June 2010
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The Post’s Mid-Century Modern ‘Mad Men’ Look Contest
The vintage Saarinen Executive Armchairs are the same ones spotted in the Sterling Cooper office.
In anticipation of the upcoming fourth season of Mad read more >June 29, 2010
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The Miller House: Mid-Century Modernism at its Finest
The 1957 Miller House by Eero Saarinen. Photo courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The second project J. Irwin Miller and Eero Saarinen worked on read more >June 27, 2010
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Open House Picks
Before you head out of the town for the holiday this week, here are some brand new listings that are open on Sunday (June 27). read more >
June 26, 2010
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Close Out Sale at the Lacey Modern Condos
I just love the contrast between the old-school, decidedly not modern Florida Avenue Grill and the clean, modern lines of the Lacy condos read more >
June 24, 2010
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National Building Museum Event to Explore ‘Hated’ Brutalism
I.M. Pei's 1967 library in Columbus, Indiana, is a brick, boxy structure with exposed concrete ceiling.
Brutalism. Do you love it or hate it? Derived from read more >June 23, 2010
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Modern Columbus: Saarinen’s Irwin Union Bank and Trust
Saarinen’s Irwin Union Bank is a Miesien glass pavilion.
As I noted in my previous post about Columbus, the friendship between J. Irwin Miller and Eero Saarinen read more >June 22, 2010
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Price Drop: 1956 Michigan Park Mid-Century – $399K; Open 8/8
There are 20 or so mid-century ranches in Michigan Park in Northeast D.C. Photo by Tom Lavash.
This listing is for a 4 bedroom/2.5 bath read more >June 21, 2010
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1970 Mid-Century Modern with Two Atriums in Fort Washigton – $500,000
It would be nice to spend Father’s Day lounging by the pool or fixing a martini in the wet bar of this 1970 mid-century read more >
June 19, 2010
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Modern Capital Tours Modern Columbus
Columbus: A small town packed with significant modern architecture.
“Mediocrity is expensive.” This quote by the late J. Irwin Miller sums up the ethos behind read more >June 18, 2010
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1959 Goodman Mid-Century Modern in Rock Creek Woods – $570K; Open 6/20
The view from the glass-walled living room.
If you saw this two-level Charles Goodman when I first posted here, take another look. The owners read more >June 17, 2010
