Tour
Overview

Weekend
Itinerary

Koehler
+ Clay

Mather
+ Dye

Lacey

Bigler

Tony

Zimmerman

Expo
Photos

Extra!
Extra!

Hobza +
Bageant

Rhodes

Tompor

Natch

Doring

Leckman

4 - 5:30 pm
$10 ticket

Keynote Speaker Alan Hess, author of The Ranch House, architect and architecture critic for the San Jose Mercury News.
"The Hidden History of Mid-Century Modern"
The heady years after World War II generated a wide spectrum of startling and superb architecture. The spare structures of the Case Study Houses contrasted with the opulent Organic designs of Frank Lloyd Wright and his many disciples; exquisite and expensive custom homes were balanced by the mass produced Ranch House which solved the national housing crisis with sweeping success. This diversity has been forgotten in recent years, though. This talk will try to remind us about the true variety, vitality and excellence of architecture in the mid twentieth century. Booksigning event to follow.

Call the box office at 480-994-ARTS [2787] for tickets.

Sunday March 25: Home Tour in Ralph Haver's Marlen Grove

2 - 5 pm
$30 Ticket
$25 SMoCA members before Feb 1

Self-guided walking tour through the Ralph Haver Homes of Marlen Grove.

Call the box office at 480-994-ARTS [2787] for tickets.

Contact hometour@modernphoenix.net if you live in Marlen Grove and wish to open your home this day. Please also read our FAQ for homeowners.

6 - 9 pm

Retro Cocktail Hour Revisited: Modern Phoenix Members-only afterparty at Red Modern Furniture, sponsored by Desert Living magazine '

Featuring contemporary reinterpretations of classic mid-century cocktail party appetizers by The Art Institute of Phoenix Culinary Program. Pick up your invitation at the tour.

Buzz from the Modern Phoenix Home Tour in 2006

"Thanks for the wonderful event on Sunday. I know it takes a tremendous amount of time and effort to create this, and it is so worth it! I felt a connection to my neighborhood that I haven't felt since I moved here (and missed from my last neighborhood), and made some connections that I think are seeds for the future. It can be a challenge to create community in Phoenix. Efforts like yours are so important."

Marie Jones
Home Tour 2006 Homeowner

"This whole event was a ton of fun! Thank you to everyone that helped out! It was all very inspirational and gave Shawn and I the impetus that we needed to get some things done we've been wanting to do for quite a while.

I would also like to thank all of the tour participants. Everyone was very gracious, polite, and respectful. It was a pleasure to share our home with so many wonderful people. I especially loved the opportunity to meet so many of our neighbors with similar interests in modernism."

Monica Augustinak
Home Tour 2006 Homeowner

"Many, many thanks to Alison and Matthew for all their hard work putting together the 2006 Modern Phoenix Home Tour! The event had something for everybody, from the expo to the seminars, to the tours of Paradise Gardens. And, as any of you who were there know, the entire event went off without a hitch. Something else that was evident today: the community that Alison and Matthew started online has gone well beyond the virtual world, and spilled over into the real world.

Early this morning, before heading over to the Art Institute, I wasn't feeling very well at all. So, the plan was to give my little talk, maybe look at a couple homes, and call it a day. But that's not how it turned out at all. Kate and I had such a great time, and met so many interesting people; we ended up closing down the party at the Jarsons around 9:30. How to explain this "miracle cure?" The way I see it, it can only be the healing power of the Modern Phoenix community -- and we have Alison and Matthew to thank for it. So, thank you."  

Peter Wolf
Home Tour 2006 Guest Speaker

NOTE: Our 2007 tour SOLD OUT so...