Modernism was defined by a faith in the transformative capacity of expertise. Organizations like CIAM and Telesis produced manifestos and visionary schemes for urban transformation. Architect Dan Solomon and Peter Allen, urban historian and UC Berkeley doctoral candidate, will explore this crucial characteristic of the modernist vision: an optimistic belief in humanity's power to shape the future.

654 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-4015 [ map ]

Free to members $5 for non-members Okay to bring lunch