Private Domains/Public Displays:
The Modern House Interpreted
A Symposium in Celebration of Fallingwater’s 75th Anniversary
When he designed Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright abandoned conventional notions of building and living. New materials and technologies permitted unprecedented experimentation, while creating unexpected challenges that define the modern movement. To explore these issues, an international gathering of directors and curators will convene in Pittsburgh to discuss strategies for preserving and interpreting nine of the world’s iconic modern house museums.
APRIL 5, 2011
Carnegie Museum of Art
Theatre
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Morning Program
Begins 9:00 am
Welcome
Tracy Myers and Raymund Ryan Curators, Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art
Introduction
Drew Armstrong Director, Architectural Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh
Session Chair
Lynda Waggoner Vice President and Director, Fallingwater
A Landmark in Transition: The Miller House and Garden, Columbus, Indiana
Bradley C. Brooks Director of Historic Resources, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Alvar Aalto in Context: Communicating the Modern House
Dr. Susanna Pettersson Director, Alvar Aalto Foundation and Alvar Aalto Museum
The MAK Center at the Schindler House: Taking Cues From a Modern Experimentalist
Kimberli Meyer Director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture
Investigating Materiality: Re-Restoring Mies’s Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic
Iveta Cerná Director, Villa Tugendhat
Afternoon Program
Begins 1:30 pm
Session Chair
Justin Gunther Curator, Buildings and Collections, Fallingwater
Preservation Challenges of the Gropius House
Benjamin Haavik Team Leader, Property Care, Historic New England
Interpreting Rustic Modernism at the Wharton Esherick Museum
Paul Eisenhauer Executive Director/Curator, Wharton Esherick Museum
Farnsworth House: Public Preservation of the New
Whitney French Executive Director, Farnsworth House
Conservation at the Glass House: The First Five Seasons
Irene Shum Allen Curator and Collections Manager, Philip Johnson Glass House
Questions and Panel Discussion
Begins 3:45 pm
General Information
Space is limited, so please register early to ensure your attendance.
Lectures All lectures will be held | Conference Fees $30; $25 for professionals | Lodging Lodging is the | Cancellations Registrants who cancel |
For additional information and to register contact Visitor Services at 724-329-8501 or click here. To view the conference poster click here.
A conference organized by Fallingwater, a property entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the University of Pittsburgh’s Architectural Studies Program, and Carnegie Museum of Art for public research on modern heritage.