Mid-Century Modern architecture

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · Jun 18, 2014 (Edited)

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This thread is for any modernist building from the mid '40s to the mid '70s! This includes functionalism, expressionism, googie, and other styles considered 'modern' in this time period.

Lake House, Issaquah, Washington, USA (1963)
Architect: Unknown

Nakoma Residence, Dallas, Texas (1951)
Architect: Howard R. Meyer

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #321 · Jan 1, 2015

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One of Canada's first modernist skyscrapers:
Electra Building, Vancouver, BC (1957)

Excuse the ugly armchairs - those are not mid century modern.

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #322 · Jan 1, 2015

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Peter Hemingway Pool, Edmonton, AB, Canada (1968)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #323 · Jan 1, 2015

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H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada (1968)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #324 · Jan 1, 2015

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Concept housing, France (1960)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #325 · Jan 2, 2015 (Edited)

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Ingalls Rink, New Haven, CT, USA (1958)
Architect: Eero Saarinen

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #326 · Jan 3, 2015

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Haus der Bürgerschaft, Bremen, Germany (1966)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #327 · Jan 3, 2015

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Council House, Perth, Australia (1963)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #328 · Jan 4, 2015

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Jack Colker 76 Station, Beverly Hills, CA, USA (1965)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #329 · Jan 5, 2015

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Samuel Ford House, Aurora, IL, USA (1949)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #330 · Jan 5, 2015

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McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Detroit, MI, USA (1958)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #331 · Jan 8, 2015

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Elrod House, Palm Springs, CA, USA (1968)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #332 · Jan 8, 2015 (Edited)

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Maison Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (1956)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #333 · Jan 8, 2015

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Alton West Estate, Surrey, UK (1959)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #334 · Jan 8, 2015

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Centre Le Corbusier, Zürich, Switzerland (1967)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #335 · Jan 8, 2015

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Ford Foundation, New York City, NY, USA (1967)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #336 · Jan 9, 2015

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Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia (1967)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #337 · Jan 9, 2015 (Edited)

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #338 · Jan 9, 2015

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Bergrish Lecture Hall, New York City, USA (1964)

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Brucey7

· #339 · Jan 9, 2015

ThatOneGuy said:
Alton West Estate, Surrey, UK (1959)

More dystopian nightmare than mid-century masterpiece compared to the other buildings in this thread.

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ThatOneGuy

Discussion Starter · #340 · Jan 9, 2015

I disagree. They are like the Corbusier estate which is quite successful.

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