Midcentury Homes

From preserved masterworks by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright to carefully updated modern homes, these stories showcase the current conviction that the '40s, '50s, and '60s were revolutionary moments in American architecture.

Icons Only: The Coveted Midcentury Community That Residents Banded Together to Preserve

Icons Only: The Coveted Midcentury Community That Residents Banded Together to Preserve

Before & After: A Family (Quite Literally) Fills the Walls of Their Midcentury Home With Memories

Before & After: A Family (Quite Literally) Fills the Walls of Their Midcentury Home With Memories

When Your House Might Be a Modernist Copycat

When Your House Might Be a Modernist Copycat

Budget Breakdown: A 1960s A-Frame Gets a $558K Refresh—and Historic Landmark Status

Budget Breakdown: A 1960s A-Frame Gets a $558K Refresh—and Historic Landmark Status

A Historic Palm Springs Rental Is Transformed With a Riot of Pattern and Color

A Historic Palm Springs Rental Is Transformed With a Riot of Pattern and Color

Before & After: They Brought Their Buff and Hensman Midcentury Back to Its Original Glory

Before & After: They Brought Their Buff and Hensman Midcentury Back to Its Original Glory

10 Iconic Case Study Houses in Southern California

10 Iconic Case Study Houses in Southern California

This Midcentury Home Was Designed by a Lloyd Wright Protégé. A San Diego Couple Just Freshened It Up

This Midcentury Home Was Designed by a Lloyd Wright Protégé. A San Diego Couple Just Freshened It Up

Before & After: He Gave His Hollywood Hills Midcentury an All-Electric Upgrade

Before & After: He Gave His Hollywood Hills Midcentury an All-Electric Upgrade

Cool Ranch: The Perfect Southern California Pool Is Behind a Midcentury in the Valley

Cool Ranch: The Perfect Southern California Pool Is Behind a Midcentury in the Valley

The Owner of an L.A. Neutra Doubles Its Living Space by Looking in the Unused Backyard

The Owner of an L.A. Neutra Doubles Its Living Space by Looking in the Unused Backyard

Budget Breakdown: They Gave a Legendary Artist’s Home an Era-Appropriate Revamp for $442K

Budget Breakdown: They Gave a Legendary Artist’s Home an Era-Appropriate Revamp for $442K

Icons Only: One of Two Neutra Homes in Montana Is Restored as a Part-Time Residency

Icons Only: One of Two Neutra Homes in Montana Is Restored as a Part-Time Residency

Before & After: After 70 Years, a Seattle Midcentury Finally Reaches Its Full Potential

Before & After: After 70 Years, a Seattle Midcentury Finally Reaches Its Full Potential

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

A 1940s Rudolph Schindler Gem Just Listed in L.A. for $2.4M

A 1940s Rudolph Schindler Gem Just Listed in L.A. for $2.4M

Before & After: This Sunny San Diego Revamp Shows the Power of Paint

Before & After: This Sunny San Diego Revamp Shows the Power of Paint

Asking $1.3M, This Palm Springs Midcentury Checks All the Retro Boxes

Asking $1.3M, This Palm Springs Midcentury Checks All the Retro Boxes

Inside Blu Dot Cofounder John Christakos’s Midcentury Minneapolis Home

Inside Blu Dot Cofounder John Christakos’s Midcentury Minneapolis Home

The Tide Turns for a Trio of Prefab Pod Houses in the San Juan Islands

The Tide Turns for a Trio of Prefab Pod Houses in the San Juan Islands

This Ohio Midcentury Had Charms—They Just Needed to Be Turned On

This Ohio Midcentury Had Charms—They Just Needed to Be Turned On

He Only Built One Home—So They Gave It a Singular Renovation

He Only Built One Home—So They Gave It a Singular Renovation

A Forgotten Philip Johnson Home Gets a New Lease on Life

A Forgotten Philip Johnson Home Gets a New Lease on Life

Before & After: This $57K Ranch House Revamp Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Plants

Before & After: This $57K Ranch House Revamp Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Plants

Before & After: In Austin, a New Life Out West Starts With a First Remodel for $176K

Before & After: In Austin, a New Life Out West Starts With a First Remodel for $176K

Before & After: In the East Bay, a Tumbledown Midcentury Turns Over a New Leaf

Before & After: In the East Bay, a Tumbledown Midcentury Turns Over a New Leaf

The Legacy of Disney’s Monsanto House of the Future

The Legacy of Disney’s Monsanto House of the Future

The Mystery of L.A.’s “Lost Neutra” House

The Mystery of L.A.’s “Lost Neutra” House

A Tennessee Midcentury Topped With a Curious Hat Gets a Reverent Renovation

A Tennessee Midcentury Topped With a Curious Hat Gets a Reverent Renovation

Vintage Furnishings Flesh Out an L.A. Midcentury Redesigned With Flowing Spaces

Vintage Furnishings Flesh Out an L.A. Midcentury Redesigned With Flowing Spaces

A Sydney Couple Polish Up Their Heirloom Midcentury With Industrial Details

A Sydney Couple Polish Up Their Heirloom Midcentury With Industrial Details

My House: Artist Kari Kroll Paints a Pretty Picture of Life at Her Los Angeles Midcentury

My House: Artist Kari Kroll Paints a Pretty Picture of Life at Her Los Angeles Midcentury

Inside the Big Business That Is Palm Springs Modernism Week

Inside the Big Business That Is Palm Springs Modernism Week

This 1960s Home’s Painstaking Renovation Is a Love Letter to Midcentury Design

This 1960s Home’s Painstaking Renovation Is a Love Letter to Midcentury Design

Before & After: A Complete Overhaul Lifts a Jumbled Hilltop Home to Cloud Nine

Before & After: A Complete Overhaul Lifts a Jumbled Hilltop Home to Cloud Nine

Subtle Moves Modernize a ’60s Midcentury in Portland, Oregon

Subtle Moves Modernize a ’60s Midcentury in Portland, Oregon

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