Funding Source: Beinecke Library, Yale University; Arcus Foundation – Through a series of case studies, my book-in-progress examines the ways in which “unconventional” clients – men and women who stood apart from social norms by virtue of their sexuality or alternative ways of living – and their architects used hybrid designs and unusual planning strategies to create public facades (both literal and figurative) that shielded private enclaves behind blank Modern walls or deceptively traditional exteriors.