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Googie say what?

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In recent months, Googie architecture has been brought to the collective consciousness of Seattleites. What is Googie architecture? Why is it significant to our architectural and cultural heritage? What does it mean in the larger context of Modernism? Why should we care?

Docomomo WEWA and its co-sponsors welcome California architecture critic Alan Hess to Seattle. He will examine how Googie architecture successfully combined Modernism and popular culture and why it is important today.

Alan Hess is the author of Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture (2004) and Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture (1985). As a practicing architect and historian, Hess documents the emerging suburban metropolises of the West. As an architecture critic, he has written a column for the San Jose Mercury News since 1986. His most recent books are Julius Shulman: Palm Springs; Forgotten Modern: California Houses 1940-1970; and Frank Lloyd Wright: Mid-Century Modern.

Hess has been active in the preservation of roadside and post War architecture. His writings and advocacy efforts have helped raise awareness and appreciation of mid-century Modern commercial architecture and have led to the preservation of many of these resources.

Tuesday May 20th
6:30pm
$10.00

Swedish Cultural Center
1920 Dexter Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 283-1090

A nice addition to the usual architecture tours that are featured on this blog—

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Spring Lecture: Ballard Residential Architecture from 1880 - 1930
Historic Seattle

Can’t tell a Dutch Colonial from a Tudor? What’s the difference between a Craftsman and a Bungalow? Come and learn about the various housing styles in the area from Caroline T. Swope, PhD, author of Classic Houses of Seattle and a former president of the Ballard Historical Society.        

Thursday 7:00pm
05/08/2008
Admission: To Be Announced
Presented at: Ballard Public Library
5614 22nd Avenue Northwest, Seattle
(206) 684-4089

I know the Paramount Theatre and the 5th Avenue pretty well, but this caught my eye because to be honest, I was not aware of a vaudeville past– though that may be my Northwest history (or lack thereof).

That’s Entertainment: Movie Palaces and More!

Step behind the scenes and experience the magic of Seattle’s famed movie and vaudeville stages. View some of Seattle’s stunning historic theatres and discover our city’s unique past as home for many nationally acclaimed theatrical producers.

This two-hour tour will begin at the SAF gallery at 1333 5th Ave, at the third level of the Rainier Square Atrium between Union and University, 4th and 5th Avenues.

Saturday, April 19th
10am
http://www.seattlearchitecture.org/tour_details.cfm?tId=4

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Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown -- the long-awaited guidebook has been described as a model of accuracy and comprehensive coverage of downtown Seattle buildings and spaces. More than 400 images are featured in the full-color book. Seattle Architecture Foundation (SAF) worked with author Marueen Elenga and volunteers for more than two years to develop the book, the organization’s first publication. It is the only Seattle guidebook that focuses entirely on downtown Seattle from I-5 to Elliott Bay, Seattle Center, and the southern boundaries of the International District and where it all began, Pioneer Square.   

From a UW Art student’s Art History dissertation project, this book is fully funded by generous donations from Seattle families and companies. Architecture firms released their own images to compile a visually compelling look at Seattle’s urban landscape. The Space Needle isn’t the only cool piece of architecture we have! In fact, we pass innovative architecture each day.

Tour Dates:
Thursday, Mar 20, 7:00 PM
Where:
University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 98105
Cost:
FREE. No registration required.

This Saturday March 8th, the Seattle Architecture Foundation is hosting a walking tour of the Harvard Belmont district, one of Seattle’s premier residential neighborhoods.

The tour will begin at the circular driveway at the Merrill Court Townhouses, 901-917 Harvard Avenue E, corner of Aloha and Harvard. Walk-ups are welcome the morning of the tour if space is available. Please have $12 for on-the-spot registration.

As of 9am today, it looks like it is going to be a sunny, clear-sky day. Though the moody weather as of late might dampen that novice weather-forecast. In any case, umbrella or sunglasses, the Arboretum’s Japanese Garden is re-opening today! There is an opening ceremony and a blessing beginning at noon. For a dainty stroll, check it out!

Sunday, March 2nd at 12:00 p.m.
(The garden will be open from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm)
1075 Lake Washington Blvd. E

Combining English, Drama, and Architecture is an ArtsLink dream. Take that dream and put it in London, England this summer? Now, it’s divine.

Join the UW Exploration Seminar this 2008 summer B-Term in London, England for a look at the history of English drama. Led by Odai Johnson from the Drama Department, students will spend the latter days of summer viewing plays, visiting historic theatre, and attending a Society for Theatre Research synaposium in Richmond, England.

Interested? More information to be found here:
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” - (Act V, Scene V).

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” - (Macbeth, Act V, Scene V).