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15 Mid-Century Modern Dream Homes that will Kill Your Children

2013-04-08T13:36:00-04:00

Do you know what I love more? My children. And that is why I will never live in my MCM dream home. Because mid-century modern architecture is designed to KILL YOUR CHILDREN. (Also, moderately clumsy or drunk adults).

Red arrows show the direction of travel of children’s bodies

It is pretty certain that none of these children reached adulthood intact.

An Octogenarian’s Modernist Dream Comes to Life

2012-05-10T13:51:00-04:00

“Here is the most modern of modern houses I’ve ever seen and loved,” she wrote, describing the turquoise mosaic tile, the compact state-of-the-art kitchen, the distant views of city lights, the proximity to her daughter’s family and the circular stairway that she felt, sadly, too old to sail down. “I guess you can’t expect to have too many dreams answered,” she concluded. “At least, I’ve had the opportunity to see the Morris House, to know it existed.”

Gordon Walker designs a house for the future

2011-10-10T15:14:25-04:00

Walker showed his idea around. The response was near freezing. "So far, people don't like them," he says. "They say, 'I want something I recognize.' "The baby boomers are coming of age, and I always imagined that they were more design-minded than they turned out to be." Or they just haven't caught up to Gordon Walker.

A Seattle architect designs a house for him and his wife to grow old in, and realizes he's way more cool than most other senior citizens.