by Marisa | Apr 7, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern, Places
Pietro Belluschi is our city’s most acclaimed and accomplished architect as well as one of the great American modernists of the 20th century. Over the course of his career, Belluschi participated in the design of more than 1,000 buildings, in the Pacific Northwest and...
by Marisa | Mar 31, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
The word “utopia” stems from the Greek ou-topos, meaning “no place”, but at the same time, it also refers to eu-topos, “a good place.” It was first coined by Thomas Moore in 1516, which was used to describe a fictional island society in Greece. The origins of the word...
by Marisa | Feb 11, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
“My own way has been to design the outward forms of nature but emphasize the results of the processes of nature…This act of transmuting the experience of the natural landscape into a human-made experience is, for me, the essence of the art of landscape...
by Marisa | Jan 14, 2020 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern
Born in 1903 in Paris, French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand always believed that better designs create better societies. After her high school teacher noticed her talent in drawing and with her mom’s encouragement, Charlotte studied at the École de...
by Marisa | Dec 19, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
We’re all familiar with the massive changes that succeed a war on every facet of society and World War II was no exception. 1945 saw a new generation of veterans with young families working hard to rebuild their lives. The pressing need for inexpensive housing...
by Marisa | Nov 5, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern
The1940’s – A post-war period for architecture that was dominated by men. Fighting the tide was Florence Knoll Schust, a female pioneer for interior design and creator of mid-century furniture, who changed the definition of design. Michigan 1917, Knoll was...
