.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s 2021 conference is scheduled in person and in Buffalo, NY this fall. Donate items to the annual silent auction before summer ends.

As part of the Glass House Presents series, architectural/landscape historian Marc Treib explores the interrelationship of modern architecture, landscape, and site strategy as viewed through the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, Alvar Aalto, and Luis Barragán.

This Municipal Art Society tour takes participants on a walking tour through the original fairgrounds sites of the 1964 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

Join DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State for a guided in-person tour of Nivola: Sandscapes an exhibition dedicated to the work of artist Costantino Nivola at the Magazzino Italian Art Foundation in Cold Spring, NY.

Docomomo US Tour Day 2021’s thematic focus is Travel & Leisure. A sneak peek of tours occurring around the country during October was just announced and more will follow.

“Paul Revere Was Here” is a virtual tour led by L.A. Conservancy docents, featuring voices who will take you on the trail of Paul Revere Williams, the first Black architect admitted to the AIA. Across a career that spanned nearly six decades, Williams designed more than 2,000 structures in Los Angeles.

Continuing October4design, New Canaan Museum & Historical Society hosts Fred Noyes for a talk focusing on the Noyes family and their contributions to architecture and industrial design.

Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage features over thirty photographs of Andrew Pielage’s work documenting two dozen Wright sites, with pieces selected to highlight the use of light and space to create holy spaces. This exhibition is on view at Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, PA.

Up next in New Canaan’s October4design event is a talk by artist/educator Bob Gregson who looks at “Modern” over the course of the 20th century in bold and playful ways.

Fred Noyes will open his family’s home, the Noyes ll House, for cocktails and conversation as part of New Canaan Museum & Historical Society’s October4design Celebration.

Cairo Modern brings Egyptian modernist history to NY at the Center for Architecture. The exhibition accompanies the publication of Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide, the first comprehensive survey of the city’s modern constructions.

October4design is New Canaan, Connecticut’s, celebration of architecture, art, design organized by the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. The first program is a panel discussion on the life and accomplishments of Landis Gores, one of the “Harvard Five” architects.