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April 6, 2008 - 7:42PM

Home tour sets the clock back to midcentury modern

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LIGHT DESIGN: An art deco light fixture hangs in Jennifer and Matt Hibbard's modern looking Scottsdale home. Photo by Paul O'Neill/Tribune.

It’s a peek into the past — in the present. The fourth annual Modern Phoenix Expo and Home Tour brings the midcentury modern aesthetic — think bubble chairs, open floor plans and bringing the outdoors inside — back to life with two days of talks and walks.

The talks: Today’s public expo at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art includes period- and design-appropriate vendors along with a schedule of speakers on everything from “The Iconic Age of Modern Phoenix” to a (sold-out) tour of the Hotel Valley Ho.

The walks: Sunday’s self-guided tour visits seven houses designed by Charles and Arthur Schreiber in south Scottsdale, along with two other houses and several 1960s-era churches.

To whet your Atomic Age appetite, we’ve photographed three of the homes on the tour.

>> SOUNDSLIDE: Tour the Scottsdale home of David and Violet Dick

>> SOUNDSLIDE: Tour the Scottsdale home of Jennifer and Matt Hibbard

>> SOUNDSLIDE: Tour the Scottsdale home of Dave and Jill Hamblen

MODERN PHOENIX EXPO AND HOME TOUR

DINING DESIGN: Dining room at Dave and Jill Hamblen's Scottsdale home. Photo by Tim Hacker/Tribune

What: Self-guided walking tour through nine homes in the Village Grove neighborhood of Scottsdale and five 1960s-era churches

When: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, followed by a cocktail party at Design Within Reach

Where: Most houses are on Granite Reef Road between Osborn and McDowell roads

Cost: $25. Must be ordered in advance; not available day of tour.

Information: (480) 994-2787

What: Public expo including speakers and seminars on all things midcentury modern in the Valley

When: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today

Where: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374-7380 E. Second St.

Cost: Expo is free; some seminars $8-$45

Information: Schedule of events is at www.modernphoenix.net/hometour

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