Category: Architecture

Examining Mid Century Modern architecture.

LOHA renovates the Julius Shulman Home and Studio

via LOHA renovates the Julius Shulman Home and Studio. This interesting article leads to a debate on the purity of Mid Century Modern design. Here is what I attempted to post: “There are purists that would prefer a historic house be preserved to exacting standards. However, this is not historic Williamsburg or Buckingham Palace. Personally, I don’t like…Continue reading LOHA renovates the Julius Shulman Home and Studio

Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas at Austin

via Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas at Austin. For all of those living, visiting or studying in Austin, Texas, the Blanton Museum of Art is presenting a show regarding Mid Century Modern design in Latin America. The influence of Modernism, especially in countries like Brazil, is remarkable for the intertwined nature with…Continue reading Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas at Austin

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Modern Architectural Forms of the Mid Century (Part 4)

We have dealt with various forms, styles, and ideals in modernist architecture in Parts 1, 2 and 3. We have yet to deal with a purely American Style that is spread all across the USA and especially represented in Sun Belt states that experienced a huge migration of people and industry from the east. Large…Continue reading Modern Architectural Forms of the Mid Century (Part 4)

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A Mies van der Rohe Tiny House?

This article comes from Ultra Modern Tiny House. Presently, I try to keep my passion for designing tiny dwellings separate from my interest in 20th century creativity, even though I posted a few here in the past. However, this article combines both, utilizing the designs of Philip Johnson with the Glass House and Ludwig Mies…Continue reading A Mies van der Rohe Tiny House?

Pierre Koenig, The Bailey House

The Bailey House

The Bailey House or Case Study House #21 was the creation of architect Pierre Koenig and opened in 1958. Located near Fryman Canyon Park and the famous Mulholland Drive, the Bailey House is a tour de force of mid-century architecture, although Case Study House #22 is more well-known.   Koenig was renowned for his adherence…Continue reading The Bailey House

18 midcentury modern vacation homes – including a “Homarina” and a Japanese-style tea house – Retro Renovation

via 18 midcentury modern vacation homes – including a “Homarina” and a Japanese-style tea house – Retro Renovation. Here is a treat for you! If you appreciate Mid Century Modern and tiny homes, this article features renderings of this very design subject. The tiny house movement today does not exclusively own the idea. Not far…Continue reading 18 midcentury modern vacation homes – including a “Homarina” and a Japanese-style tea house – Retro Renovation

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Modernism Exalted: The 1964 World’s Fair (And Videos)

I shall start from the end. I ask the question, “What still remains of the 1964 World’s Fair?” The location of both the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fair are presently occupied by Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Indeed, two World’s Fairs were held at the same location. Previous to the 1939 occasion, a dump…Continue reading Modernism Exalted: The 1964 World’s Fair (And Videos)

The Daphne House in Lower Hillsborough | PropertyWalk

via The Daphne House in Lower Hillsborough | PropertyWalk. Here is a beautiful, International Style, modernist house from 1961, a creation of Craig Ellwood. Craig Ellwood was a modernist architect strongly influenced by the Internationalists and produced inspiring case studies. He was influential, especially in California and influenced a generation of architects.

Looking at the role of mid-century modern in Las Vegas – Las Vegas Weekly

via Looking at the role of mid-century modern in Las Vegas – Las Vegas Weekly. Las Vegas has some groovy Mid Century Modern homes. Check out the article above and below there are some examples of Las Vegas Mid Century Modern, some of which are in the Paradise Palms area, known for Mid Century Modern:…Continue reading Looking at the role of mid-century modern in Las Vegas – Las Vegas Weekly

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Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn was born in 1901 in Parnu, Estonia and died in New York City in 1974. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he later became a professor in 1957. He was a professor of architecture at Yale University in 1947 and in 1950-51 he was architect in residence at the American Academy…Continue reading Louis Kahn

The Midwest’s Midcentury-Modern Mecca is Midland, Michigan | Summer Guide | Chicago Reader

Move over Chicago. Here comes Midland, Michigan. I thought Bartlesville, Oklahoma was full of Modernist, Organic architecture by Goff, but it appears that Midland wins with Alden B. Dow. If you are from the Mid-West, you have to read this article. via The midwest’s midcentury-modern mecca is Midland, Michigan | Summer Guide | Chicago Reader.

Arizona’s Bio-Paradise May be the Last 1970s Utopia Standing – Curbed Features – Curbed National

via Arizona’s Bio-Paradise May be the Last 1970s Utopia Standing – Curbed Features – Curbed National. If you get to Arizona and  are interested in utopian architecture, Arcosanti is well worth a view. The surrounding desert is beautiful and during a large part of the year the weather is remarkable. It is not far from…Continue reading Arizona’s Bio-Paradise May be the Last 1970s Utopia Standing – Curbed Features – Curbed National

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The New Whitney Museum

In case you don’t remember the old Whitney Museum, it was a structure designed by Marcel Breuer working with Hamilton Smith, completed in 1966. It is a strong, modernist building which fits the definition of Brutalist. Brutalist architecture shuns the strictures of the International Style and other tenets of modernist movements with boxy blocks of…Continue reading The New Whitney Museum