Was there ever a more optimistic time in the US of A than the 1950s? Seems like a lot of thought went into the swell future with push-button homes and jet-engined cars (some fly, some don’t) in the garage. Architect Paul Laszlo had his own vision of living in 2004 as seen from 1954: Link: TIME: […]
Once upon a time in mid-century USA, airports were neat places to see and experience. Not at all like today where you are subjected to a dreaded, purgatorian visit to the sterile lockdown. That gets you prepared for boarding the winged Greyhound bus…Oh well, I’m just getting wound up now, so let’s take a look […]
In a brilliant entry, Build LLC’s Build Blog has posted the ”10 Forgotten Lessons” that were fundamental to modern architecture in the Mid-Century. The lessons were taken from a tour of a well-preserved home designed by Paul Kirk (see another Paul Kirk house here). Here are a few of the 10 Lessons: Keep it simple. Connecting […]
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