Le Corbusier Chaise Lounge
Designed by Le Corbusier in association with his partner, Charlotte Periand, and used in the furnishing of his Villa d'Avray, this is the first chaise t...
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Mies van der Rohe Tugendhat chair
This chair was designed, like the Brno for the Tugendhat House.
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Le Corbusier Villa Savoye, Poissy
The Villa Savoye seems to grow from the interior, almost as though reacting against any form of external 'front', thanks to a central force, which is al...
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Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House turns concrete roof shells into a harbor landmark, shaped by Jørn Utzon’s design and a demanding process of construction.
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Mid Century Modern Albuquerque, New Mexico Ranch
COST FACTS:$19,000 in 1951. 2500 square feet at $7.60 per square foot.
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Mid-Century Modernn New Orleans, Louisiana House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Page COST FACTS:$17,000 in 1950. 1500 square feet at $11.20 per square foot. MATERIALS: Brick bearing walls (exposed on bot...
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Edward Elliot Mid Century Modern Birmingham, Michigan House
OWNER: Mrs. D. K. Roosevelt COST FACTS:$19,500 in 1951. 1490 square feet (counting carport, etc. as one-third) at $13.10 per square foot, including stor...
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Mid Century Modern Mill Valley, California House
OWNER: John Garden Campbell COST FACTS: $5,000 (without architect's fee), in 1952. 540 square feet.
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Conrad Green North Kingstown, Rhode Island House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Crosby COST FACTS:$4,000 in 1949, exclusive of water supply system, cesspool and plumbing fixtures. The pump pit with pressur...
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Mid Century Modern Pleasantville, New York Wedge House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. John Masson COST FACTS: $13,000 in 1951-52. Square footage: house 1012, terrace 210 (figured at one-half) at $11.50 per square foot.
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David Henken Modern Pleasantville, New York Round House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. George Brody COST FACTS: $20,000 in 1950-51, including built-in furniture and carport masonry. Square footage: house 1080; basement...
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Mid Century Modern Seattle, Washington Family House
OWNER: Dwight H. Panchot COST FACTS:Approximately $20,000 in 1950 (not including special equipment). 1654 square feet at approximately $12 per square foot.
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Mid Century Modern Sausalito, California House
COST FACTS:$17,000 in 1950. House 1250 square feet (carport 400; stair, deck and storage 500; figured at one-half), at $10 per square foot.
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MId Century Modern Paul Hayden Seattle, Washington House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. S. Blair Kirk COST FACTS:$10,500 in 1950.825 square feet at $12.75 per square foot.
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Mid Century Modern Shelburne, Vermont House
OWNER: Mrs. Carlton Ryan COST FACTS:$18,932 in 1951. 1260 square feet at $15.02 per square foot.
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Henry Hebbeln Mid Century Modern Tryon, North Carolina House
COST FACTS: $9,000 in 1949. 760 square feet at $12 per square foot. Cost includes built-in furniture.
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Mid Century Modern Mario Corbett Vina, California House
OWNER: Moritz Thomsen COST FACTS: $16,500 in 1950. 1344 square feet at approximately $12 per square foot.
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Modern Norman Nagle Washington County, Minnesota House
COST FACTS: $18,900 in 1951, including all built-in furniture. 1400 square feet at $13.50 per square foot.
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Mid Century Modern West Los Angeles, California House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rubin COST FACTS:$19,300 in 1952. Square footage: 1650 for house, 400 carport, 35 for storage. About $11 per square foot.
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Eames House, Pacific Palisades
Charles and Ray Eames combined a steel-framed home and studio with a preserved meadow in their 1949 Case Study House No. 8.
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Edith Farnsworth House, Plano
Mies van der Rohe’s 1951 Edith Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, arranges a transparent living space above the Fox River landscape.
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Fallingwater, Mill Run
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater places the Kaufmann family’s Pennsylvania vacation house above a waterfall within the Bear Run landscape.
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Villa Mairea, Noormarkku
Villa Mairea combines modern planning with timber, stone and garden spaces in the Aaltos’ experimental home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.
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Glass House, New Canaan
Philip Johnson’s 1949 Glass House in New Canaan uses transparent walls and carefully placed furniture to frame its wooded landscape.
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Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht
The Rietveld Schröder House turns De Stijl geometry into a flexible home, with sliding walls that transform its upper floor between day and night.
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Kaufmann Desert House, Palm Springs
Richard Neutra organized the Kaufmann Desert House around projecting wings, sheltered outdoor rooms and broad views of the Palm Springs landscape.
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Stahl House, Los Angeles
Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House uses glass, steel and deep roof overhangs to make a steep Hollywood Hills site into an expansive setting for domestic life.
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Gropius House, Lincoln
Walter Gropius combined New England materials with Bauhaus planning and furnishings in his 1938 family house in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
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Schindler House, West Hollywood
R. M. Schindler’s Kings Road house joined individual studios, shared facilities and garden courts in an early experiment in communal California living.
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Villa Tugendhat, Brno
Villa Tugendhat combines a steel frame, a flowing living area and richly finished partitions in Mies van der Rohe’s hillside house in Brno.
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Sony TR-55 transistor radio
Sony’s TR-55 of 1955 used five transistors developed in-house, bringing a compact portable radio into Japan’s postwar consumer landscape.
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Mies van der Rohe BRNO chair
This chair was designed for the Tugendhat House in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Much greater strength is achieved in this design, visually and physically, by t...
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