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USModernist Weekend in Washington DC! Friday-Sunday, May 1-3
People love discovering Modernist architecture with USModernist. We've taken design fans to New York, Chicago, LA, Fallingwater, Palm Springs, Phoenix, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, Berlin, Zurich, and all around North Carolina - 107 tours over 10 years. In May we tour the Washington area, with thrilling destinations and exclusive events! Proceeds benefit USModernist's ongoing nonprofit documentation, preservation, and promotion projects. Explore some of the most exciting buildings in the company of fellow Modernist fans, with nearly everything included. Are you going to like this adventure? Yes. Almost everything's included: roundtrip direct flight, transport on our restroom-equipped, wifi-provided bus, hotel, three days of tours, two breakfasts, two delicious lunches, including one at Glenstone, and two amazing group dinners, with wine, including one at the Kennedy Center! SCHEDULE of DELIGHTFUL EVENTS
We depart RDU at 745am on Friday on a direct flight to
Washington Reagan Airport in DC. Here's the incredible
lineup:
 Four Modernist houses on the famous Hollin Hills Home and Garden Tour - an event that only happens every two years
The Washington Modernism Show and Expo, at that building you've always been curious about, the enigmatic George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House
The Hirshhorn Museum of Art and Scupture Garden, designed by Gordon Bunshaft
Vietnam Memorial Wall, designed by Maya Lin
The Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dunbarton Oaks, designed by Philip Johnson
Glenstone, one of the largest private collections of Modern art in the world, designed by Gwathmey Siegel with a $200M addition by Thomas Pfifer
The Donald and Ann Brown House, designed by Richard Neutra
The Francis Gregory Library, designed by David Adjaye
733 10th Street, designed by Cunningham Quill
Lunch on your own at the Quarter Market Food Hall
The recently renovated MLK Library, designed by Mies van der Rohe
The National Museum of African American History and Culture, designed by the Freelon Group and David Adjaye
Tour of the John F. Kennedy Center, designed by Edward Durell Stone, with a new addition by Steven Holl, then dinner on the roof! We depart Washington at 3pm on Sunday, arriving back at RDU by 5pm. Tickets and Details Almost everything's included: roundtrip direct flight, transport on our restroom-equipped, wifi-provided bus, hotel, three days of tours, two breakfasts, two delicious lunches, including one at Glenstone, and two amazing group dinners, with wine, including one at the Kennedy Center! $1649 per person General Public, double occupancy
(only King beds are available) $1549 per person
Mod Squad Members, double occupancy
(only King beds are available)
If you wish to fly from another city, or arrange your own air, please register then send an email with your flight information to george@usmodernist.org. You'll receive a $125 per person rebate and are responsible for meeting the group. Proceeds benefit USModernist's ongoing nonprofit documentation, preservation, and promotion projects. The Fine Print:
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