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Saturday, June 29, 2019
Elvgren Residence Tour + Talk
with Architecture Historian Christopher Wilson 
Illustrator Gil Elvgren, the “Norman Rockwell of pin-up art,” commissioned Victor Lundy in 1959 to design a home on Siesta Key for his young family and an art studio for himself. Currently for sale!

Umbrella House added to the National Register of Historic Places!
Architect Paul Rudolph, 1953
Restoration, Hall Architects, 2015
National Register of Historic Places, 2019
Register online for a tour
Learn more about the historic registration announcement


Cocoon House Tours EXTENDED through March 2020!

Healy Guest House, also known as Cocoon House
Architects: Ralph Twitchell and Paul Rudolph, 1950
Limited tours available through March 2020. Register online today!
Learn more about the SAF restoration project.

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Saturday, July 20, 2019
Monthly Umbrella House Tour
Discover the Umbrella House, Paul Rudolph's midcentury modern masterpiece. Recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.


Saturday, July 20, 2019
Monthly Cocoon House Tour
An experiment created by Ralph Twitchell and Paul Rudolph, this house plays with transparency and creates the illusion of bringing the outside in. Also known as the Healy Guest House, the structure was restored by SAF in partnership with Pansy Bayou Studios.

November 8 – 10, 2019
SarasotaMOD
Sixth Annual
Midcentury Modern Architecture Festival
Celebrating Sarasota in the Sixties


MOD Shop Online
The SarasotaMOD Shop features posters, note cards and t-shirts designed by award-winning illustrator John Pirman. 

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and the midcentury modern structures that exemplify its forward-looking principles.
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