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Building Modern in Boise
A designer reimagines classic MCM for the Boise, Idaho, climate. Once you discover your dream neighborhood, it’s time to look for your dream home. For Jed Splittgerber, a designer, this meant building modern in Boise, bringing a fresh take on familiar mid-century designs but with Idaho’s climate in mind. “I grew up in Boise, and the first house my wife and I bought was a 1959 Joe La Marche home on the Boise Bench,” Jed says. The tough search for a buildable lot in an existing neighborhood began.
Simplify Your Holiday Storage
Professional organizer Amanda Burns Clark offers her tried-and-true advice on dealing with the decorations and simplifying holiday storage. Keeping holiday decorations neat and tidy is often at the bottom of our to-do lists. If the idea of untangling your Christmas lights (again) is delaying your decorating, try these tips from professional organizer Amanda Burns Clark to simplify your holiday storage (and therefore your holiday decorating too). Photo by Valeriia Svitlini on Unsplash Set a limit.
Merry, Minimal & Modern
Deck the halls and ditch the clutter. Mid Century Modern and Minimalism go hand-in-hand, but it can be tricky to decorate for the holidays without cluttering those iconic views. Having grown up in an Eichler home, professional organizer Amanda Burns Clark is no stranger to maximizing the limited storage space, even at Christmastime. Find inspiration from her merry, minimal and modern home—sans clutter.
The Crowd Pleaser: Meet our Curb Appeal Contest Winner
Our Curb Appeal contest winner is a home wrapped in windows for a variety of views. Mitch and Kim Ernst love the way their home complements the landscape. It isn’t the only Mid Century Modern home on the block in the Old Rockbrook neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, but they’ve received compliments on the house for years. 1st Annual Curb Appeal Contest Winner! “There are six other flat-roofed, mid-century style homes on just our street alone,” Mitch says.
An MCM Landscape that Bridges Styles & Seasons
Asian influence meets modern creekside charm in this modern home’s MCM landscaping. “Our client requested that she have very little lawn,” says landscape designer James Drzewiecki. To break up space, he planted a central garden in the sun and surrounded it with flowering shrubs and perennials. Merging Mid Century Modern and Asian styles in landscaping is not a stretch.
Merry, Minimal & Modern
Deck the halls and ditch the clutter. Mid Century Modern and Minimalism go hand-in-hand, but it can be tricky to decorate for the holidays without cluttering those iconic views. Having grown up in an Eichler home, professional organizer Amanda Burns Clark is no stranger to maximizing the limited storage space, even at Christmastime. Find inspiration from her merry, minimal and modern home—sans clutter.
A. Quincy Jones Transforms the Modern Tract Home
In 1950, the Architectural Forum Magazine brought two significant Mid Century Modern minds together, launching a powerful partnership. The magazine recognized Joseph Eichler for Subdivision of the Year and A. Quincy Jones as Builder of the Year. Eichler invited Jones to tour his projects and the two designers clicked. They worked together constructing their visions as A. Quincy Jones implemented his ideas for the modern tract home.
Dan Kiley's Modern Landscapes
As Modernism was taking off in California, there were very few modern designers on the East Coast. Modern landscape architect Dan Kiley established his practice in Franconia, New Hampshire after the WWII. While in Europe, Kiley took note of the spatial elements in the geometric gardens and found similarities with the lines, planes and space of Modern architecture.
Dissolve Boundaries with Windows and Spectator Seating
Good bones in a home can set the stage for some spectacular renovations. Buttrick Projects Architecture and Design did just that with Hazel Road in Berkley, CA. Planning and designing revolved around the needs of a family with small children. They brought the outdoors in and dissolved the boundaries with full wall windows and daylighting from above. Mid Century Modern Natural Light Built in 1952, the Berkley home design needed some updates and better lighting throughout.
Pretty (and Brutalist) in Pink
Experimental retail should have the power to pull people out of their homes while giving something back to public life. Near the historic Los Angeles Beverly Center, The Webster stands out as a gentle, yet striking sculptural marvel. The soft color in the concrete works to warm up the original Brutalist shell. Designed by Adjaye Associates and completed in 2020, The Webster seamlessly blends Brutalist and Mid Century Modern styles.
Backyard Paradise: California Desert and Brazil Inspired Tropics
When blending such unique tastes in a shared home, compromise goes a long way. DJ and Page Sigband had nearly opposite preferences for their ideal desert oasis. The challenge was to combine Southern California desert and Brazil-inspired tropics. The home’s many sliding glass doors make it a short walk from the warm desert themes in the front to the swaying tropical palms in the back.
Bali meets Cali in This Tropical and Relaxing Backyard Design
Bring Bali inspiration right to your own tropical and relaxing backyard design with this Falling Waters Landscape project. The warm tones and shimmering tiles create an atmosphere so relaxing you’ll never want to leave. Spend the day in the refreshing pool and turn up the heat in the evenings with a custom firepit. Slip into the Soothing Waters Tiled with Hisbalit mosaic glass from Spain, the walls of the pool shimmer and glow with any light source.
Mid Century Modern living in lively Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas is alive with history and legend—and it’s quickly growing. Atomic Ranch’s Project House is being built just outside Austin, so we thought it a good opportunity to spotlight some of the many instances of Mid Century Modern that the area has to offer. Mid Century Modern meets Texas Minimalism Hotel San Jose has been described as a quintessential Austin hotel experience. At the heart of lively South Congress Avenue, the hotel is enclosed by fig ivy-covered stucco walls.
Grete Jalk: Revolutionary and Experimental Danish Furniture
Danish furniture designer Grete Jalk dreamed of improving the designs of a country that already had the reputation of the best manufacturing process in the world. She focused on faster, simpler, and more economical production. As she experimented with new production methods and materials, she designed beautiful pieces that were easy to make. Jalk left her mark as an influential female designer, supporting and teaching countless other female designers along the way.
Adjaye Associates' Exemplary Design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
From its approval by an Act of Congress in 2003 to its completion in 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the result of deliberate care and design. The location, surroundings, and influences would all help to develop a meaningful relationship to the site. Judges decided on Adjaye Associates’ design for this significantly historic project in partnership with Freelon Group and Davis Brody Bond.
Norma Sklarek: An Unprecedented Black Female Architect
Nineteen architectural firms rejected Norma Sklarek in her initial job searches. She faced steep discrimination, but in 1950 it was unclear whether it was because of her gender or her race. She accepted an entry-level position to get her career started but she proved that she was capable of much more. Early Years Norma Sklarek (1926-2012). First Black woman to own an architectural practice. Margo Siegel and Katherine Diamond co-owned the firm from 1985-1989.
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