Ten Mid-Century Modern Buildings to Plan an American Road Trip Around
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Article: '10 MCM's to see on a road trip'
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Roderick Grant
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The so-called Halston House (#6) is, either deliberately or not, a variation on FLW's townhouse project for himself and Mamah on Goethe Street, near the Charnley House.
The problem with townhouses squeezed on narrow lots between neighbors on either side, measuring from as little as 8'7" interior width (Edna St. Vincent Millay House in Greenwich Village, NY) on up, is that the centers between street and back yard tend to be dark, having little or no access to sunlight.
FLW solved the problem by locating the principal 2-story living room at the center with skylights flooding the area with light. So too the Halston House. It's a marvel by an underappreciated master.
The problem with townhouses squeezed on narrow lots between neighbors on either side, measuring from as little as 8'7" interior width (Edna St. Vincent Millay House in Greenwich Village, NY) on up, is that the centers between street and back yard tend to be dark, having little or no access to sunlight.
FLW solved the problem by locating the principal 2-story living room at the center with skylights flooding the area with light. So too the Halston House. It's a marvel by an underappreciated master.
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Fully half of the author's choices are non-orthogonal objects, four of them cylindrical in form. And Wrightians might notice a hint of the Price Tower in the forms and rhythms of the quite inconsequential final offering -- built in 1966 for Philips Petroleum, owner of Wright's building from 1981 to 2000.
SDR
Fully half of the author's choices are non-orthogonal objects, four of them cylindrical in form. And Wrightians might notice a hint of the Price Tower in the forms and rhythms of the quite inconsequential final offering -- built in 1966 for Philips Petroleum, owner of Wright's building from 1981 to 2000.
SDR