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A Fire Island story 12 Jun 2013 | 06:41 pm
Never having set foot on Fire Island, though we don't live very far away, I enjoyed reading about that unique place and the Architect Horace Gifford in this story on the Metropolis Blog. This story wa...
Go Mod hunting this Saturday – but hurry to get your ticket! 8 Mar 2013 | 04:23 am
Only a few more hours left to sign up for the Open House New York and DoCoMoMo US 2nd Annual Modern Architecture & Design Scavenger Hunt! Spend this Saturday, 9 March 2013, exploring New York City an...
John Johansen 27 Oct 2012 | 10:53 pm
John Johansen, one of the last of the architects from the High Modern era, as he called it, died on Friday. We had occasion to hear him and to encounter him several times at the New Canaan Historical ...
Lithe and lovely-sounding glass structure proposed in New Canaan 2 Oct 2012 | 11:14 pm
I had no idea such an entity existed right here in New Canaan, nor that it owned the horse farm that I've known my whole life, on the corner of Smith Ridge Rd. and Puddin Hill, but Grace Church has co...
I have a new swoon... 21 Aug 2012 | 04:05 am
I'm loving the work of McClean Quinlan Architects. These examples stood out because stonework like this gets me every time, especially when paired with unadorned glass and other smooth, serene materia...
Modern, prefab hideaway – in 4 minutes and 9 seconds flat. 19 Jun 2012 | 08:55 pm
Horden Cherry Lee's m-ch (Micro Compact Home) measures just 266cm x 266cm x 266cm. The ceiling height is 198cm and the door width is 60cm. The inside features: two compact double beds, each measurin...
Bee Modern 19 May 2012 | 03:43 am
I've written, or wanted to write, about modern 'houses' and accoutrements for our domestic animal friends – cats, dogs, fish, chickens and goats. Now it's time to expand the list to include the wonder...
Sunday, May 20 : May is for Moderns Tour 18 May 2012 | 04:04 pm
This Sunday, May 20, William Pitt Sotheby's is sponsoring a tour of Mid-century Modern houses in, and in towns right next door to, New Canaan, CT. Each of the 8 houses have been either restored, updat...
Let there be Modern electricity! 27 Apr 2012 | 02:38 am
I have always been irked by switch plates, and really anything that mars a smooth surface. Although they look like tiny terrified faces, the standard grounded electrical wall outlet used in the U.S. h...
Noyes home Calder mobiles to find a new place to hang 23 Apr 2012 | 05:32 am
This mobile by Alexander Calder [Untitled, 1957. Hanging mobile painted sheet metal and wire. 32 x118 x 84 in.] is estimated to fetch $3,000,000- 4,000,000 in a May 8th auction. This one, and another...
