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The report must have hit Harold Prinz right in the gut: "A non-conventional house on a non-conventional lot."

The Federal Housing Administration was flatly denying financing for the modernist architect to build his own dream home.

Standing in the hot sun and gazing at the undeveloped lot at 5016 Maple Springs Blvd., Prinz couldn't help but bite his lip. His wife, Jeanette, remembers squeezing his hand.

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It may be Jolly Old, but check out that Eames Aluminum Group low table in the center there.

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Mid-century modernization « BUILD Blog

An excellent, step-by-step primer on updating or remodeling your mid century home.

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Here's a wonderful MCM home, and by California standards, an inexpensive one to boot.

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Do you own an Eichler mid-century modern home, and need to fix something in an authentic way? Would you like to own an Eichler mid-century modern home? In either case, give The Eichler Network a try. Lots of good stuff here.

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New Work: Spruce House | New at Pentagram | Pentagram

This one is spectacular both inside and out. Read it and drool.

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Via MCMI blogpal Ed Driscoll comes this gorgeous video of Mies' iconic Farnsworth House.

I dunno, Ed. You may have switched me from the Glass House with this one.

Enjoy!

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Okay, folks, happy new year, and now back to business with a good one!

This is a great photospread. Can you imagine yourself living here?

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We have added the awesome The Mid-Century Modernist to our blogroll. A taste or two:

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Here's an appealing slide show featuring a bi-coastal architect who furnished a pair of city homes in full-tilt mid-century modern style, in San Francisco and New York. Click the pic to view the show.

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Rago Arts and Auction Center | Results | 2007

Especially for folks new to the mid-century modern world, and even for those somewhat knowledgeable, figuring out what something looks like from a written description, or what something is actually worth, may prove difficult. One way to increase your knowledge is to have in one hand the catalog of a good auction house holding a mid-century sale, and in the other hand, a "prices realized" report.

Or, in this day and age, you can turn to the internet and get it all in one place.

Click the lot numbers on the left of each entry for gorgeous pictures of each sale item.

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The Saarinen influence

The first-ever retrospective exhibition of architect Eero Saarinen's remarkable career is on view at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills through March 30.

If you live anywhere near Windsor, this would be worth a trip to see.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a Mid-Century Modern home? Why not rent one for a vacation and find out?

Rojos House - 3 Bdr Mid Century House - Vacation Rentals

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Eichler Homes

For every Eichler owner who has no idea what they are living in, and redoes the interior in 19th century New England cottage, there is an owner who knows exactly what he has, how luckyhe is, and isn't shy about saying so, loudly and often.

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The Official Predicta Television Site!

No well-dressed up-to-the-minute mid-century modern interior was complete without a Philco Predicta showing the Future Is Now for the anything-but-boobish-tube.

Only problem was the electronics weren't very futuristic at all. Today, though, you can have your electronic cake and eat it, too, with these great updated reproductions of the original Philco gem stuffed with today's latest tele-viewing technology.

No, you won't be able to see the original I Love Lucy shows. On second thought, why not? I'm sure you can watch Nick on these just as easily as the latest flat-screen wall-eater. (Thanks to Mike Hendrix!)

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Kaufmann House - Richard Neutra - Christie’s - Architecture - New York Times

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Oct. 30 — The Kaufmann House, a 1946 glass, steel and stone landmark built on the edge of this desert town by the architect Richard Neutra, has twice been at the vanguard of new movements in architecture — helping to shape postwar Modernism and later, as a result of a painstaking restoration in the mid-1990s, spurring a revived interest in mid-20th-century homes.

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Yes, you can still find them: Mid-Century Modern Homes.

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The Mid-Century Modernist: Mid-Century Modern and Rustic Can Get Along Just Fine




What a great photospread!

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Charlton Modern, Estate of the Day - Luxist

We've already done a little bit on this one, but here is a much larger photospread. As for all the snarky comments, as near as I can figure, they're coming from folks who claim to like MCM, but don't actually like MCM.

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House & Garden asks:

Which decade's style would you like to see become "in" again:  '50s?  '80s?  '90s?

One question springs to mind: What, precisely, was " '90s style?"

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Click the image to learn more about Harry Bertoia, one of the most iconic of mid-century creative minds:

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In San Francisco, where I live, this would cost you a minimum of seven figures - or more, depending on the location. You can have this one, though - and a 20 minute drive time (if I recall correctly) to the Chicago Loop - for $213,000. Click the image for more. It's being handled by Joe Kunkel of Jetset Modern, a fave of this blog. Tell him Bill Quick sent you.

 

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Here's another great photospread from one of my favorite sites, Jetset Modern. I especially love this home's interior, because Markus Lindsjö has many of the same pieces in his place that I do in mine. As usual, click the picture for the tour.

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Here's a nice little essay on the philosophy behind the interior layouts of mid-century residential architecture:



Mid-Century Modern Interiors

When mid-century modern houses were built in the 1950s and 1960s, the most striking feature of their interior was usually their open and flowing floor plan. Living room spaces flowed into the dining room, which flowed into the kitchen. A vaulted ceiling over it all really did make the core of the house one big “great room.” This was, after all, the era of “togetherness.”

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Here's a nice short photospread and review of a spectacular mid-century home in Brentwood's Crestwood neighborhood:

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Modern resurrection is a wonderful tale of how a ruined mid-century husk was rescued and re-imagined for the 21st century. Be sure and check out the full photo spread, including some spectacular interior shots, by clicking on the picture.

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Curbed LA: Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: Gossip Star's Mid-Century Modern

1) Legendary gossip columnist (Star magazine) Janet Charlton has listed her David Hyun-designed, five-bedroom Hancock Park home for $2.995 million. But the home, used for numerous TV/film shoots, including Running With Scissors, goes overboard with its mid-century modern decorations to the point that it "looks like a vintage furniture store that caters to hipster doofuses," according to Luxist.com. [Real Estalker]

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A while earlier, I posted that I really wanted a Sarfatti Triennale lamp. Well, here's another great photospread from Jet Set Modern which includes several pics of the lamp in a furnished interior: This is a Keck & Keck home, so don't miss the architectural details!

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Here's another photospread from Jetset Modern I like a lot:

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In truth, they probably didn't have lofts like these back in the 'Fifties.  But they do now.

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From YouTube comes this nicely done introductory video to the basics of mid-century modernism.

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Jetset - Designs for Modern Living: Modern Interiors features some gorgeous homes. This is one of my favorites:

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Hi!

Welcome to Mid-Century Modern Interiors.

I confess I started this blog to scratch my own itch, which is my appreciation of the design, architecture, furnishings, art, electronics, and all the rest that made up that remarkable explosion of brilliance and creativity that began in America immediately after the end of WWII and continued for another twelve or so years, say from 1946 to 1958.

The Web is a wonderful place, full of treasures almost too numerous to count, but the problem is finding them. What I hope to do here is to establish a general and wide-ranging repository for all things relating to mid-century interior design, with an emphasis on photographic and video presentations of the interiors, architecture, and popular culture I enjoyed and loved so much.

I will do as much as I can, but I confess, the task will be easier with your help. So I'm asking you for your own contributions, your photos or videos, or your stories and reminiscences of either the past or the present rooms that have made you happy or thrilled you with the descovery of a new way of living, and a new way of looking at the way you live.

Just so you know where I am coming from, here are a couple of snaps of my own living room. I hope you enjoy them!

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