This one is rather close to home for us L+L folks... one of us grew up in Pasadena and was inspired by the local architectural tradition from a very early age. Though Pasadena is perhaps best known for Arts and Crafts architecture, especially Greene & Greene and the Gamble House, the city boasts a significant collection postwar residential, commercial and institutional structures.

Lecture: The Modern Suburban Paradise - March 16, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Tour: Pasadena Modern Tour - March 20, 2005, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Link: Pasadena Heritage

TOUR:
The tour will be a "drive-yourself tour" of privately owned homes "built during the 1950's and early 1960's, showcasing a new generation of architects who combined a concern for landscape and site relationships, the use of natural materials, and innovative building technologies to create a new regional architecture." Featured architects include Harold Zook; Buff, Straub, & Hensman; and Kelsy & Ladd.