On display for the first time in the United States,PlayboyArchitecture, 1953–1979, explores how architecture anddesign gave a space and shape to the world ofPlayboymagazine. The show also investigates the influence ofPlayboyon the architecture and design industry. Theshow is designed by Amunátegui Valdés Architects, basedin Santiago, Chile, and is curated by Beatriz Colominaand Pep Avilés in collaboration with the PhD programof the School of Architecture and the Program in Mediaand Modernity atPrinceton University. The exhibition features an extensive collection of photographs, films,architectural models, and designed objects from the first 26 years ofPlayboy.The show will be in the Mies van der Rohe–designed McCormick House at Elmhurst Art Museum.

Playboy Architecture, 1953–1979is on view May 7–August 28 at theElmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Avenue, Elmhurst, Illinois.

(Courtesy Burt Glinn Magnum Photos)