California Motels Offer Blasts from the Past
Motels are a midcentury California invention, and author Heather David offers a sample of the history and photos she has gathered.
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Say “Aloha” to Hawaii’s Tantalizing Liljestrand House
Tour this architectural treasure of Tropical Modernism overlooking Mount Tantalus.
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The Miesian “Corncob Towers” of The Windy City
Marina City anticipated the revitalization of urban centers and stands as a distinctive feat of modernist architecture.
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Copenhagen’s SAS Royal Hotel: The Original Home of the Swan Chair
The first skyscraper in Denmark's capitol was thoroughly designed by the renowned Arne Jacobsen—and you can still book a room.
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Las Vegas’ Modernist Guardian + Legacy of Paul R. Williams
Amid the gambling of Sin City sits an unlikely beacon of midcentury Googie architecture: the Guardian Angel Cathedral.
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Noguchi’s Hidden Sculpture Garden in Southern California
It turns out that the famed sculptor and furniture designer was also a landscape architect. And he left a mark in a corporate office park in Costa Mesa, California.
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Experience Setting + Sunlight in Iceland’s Nordic House
Iceland may not be on your American road trip map, but this stunning gem in Reykjavík is a worthy destination for the international architecture enthusiast.
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Ocean, trees and MCM high rises in Vancouver’s West End
Vancouver’s “West End” neighborhood—especially the “West of Denman” area—has arguably the largest concentration of midcentury residential buildings in the entire city.
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Midcentury Gems in Little Mountain
Home to a cluster of architectural gems, the Little Mountain neighborhood of Vancouver showcases Brutalism, modernism and art.
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