| | Conference call! Save your spot | Do you share our weakness for Midcentury Modern? Then here's what you can do in May: explore an impressive number of high-quality Modern homes in and around New Canaan, CT, with likeminded Iconic Houses members and friends. Places are limited so register now to secure your spot.
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| | New era for Villa E-1027 and Cap Moderne | The Conservatoire du littoral, the Cap Moderne association and Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) have signed a partnership agreement for the development of the Cap Moderne site in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the South of France. For a two year period from 2018 to 2020, the site will be co-managed by the CMN and Cap Moderne Association. Open to the public since May 2015, Cap Moderne hosts nearly 10,000 visitors a year.
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| | Past passion: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Home Studio | The Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Home Studio Museum is located in southern Mexico City, in the San Angel district, a historic area renowned for its colonial architecture and cobbled streets. So it may come as a shock for some to discover this hidden gem, the first functionalist house to ever been built in Mexico, by architect Juan O´Gorman (1905-1982). Here is a story by Alan Rojas Orzechowski about its restoration.
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| | Welcome Casa das Marinhas! | Casa das Marinhas in Esposende (a coastal town 50 km north of Lisbon, Portugal) was designed in the mid-1950s by architect Alfredo Evangelista Viana de Lima as his own home. Viana de Lima held a prominent position among second-generation Portuguese Modernist architects and he participated in the International Congresses of Modern Architecture (CIAM). Explore his impressive house by clicking on the listing for a slideshow and video link.
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| | + More to Explore: David Wright House | The extraordinary house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son and daughter-in-law in Phoenix, Arizona, was recently donated to benefit the School of Architecture in Taliesin. Now you can explore the David Wright House in one of our 'Specials' - micro websites within our main site. We now host 20 of these extensive presentations - you'll find them in the carousel at the bottom of our homepage. You can recognize them in the directory by the plus sign.
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