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$1.4M mid-century Metcalf home in Ann Arbor has covered walk-out deck and bomb shelter

The home, designed by renowned architect Robert Metcalf, was built in 1959 for husband and wife Jacques and Jean LesStrang.

Visiting a U.S. national park—for the retro architecture

During the mid-20th century, the National Park Service launched the Mission 66 initiative: a bold plan to ditch rustic "Parkitecture" and go modern. It took decades for parkgoers to warm up to the ...
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Creating a definition: How 'Mid-Century Modern' architecture came to be

The term Mid-Century Modern has different meanings in different segments of design during a period 20 years on either side of the year 1950. Industrial designers shaped the current technology into ...
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Mid-century modern architecture teaches historical and social context

LIHUE — The distinctive mid-century architecture of Lihue continues to make history. Historic Hawaii Foundation partnered with the Hawaii chapter of Docomomo US and will host presentations about ...
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Mid-Century Modern Architecture | LAist

Mid-Century Modern Architecture Larry Mantle takes a look at California's indigenous architecture and Los Angeles' infatuation with mid-century homes.