Word: koenig
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vacationing New Yorkers Jerry Koenig and Mary Geissman jaunted in their posh gray sedan from the 400-year-old stone house overlooking the narrow paths of medieval Padua, Italy, to the modern ski condo in Asiago, Italy, they had time to reflect on how breathtaking the vineyard-dotted Po Valley is...and how the house, the condo and the car had cost them not a cent. All three came in exchange for use of their two-bedroom apartment in New York City...
Tour operators know a good market when they see one. And grandparents, at more than 60 million strong today and expected to increase to as many as 100 million by 2010, are clearly a cash reserve waiting to be tapped. So, many travel agents now offer intergenerational packages. Helena Koenig's Grandtravel is, well, the grandmother of them all. Long ago, when Koenig was just a parent, she noticed that the most successful outings she had with her kids were the ones in which she allowed each child to invite a friend. Fourteen years ago, after launching a successful travel...
...with low or no budgets can indulge their interest in the '50s in the photo-filled pages of magazines like Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor and Wallpaper* (which, like TIME, is owned by Time Warner). A slew of books have come out this year, including lush coffee-table tomes on Koenig, Frey, Lautner and the photographer most closely associated with the era, Julius Shulman...
...repackaging them for easier and faster consumption. Witness the mini glam-rock revival rippling through the culture just this month. Regard for the Contemporary style, as this breed of modernism is often known, has risen steadily, however. "After living in one of these homes for a week," says Koenig of his designs, "people can never go back to a conventional house with little windows...
...current renaissance in midcentury modernism is particularly sweet for Koenig, 73, who has lived long enough to become cool twice. A life-size replica of his famous Case Study house 22 in a 1989 exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art caused a new legion of fans and clients to seek him out. In addition to restoring Cracchiolo's house, the architect has a new project in Carmel Valley and recently finished a house in Santa Monica Canyon. Koenig, who teaches at the University of Southern California, isn't completely happy with his lot, though. He wishes...