Friday, March 13, 2009

Bixby Residence by Edward W. Tanner - Modern Photo of the Week

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Name: Walter Edwin Bixby, Sr. Residence Architect: Edward W. Tanner Landscape Architect: Hare and Hare Interior Designer: Kem Weber Year Des...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Drummond "Flatties" - The J.C. Nichols Connection

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In 1951 Francie Drummond returned from a trip to San Francisco CA. She had seen houses built by, and met, a successful Bay Area home builder...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Stahl Residence - Case Study House #22 - THE ARCHITECTURAL PHOTO OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY- Modern Photo of the Week

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Name: Stahl Residence - Case Study House #22 Architect: Pierre Koening Year Designed: Unknown Builder: Unknown Year Built: 1960 Size: Unkno...
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Drummond's First Houses - Prairie Village, KS - The J.C. Nichols Connection - Part Two

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This is a current photo of Don Drummond's first house in Kansas. Not necessarily what we think of as a "Modern" house, but it ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Drummond's First Houses - Prairie Village, KS - The J.C. Nichols Connection - Part One

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I love "First-Ring" suburbs. You can find the coolest MCM houses, not to mention interesting shopping areas, schools and churches....
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Modern Houses of the World by Sherban Cantacuzino - Modern Illustration

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I just love this Mid-Century Modern illustration. Apparently many other people do too. It is the second most viewed image in my Flickr ph...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

Victor Beutner, Architect- "What's the Story on That House"?

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Driving in KCMO on 39th Street east of Troost, you'll come across this home by architect Victor Beutner, who built it for himself in 191...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Spider Mid-Century Modern House - Modern Photo of the Week

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Name: "Spider House" Architect: Unknown Year Designed: Unknown Builder: Unknown Year Built: Unknown Size: Unknown Location: Belind...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Frank Lloyd Wright Book, "The Women" by T.C. Boyle, Reviewed by Ward Sutton in "Daddy Frank and the Curse of Sex"

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There seems to be a rush of Frank Lloyd Wright books lately. And then there is the rumor of an option to produce a feature length movie. Who...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Don Drummond's "Home for You in '52" - Modern Photo of the Week

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In honor of KCMODERN's recognition for helping with the first ranch house survey in Kansas , I thought I would post one of our favorite...
Monday, February 2, 2009

KCMODERN Acknowleged for Involvement In 1950's Ranch House Survey

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In the November/December 2008 issue of Kansas Preservation, the magazine published by the Kansas Historical Society, KCModern was acknowledg...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Experimental Eames Lounge Chair

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Well this experimental chair is something that Charles and Ray Eames never put into production and the 1946 date on the photo predates the ...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Shipping Container House in Kansas City

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I was forwarded a news story recently on a local home that is under construction being built with Shipping Containers. I managed to drive by...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Community Christian Church by Frank Lloyd Wright - Modern Photo of the Week

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KCMODERN friend, SkyVu , aka Jim Seelen , let us borrow this recent photo from his Flickr Photostream . Most of you will recognize it as ...
Monday, January 26, 2009

The Modern Garden

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As the weather gives a hope of warm Spring days ahead, my mind quickly turns to the garden after reading the Fall 2008 edition of Modernism...