20S x CCMHT | Revisiting ‘Directions in 20th Century Architecture’

Sun Jun 09 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

The Hawthorne Barn | Provincetown

Twenty Summers
Publisher/HostTwenty Summers
20S x CCMHT | Revisiting \u2018Directions in 20th Century Architecture\u2019
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Join Peter McMahon and Timothy Rohan in a conversation about Forum 49 artists and their relevance of their work today.
About this Event

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Presented by Twenty Summers, Cape Cod Modern House Trust and Forum 24

On August 18th, 1949, Forum 49 hosted a panel discussion called ‘Directions in 20th Century Architecture’ featuring architect Marcel Breuer, the artist and filmmaker György Kepes, and architect and journalist, Peter Blake, who was then curator for Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art.

All three speakers were engaged in the then-raging debate about whether modern houses should use the materials and methods of vernacular, regional architecture, or employ universal, standardized, machine-made components.

Breuer had just finished building his own experimental house in Wellfleet and one for the Kepes family not far away. Both houses were modest-sized, environmentally sensitive, outposts for art-making and creative congregation.

By coincidence this 75th anniversary of Forum 49 is also the year the Cape Cod Modern House Trust is seeking to purchase, restore and re-open Breuer’s house as a platform for scholarship and new creative work.

By looking back at the Forum 49 discussions, this talk will explore the relevance of Breuer’s work today, as well as the process of preserving his summer house and the archiving of its contents.


Event Photos

Peter McMahon (left) is the Founding Director, Cape Cod Modern House Trust. Author (with Christine Cipriani) of .

Timothy Rohan (right) is Department Chair and Associate Professor of American and European  Architecture. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of (Yale 2014) and numerous articles in academic journals, including ones about Marcel Breuer.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Hawthorne Barn, 29 Miller Hill Rd, Provincetown, United States

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