ARCHITECTURE
Isham-Terry Open Tour Sunday in Hartford
Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden 55 South Main Street, SuffieldThe Isham-Terry House is a time capsule of genteel life in turn-of-the-century Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham purchased the 1854 Italianate house for his medical practice and as a home for himself, his parents and his three sisters. His sisters, Julia and Charlotte, lived in the house until their deaths in the 1970s as […]
Webb Deane Stevens Museum: Travel: Cape Ann & The North Shore
August 12-15, 2024 Enjoy four days exploring historic gems of Cape Ann and the North Shore of Massachusetts with Webb Deane Stevens Museum Executive Director Brenton Grom. The itinerary includes exclusive access to private residences and collections along with specially curated experiences at several landmark museums. Take in the stately charm of Castle Hill, the […]
Antientist Burial Ground Tour: The African American Connection: New London
Hempsted Houses 11 Hempstead Street, New LondonVisit one of New England’s earliest graveyards with a special focus on those of African descent who are buried there. Meet your guides from the Hempsted Houses and the New London chapter of the NAACP at the burying ground at the top of Hempstead Street. Buy Tickets For more information
Garden Dialogues 2024: Sullivan County, NY
Sullivan County NYSep 14, 2024 Register now to explore this stunning lakefront property designed by RKLA Studio Landscape Architecture, located in the western foothills of New York’s Catskill Mountains. Learn the secrets behind a landscape driven by collaboration between the landscape architect, architect, client, interior designer, general contractor, artists, and artisans. The tour will be led by […]
2024 Annual American Society of Landscape Architects Excursion: Washington, D.C.
Oak Spring Garden Foundation Upperville, VAOct 04, 2024 Oak Spring, the refined and exquisite Upperville, VA estate of “Bunny” Mellon is the centerpiece of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) annual daylong excursion on October 4, 2024, held in conjunction with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Conference on Landscape Architecture. Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon gained international attention for her […]
The Importance of Being Furnished Exhibition: Eustis Estate: Milton
Eustis Estate 1424 Canton Ave, MiltonThrough October 27, 2024 Friday - Sunday, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The Importance of Being Furnished tells the stories of four New England homes and their creators, examining the pioneering role bachelor designers played in historic preservation, collecting, and professional interior design. From the Gilded to the Jazz ages, these so-called “artistic” men were as […]
Symposium: A Legacy of Landscape Study at Yale Center for British Art
Yale School of Architecture 180 York Street, New HavenThursday, December 5, 2024–Friday, December 6, 2024 The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) and Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF) share a legacy of landscape study rooted in the collections of Paul and Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon. While the Mellons’ collecting practices differed, they both gathered significant materials in the history of British environments, horticulture, […]
Virtual Talk | Exploring Deep Time with Architect Cristina Parreño Alonso with The Aldrich Museum
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, RidgefieldJoin us for a virtual talk with architect, designer, and educator at School of Architecture and Planning at MIT Cristina Parreño Alonso, whose work delves into the concept of deep time, the vast temporal scales that shape our planet and humanity’s place within it. This special event complements Martha Diamond: Deep Time, currently on view at The […]
Theodate Pope Riddle Women in Architecture and Design Award: Mikyoung Kim at Hillstead
Hillstead Museum 35 Mountain Rd, FarmingtonJoin Hill-Stead Museum on Thursday, April 24th at 6pm for the Theodate Pope Riddle Women in Architecture and Design Award. This year, the award is presented to Mikyoung Kim, FASLA. […]
Evening at Gropius House in Lincoln, Mass.
Gropius House 68 Baker Bridge Road, LincolnDuring this evening slide show and house tour, see how Walter Gropius’s innovative lighting scheme comes to life at night. Gropius, founder of the German design school the Bauhaus, was […]
The Most Important Room of a House, The Garden: Frank Lloyd Wright: Turkel House Tour in Detroit
Turkel House 2760 West 7 Mile Road, Detroit, MIThe Turkel House in Detroit is the largest example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s final architectural style, Usonian Automatic, designed in 1955. The house was purchased in 2006 by florists Norman Silk […]
Take a Tour of Connecticut’s beautiful State Capitol building
Connecticut State Capitol 210 Capitol Ave., HartfordCapitol Information and Tours at the Connecticut State Capitol is operated by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund and sponsored by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, Connecticut General Assembly. General tourist information centers are located outside room 101 in the State Capitol and on the first floor, west entrance in the […]