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Glidehouse - A Closer Look



Glidehouse - A Closer Look

Glidehouse employed a suite of environmental strategies in one affordable home.

Marina City - A Closer Look



Marina City - A Closer Look

Marina City was designed to encourage people to return to city living.

The Eames House - A Closer Look



The Eames House - A Closer Look

The Eames House responded to the need to approach residential buildings in new ways after World War II, creating a fresh living space from readily available building materials.

Fallingwater - A Closer Look



Fallingwater - A Closer Look

Fallingwater is an astonishing accomplishment of architecture and engineering.

The Gamble House - A Closer Look



The Gamble House - A Closer Look

The Gamble House responded to its owners’ desire for a warm, handcrafted aesthetic in harmony with nature–a direct rebuttal to mass production and the Industrial Revolution.

The Tenement - A Closer Look



The Tenement - A Closer Look

Tenements housed a booming immigrant population in New York City, but the living conditions were harsh.

Lyndhurst - A Closer Look



Lyndhurst - A Closer Look

Lyndhurst was the home of a former mayor of New York City and an influential Gothic Revival mansion.

Monticello - A Closer Look



Monticello - A Closer Look

Monticello was Thomas Jefferson’s personal home as well as his laboratory for experimenting with ideas about architecture, agriculture, and home life.

Taos Pueblo - A Closer Look



Taos Pueblo - A Closer Look

The Taos Pueblo has been occupied in current-day New Mexico for more than 600 years.

10 Homes that Changed America | Interact



Interact

Exploring great homes is an immersive and interactive experience.

Here are some interactive activities designed to bring you closer to the 10 Homes that Changed America – right here and now. Test your knowledge of the 10 homes with a matching game, learn about key architectural design elements of each of the 10 homes, explore an interactive timeline that highlights important moments in American architecture, and then give us YOUR list of which homes should have made the list!

10 Parks that Changed America | Interact



Interact

Exploring great parks is an immersive and interactive experience.

Here are some interactive activities designed to bring you closer to the 10 Parks that Changed America – right here and now. Test your knowledge of the 10 parks with a matching game, learn about key architectural design elements of each of the 10 parks, explore an interactive timeline that highlights important moments in American architecture, and then give us YOUR list of which parks should have made the list!

Ten Homes that Changed America | About



Sponsors


Major funding for 10 HOMES THAT CHANGED AMERICA is provided by:
The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation.

Additional funding is provided by:
Joan and Robert Clifford and The Walter E. Heller Foundation, in memory of Alyce DeCosta.

Funding is also provided by:
Millennium Properties R/E, Peter and Jane McNitt, Marvin and Adele Goldsmith, Mark and Lisa Pinsky, Sonia T. Marschak, and Chicago Architecture Foundation.

10 Towns that Changed America | Interact



Interact

Exploring great towns is an immersive and interactive experience.

Here are some interactive activities designed to bring you closer to the 10 Towns that Changed America – right here and now. Test your knowledge of the 10 towns with a matching game, learn about key architectural design elements of each of the 10 towns, explore an interactive timeline that highlights important moments in American architecture, and then give us YOUR list of which towns should have made the list!