Mid-Century Homes

This home in Encino, California, built in 1959, had just one original owner. Prior to the renovation, the home felt like a 1960s time capsule with wood paneling, bright red carpeted floors, and large tile retro flooring.

The renovation project took place in one of the houses designed by Jorge Zalszupin, a Polish-born Brazilian architect who became an icon of Brazilian modernism.

This fresh take on a midcentury modern low-slung ranch in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Seattle brings in tons of natural light and showcases the simple forms of a high ceiling with contrasting dark beams, and abundant wood.

This past summer, Barbara Rourke and Jason St John, founders of LA-based design studio, Bells + Whistles, completed Marrow Midcentury, a residential project in Palm Springs, CA.

This luxurious villa was built on the flank of a hill in Overijse, in the Brussels periphery in Belgium. The architect’s house from 1974 got a thorough facelift by B-Bis Architecten, without touching its soul.

This project is a full interior and exterior renovation and addition to a 1950s ranch in Mission Hills, Kansas, initially designed by William Wurster (1895-1973) as a spec house for Better Homes and Gardens.

This project is the restoration and renovation of a 1971 Californian Modernist style house by Brisbane architect Gavin Litfin.

This 1957 home was originally designed by Portland, Oregon architect Bud Oringdulph. The new owners purchased the house in its original condition, having had only two owners over its sixty years.

This project is a full interior renovation to a 1500 square foot 1950’s ranch in Prairie Village, Kansas. The goal of this project was to rework the existing floor plan to create distinct rooms while creating continuous space.

Henry Hill, a renowned architect with Bay Area roots, built the “Herspring House” in 1945 on a hillside in Kentfield, California. A classic example of the regions Second Bay Tradition, a blend of the international style and vernacular influences, the house has been lovingly cared for over the past 70 years.

Studio Hagen Hall have transformed a North London townhouse-turned-bedsit into a bright and textural 1970’s California inspired home complete with recording studio for a young musical couple.

This stunning home in Indian Wells was designed by William Cody in 1961 and was restored by Interior Designer Jessy Moss of Jessy Moss Design.

This A. Quincy Jones home was built in the 1950’s in Prairie Village, Canvas. The home needed a refresh and the owners were excited to work with their architec design and fabricate custom casework based on the original design.

Midcentury modern meets rock and roll with a nod to the old west in this Palm Springs ranch restoration.

Longueville House, nestled in a leafy residential suburb of Sydney, has undergone a spectacular renovation. The façade stays true to its original California bungalow heritage with the restoration providing a modern and functional living space for today.

This historic renovation of a midcentury home sought to honor the heritage of the home but open up the main spaces for twenty-first century living.

The original architect of this home designed the front section of the house, which was built in 1949, when he was only 14 years old. 

The house on Treasure Island, Floria, was in derelict condition and had suffered numerous remodels and additions which created a confused internal organization and external appearance.

s bought this home in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, it was extremely run down. With the help of And And And Studio, the home was stripped to its foundations and given a new lease on life.

This project aimed to restore a home to its Eichler roots while modernizing the space. It was a serendipitous beginning when the client and designer both were the same outfit on their initial meeting.

This project demonstrates a remodel and interior design updates to a post and beam 1953 hillside home in Mount Washington, Los Angeles.

This Krisel home was brought to life and modernized while carefully flowing with the original plan. The designer has long been an avid midcentury aficionado and was keen to ensure that the home would maintain the intended design of the home but enhanced for the 21st century.

This project demonstrates a contemporary post and beam renovation. The previous aesthetics are disjointed and lacked the original midcentury spirit of the home.

Like many dwellings from this period, the home has been a building site more than once during the course of its existence. In this case, the clients have owned this property going back to the 1970s.