This is a rehabilitation of a midcentury home in Little Rock, Arkansas. Architects were brought in to bring this home back to life. We spoke with the Jennifer Herron, AIA, to learn more about the project.
Mid-Century Houses
Mid-Century Home aspires to be the ultimate source of information on mid-century design and architecture, celebrating the stories of its key players. Our carefully curated collection of mid-century homes serves to both inspire and delight you. We feature an array of iconic homes built across the globe, spanning the United States, Australia, Europe, and South America.
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Zig-Zag Roof & Cedar Ceilings Define This Midcentury Home
When this split-level bungalow in Toronto, Canada, designed in 1955 by British-born architect Basil Capes, was listed for sale architecture buffs Anda Kubis and her husband Dean Martin just had to take a look.
This House Sets the Standard for Modernist Restoration Across the World
Loader Monteith has carefully restored High Sunderland, the 1957 modernist icon designed by Peter Womersley for internationally-renowned textile designers Bernat and Margaret Klein, which required sensitive and complex restoration after weather and fire damage in 2017.
This Home Serves as a Defining Structure for Midcentury Architecture in Kansas
Nestled in a wooded, urban lot, in Lawrence, Kansas, this authentic midcentury modern home underwent an extensive renovation to modernize the surfaces and systems while preserving the charm and essence of the original structure.
With Little Left of the Original, this Midcentury Restoration Takes the Home Back to its Roots
The Fournier residence, located in Fairway, Kansas, was originally designed by Ralph Fournier, a well-known St Louis modern architect. The design was for a semi-prefabricated home for the Modular Homes Company based in St Louis.
A Portland Midcentury Remodel Incorporates Clean and Simple Lines
Boomerang House in Portland, Oregon, underwent a full remodel. We had the chance to speak with the architects of this renovation to learn more about this project and its challenges and end result.
Natural Materials Bring Warmth and Texture to this Midcentury Home
This home displays a class midcentury modern palette, through its layers of rich timber floorboards, to oak cabinetry and darker hues.
A Midcentury Home in LA gets a Japanese-Inspired Makeover
Perched on Palmero Drive and originally built in 1955, the newly reimagined 8,400-square-foot home unfolds against a backdrop of the iconic Los Angeles skyline.
This Midcentury House Renovation Showcases an Impressive Art Collection
This renovation honors the original open concept of the house while raising the level of the home with a crisp, more streamlined aesthetic.
This Midcentury Remodel Celebrates the Full Southern California Experience
This is the full remodel of a 1951 mid-century modern home in Los Angeles. A narrow living room, dining room, and den were combined and enlarged to create a new foyer and spacious great room open to the backyard.
A Significant and Thoughtful Conservation of a 1961 Jewel Box Home
Exemplifying spatial clarity and the hallmarks of pure geometry and materiality that would come to define his larger commissions, architect Louis I. Kahn’s Margaret Esherick House represents one of nine houses built from his designs.
Iconic 1950s Vegas Home is Restored to its Original Glory
This home is located in the historic Huntridge neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada and was built in 1958. We had the chance to tour the home and meet the owners during the Home + History Las Vegas Tour as part of Nevada Preservation.
Exposed Brick, Beams and Ceilings are a Highlight of this Midcentury Home
This 1963 midcentury home near Piestewa Peak was originally designed by Architect Fredrick Fleener as a McCall’s Magazine ‘Certified’ home.
This Sydney Renovation Takes Guidance from Californian Modernists
Nestled in the Upper North Shore of Sydney, this home fuses modernist influences with a signature sense of ease and adaptability.
Reviving a Midcentury Home in an Authentic and Design-Forward Way
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.
A Respectful Brazilian Modernist Home Renovation
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 Renovation Embodies Classic Midcentury Design Principles
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 Wexler Home Juxtaposes Clean Lines with Bold Color and Shapes
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.
A Modernist Inspired Villa in Belgium is Updated Without Touching its Soul
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 Addition to a 1950’s Home Looks Like Part of the Original Design
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.
An Example of Modernist Architecture in a Sub-Tropical Context
This project is the restoration and renovation of a 1971 Californian Modernist style house by Brisbane architect Gavin Litfin.
A Midcentury Restoration that Makes Everyday Feel Like a Vacation
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.
A Colorful Renovation to a 50’s Ranch House in Kansas
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.
1945 Home is Updated with Full Reverence for its Midcentury Heritage
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.
A London Bedsit Turned into a Bright California-Inspired Home
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.