Calling all Modern Architecture Lovers...
Join Restore Oregon’s Modernist Society!
Here’s something you won’t want to miss!
Restore Oregon is unveiling a new way to experience Pacific Northwest Modern all year round. If you love Modern, join Restore Oregon’s Modernist Society.
For only $250 per year (that’s just $20 a month), Modernist Society Members gain access to a collection of private and public events curated by Restore Oregon – all around Mid-Century and modern design.
Your 2023 Restore Oregon Modernist Society Membership includes:
- One ticket for the following Restore Oregon Modern 2023 events:
- May 13, 2023: Mr. Rummer’s Neighborhood, a four-house neighborhood tour
- October 14, 2023: Journey of a Modern Office Space: Lecture + Tour of the Living Room Realty Headquarters
- *NEW* Event Added: we'll send additional information once plans are finalized, but you won't want to miss it!
- Exclusive pre-sale access to purchase additional discounted event tickets (for select events, quantity based on venue capacity)
- Curated Modern links, photos, and other digital content delivered right to your inbox
- Members-only, exclusive access to Restore Oregon’s Modernism digital library, including online tours of past Mid-Century Modern home tours!
Additional offerings may be added throughout the year. Oregon Modernist Society members will have exclusive first access!
Membership is limited to 100 people—the only way to ensure you get a ticket to all our 2023 programming is to sign up now!
Your Society membership is also fueling the important work done by Restore Oregon, your only statewide nonprofit focusing on historic preservation.
Your 2023 Modernist Society Membership includes:
One ticket to Restore Oregon Modernism events in 2023.
See current events below with additional events to be announced.
(Please note: all tickets to Joachim Grube Home, A Private Tour have been claimed and are not included with any new Modernist Society memberships.)
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Access to Restore Oregon's Modernism Digital Library
Members-only, exclusive access to Restore Oregon’s Modernism digital library, including online tours of past Mid-Century Modern home tours! Access starts March 2023.
Pre-Sale Access to Tickets and More
Exclusive pre-sale access to purchase additional discounted event tickets (for select events, quantity based on venue capacity).
Curated architecture and design events to inspire you to preserve, reuse, and pass forward mid-century modern gems year-round:
SOLD OUT: JOACHIM GRUBE HOME, A Private Tour, April 8, 2023
For the first time, the home that architect Joachim Grube designed for his family is available to tour! This home is in pristine, nearly original condition. We’ll also be featuring the works of renowned Pacific Northwest woodcarver, Leroy Setziol, the carvings and weavings of his daughter, Monica Setziol-Phillips, and block printing done by Grube himself.
(Please note: all tickets to Joachim Grube Home, A Private Tour have been claimed and are not included with any new Modernist Society memberships.)
Mr. Rummer’s Neighborhood, May 13, 2023
Famed Oregon builder, Robert Rummer–inspired by the popular California houses designed by developer Joe Eichler–launched Rummer Homes, Inc. in 1959. He built around 750 modern homes in the Portland area that were often clustered together in neighborhoods, which makes them convenient tour locations.
Here’s your chance to tour four Rummer-built homes in the SW Portland neighborhood of Bohmann Park, including his own, personal residence!
SOLD OUT: First 50, Members-Only Cocktail Party, July 15th, 5-7pm
*Please note: The first 50 Restore Oregon Modernist Society memberships have been claimed and the Cocktail Party is SOLD OUT.
The first 50 Restore Oregon Modernist Society members to sign up will receive a special invite to join us for a spectacular cocktail party at the MCM home of Haley & Steve Lewis. Hang out with like-minded modern architecture fans while we sway to the tropical tunes of Justin DuPré, co-producer of Tiki Kon. Guests will also dance up to the bar, sponsored by Bramske Studio, to sip custom cocktails created by mixologist Sierra Kirk.
Details: July 15th, 5-7pm
Reception at the Pietro Belluschi Architectural Resource Center @ Oregon Historical Society, August 18, 2023
Celebrate the Pietro Bellluschi Architectural Resource Center on Pietro’s birthday.
More details to follow. No tickets are needed.
Image of Pietro Belluschi by Nancy Rica Schiff.
Journey of a Modern Office Space: Lecture and Tour of the Living Room Realty Headquarters, October 14, 2023, 6:30pm
Come explore the journey of this modern office space. This building started as a modern design office for the Postal Worker’s Credit Union, the next stop a juvenile correctional facility, and is now returned to its office roots as the home of Living Room Realty, a 2021 DeMuro winner. We will also have Sally Painter presenting her current photography on numerous historic buildings throughout the city.
Proceeds from these events support Restore Oregon’s preservation and educational programming and help us continue to fulfill our mission to preserve, reuse and pass forward the historic places and spaces that reflect Oregon’s diverse cultural heritage and make our communities inclusive, vibrant, liveable and sustainable. Thank you for your support!