Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s Wright Virtual Visits online event series will visit SC Johnson headquarters in Racine, WI, to virtually tour the Research Tower designed by Wright in 1943. Steam it live on Facebook.
DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State will host Gwen North Reiss, author of New Canaan Modern: A Preservation History, to explore the momentous chapter of modern architectural history that unfolded in New Canaan starting in the 1990s.
Organized by Histoury, this guided bus tour offers a chance to step inside historic midcentury and later modernist homes in the Fairfield area, including designs by Victor Civkin, Harry Wenning, and Larry Michaels. Guests will explore both interiors and exteriors while learning about the influential work of the Harvard Five and Fairfield’s rich architectural legacy.
New York Adventure Club has organized a behind-the-scenes tour of Westbeth Artists’ Housing, the world’s largest live-work space for artists, located in the former Bell Laboratories building in Greenwich Village. Led by a Westbeth resident and staff member, the tour explores the building’s groundbreaking history as a hub for technological innovations and one of the first industrial buildings in the US to be adapted for artist residences and studios.
Hosted by New York Adventure Club, this exclusive after-hours tour offers a rare opportunity to explore the United Nations Headquarters. Led by a top UN docent, guests will dive into the architectural and artistic highlights of the General Assembly and Conference Building, including special access to meeting rooms like the Security Council Chamber. The tour covers the UN’s origin story and its striking modern design by a roster of legendary architects.