What is a midcentury modern house?
After World War II, residential design, like much of the globe, was in flux.Perhaps in reaction to the violence and sweeping loss experienced from 1939 to 1945, architects and designers began reconsidering what homes and the furniture inside them looked like, and how they shaped the relationships between residents and their surrounding communities and environments. The resulting designs — some from well-known modernist names including Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Paul R. Williams
May 16, 2025
