Even though I am used to show mid century modern houses decorated with natural textures and materials, the typical 50s and 60s houses often had rich and bold colours that helped to highlight, unify and divide the inner spaces.
The monotonous palette of the war period interiors were replaced by dazzling tints during the 50s.
The idea behind the so called โAmerican Mid Century Modern Houseโ -with its open floor plan, functional areas and cubic shape- has its origins in the works of Le Corbusier and other European architects later absorbed and regionalized by the masters of American architecture.
Basically, Dwell and the Pacific Standard Time asked to Dwellโs readers to โConstruct a model of an original mid century modern home inspired by iconic California mid-century modern architecture.โ They had more than 100 entries and now its up to us to vote the best ones.
