Events  2022

Monday
February

28

LocalLecture

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life

The Yale School of Architecture invites Kieran Long, director of Sweden’s national museum of architecture and design, to discuss the museum’s research on early modernist architect Sigurd Lewerentz’s life and his significance in Swedish modernist history.

Thursday
February

24

LocalVirtual Lecture

Modern Eclecticism: Carlo Mollino Architect & Designer

Napoleone Ferrari and Michelangelo Sabatino will discuss the life and work of Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino in this virtual lecture organized by the Yale School of Architecture.

Thursday
February

24

LocalVirtual Tour

Iconic Houses: Reisley House Tour

For their first tour of 2022, Iconic Houses takes participants on a virtual tour of Roland Reisley’s Usonian House in Pleasantville, NY. Reisley still lives in the home and is the last living client of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Wednesday
February

23

LocalVirtual Lecture

Patent Pending: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Rise of Intellectual Property Rights in Architecture

This Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy talk explores the context of intellectual property rights in 19th- and 20th-century architecture practice on both sides of the Atlantic and Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in this arena.

Tuesday
February

22

LocalExhibition

The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985

MoMA’s recently opened exhibition, The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985, showcases more than 200 works displaying South Asia’s groundbreaking modern architecture. Key figures are highlighted alongside original sketches, plans, photographs, audiovisual materials, and films.

Monday
February

21

LocalExhibition

Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection

Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and now on view at the Yale School of Architecture, Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985 brings to light the turbulent global events in 1960s Italy when young Italian architects and designers aspired to develop solutions to issues rather than contribute to the “system,” unleashing an era of radicalization that would alter the course of avant-garde architectural thought and design.

Thursday
February

17

Further Afield Various Tours

Palm Springs Modernism Week 2022

Modernism Week, the annual celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, fashion and culture, is back offering an array of tours, compelling and informative talks, plus evening events. Tours are selling out quickly.

Wednesday
February

16

LocalVirtual Tour

Post-War Park Avenue On Film

AIA NY and architectural historian John Kriskiewicz take viewers on an in-depth tour through scenes and stills from four films that chronicle the post-war architectural transformation of Park Avenue: The Naked City, The Best of Everything, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Thursday
February

10

LocalVirtual Lecture

Global Modernism Today

With its current exhibition Cairo Modern as a starting point, this virtual panel discussion presented by AIANY Center for Architecture will focus on the current state of histories of global modernism.

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