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.

A Case Study Architect’s Ultimate Modernist Sample Gets Remastered by a DJ

A Case Study Architect’s Ultimate Modernist Sample Gets Remastered by a DJ

Pursuing Perfection

Pursuing Perfection

An Aging Modernist Gem by Calvin Straub Gets a Creative Revival

An Aging Modernist Gem by Calvin Straub Gets a Creative Revival

An Interior Designer Launches Her Career by Renovating Her Family’s Midcentury Eichler

An Interior Designer Launches Her Career by Renovating Her Family’s Midcentury Eichler

Before & After: A Faded Eichler in San Mateo Gets a Glow Up

Before & After: A Faded Eichler in San Mateo Gets a Glow Up

Before & After: A Muddled Eichler Gets a Dashing Update

Before & After: A Muddled Eichler Gets a Dashing Update

A Family (Finally) Gives Their Eichler Home a Top-to-Bottom Reboot

A Family (Finally) Gives Their Eichler Home a Top-to-Bottom Reboot

Before & After: Touring Midcentury Homes Was an Obsession. Then They Got to Revive One by Saul Zaik

Before & After: Touring Midcentury Homes Was an Obsession. Then They Got to Revive One by Saul Zaik

Pretty as a Picture

Pretty as a Picture

An Artful Restoration Returns a Louisville Home to Its Midcentury Roots

An Artful Restoration Returns a Louisville Home to Its Midcentury Roots

They’d Already Renovated an Iconic Midcentury. What’s One More?

They’d Already Renovated an Iconic Midcentury. What’s One More?

A Designer Couple Restore a British Modern Masterpiece

A Designer Couple Restore a British Modern Masterpiece

An International Style Midcentury Masterpiece in Denver Gets a Meticulous Update

An International Style Midcentury Masterpiece in Denver Gets a Meticulous Update

How Neutra’s Kaufmann House Got Its Groove Back

How Neutra’s Kaufmann House Got Its Groove Back

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

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