  This beautifully renovated Humrich house will be on our upcoming tour.  Another Humrich house on our tour.  The soaring interior of another Humrich house on the upcoming tour.  Artwork from the Modernism in the Ukraine exhibit |  An original Edward Humrich Drawing Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond NEWS OUR NEXT EVENT- Sign up now! Sunday, Sept. 17 1:00 p.m. Riverwoods Tour: Houses in Harmony with Nature Featuring the Architecture of Edward Humrich This event will celebrate the architecture of Edward Humrich, a prairie modernist who designed and built 40 houses in the village of Riverwoods - a Northern suburb just West of Deerfield. Riverwoods has one of the Chicago area’s largest suburban concentrations of mid-century architecture from the 1950’s and 60’s. The tour will include 7 homes, 5 Humrich houses plus 2 others by mid-century architects. Pay online via the link below, or send a check with the names of attendees to:A round-table discussion about Edward Humrich with slide show will kick off the event, featuring architect Don Wrobleski, architectural historian Susan Benjamin, and some of the original Humrich homeowners, held at the Riverwoods Village Hall. Also featured will be a local contractor who has lived in and remodeled numerous Humrich homes. We will also have a Q&A with Lisa DiChiera, Director of Advocacy, Landmarks Illinois, who will speak about the how-to’s of preservation for homeowners. We have put together a slide show with over 80 items from the Humrich archive. Riverwoods, located on the banks of the Des Plaines River, was created by steel magnate Edward L. Ryerson and Lewis Buscaron, his engineer. They were naturalists, and Ryerson gave the county the forest preserve we now know as Ryerson Woods. They chose Edward Humrich as the architect to create an unusual and worthy style of home to “set in the woods without taking the trees out” as Humrich explains in his oral history compiled by the Art Institute of Chicago. He further says that he "did forty houses here, including a home for the first president of the village.” Long, low-slung houses blend into the surrounding woods and create habitats for artful living inside. The tour is part of the growing preservation movement in Riverwoods to conserve and protect this unique area. Tickets are available now: $35 for members, $40 for guests Guests must accompany a CBB member. Members must have dues paid up or pay attime of ticket purchase. Ticket includes talks, tour, hand-out, andcocktail party at the last house. We will meet at the Riverwoods Village Hall for registration and talks, and then tour the houses ingroups (carpools will be organized). For those who like to bike - this tour will be perfect. You will be able to leave your car at the Village Hall and take your bike from there. Riverwoods residents are also being invited to attend our tour, so please register now before it sells out! Chicago Bauhaus & Beyond P.O. Box 364 Flossmoor, IL 60422 Register here: http://www.chicagobauhausbeyond.org/calendar.htm An Event of Interest: Ukranian Modernism at the Cultural Center Crossroads: Modernism in Ukraine, 1910-1930," a touring exhibit makes a welcome stop at the Chicago Cultural Center through Oct. 15. Culled from private collections as well as those of the National Art Museum of Ukraine and other institutions there, this handsome, mostly unfamiliar grouping of about 70 works by 21 artists firmly establishes Kiev (which Ukrainians now spell Kyiv) as one of the most fertile hotbeds of European modernism, along with St. Petersburg and Paris. When: Through Oct. 15 Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Admission: Free Call: (312) 744-6630 Don’t Forget to Volunteer! Joan Gand Vice-President Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond P.O. Box 364 Flossmoor IL 60422 www.chicagobauhausbeyond.org Office phone: 847-446-6008 Gand Music and Sound Musical Instruments and Equipment www.gand.com |