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Month: November 2006

November 26, 2006/Mid-Century Modern /by Mid-Century Mike

D.C.’s ‘Disappearing’ Ranches

The Washington Post Real Estate section ran a piece yesterday detailing the increasing trend of people in the D.C. area turning modest mid-century single-story ranches into anything other than modest mid-century single-story ranches.

Described as “an American architectural problem child,” the Post article says “ranches fell into disfavor, and now it seems we can’t get rid of them fast enough.” As you can see, the story takes a derisive view of the mid-century ranch, although it does quote Jim Brown, the founder of Atomic Ranch magazine, calling for ranches to be left essentially as they are.

I agree with Brown. I’ve been working on restoring with period details my own 1956 split-level, but people can do whatever they want. If people want to take a 2,000 square foot ranch and turn it into a 11,000 square foot New England-style home, they can do it. But do they need all 11,000 square feet to be happy?

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November 22, 2006/Charles Goodman /by Mid-Century Mike

1965 Goodman Townhome Near Lake Anne Village in Reston

When Robert Simon started developing Reston as a modern planned community in the early 1960s, he asked Charles Goodman to design the first set of homes. Goodman designed a number of the townhome clusters, which have become known as Hickory Cluster, and high-rise apartment buildings. This 2 bedroom/1.5 bath Goodman-designed townhome is located near Lake Anne Village. Check out these amazing Hickory Cluster interior images from the Reston Historic Trust. Can you say Eames, Nelson, Saarinen? You have permission to drool.

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