Events  2023

Saturday
July

29

LocalWalking Tour

Walking Tour: Midtown Modernism along 53rd Street East to West

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.

Wednesday
July

26

LocalVirtual Lecture

Grattacielo Pirelli: Scraping the Skies of Italy

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.

Wednesday
July

19

LocalVirtual Book Talk

Rethinking Frank Lloyd Wright: A discussion with Neil Levine & Richard Longstreth

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.

Thursday
July

13

LocalExhibition

Janna Ireland on the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams in Nevada

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.

Tuesday
July

11

LocalBus Tour

Landmark Travels: All Wright, All Day

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.

Sunday
July

09

LocalTour

James Rose Center Sunday Brunch Tour

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.

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