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Private Gardens of the Bay Area launch events

Private Gardens of the Bay Area, written by Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, photographs by Marion Brenner, is on sale now. Visit one of the upcoming launch events to meet the authors and buy a signed copy!

Friday, October 27 Berggruen Gallery 10 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco

Saturday, October 28 (4pm) Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary and Garden Arts 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley Free and open to the public More info here

Monday, October 30 (5pm) Marin Art & Garden Center 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA $15 tickets

Thursday, November 2 (3pm) Filoli Visitor and Education Center 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, CA Tickets $25 for non-members

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Citymakers Book Tour

Cassim Shepard tours his new book, Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism, on sale today.

New York

Wednesday, October 18 (7pm) Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby Street, New York City Free and open to the public Please RSVP here

San Francisco

Wednesday, October 25 (6pm) SPUR Urban Center 654 Mission Street, San Francisco Tickets $10, open to the public Register here

Los Angeles

Thursday, October 26 (6pm) Buro Happold 800 Wilshire Blvd., 16th Floor, L.A. Free and open to the public Please RSVP here

Chicago

Saturday, October 28 (2pm) Stony Island Art Bank 6760 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago in association with Chicago Architectural Biennial More info here

Brooklyn

Thursday, November 2 (7pm) A/D/O 29 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn (in Greenpoint) RSVP

Denver

Wednesday, November 15 (7pm) Tattered Cover Bookstore 1628 16th St, Denver Free and open to the public More info here

London

Tuesday, December 5 (6:30pm) London School of Economics Clement House, 99 Aldwych, Room 2.02, London Open to the public More info here

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Architect Carlos Jiménez designed this house to help residents and visitors to feel safely cosseted amid the sometimes agoraphobia-inducing grandeur of the Marfa landscape. Brave windows in the living room, however, frame majestic views of the horizon.

Photo © Casey Dunn. From the book Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert by Helen Thompson, published by The Monacelli Press, 2016. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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This 1930s-era adobe features an enclosed courtyard outside the bedroom that frames the ever-changing Marfa sky.

Photo © Casey Dunn. From the book Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert by Helen Thompson, published by The Monacelli Press, 2016. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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Metal artist George Sacaris created an oversize, pivoting metal door for the dining room of Houston interior designer Marlys Tokerud’s home; it allows cooling breezes to flood the space.

Photo © Casey Dunn. From the book Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert by Helen Thompson, published by The Monacelli Press, 2016. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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Tickets are $10 for non-members. Order here.

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Austin hotelier Liz Lambert has added a row of modernist-inspired outbuildings behind her personal retreat, one of which is for bathing while contemplating a craggy mountain up close.

Photo © Casey Dunn. From the book Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert by Helen Thompson, published by The Monacelli Press, 2016. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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Country Estate

Country Estate, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2010

Photo © ArchPhoto/Paùl Rivera from Inventive Minimalism: The Architecture of Roger Ferris + Partners. Purchase from a retailer of your choice. 

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11 Wilton, Westport, Connecticut, 1995 (exterior)

Photo © Michael Biondo from Inventive Minimalism: The Architecture of Roger Ferris + Partners. Purchase from a retailer of your choice. 

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Robert Winthrop Chanler, Self- Portrait, 1927

Image credit: Rokeby Collection, Barrytown, New York, from Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic edited by Gina Wouters and Andrea Gollin. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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The Bridge Clubhouse

The Bridge Clubhouse, Bridgehampton, New York, 2008

Photo © ArchPhoto/Paùl Rivera from Inventive Minimalism: The Architecture of Roger Ferris + Partners. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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Fireplace

Robert Winthrop Chanler, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s studio in Greenwich Village, 1918.

Photo (c) Lauren Drapala  from Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic edited by Gina Wouters and Andrea Gollin. Purchase from a retailer of your choice.

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Surf Shack

Surf Shack, Sagaponack

Photo © ArchPhoto/Paùl Rivera from Inventive Minimalism: The Architecture of Roger Ferris + Partners. Purchase from a retailer of your choice. 

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Congratulations, Intimate Geometries!

We are proud to announce that Robert Storr’s Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois has won two 2017 FILAF Awards: Meilleur Livre Art Contemporain (Best Contemporary Art Book) and the ultimate book award, the FILAF d’Or. Learn more about the awards on FILAF.com.

Purchase a copy of Intimate Geometries from a retailer of your choice.