Little Manly House is located nearby Little Manly Beach at the base of Manly’s Eastern Hill. The house enjoys oblique views across the street to the harbour to the south west while the topography rises from the rear yard to the north-east with established trees providing a green sense of enclosure to the rear of the property.
Homes
Mid-Century Home features contemporary homes and buildings designed by some of the most influential modernist architects of the 20th century and built during the mid-century period: Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, Donald Wexler, Craig Ellwood and John Lautner are few of them.
Every day we curate a selection of the most representative mid-century and contemporary style homes, to inspire and make you dream but also to share the story of their architects and owners.
We choose homes designed by architects who we believe respected the modernist principles of building, influenced their generation and set the bar for the architects to come.
A Palm-Springs Inspired Feel for an Australian Coastal MidCentury
Nestled within the Mornington Peninsula suburb of McCrae, Wattle 19 was an original mid-century home that underwent a contemporary coastal renovation and extension.
A Raw, Honest, and Simple Holiday Home With a Modernist Vibe
Bendalong Beach House is a home for a retired couple on the South Coast. It is a welcoming, casual beach house, respectful of the laid back nature of the community and designed to easily accommodate visiting family and friends.
A Free-Spirited California Home with Carefully Considered Interiors
This residence, located on a bluff above a surf break in Santa Cruz, California was designed by Commune Design in collaboration with Feldman Architecture.
An Untouched Midcentury Home with a Lava Wall gets an Upgrade
Constructed in 1968, Westwood Residence is located in the Southwest hills of Portland, Oregon on a leafy and secluded forest lot. This midcentury home had gone untouched for many years and was full of potential, featuring a lava rock wall and fireplace and forest views from every room.
An Iconic 1960s Home By the Architect of Elvis Presley’s LA Home is Restored
This iconic 1960s home was originally constructed by architect Rex Lotery (who also built Elvis and Priscilla Presely’s L.A. home).
A Palette of Stone, Brick, Timber and Copper Inform the Renovation of this Sixties Home
Ravine House, a 1960’s modernist house, set within a stunning wooded site in Sheffield, England, is a stunning example of renovation for the 21st century.
This Renovation Respects and References the Original Midcentury Style
This is a sensitive midcentury renovation to an original Merchants Builders house in Eltham, Victoria by Preston Lane Architects.
This Home Showcases an Opulent Late Modernist Interior
Mid-century architecture is so hot right now, perhaps reflecting a recognition of the optimism and innovation of this design expression.
Yellow, Orange and Red Add Warmth and Contrast to this Home
The old house is the typical double fronted Victorian weatherboard. A window each for the front bedrooms, a long high hallway. This hallway was the axis we used in siting the new extension.
This House is an Amazing Example of Brutalist Architecture
Built in 1971, the Torf House is an amazing example of brutalist architecture. Designed by Boston-area architects Mary Otis Stevens and Thomas F. McNulty, the Torf House is the last untouched example by the Stevens + McNulty team in this area.
An Airy and Light-Filled Extension in Perth
This home in Perth, Western Australia, underwent a series of additions and alterations with a particular set of pre-existing conditions.
A Severe Wind Storm Caused Massive Damage to this Wisconsin Midcentury Home
This Brookfield, Wisconsin, home was originally designed by prominent architect Michael P. Johnson, and built in 1970.
A Modest and Quirky Renovation to a Miami Midcentury
The South Miami Remix project was borne after the building of Upstairs Studio Architecture’s South Miami Bungalow. The South Miami Remix is one in the series of additions and renovations that followed.
A Modernist Renovation to a 1938 Los Angeles Home
This home in the Silver Lake neighborhood In Los Angeles sits atop a hillside with stunning views. The homeowners enlisted Annie Ritz and Daniel Rabin of And And And S
Scandi-Minimalism Meets Japanese-Inspired Undertones
This property is an architectural gem, with contemporary glass walls and an indoor pool, and is situated on 18 acres of untouched forest overlooking a private scenic pond.
Not so Fast and Furious – Jason Statham’s Midcentury Home
British actor Jason Statham bought this midcentury butterfly roof home in an enviable location just above Sunset Boulevard, one of the most iconic places in Los Angeles.
A 1958 Californian Midcentury is Elevated to Improve the Indoor-Outdoor Connection
This original 1958 midcentury home in Hermosa Beach, California, was updated with the addition of a butterfly roof, and a rooftop deck.
A Lautner Home is Restored without any Stylistic Imprint of Contemporary Design
Architects was commissioned by a film director and his philanthropist wife to renovate and modernize the iconic Wolff House in West Hollywood, designed in 1961 by the visionary architect, John Lautner, for concert pianist and interior decorator Marco Wolff.
A Forgotten Dark and Claustrophobic Colorado MidCentury gets a Light and Open Update
Clients enlisted architects to help them select an appropriate midcentury home to fit their modern-day needs and also to reinvent its almost forgotten existence into a modernist retreat.
This Renovation Honors the Californian Architecture and Brings in Modern Materials
“Mid Century Modern Resto-vation” best describes the why and the what for this iconic original Carter Sparks designed and Streng Brothers built transformation, located on the American River in Sacramento, CA.
This Ranch House Renovation Overlays the New Century with Mid-Century
Taliesin Fellow Frederick Liebhardt designed the Bishop Ranch House in 1962 for the Bishop family, at inland Monterey County.
The Entire Roof of this House Rests on the Furniture on the Perimeter of the Property
Between the public and the private, the open and closed, the inside and outside, the mobile and the fixed, the light and shadows, the natural and the artificial, the industrial and craftsmanship, between boundaries is the living space of a great friend.
A Forgotten Midcentury Home is Restored to its Roots
When Mid-Century enthusiasts purchased the original 1800sf home in Austin, Texas, it had long been forgotten about and was nearly re-claimed by the native vegetation of an adjacent creek.
A Cliff May “Dream Home” Brought Back to Life
This home in Lafayette, California, was designed by celebrated architect Cliff May – renowned for developing the surburban post-war “dream home”.
