Modern Property - Joe Kunkel

Lakefront Modern Home Tour - Now Sold Out

This Sunday's Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond tour of 2  Modernist homes on the shores of Lake Michigan in Glencoe is now completely sold out.

This is a rare opportunity to tour a 1961 design by Tony Grunsfeld which is currently being restored back to its original glory under the supervision of Mr. Grunsfeld himself. We'll also visit the Ancel House, designed by Edward Dart and saved from the wrecking ball to be meticulously restored by the current owners.

Please consider joining Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond to receive advance notice of our many great events such as this tour and our retro-fabulous Holiday Party coming up on Sunday, Dec. 14th.  See link below.

http://www.chicagobauhausbeyond.org/

 

Cool St. Louis Museum Shows

What a fantastic excuse for a road trip!

I just got a heads-up from a friend about 2 great new art exhibits in St. Louis. The first is at the Kemper Art Museum, and is all about Mid-Century California art, design and culture, running 9/19/08 to 1/5/09. The second  is at the St. Louis Art Museum and features important American Abstract works by de Kooning, Pollock, and many others. It will run from 10/19/08 to 1/11/09. The museums are only blocks from each other.

I can't wait to take a drive down to see these 2 shows and hope you can get there, too. Below are links for both shows.

http://www.slam.org/index.aspx?id=122&exh=84
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/cool.html

Joe Kunkel quoted in Chicago Trib architecture article

Here's a link to a fantastic article published in the Chicago Tribune with quotes from me and some of my clients, along with pics from their properties. How wonderful to know that appreciation of great residential architecture past and present is flourishing.

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source: Chicago Tribune 9/7/2008 Leslie Mann