Traces the evolution of midcentury houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today
This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentration of midcentury houses in New Canaan, Connecticut, built by noted architects including Marcel Breuer, Eliot Noyes, Philip Johnson, John Black Lee, and Edward Durell Stone. This new edition addresses the issue of preservation and adaptive reuse as a sustainable architectural strategy.
A representative group of 17 houses reveals an evolving legacy, now adapting to contemporary life. Each is examined in detail, with plans, timelines, and both archival and new photography, capturing the clean, minimalist look of the initial construction and re-imagining by significant architects of our time. Today preservation and renovation of older buildings has new visibility as a sustainable approach. As the National Trust for Historic Preservation has said, “The greenest building is the one that is already built.”
Brown House - Eliot Noyes
Bremer House - Eliot Noyes
Breuer House 2 - Marcel Breuer
Wiley House - Philip Johnson
Ball House - Philip Johnson
Irwin House - Victor Christ-Janer
Noyes House 2 - Eliot Noyes
Lee House 2 J- ohn Black Lee
Boissonnas - House Philip Johnson
Mills House 2 - Willis Mills
Villa Ponte - John Johansen
Rogers House - John Black Lee
Celanese House - Edward Durell Stone
Irwin Pool House (now Gores Pavilion) - Landis Gores
Tatum House - Hugh Smallen
Becker House - Hugh Smallen
Chivvis House - Eliot Noyes
ISBN
9781580936101Title
Midcentry Houses todayAuthor
Michael Biondo, Jeffrey R.Martz, Lorenzo Ottaviani, and Cristina A.Ross, with an introduction by John Morris DixonPublisher
Monacelli PressPublication year
2024Binding
HardcoverLanguage
English
