Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond NEWSComing up this Saturday
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010
Dennis Blair Home Tour
4 Homes on one street!
Includes Blair's own original studio
Long Grove, IL
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
A few spaces left - sign up now!
This tour will honor architect Dennis Blair, who apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright, and designed dozens of modernist homes around the Chicago area. His style ranges from beautifully executed flat-roof post and beam modernist structures to more freeform designs. In the early 1950’s he was recognized as an “architect to watch” by Architectural Record magazine. CBB included his own home on our Barrington tour, and held our holiday party two years ago at the home of John McCarthy and and Dave Eggert in Long Grove.
We will now return to that same neighborhood to tour the inside of four homes, and the exterior of a fifth that is being renovated. A tour of Blair's former studio is included in this wonderful afternoon planned by John and Dave. Mr. Blair and his assistant will be on hand to answer questions and share insights. Enjoy a beautiful fall day in the woods in a secluded modernist enclave.
A few spaces left:
Cost: $25 for CBB members, $35 for guests
Note: all guests must attend with a member
Please register HERE to pay by paypal
please do not mail any checks now, as we will not receive in time
Members must have paid their dues for 2010 to qualify for membership rate
Events of Interest to CBB Members:
Two events to celebrate the new Harry Weese book:
11/17/10 Wednesday 12:15pm
"The Architecture of Harry Weese"
Natural materials, human scale, comfort, and a fondness for intuition
Robert Bruegmann, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Meet at: Santa Fe Bldg (Jackson & Michigan)
Info: 312-922-3432
Free
and
"The Architecture of Harry Weese"
Talk and booksigning
Tuesday Oct 26th 6:00 pm
at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist
at 55 East WackerDrive
hosted by the Graham Foundation
talk and book signing by the
author, Professor Robert Bruegmann.
Designed by Harry Weese, the Seventeenth Church opened in 1968.
No RSVP required.