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Location: Palm Springs
Information: www.modernismweek.com or info@modernismweek.com
Description: A ten day event focusing on design and architecture events and programs in Palm Springs. Special events include Palm Springs Modernism Show Feb. 18-20th at the Convention Center: 75 premier national and international decorative and fine arts dealers presenting all design movements of the 20th century. Frey II House Tours; Double Decker Bus Tours and other special events. Over 45 events, tours and parties!
For Hotel Package Partners, visit www.modernismweek.com
Home to one of the largest concentrations of mid-century modern architecture in the country, thousands of design buffs and architecture fans will be heading to Palm Springs, California for Modernism Week, a 10-day event slated for February 16 – 26, 2011. Over seventy events will be held including architecture tours, films and lectures, art exhibitions, swanky parties and a new interior design tour of mid-century modern homes. Watch video of Modernism Week
Modernism Week Highlights:
- Avid modernism collectors and dealers will find vintage treasurers and retro gems at the Modernism Show at Palm Springs Convention Center.
- Cruise in an open-air double-decker bus for daily architecture tours to learn about desert modernism and the exteriors of local architecture.
- The popular Frey II House Tours give aficionados a rare opportunity to see the residence of modernist architect Albert Frey.
- Notable local architect will be honored at a special exhibit, “Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler” at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
- See where Frank Sinatra’s 1947 mid-century marvel and the infamous grand piano shaped pool by taking a rare tour of Sinatra’s Twin Palms Estate designed E. Stewart Williams.
- Discover the key examples of mid-century modern architecture and interior design on a Home Tour including the Edris House and an Alexander Twin Palms Butterfly home.
- Airstreams galore from the 40s, 50s & 60’s, & 70s will be on display at Vintage Travel Trailer Show at Riviera Palm Springs, while a separate vintage car exhibit takes place at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
- Watch special films and documentaries about architecture and design during The Architecture and Design Film Series by Design Onscreen.
- Full Schedule online at www.ModernismWeek.com
- Experience Desert Modernism Year-Round:
- Stay in a retro retreat…many of the Palm Springs boutique hotels and vacation home rentals are mid-century classics.
- Guided architectural tours are available year-round…learn about the masters of mid-century modern architecture by taking a tour of the desert’s most notable architecture.
- Experience a small downtown with an urban sensibility by shopping at the burgeoning Uptown Design District.
- Pick up a map of mid-century modern landmarks at the Palm Springs Official Visitor Center, which was once the Tramway Gas Station designed by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers.
- Soar on The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and see two distinct modern buildings. The Tram Valley Station designed by Albert Frey and the Tramway Mountain Station at 8,000 feet designed by E. Stewart Williams.
- Stroll the modern Palm Springs Art Museum designed by California renowned architect E. Stewart Williams.
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