Docomomo DC to Host Mod Mixer, Jan. 25

Posted on by Brutalist DC
Local preservation advocacy group Docomomo DC will host a mixer at the Watergate’s Next Whisky Bar on Thursday, Jan. 25.
 

Meet up with your fellow modern enthusiasts at one of DC’s most celebrated mid-century buildings.

Please join us for the Mod Mixer Happy Hour at The Watergate Hotel’s Next Whisky Bar Thursday, January 25th at 6:00pm.

Via Docomomo-DC.org

DocomomoDC to host Rediscovering Brutalism tour

Posted on by Brutalist DC

DocomomoDC announced today that it will feature Washington, D.C.’s Brutalist architecture in a walking tour to be held on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. The tour, called “Rediscovering Brutalism,” will begin at the AIA National Headquarters (which was designed by The Architects Collaborative) with a lecture by Michael Kubo, followed by a walking/Metro-riding tour to Dupont Circle. Kubo is co-author of both Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston and the Brutalist Boston Map.

​Details for the tour, courtesy of DocomomoDC, are below:
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, 1pm to 5pm, rain or shine
Downtown Washington, D.C.

Lecture followed by Walking + Metro Tour with happy hour.

Registration for the tour is through Eventbrite. Tickets cost $35. Students and members of Docomomo, the DC Preservation League, and APT DC receive a discounted admission of $25. Those in attendance will each receive one keepsake copy of the Brutalist Washington Map.