Architect Speaks on Preservation of Aluminaire House
CBS Sunday Morning interviewed Associate Professor of Architecture Frances Campani, M.Arch., for a segment detailing the storied history of Aluminaire House. First debuted at the Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition in 1931, the icon of modernist design was eventually purchased and moved to Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s Central Islip campus in 1988. Now, the building is at home in the Palm Springs Art Museum’s permanent collection.
“For a long time we were in limbo,� Campani says of the house’s previous uncertain fate. But with its newfound residence at the museum she states, “We’re very, very relieved.�