Frank Lloyd Wright’s Amazing Usonian Glore House Hits the Market
Purchased 13 years ago by the current owners, Wright’s Glore House is a spectacular – and rare 2-story – example of Usonian …
A Spectacular Michigan Modern Home in Barrington Hills, Illinois
Styrofoam. Who’d have thought that I’d ever start off a story about a modern home with that particular one-word sentence? Not me, …
Thoughts on Modern Home Values
The Modern Minute: Thoughts on Modern Home Values Whenever I’m contacted by somebody who’s thinking of selling their modern home, and they …
Modernism in Winter
Last week we were having a particularly beautiful snowfall, and I decided that rather than hunker down indoors, I’d head out to …
Ruth Adler Schnee: An Exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum
Until a string of media notices and articles recently flooded my inbox, I was unfamiliar with the work of Ruth Adler Schnee. …
Six Modernist Artists Featured at The Art Institute of Chicago
I came across this article in The Chicago Maroon about the Art Institute’s exhibit In a Cloud, in a Wall, in a …
Mid-Century Modern Architecture Around the World
Modernism, and especially mid-century modern architecture, certainly has recaptured the attention of many around the world. Its resurgence is borderline mainstream, with …
The Mid-Century Modern Designs of Mel Smilow
I ran across this article about designer Mel Smilow, who along with his business partner Morton Thielle, had a small chain of …
Alan Hess Talks About the Loss of Southern California’s Googie Architecture
It may be just a couple minutes long, but in this piece on Spectrum News 1, architect and historian Alan Hess states …
It’s Modern Home Tour Season!
The colors are changing and the leaves are starting to fall, and along with them, the temperatures. Which means, of course, that …
