Current Events:

2011 Modern House Day Tour + Symposium: Seeing Modern
Saturday, May 14, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The New Canaan Historical Society will present "Seeing Modern," an all-day tour and symposium featuring some of New Canaan's mid-century modern homes designed by the preeminent architects of the time.

Morning symposium will be a lively dialogue on "seeing modern" in architecture, art, film and furnishings presented by contemporary leaders in those fields, followed by afternoon tours of modern homes by internationally-known architects John Black Lee, Eliot Noyes, Alan Goldberg, Hugh Smallen, Toshiko Mori, Landis Gores, Kengo Kuma, and Specht Harpman. $295 ticket includes symposium, tour, continental breakfast, lunch and evening cocktail reception.

*** Victoria Lyon will be a featured speaker, click here for a full schedule »

Call (203) 966-1776 for reservations.

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Previous Events:

Seminars at the 31st Annual "Original" Fairfield County Home Show, 2011:
• "Green Design & Renovation" - Understanding the basic principles, practices and benefits of doing a "green" renovation or new construction project.
• "Design Tips for Building, Renovating & Decorating Your New Home" - Understanding how to improve the flow and use of your rooms, how to improve their functionality and make them more comfortable and appealing to live in is the function of thousands of decisions which are easy to make costly mistakes with.

Greenwich Antiques Society Tour of Exclusive Trade Resources for Historic Reproductions, 1994

Merrywood Greenwich Designer Show House, 2007

Modern Estate Magazine Sponsor Event, 2009

Philip Johnson Modern Show House, 2008

Victor Christ-Janer Show House, 2009

Previous Lectures:

“Green Design and Renovations”

Fabulous Women of Greenwich Event 2009

CEU Presentation - Philip Johnson Modern Designed at Artifact Design Group, 2009

New Canaan Historical Society Lecture

"Combining Modern Art and Architecture in the 21st Century"

A Case Study of collaboration by Victoria Lyon of Victoria Lyon Interiors and a group of artisans, artists, and furniture makers on bringing an empty Philip Johnson House back to life was presented by Ms. Lyon at the New Canaan Historical Society's annual meeting lecture.

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