For you Modernism buffs out there, you can sign-up for these CBB events here plus check out these additional opportunties below...
Open House Party at a Modern Masterpiece in Glenview
Sunday, April 1 — 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Tour a magnificent 1958 "Case Study" style house, featuring classic modern furniture and art. The post and beam home features a sunken living room, walls of glass, a reflecting pond, original St. Charles kitchen with floating cabinets, wet bar, and the list just keeps on going.
Chicago Modernism Show - CBB Event: Where Mies Met Wright: Chicagoland Modernist Houses
Slideshow Talk by Joe Kunkel, Realtor and CBB President and Discussion with a Panel of Distinguished Modernists
Sunday, April 15, 2:00 p.m., 1414 N. Kingsbury Street, Chicago
*Free with admission to Modernism Show ($10); Donation to CBB is encouraged at the door.
Image and text copyright Chicago Bauhaus & Beyond
About the slideshopw talk:Chicago is the birthplace of Modernism where solutions from different ideological approaches blended, evolving to a diverse mix of unique local modernist styles, incorporating and juxtaposing materials and philosophies of the Bauhaus and Prairie styles. Find out who our creative modern architects were and why their important houses are exploratory works of art worthy of preservation, and learn about the feature book CBB is working to publish with fantastic photos by Julius Shulman. Discover why these houses are wonderful retreats in which to live in tune with nature. Enjoy an informative and entertaining look at work by notable architects including Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, A. James Speyer, Edward Dart, A. Quincy Jones, Dennis Blair, E. Fay Jones, Keck and Keck, Edward Humrich, and many others, covering Chicago and its many suburbs.
Joe Kunkel is a Realtor with Baird & Warner specializing in modernist residences in Chicago and suburbs, and is the co-founder and President of Chicago Bauhaus & Beyond. He also sells vintage modern furniture and decorative arts and publishes articles at www.jetsetmodern.com.
For more about the Chicago Modernism Show: http://www.dolphinfairs.com/chicagomodernism/
For more info about event, contact Joe Kunkel, 312-371-0986
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