Esoteric Survey

  Cosanti (1956) They've done a lot of tidying up over the years .

  I went to Taliesin West again. My first trip was in 2007 and I've been a number of times since. After nearly 20 years, it's still a real treat for me. Now they do a self-guided audio tour via an app versus a docent led tour. Frank Lloyd Wright's office

Tucson Modernism Week is happening November 4th - 9th. The list of events looks amazing. This year’s home tour has six residences and two exclusive bonus stops, Architects and designers include Judith Chafee, Bruce Goff, William Wilde, Charles Clement, Ralph Haver, and Russ Symes.  I've been wanting to see inside the Goff Barby House house forever. I wonder if it still looks like this?? The carpet is wild. In addition to the home tour, the are a number of lectures and exhibitions. To celebrate the acquisition of the Bondante House by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, there will be a special exhibit on Charles Clement at the house, which he designed. The house joins the  Ball-Paylore house (1952) by Arthur T Brown as part of their collection.  Charles Clement maquette More about Tucson Modernism, here . In addition to all of that, Tucson is just awesome. Make sure to go see A Z Modern , Saturday Generation  and Holt Modern when you're in town.  Check...

  Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium by Rex Willoughby of Blanton & Co. Architects & Engineers (1975). Located on the University of Arizona campus. More about Blanton & Co. (formerly Blanton and Cole) can be found at the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation The history of the Grace H. Flandrau Planetarium can be found here .

PENDING DEMOLITION!  Beadle Residence 6, or White Gates, in Phoenix, Arizona  by Al Beadle, 1954 The house sold on  2/23/2024 for $1.7 million. It was a private deal. The new owners didn't waste any time in applying for a demolition permit.  It has not been on the market and hasn't sold since 2005. There have been numerous people who have tried to purchase the house in order to restore it but the former owner wouldn't sell. It's puzzling how someone who just wants the land ended up with it. The former owners purchased the house as a teardown but were convinced to restore it instead. One of the owners is on record saying the house was the "jewel of Phoenix" and whoever she sold the property to would wish to preserve it. That obviously didn't happen. The good folks at Modern Phoenix are working to a sk that the demolition permit be denied. They are asking that emails be sent with  a short statement of opposition to historic@phoenix.gov  Source:  Living...