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vintage modern floor plans

toasteroven

via materialicious and pushpullbar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/midcent...7601596375351/

 
Feb 12, 08 4:11 pm
nb072

link doesn't work

Feb 12, 08 4:24 pm  · 
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won and done williams

nice, but i wish they were credited. they need some context.

Feb 12, 08 5:27 pm  · 
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garpike

I doubt the catalog homes were ever credited.

Feb 12, 08 5:56 pm  · 
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won and done williams

i'm not so much interested in the architect as i would be in the year published, from what catalog, etc.

Feb 12, 08 6:11 pm  · 
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weAREtheSTONES

I hate the word modern!

-not to shit in your thread or anything but "vintage modern"?

-it just doesnt make sense...who comes up with these periods anyway?

Feb 12, 08 6:40 pm  · 
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citizen

I cut my architectural teeth looking at floor plans like this when I was a kid. Incredible. Those huge, paved patios seemed so exotic to me... not to mention the idea of the main rooms being on the floor ABOVE the bedrooms (not here, but in other plans). Anarchy!

Thanks for the blast from the past, TO!

Feb 12, 08 7:10 pm  · 
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xtbl

great stuff.

you might also be interested in this.

el pedregal was a development in mexico city that was master planned by luis barragan in the late 40's.

Feb 12, 08 7:24 pm  · 
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AP

perez! yeah man! great professor.

Feb 12, 08 7:50 pm  · 
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SDR

citizen -- have you come across grant hildebrand's "the wright space" ? the top-floor living space finally gets its due, and all becomes clear. gotta love those "vintage moderns". . .!

Feb 13, 08 12:18 am  · 
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Joe Soda

"vintage" does not mean old.

"modern" does not mean new.

Except on Ebay.

Feb 13, 08 7:51 am  · 
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vado retro
MoDeRn
Feb 13, 08 9:57 am  · 
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toasteroven

I apologize for the offending title of this thread. The next time I decide to share something interesting I will make the title as boring and as innocuous as possible. I hope that this does not further detract from the awesomeness of these plans.

sincerely,

Your friendly neighborhood toasteroven

Feb 13, 08 10:12 am  · 
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citizen

Right on, TO!

("Please allow me to hijack your nice thread by venting whatever random thought that happens to cross my impolite mind right now.")

Feb 13, 08 12:05 pm  · 
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SDR

It's always fun to look at a set of "period" images. I also enjoy seeing what the commercial mill makes of original work. It should be said that these unsigned designs are derivative; the originals are to be found in books like "Blueprints for Modern Living" and (before that) in Esther McCoy's studies of the Case Study architects. Eichler's architects (Anshen & Allen, Jones & Emmons) were the originators of much of what is seen in these pages. Still, any collection this large will have some unique content. Thanks for bringing it to us !

Feb 13, 08 12:07 pm  · 
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aldorossi

These are great. I used to study these books endlessly when I was a kid. I had a big newsprint pad and I would copy the plans into it, in ball point pen of all things.

And don't take the attitude personally. We have the cynicism and superiority instilled in us at an early age.

Feb 13, 08 12:18 pm  · 
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SDR

So true. It's easier to criticise than to applaud.

The vintage (there, I said it) illustrations are always enjoyable to study. And we all copy what we see and like, all the time. It's just that a perspective on which came first, the original or the copy, can lead to better understanding -- and away from "a copy of a copy" -- no ?

Feb 13, 08 12:41 pm  · 
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xtbl

ap, where did you go to school?

Feb 13, 08 1:10 pm  · 
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bowling_ball

My school's having a book sale today ($1 hardcovers, $0.50 paperbacks) and I picked up about $20 worth of old books, one of which is a catalog-book similar to what's posted, except that it features the most boring, plain, generic designs. It's great for that reason alone, and that's why I bought it. The architects are credited in my book, too!

Feb 13, 08 1:10 pm  · 
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SDR

Cool. Can you name a few ? There were so many guys practicing across the country who were ready to try out the "new style" when the postwar housing boom hit. If it started at Harvard and Yale, and in LA, it quickly spread (via the ever-expanding print media, both professional and polular) to all corners of the country. Those who pursue this activity in their home state find examples of second-string architects, never until now known outside their own territory, who diligently worked to see "modern" come alive for their clients, and themselves.

http://www.lottaliving.com/bb/
http://www.kcmodern.com/
http://www.modernphoenix.net/
http://www.portlandmodern.com/
http://www.houstonmod.org/
http://www.arapahoeacres.org/

I was a self-described "modern-house kid" myself, eating up everything I could find, making a folder to collect clippings showing Eames and Knoll and Nelson furniture as it was being introduced, and goggling at the houses illustrated in Oldsmobile print ads, intended to give their offerings a rings-of-Saturn futurism (I guess).

Feb 13, 08 2:19 pm  · 
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