View a variety of classic Modern, late Modern and Postmodern designs by SOM, Philip Johnson, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Eero Saarinen, Kevin Roche, Kohn Pedersen Fox and others on this AIANY walking tour. Highlights include Lever House, the Seagram Building, Citicorp Center, the CBS Building, and the Museum of Modern Art’s multi-building complex.
Milan’s Pirelli Tower, or Grattacielo Pirelli, was the tallest building in the Northern Italian city when completed in 1960. Designed by Giò Ponti in collaboration with the renowned structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, the “Big Pirelli” was constructed of concrete, like nearly all Italian and European high-rises. Join the Skyscraper Museum for a talk by Marko Pogacnik on the Grattacielo Pirelli and the postwar Italian skyscraper.
Join the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, architectural historians Neil Levine and Richard Longstreth—editors of Rethinking Frank Lloyd Wright—in conversation with Janet Parks as they discuss the book’s historical and critical essays by leading scholars on Wright’s relationships with fellow architects and critics, and his influence on historic preservation.
The Center for Architecture and Nevada Museum of Art’s exhibition Janna Ireland on the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams in Nevada features the contemporary photography of Janna Ireland, who explores the important contributions of architect Paul R. Williams in Nevada from the 1930s to the 1970s. Williams, nicknamed “Architect of the Stars,” was the first licensed African American architect to work in the western region of the US.
Join the Landmark Society of Western New York for a full day bus tour appreciating Frank Lloyd Wright’s genius through visits to The Martin House complex in Buffalo as well as Greycliff, overlooking Lake Erie south of Buffalo.
Join the James Rose Center on Sunday, July 9 for a light continental brunch in the gardens and an in-depth tour led by Dean Cardasis, Director of the Center and leading expert on the landscape and architecture of James Rose.