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Midcentury modern in Lincoln asks $1.4 million
Walter Pierce designed the airy, sleek house in the rustic redoubt, which featured in the 2019 film "Knives Out."
Modernist Next Door
All month long, we're turning our lens on postwar architecture beyond the cliches and the coasts. These profiles highlight the often-forgotten regional architects who created modern designs in the second cities, suburbs, and small towns of the U.S.
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Chestnut Hill midcentury modern has multiple levels for its 11 rooms
The Brookline house, done in contemporary design, is on the market for $1.8 million.
Richard Isenhour: A Kentucky architect with a creative vision
The Lexington architect took to midcentury modern during a midlife career change
A.D. Stenger: Austin’s eccentric, self-made architect
A Hill County Eichler, Stenger pursued his own vision of midcentury cool.
Ralph Haver: Modern visions for the Valley of the Sun
A multifaceted career, and Haver Hoods, brought midcentury modern to Phoenix.
Elizabeth Wright Ingraham: Master of architecture and ecology
Both an architect and advocate, she worked to preserve the landscape that served as her key inspiration.
Elizabeth Close: Minnesota’s midcentury pioneer
An unabashed advocate of the International Style and stripped-down design, "the word ‘decoration’ was almost a swear word to her."
Robert Lawton Jones: Tulsa’s ambassador of International Style
A key partner in the city’s most influential architecture firm, Jones refined modernism in Oklahoma.
O’Neil Ford: Texas’s godfather of modern architecture
His refined structures showcased handmade design and the local landscape
Saul Zaik: Keeping Portland modern
Elegant and earthbound, his homes are contemplative and connected with nature.
Paul Hayden Kirk: Architect of Puget Sound style
Like many of his contemporary modernists working in the Pacific Northwest, architect Paul Hayden Kirk had a particular affinity for the landscape.
Edward Loewenstein: Making way for minority architects
The early Greensboro modernist made an impact with how he built, not just what he built
Charles Haertling: Modernism in the mountains
Nature’s own intricate patterns inspired the architect’s outlandish homes
Albert Ledner: A New Orleans architect as playful as his hometown
A Southern modernist who strayed from traditional forms, Ledner offered a progressive vision
George & William Keck: Sibling architects who saw the future
The Midwest visionaries built the literal Home of Tomorrow decades before modernism made its mark
John S. Chase: A trailblazing Texas architect
With his dedication to the community, the state’s first African-American architect helped inspire generations of designers
Roger Lee: Bay Area’s modern architect for the common man
The pioneering East Bay architect showed regional modernism could be affordable, too
Judith Chafee: Dean of desert architecture
The renowned Arizona architect "smoked, drank, cursed, and built houses."
Mary Lund Davis: A champion of modernism in the Pacific Northwest
The architect and furniture designer helped define regional style
Arthur T. Brown: Tucson’s desert modernist
The humble architect’s stripped-down style presaged passive solar design
Meet the midcentury architect who made herself into a brand
Pioneering Indiana artist and architect Avriel Shull didn’t just design homes; she created an image.
Alden B. Dow: Designer of the Midwest’s most modern town
Heir of an industrial icon, one architect made his hometown a showcase for organic architecture
The man who brought folk art fantasies to architecture
A self-taught designer, Bruce Goff generated eccentric, exciting works beyond categorization
These sibling modernists helped shape Cincinnati
Brothers and former Taliesin apprentices, Abrom and Ben Dombar crafted wonders from southern Ohio’s uneven topography.
Hawaii’s master of midcentury design, Vladimir Ossipoff
Russian by blood, the tropical modernist designed with Japanese influences at heart
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The Modernist Next Door
Exploring the multifaceted story of modernist architecture in America, from regional gems to forgotten midcentury architects