This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s.” With nearly 300 architectural drawings, models, photographs, films, digital maps and artworks, “Design Agendas” is the first major exhibition to examine how interlocking civic, cultural and racial histories, as well as conflicting ideological aims, reshaped the city.
“Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s” will open Friday, Sept. 13, with a Q&A with Mumford and Willis at 5:30 p.m. in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. A public reception will immediately follow at 6:30 p.m. in the Kemper Art Museum.