Mid-Century Modern Houses

Mid-Century Modern Houses

New Life for a Modern Garden House

This historic Pittsburgh house was built in 1947. WIth its window wall and open plan, it lives large at just 1170 square feet.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

Books That Explore Residential Mid-century Modernism

An extensive list of Mid-century Modernism books.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

A West Coast 1957 Modern House

Smitten by terrazzo floors and expanses of glass, ancient California live oaks and a sublime simplicity, a family restores a 1957 Modern house to its original integrity.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

Modern Houses 1932–1970

An introduction begins with the generation after the bungalow.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

Barbie’s Mid-Century Modern Ranch

See Babs’ first dream house—a stylish Mid-century Modern Ranch.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

A Mid-Century Modern Marvel in Delaware

A Mid-century Modern house stays true to its era.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

Preserving a 1950s Lustron House

Lustron houses are prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post-World War II era United States in response to the shortage of homes for returning GIs.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

An Intact Mid-Century Ranch House

See inside a 1948 Mid-Century Ranch in Portland.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

Mid-Century Modern Houses in Palm Springs

The desert oasis of Palm Springs, California, offers a deep well of mid-century modern architecture.

Mid-Century Modern Houses

At Home in the Granger

Have you watched the PBS special on Frank Lloyd Wright? Mark Seeger and Jeff Harper, in the market for a new home, were visiting a house they’d seen listed in the newspaper when the inquisition began. Do you know the history of this home? “I think we were being vetted,” says Mark a decade later, as he recounts the surprising questions the home’s seller posed, “to make sure we were going to be good stewards of this house.”

Mid-Century Modern Houses

A Post-Fire Bauhaus Rehab

In the hot real-estate market of 2004, it took a true “fire sale” to find our home—a 1949 cinderblock house that had suffered major damage from a serious blaze. We purchased it “as is.”