MidCentArc

Save Dorothy Shipley White’s House

Mitchell/Giurgola – Dorothy Shipley White Residence – 717 Glengarry Road, Philadelphia, PA 1963

Hidden City just posted an article about the terrible condition of this house and the efforts being made to save it – Advocates Mobilize to Save a Mid-Century Modern Icon

In 1965, Progressive Architecture published this article:

Nomination Form @ Philadelphia…

MidCentury Architecture Archives: The Australian Women's Weekly

The Australian Women’s Weekly Collection 1950 – 1970

Welcome – In here you’ll find a collection of over 20 years worth of Midcentury Modern articles from The Australian Women’s Weekly magazine. You can scroll through the pages here or click to be taken to our flickr page for much larger images.

Enjoy!

All images are for educational purposes and are under copyright of creators and…

MidCentury Architecture Archives: House & Garden

House & Garden Collection 1938 – 1970

Welcome – In here you’ll find a collection of over 20 years worth of Midcentury Modern articles from House & Garden magazine. You can scroll through the pages here or click to be taken to our flickr page for much larger images.

Enjoy!

All images are for educational purposes and are under copyright of creators and owners.

House & Garden 1938,…

MidCentury Architecture Archives – Better Homes & Gardens Collection

1949 – 1970

Welcome – In here you’ll find a collection of over 20 years worth of Midcentury Modern articles from Better Homes & Gardens magazine. You can scroll through the pages here or click to be taken to our flickr page for much larger images.

Enjoy!

All images are for educational purposes and are under copyright of creators and owners.

Eero Saarinen – J. Irwin and Xenia Miller Residence, Columbus, IN – 1958

House & Garden – February 1959

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McGlashan Everist – Guss Residence – 18 Yarra St, Kew – 1961

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Eduardo Catalano – Catalano Residence – Raleigh, NC (demolished 2001)

Short movie showing the last days of the house before being demolished in 2001 and its glory days back in 1954 when it was built.

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FINE THOUGHTS: A Story About a House and a Vision – Arch E. Lynch

The Passing of a Legend, an Opportunity Lost

  In 1961 & 1962, Schlage had an ad campaign using architects to design entries to homes. It’s a great way to sell a doorknob. Don’t know the history of this, but some of the architects (Anshen & Allen, Campbell & Wong and Rockrise) are still known of today. The others, Cohen, Pettersen and Wright (that’s Ernest), not so much unfortunately. Architect: Anshen & Allen – 1961 Architect: B. Clyde…

Don Knorr – Case Study House No. 19 (1957)

Designed for a young couple and their son, this unbuilt design by Don Knorr was the first home in the Case Study program to be located outside southern California. The H-shaped plan consisted of the child’s bedroom and play area as well as the guest quarters. The other wing of the house, connected to the first wing by a glazed hallway, held the master bedroom, dining room, kitchen and study. This…

Don Knorr – Hilmer Residence, Mercedes Ln, Atherton, CA (1956)

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A. Quincy Jones & Frederick E. Emmons – X-100, 1586 Lexington Ave. San Mateo, CA – 1956

According to the CA Modernist, Dave Weinstein, over at the Eicher Network, the X-100 is likely to be placed on the National Register this April. It is being restored by its owner, Marty Arbunich, Eichler Network director and CA-Modern magazine publisher. So, we should see it looking a lot like you see it here. Go check out the article – Eichler’s X-100 Aims for the National Register (more…)

Kenneth Lind – Pacific Palisades, CA (1949)

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Thornton Ladd – Lillian B Ladd Residence (Hilltop House), Pasadena, CA (1951)

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Hugo V. Neuhaus – Neuhaus Residence – Lazy Ln, Houston, TX (1950)

From: House & Garden, 1954

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George Vernon Russell – Mallikin Residence – Southern California (1960)

Arts & Architecture, October 1960

Arts & Architecture, September 1963

Edward (Ted) Grenzbach – Staude Residence (1960)

From Wiehle-Carr: Set far back from the street, this superior two-story modern residence was designed for a sculptor (EV Staude)and her husband by one of LA’s premier architects of the post World War 2 period. A working studio at the rear of the property by Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced designer Ted van Fossen had preceded the house, as had the 20′ x 40′ swimming pool near the front, and its…

John Lautner – Elrod Residence

House & Garden 1969