#Midcentury

A Sunday in McMansion Hell (1976)

mcmansionhell

Ok so today for my birthday I biked around the Chicago suburbs with my friend Luke to look for weird/cool houses and here are some of the houses I saw

Ward Jenkins

wardomatic

Vintage Christmas wrapping paper - a thread! #wardsmorguefile Vintage Christmas wrapping paper - Midcentury Modern Santa with trailer. #wardsmorguefile Vintage Christmas wrapping paper. #wardsmorguefile Vintage Christmas wrapping paper -

rachel syme

rachsyme

things are extremely tense still SO why not another distraction thread? show me your favorite mass-market book cover. like your favorite edition of an old classic/peak mid-century book design etc.

Theodore McCombs

mrbruff

In my research for my story "The Silent Partner," now out in this month's @fandsf (https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/current.htm ), I came across an odd detail of art history: two of the giants of

Brian Goldstein

bgoldst

It's always seemed a little tangential to ask, but can I please?Can we talk about the amazing midcentury modernism of Medgar and Myrlie Evers's home, and the ways that it

Jake Anbinder

JakeAnbinder

This was the argument Oscar Newman put forward in "Defensible Space" in the '70s, and it remains influential, but I don't think it's the consensus among urban historians anymorehttps://twitter.com/mtsw/status/134671187

Simon Sarris

simonsarris

Everything is minimal. Everything is spare. Even landscaping. Everything built is "midcentury" and "modern". There is no fat left to trim.Whatever begins a new aesthetic movement will not make economic

Ward Jenkins

wardomatic

Olivetti Typewriter ad from 1954 - design by Giovanni Pintori. #wardsmorguefile I'd like to continue this as a thread of Olivetti typewriter ads, which were a hallmark of midcentury design.

Library School Dropout

chi_geek

Angelo Esposito owned a general contractor company based out of the Harlem Office Building (1958) at 1515 North Harlem in Oak Park. He was responsible for a number of midcentury

SamuelGoldman

SWGoldman

This is moving and includes valuable suggestions for living better in hard time. But I find the background premise (shared with a lot of these arguments) that the political economy

Rebecca Levitan

LevintheMed

A current research project + an upcoming visit to the #Acropolis have got me thinking about #access, ramps, & paths in #Athens Although the city's design + hills often push

Toronto Society of Architects

ToSoArch

The TSA's first-ever Gingerbread City is now ready to explore! Come talk a (virtual) walk through this enchanting, edible cityscape and learn more about the various designs on display. @oaarchitects

Peter Kalmus

ClimateHuman

In this op-ed, I wanted to make the science and the stakes of climate heat, climate fire, and climate breakdown exceptionally clear. We have a cosmic choice to make.I wrote

D Fletcher Dunham

dfdunham

Okay, 10 bldgs that I love, but I’m staying on brand & listing (mostly) social hsg projects; in no particular order: 1: Hugo Häring’s bldgs at Berlin’s Siemensstadt, 1934, w/

Clue Heywood

ClueHeywood

I had my carpenter build a $9,000 finished wood riser for my Peloton bike in my glass-enclosed zen garden/home gym I put my Peloton bike in the center of the

Clue Heywood

ClueHeywood

Love putting my Peloton bike in the most striking area of my ultra-modern $3 million house I had my carpenter build a $9,000 finished wood riser for my Peloton bike

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