This mid-century home was built by the architect Donald Olsen to serve as residence for him and his wife, while he was a member of the architecture faculty at UC Berkeley.
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The Triumph Of Modernism Today: The Goulding Summer House
The Goulding Summerhouse is a breathtaking piece of mid-century modern architecture.
Designed by Scott Tallon Walker Architects, the house is located in Co. Wicklow, Ireland,
A 1957 Mid-Century House in Beverly Hills Made For Entertaining
This mid-century home in Beverly Hills is a real beauty.
Built by architect Wayne McAllister in 1957, and renovated by Architects Marmol Radziner in the 1990s.
Modernist House in Santiago Is a Delight to Behold
Chile, this contemporary style home offers us a masterclass in pure form.
Dubbed Casa Kübler, it was completed in 2008 by 57Studio
5 Rules For Perfect Mid-Century Landscaping
By its nature, landscaping is something that often takes a peripheral role in people’s appreciation of mid-century modern homes.
But if it’s done badly it can easily ruin a perfectly beautiful home.
Interview to Nonzero Architects: The Mid-Century Architecture Specialists
Today we have a chat with Peter Grueneisen, founder of Nonzero, about his work, approach to modernist architecture and its influence on contemporary architecture.
Tactful Mid-Century Home by John Andre Gougeon
This mid-century modern house, is understated in its modern style. This is because it had to partially conform with the traditional ranch houses that surround it in the East San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.
Modern Platform House in the Japanese Yatsugatake Mountains
This solitary house in the mountains really stands out among contemporary architecture homes.
Situated on the outskirts of Nagano, Japan, it cuts razor-like into the craggy environment in which it sits.
5 Instagram Accounts About Mid-Century and Modernist Architecture
We all know that the mid-century modernism is best enjoyed visually, so here we have compiled a select list of some of our favourite Instagram accounts covering mid-century and modernist architecture.
This Beverly Hills Platform House is Full of Charm
This space-age mid-century house above Coldwater Canyon, Beverly Hills, slowly reveals its charm like a flower in bloom.
Starting with a relatively modest entrance, simple facade, and simple flat roof
Hawaiian Modernism: Craig Steely’s Minimalist Yeo House
Hawaii has quite a pedigree for modernist architecture. Indeed, this website recently covered Vladimir Ossipoff’s famous Goodsill House, which clearly captured the curious fusion of Japanese and American modernist influences
Marcel Breuer Designed House in New Canaan Connecticut
Marcel Breuer was an undisputed genius of modernist design. Best remembered for the furniture designs…
A Mid-Century, White, Palm Springs Oasis
Another week, another desert modernist delight from Palm Springs. This time, it’s a house from John Porter Clark, an architect who was active in the area during the real sweet spot of mid-century modern design.
The Case Study House Program Was the Inspiration for this House in Cupertino
This newly built house is a lovely marriage of contemporary demands and mid-century style and efficiency. Situated in Cupertino, California, and designed by William Leddy of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, it has consciously modelled itself on the Case Study House program…
The Modernist Franklin Mountain House Stands Out in the Rio Grande
Franklin Mountain House, cuts quite a solitary figure at its high position in the Rio Grande river valley, Texas.
Designed by Hazelbaker Rush architects in 2015, the house is situated in the Franklins Foothills, on a sheer hillside 800 feet above El Paso.
5 Mid-Century Homes Ready For a Sunset Party
Close your eyes and imagine the quintessential mid-century modern house setting, chances are it’s a classy evening get together between the owners and their friends, with guests spilling out from the indoors and gathered happily around the pool.
Nonzero Architects Apply Modernist Principles to Contemporary Architecture
Peter Grueneisen’s architectural practice is characterised by a rather hands on and flexible approach to modern architecture.
Such an approach partly arises from the practice architect’s background.
Le Corbusier’s Five Points at the Villa Savoye
The Villa Savoye was built by the cousins Pierre and Charles Edouard Jeanneret, the latter much better known by his pseudonym Le Corbusier. Situated in Poissy in north central France, and just outside Paris, Pierre Savoye commissioned the cousins to build the home in 1928.
A Refreshing Retreat From Taipei by Architect Marc Gerritsen
The Naked House is quite an apt name for a house so completely open to the outdoors. That said, it’s not a name you would find a period modernist house being called.
Truly, this is a distinctly contemporary take on the modernist aesthetic. Located in Ko Samui, Thailand, it was designed by architect Marc Gerritsen as his own personal residence.
A Mid-Century Australian Home Gets a Makeover
This original 1963 home is a dreamy modern beachside retreat. Built by Brian Mazlin in 1963 and situated in Pearl Beach, New South Wales, Australia, it has lately undergone a restoration by design studio TFAD
Mid-Century Modernism: A Remarkable Transformation
Modern Mailbox for MidCenturyHome Cover-photo by Darren Bradley. Sometimes when covering example after example of the…
5 Mid-century Modern Houses With Great Wood Paneling
In the mid-century modernist house, the use of natural materials is paramount. For inspiring a sense of the outdoors in the heart of the home…
Mid-Century design collector Rob, tells us how he turned his passion into a business
Modern Mailbox for MidCenturyHome Mid-century obsessive Rob, is the proprietor, along with his wife, of Modern-Mailbox,…
Modern Gem-filled Flat Overlooks Niemayer’s Ibriapuera Park
This São Paulo flat looks about as modernist as it gets. Filled with an expertly curated array of modernist furniture pieces and overlooking the Ibriapuera Park (designed by legendary Brazilian modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer and landscape designer Otávio Augusto Teixeira Mendes), it would come as no surprise to see the pictures displayed in a textbook definition of the style.
