Do you love the modern-era homes in the San Fernando Valley? Want to see inside some of the most notable examples of mid-century architecture? The Los Angeles Conservancy's modernism committee has arranged to have six homes open, with docents on hand to give tours, on Sunday October 29 from 10 am to 4 pm. You need a ticket from the Conservancy, then you make the driving circuit on your own in whatever order you prefer. The homes that will be open:

* The Adams House (Lloyd Wright, 1939; Reseda), a small brick-and-redwood home designed by Lloyd Wright with “ideas and suggestions” by his father Frank Lloyd Wright, and built by the current owner’s father-in-law in a remarkable story filled with details and Valley history.

* The Eventmakers Estate (D. Wallace Benton & Donald G. Park, 1961; Sherman Oaks), a beautifully designed and richly appointed custom home recently featured in Sunset magazine.

* The Coolidge/Walcott Residence (1956; Encino), one of a small group of striking homes with elements of both the “spectacular” and the “vernacular.”

* A home in Meadowlark Park( Edward H. Fickett, 1950-53; Reseda), based loosely on the ranch house and designed by Fickett, who greatly influenced innovative, mass-produced postwar housing.

* Two homes in Corbin Palms (Dan Palmer & William Krisel , 1954-55; Woodland Hills), showing distinct approaches to vernacular modernism by the firm that designed nearly 4,000 residences in the San Fernando valley alone.

Tickets for Spectacular/Vernacular are $25 for Conservancy members, $30 for everyone else. Order form.