CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/18/2026

Westweek 2026 kicks off with Christopher Rawlins discussing Fire Island and the Modernist Beach House

Wednesday, March 18, from 9–10:15 AM, Westweek annual design market presents a kickoff breakfast and talk with architect and Fire Island Modernist author Christopher Rawlins, who will speak on Fire Island and the Modernist Beach House: Its Past, Present and Future. Register for the event, at Mimi London showroom, Suite B-396, here!

Architect Christopher Rawlins is the best-selling author of Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction, newly reissued in an expanded edition. He is also the founder of the Pines Modern conservancy and the Principal of Rawlins Design. Having centered the midcentury beach house as an object of cultural and architectural significance, Rawlins now restores them. He is also pioneering new, resilient vacation home designs in an era of climate change.

Please join this festive Westweek kickoff event as Rawlins recounts his journey through the past, present and future of the modern vacation home. A book signing will take place after the talk.

Westweek Kick-Off Breakfast and Talk with Christopher Rawlins Wednesday, March 18, 9–10:15 AM
Mimi London, Suite B-396
Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069