ArchiTina Tour - Architecture in Alabama and Chattanooga - November 2014

Update
Tour in the early stages of development . . .

This tour developed from some suggestions from fellow architourists after my last Updates email.  The upcoming trip to Mississippi and Louisiana made some people think about the Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama.  I admit this one has been on my list for quite some time and I have tinkered with plans for a trip.  Here’s what I’m thinking:

Tour:  Contemporary Architecture in Alabama and Southeastern Tennessee
Dates:  Sunday, November 2, 2014 – Thursday, November 6, 2014,
beginning and concluding at Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport
FYI:  These dates dovetail with the dates of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Conference in Phoenix.  If you wish to do both, you can fly directly from Phoenix to Atlanta at the end of the conference.

Sites I’m planning to include:
  A Moshe Safdie designed house in Birmingham, Alabama
  Paul Rudolph designed residences in Auburn and Athens, Alabama
  The renown Paul Rudolph designed chapel at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
  The Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama, started by the late Samuel Mockbee
If you get a chance to see the documentary “Citizen Architect” about Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio, do!
  The Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama,
a meticulously preserved Usonian, now a house museum
  The Chapel of the Apostles at The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee,
designed by Maurice Jennings + David McKee, 2000.
Arkansas chapter AIA Honor Award, 2003 Gulf States Region AIA Honor Citation Award, 2004
 The Shavin House by Frank Lloyd Wright, Chattanooga, Tennessee
 A Richard Neutra designed residence, Chattanooga, Tennessee
 The Randall Stout designed addition to the Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  The Art Moderne style Joel W. Solomon Federal Building
and U.S. Courthouse with WPA murals, Chattanooga, Tennessee
 . . . and more!!


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