Mid-century modern

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Why mid-century modern homes feel so livable… Purcell-Cutts house is precursor to MCM design

There was a quiet revolution in the mid-century years in how homes functioned, making homes smaller but more livable with more open, flexible living spaces that allowed rooms to adapt...
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Stonebridge Back Waterfall Wall

Stonebridge Estate remnants… waterfall on hillside deemed too difficult to build on

This year’s Docomomo fall MCM tour included one of my favorite parts of Saint Paul… the steep, wooded slope between Mt. Curve Boulevard and Stonebridge Boulevard on the east end...
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Docomomo Minn Mod Fall Home Tour 9/13/25… Modernism on the Mississippi

The Minn Mod Fall Home Tour is set for Saturday, September 13, 2025. Join Docomomo US/MN for a day celebrating Modernism along the Mississippi River! Twelve properties will be open...
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What is do.co,mo.mo? Why you should know, if you love modern architecture

1. “Before there was Mad Men, Design Within Reach, or Dwell there was Docomomo“… an international non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the...
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Docomomo Mid Mod Marvel… Graffunder Rewind

Join Docomomo US/MN for another tour of a mid-century modern home… a home that is privately owned and open to the public only for this event. This one is designed...
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One-owner University Grove home open for viewing Tuesday March 25, 2025

This is a unique opportunity to view this home designed by Joe Michels that is in wonderful original condition, owned by the original owners since it was built in 1965....
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Unusual Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home… part of the National Trust and so much carved wood!

This unusual Usonian home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 was developed as a way to provide affordable housing for people of moderate means. Sounds like a familiar dilemma,...
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Fred Hollingsworth… Canada’s answer to Frank Lloyd Wright

Every once in awhile I happen upon a MCM gem I feel compelled to share. This week it is Creek House, designed in 1950 by Fred Hollingsworth, Canada’s answer to...
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