More Archived Blog Stories

Pop Surrealism with Tiki Twist
June 24, 2012
Polynesian gods mix with movie monsters and comics in Brad Parker’s ‘Tiki Lounge’
All-Steel Home Wins Honors
June 16, 2012
One of Don Wexler’s seven steel houses in Palm Springs is named to National Register
Eichler Sound Comes Alive
June 10, 2012
As music made in an Eichler home, Mystery Lawn’s free revue comes to Marin June 22
Eichler Center to Be Rebuilt
June 3, 2012
Ten-year battle, compromise help to keep alive much of Palo Alto’s Edgewood Plaza
Inside Bucky’s Utopian Mind
May 26, 2012
Buckminster Fuller’s designs and visions subjects of June 5 talk, SF-MOMA exhibit
Celebrating Our Favorite Span
May 19, 2012
This weekend’s big ‘Golden Gate Festival’ at the heart of GG Bridge’s 75th anniversary
Eichler Look-a-likes with Wow
May 5, 2012
So Eichler-like they’re amazing, Portland’s Rummers open their doors for a grand tour
Marin Expo Keys on Eichlers
May 5, 2012
Marin Home & Garden Expo features talks, exhibits and how-to demos for MCM homes
One Chance to Get Wrighted!
April 28, 2012
New film on Frank Lloyd Wright’s California works to screen in San Rafael this Sunday
This Weekend’s Packed Slate
April 18, 2012
You choose: a tour of Marin modern homes or an art show in an Eichler tract—or both?
Amazing Colossal Eichlers!
April 6, 2012
Inside Joe’s original two-story homes—rare beauties that don’t upset neighbors
Push-button Living is Here
March 27, 2012
Owners of a ‘smart’ Eichler home love the convenience and luxury automation brings
Dig in for Spring Gardening
March 24, 2012
Modern pots, low-cost lights, pared-down plants make for an ideal setting to entertain
Something Shady in the City
March 17, 2012
Craftsman Robert Fine of S.F.’s Meteor Lights turns out lampshades oozing with ‘retro cool’
Blowing Sweet and Hot
March 3, 2012
New exhibition opens Saturday to explore studio-glass art from its mid-century birth
Millard Sheets Tour March 18
March 3, 2012
Banks, a trend-setting mall, and much more tell the story of California’s major mosaic artist
L.A. Celebrates the ‘60s Hits
February 25, 2012
Los Angeles Conservancy reveals the sixty best-loved modern buildings from the 1960s
Rethinking the Ranch
February 18, 2012
Exhibition opens Sunday to explore Cliff May and his open, glass-walled houses
Jobs' Likeler No Eichler
February 12, 2012
For the record: Steve Jobs wasn’t raised in an Eichler—but partner Steve Wozniak was.
Week Filled with Modernism
February 4, 2012
John Lautner’s Elrod house, films, talks and more to keep fans busy in lively Palm Springs