The Smith Residence is a shining example of architect Donald Wexler’s desert modernism.
Situated in Palm Springs, it is one of a number of homes that Wexler built in the area.
The Smith Residence is a shining example of architect Donald Wexler’s desert modernism.
Situated in Palm Springs, it is one of a number of homes that Wexler built in the area.
For an LA-based builder of celebrity houses, information on Robert L. Earl is peculiarly elusive. This architect has managed to establish himself as an architect to the stars while also maintaining a remarkable level of anonymity.
One of the country’s most highly regarded living architects, Muller designed the Bynya House in 1954 for his own family. Situated in a northern beachside suburb of Sydney,
“The Homewood” was the first major project of British modernist architect Patrick Gwynne, built for his family in Esher, Surrey, England. Completed in 1938.
Completed in 1952, a year before the influential “Design in Scandinavia” exhibition, the Bendit House offers an interesting glimpse of mid-century design.
Weston, Massuchesetts is home to one of architect Henry Hoover’s most remarkable midcentury houses. Built for Kenneth and Polly Germeshausen in 1958, it is representative of the late period in Hoover’s work.
The early 1930s proved a dazzling time for Richard Neutra. The decade began with the architect receiving widespread acclaim following the completion of his path-breaking Lovell Health House in 1929.
In 1950, the December issue of the magazine Architectural Forum featured a “Builder’s House of the Year”. It was designed by the architect A. Quincy Jones.
Richard Neutra’s Bucerius house is situated in the Brione sopra Minusio municipality in the Locarno district of Swizerland.
It was commissioned by one of the founders of the German newspaper Die Zeit.
Last week, on 10 December, prominent Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom sadly passed away…
Rockwell’s private house in the suburb Olympia Fields, outside of Chicago, is what many would call a marvelous work of modernism.
This home was built and designed by Rockwell himself to serve as personal living space in 1964.
The legendary mid-century architect William F. Cody was a difficult man to pigeonhole. There exist few buildings that could really explain his style and many of his larger scale projects were quite eccentric, curved in some instances, in others borderline Googie.
Phil Coffman belongs in that category of lucky people that grew up in a Mid-century Modern house, and over time Phil has learned the value of his father’s Arkansas Mid-Century Modern home: The Chambers House.
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Das Canoas House in 1951 as family home.
The house is considered amongst the most significant designs of modernist architecture to exist in Brazil.
The designs of architect Rodney Walker’s Case Study homes are known and celebrated worldwide. However, his 4300 square-foot residence, known as the Rodney Walker Residence in Ojai, California, is relatively unknown.
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Architects Dan Palmer and William Krisel, designed Modernist tract homes that established the foundations for Southern California’s suburban boom during the mid-century period.
The Joel E. Ferris II House is a superb example of how Mid-century Modern architecture can integrate people and nature.
The house was designed for Mary Jean and Joel E. Ferris II by architect Bruce Walker in 1954 and built in Spokane, WA.
Andrew Weaving is a successful author specialising in Mid-century Modern architecture and design. He has written several titles on the subject – ‘Modern Retro’, ‘Sarasota Modern’ and ‘Living Retro’ to name a few.
John Lautner was famous for designing vibrant and full of life houses. Many of his buildings were included in famous movies, music videos and fashion photo shootings because of their dramatic flair and beauty.
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House is one of the most iconic buildings in the history of Modernist architecture.
Designed in 1945 and built in 1951 for the successful Chicago doctor Edith Farnsworth.
Architects Palmer and Krisel run one of the most prolific American architecture firms of the mid-century period.
The significantly contributed to create Palm Springs’ fame as mid-century modern architecture dream and destination.