Category Archives: Modern Architecture
Some Ideas for Midcentury Style Fencing
By — Ted Cleary, ASLA / Studio Cleary Landscape Architecture Guest Blogger When it comes to creating a period landscape for your Midcentury Modern home, it’s all about the garden geometry and the hardscaping. Plants are plants; they don’t care whether …
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Introducing Eero Saarinen – Architect & Designer
Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like …
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5 Reasons Modern Homes are on the Rise
I have known, like many of my readers, that modern homes are on the rise. Here are some key and overly enticing reasons as to why. But first I wanted to reach out to my friends and fans to see …
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Posted in Local Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Century Modern Realtor, Modern Architecture, Modern Art, Modern Building Design, Modern Decor
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Buy A Modern Home & Become Famous!
Have you ever noticed hollywoods obsession with modernism and mid-century modern homes? No? Well let me fill you in! The modern home owner is often thought to be smart, successful and cool. Naturally commercials, print ads and film want you …
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Posted in Decorative Exterior, Decorative Interior, Local Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Century Modern Events, Mid-Century Modern Fabrics, Mid-Century Modern Realtor, Mid-Century Modern Retro, Modern Architecture, Modern Art, Modern Building Design, Modern Decor, Modern Doors, Modern Fireplaces, Modern Furniture, Modern Garden, Modern Home Amenities, Modern Interior Design, Modern Lights, Modern Patterns, Modern Resources, Modern Shopping
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Modern Homes Road Trip – Part 3
Our third and final blog post about our latest road trip focuses on the Tonic Design home in Raleigh, NC. I mentioned this home in the first part of this series on my blog. While looking for a lunch spot …
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Posted in Mid-Century Modern Home Tour, Modern Architecture, Modern Building Design, Raleigh, NC
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Modern Homes Road Trip – Part 1
Time for a road trip to find some Mid-Century Modern homes! I love driving around discovering mod gems from the atomic era. This time we went to Raleigh to George Smart’s (Triangle Modernist Houses) annual Holiday Bash! Mark and I …
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Posted in Decorative Exterior, Modern Architecture, Modern Building Design, Raleigh, NC
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Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: Architecture + Film Event
DECEMBER 16 Architecture + Film The Bechtler will be screening Koolhaas HouseLife. Built in 1998, the Maison à Bordeaux by Rem Koolhaas. Reception at 6 p.m. Presentation and film at 7 p.m. Visit the Bechtler website for more information.
Posted in Architect Bio, Charlotte, NC, Local Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Century Modern Events, Modern Architecture, Modern Art, Modern Building Design
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The Perfect MCM Gift for Your Little Girls’ Christmas
Are you obsessed with keeping YOUR house mid-century modern? Give your little girl the same passion with these magnificent doll houses. These houses look so real it will make you jealous. The time and effort put into these little models …
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Posted in Mid-Century Modern Gifts, Mid-Century Modern Holidays, Modern Architecture, Modern Shopping
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Introducing Peter Tart – architect
The firm of Peter Tart architect, located in Charlotte, NC, has been serving clients since 1999.
Posted in Architect Bio, Charlotte, NC, Local Mid-Century Modern, Modern Architecture
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The Modern Cabin
Are you dreaming of escaping off into the fall colors, surrounded by nothing but nature or the sound of bubbling brook? Are you thinking of buying a little piece of land nestled in the mountains and building a private little modern getaway? Modern cabins are starting to pop up all around us. Here are just a few that I ran across – WOW.
Let’s start with the Hill House by David Coleman Architecture.
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