November 2010

• Price Drop: 1953 Mid-Century Modern Row House in Georgetown – $1.299 Million

  You don’t see much modern architecture among the 19th Century homes (Georgian, Federal, Victorian) that dominate the Georgetown residential landscape. So if you are looking read more >

  November 29, 2010

• Modern Snapshot: Giving Thanks for Little Modern Details

  I look at a lot of houses online and in person. I write about many of them here. In this post, I want to highlight read more >

  November 24, 2010

• 1960 Vintage Mid-Century Split Foyer in Annandale – $449K

  Talk about vintage. Take a look at the original teal kitchen in this mid-century split-foyer time capsule in Panoramic Hills in Annandale. Other vintage touches read more >

  November 21, 2010

• Religious Innovation: Saarinen’s North Christian Church

  With the Eero Saarinen exhibit running until Nov. 28 at the Finnish Embassy (I hope to go this weekend), I figured it was a read more >

  November 19, 2010

• The Tome for Eames Addicts

  If you are an Eames addict and your loved ones are looking for gift ideas for the holidays (I hope my wife reads this), send read more >

  November 18, 2010

• 1965 Goodman Hickory Cluster Townhome – $395K

  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 read more >

  November 13, 2010

• 1953 Butterfly-Roof Goodman in Lake Barcroft – $698K; Open 11/14

  More Charles Goodman for you. This listing is for a mid-century modern butterfly-roof in Lake Barcroft. Charles Goodman designed a number of homes read more >

  November 12, 2010

• Charles Goodman on ‘Sexy’ Mid-Century Modern Architecture

  I recently picked up a copy of the new book Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Residential Development and Planning in the National Capital Area. read more >

  November 9, 2010

• 1959 Bethesda Mid-Century Next to Breuer-Designed House – $699K

  Brigadoon Drive is a U-shaped street in Bethesda’s Bannockburn neighborhood is chok-full of mid-century modern goodness. This 1959 mid-century is on the market read more >

  November 7, 2010

• 1952 Cantilevered Mid-Century Modern in D.C. – $985K

  This cantilevered mid-century modern tucked into Rock Creek Park just inside the D.C. line was designed by D.C.-based architect David Baker, who studied with read more >

  November 6, 2010