Edmund Bennett was one of the leading builders of  mid-century modern (or “contemporary” as they were called at the time) homes in the DC area.  In addition to Carderock Springs, New Mark Commons and Potomac Overlook, his team of architects–which included at various times Arthur Keyes, Chloethial Woodard Smith, David Condon, Nicholas Satterlee and Francis [...]

The 1966 September issue of House and Garden picked the Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon “Atrium” design to be its House of Color. The house is a flat-roof, two-level home with the main floor rooms forming a U around a glass-walled (sans roof) atrium. The listing for one of only half-a-dozen of these designs in Carderock Springs [...]

(Sold) This newly listed mid-century modern home is located in Flint Hill, a community of 40 homes designed by Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon and built by Edmund Bennett. The National Association of Home Builders gave Bennett a design merit award in 1959 for the community. An unassuming front facade opens up to a dramatic rear [...]

This 1965 Glenmore model located in Carderock Springs in Bethesda is open Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. The 4/3 Glenmore features an open staircase and cantilevered balcony off the open living room with wall of glass. See images here. Carderock, built by Edmund Bennett, was placed on the National Register for Historic Places early [...]

I recently toured this wood-and-brick clad MCM in Bradley Hills Grove in Bethesda. With walls of glass and perched on a tree-covered hill at the end of a cul-de-sac, this 4/2.5 house upholds the mid-century modernist ethos of blending outdoor and indoor spaces. Look at the view of the trees from the living room and [...]

I mentioned this house earlier as part of another post but wanted to mention again since it is open this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. This 1958 MCM is the work of developer Edmund J. Bennett and his go-to architectural firm of Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon, which also worked with Bennett to design Carderock [...]

If you have been thinking about checking out Carderock Springs in Bethesda, now may be a good time to look. Here are eight houses for sale in the community; six of them are open today. Carderock, built by Edmund Bennett and designed by the MCM architecture team of Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon, was named earlier [...]

The former home of Carderock Springs developer Edmund Bennett, one of the leading mid-century modern forces in the Washington area, is back on the market for nearly $700K less than last year. (I first wrote about it here.) It took Bennett five years to design the contemporary home, which was built in 1973. He worked [...]

Taschen in SoHo Sorry for the lack of posts during the past few days. I was away for the holidays. Hope everyone had a good Easter and Passover. I did hit some modern spots in NYC, including DWR’s Tools for Living store on Wooster Street and the Blu Dot store right next door. I also [...]