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“An American Masterpiece”
Dwell.com recently published an article by J. Michael Welton that discusses the restoration of Richard Meier-designed Douglas House by the home’s new owners. Constructed in 1973, the Douglas House is, as Lissa Edwards notes, a “daring, liberating engineering and design feat … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Douglas House, Harbor Springs, Michigan, Modernism, Richard Meier
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General Motors Technical Center National Historic Landmark RFP
The State Historic Preservation Office of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to develop a National Historic Landmark nomination for the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, designed by Eero Saarinen. The … Continue reading
Taliesin, 1933
According to the descriptions, the two videos below were created by Alden B. Dow in the summer of 1933 at Taliesin. The narrator is William Wesley Peters. The videos provide an intimate look into the casual side of life at … Continue reading
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Tagged Alden B. Dow, Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Modernism, Spring Green, Taliesin, Willliam Wesley Peters, Wisconsin
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Volunteer Opportunity at the Alden B. Dow Home & Studio
Here is your opportunity to “Be part of one of the “Coolest Homes in America“. The Alden B. Dow Home & Studio is “looking for enthusiastic people to help us share this National Historic Landmark! If you are interested in … Continue reading
Saarinen’s Holmdel, NJ, Bell Laboratory
If you’ve an interest in Eero Saarinen or the development of corporate campus architecture and design, you may find this series of early videos enjoyable. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long, and they date from pre- through post-construction and provide … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell, Corporate Campus, Eero Saarinen, Homdel, New Jersey
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Powers of Ten
One of the principles Eliel Saarinen taught his students was to consider an object in its next larger context. If you’ve not seen “Powers of Ten”, the Eameses demonstrate Saarinen’s principle beautifully in this video posted to YouTube by the … Continue reading
Just “like Mr. Wright intended it.”
On Wednesday, March 23, Curbed.com posted an article by Sarah Firshein about the Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Doroty Turkel House in Detroit. Originally designed the two-story house for Dorothy Turkel in 1956, the house is also an example of Wright’s Usonian … Continue reading
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“The Last Dymaxion”
Author, designer, engineer, futurist, and inventor – just a few words that describe the dynamic R. Buckminster Fuller. On January 13, 2011, the New York Times featured a piece written by Eve M. Kahn regarding a new Fuller documentary, The … Continue reading
MCM Furniture Auction
Fans of George Nelson, Charles Eames, Herman Miller, and other mid-century modern designers and companies may be interested to know that Augusta-Richmond County Public Library in Augusta, Georgia, will be holding an online auction beginning on January 15, 2011, and … Continue reading
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“What’s My Line?”
In case you missed it, on August 12, 2010, Lee Bey, executive director of the Chicago Central Area Committee, posted a video of Frank Lloyd Wright appearing on the 1950s-60s game show What’s My Line? on his Lee Bey’s Chicago: … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Game Show, Lee Bey, What's My Line?
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