Seattle Architecture Foundation and the Seattle Public Library are collaborating to present a lecture by Professor Jeffery Karl Ochsner titled ‘Residential Architecture in Seattle and Environs, 1880-2000‘ on Saturday April, […]
Category: Architects and Designers
Divine Mid Century Modern Churches
Out of the same post-war optimism that produced a wealth of superb modernist residential architecture in America during the 1950s & 1960s, came an innovative approach to ecclesiastical design from […]
Buckminster Fuller’s ‘Biosphere’ Celebrates 50 Years of Pioneering Sustainable Design
This year one of Buckminster Fuller’s crowing achievements, the US Pavilion at Expo 67’ in Montreal, now known as the ‘Biosphere’ celebrates it’s 50th anniversary. We thought we’d take a […]
Modern Prefab Advances
Building a house is quicker and easier now, thanks to a modern approach to pre-fabricated homes. The conventional way of building a house is inefficient. Homeowners no longer have to […]
A Modern Vision: Desert House No. 1 with Better Built Inc
We had the opportunity to talk with Mike Yakovich of Better Built Inc, a Palm Springs based construction company that specializes in renovations, additions, and home building in the Coachella […]
Embracing Portland’s Iconic Rummer Homes with Jack Hendrickson
Oregon developer, and World War II veteran Robert Rummer got his start building homes in and around the Portland metro area after forming Rummer Homes, Inc in 1959. Some say […]