Mid-Century Modern Architecture

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Mid Century Modern Architecture: Traits, History & Homes

Mid-century modern architecture is characterized by its flat or low-slung rooflines, walls of glass, open floor plans, and a seamless connection between indoors and out. It prized clean lines, honest materials, and function over ornament. This design style flourished from roughly 1945 to 1969 and is often associated with the postwar era in the United States and Europe. The style is more popular now than at any point since its own era, driving home sales in Palm Springs, restoration projects across the country, and a steady stream of new builds that borrow its language. 

Examples of this style listed by Internet search and accompanying descriptors, plus sometimes remarks by me:

1. Farnsworth House glass and steel

This is annold house turned into a museum. I was advised by an architect that there would be few examples of old skyscrapers in this style. This style is strongly associated with the birth of the modern suburb and most original examples will be residential buildings or generally one-story buildings.

2. Glass House Rectangular glass walls

Another house museum.

3. Seagram Building Glass and bronze

Actual skyscraper completed in 1958 in New York City. 

4. Eames House Glass and steel

Another house museum but also a Case Study House from a project Arts and Architecture magazine. It consists of two structures, one used as a residence and the other as the office of the architects who designed it and lived there and worked there.

5. Kaufmann House Indoor Outdoor Blend

6. Lovell House Steel frame structure 

7. Ministry of Education and Health Innovative concrete use

This is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's an actual skyscraper.

There are four more examples listed, all houses. If you want to apply this style to multi story buildings, you are going to be kind of inventing a tall building version of this style.

Mid-Century Modern style has seen a resurgence in popularity since the 1990s. Because there's substantial interest, you should have no trouble finding pictures, descriptions and sources. Just keep in mind that it will require a little adaptation if you want to apply it to multi story buildings.