Midcentury Houses Today

Cristina A. Ross, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Jeffrey R. Matz , Michael Biondo

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Monacelli Press
09 April 2024

Residential buildings, domestic buildings; History of architecture

This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentration of midcentury houses in New Canaan, Connecticut, built by noted architects including Marcel Breuer, Eliot Noyes, Philip Johnson, John Black Lee, and Edward Durell Stone. This new edition addresses the issue of preservation and adaptive reuse as a sustainable architectural strategy.

A representative group of 17 houses reveals an evolving legacy, now adapting to contemporary life. Each is examined in detail, with plans, timelines, and both archival and new photography, capturing the clean, minimalist look of the initial construction and re-imagining by significant architects of our time. Today preservation and renovation of older buildings has new visibility as a sustainable approach. As the National Trust for Historic Preservation has said, The greenest building is the one that is already built.

By: Cristina A. Ross, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Jeffrey R. Matz, Michael Biondo
Introduction by: John Morris Dixon
Imprint: Monacelli Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 260mm,
Weight: 1.700kg
ISBN: 9781580936101
ISBN 10: 1580936105
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cristina A. Ross is an architect and preservationist, based in New Canaan, and a board member of Preservation Connecticut Lorenzo Ottaviani is the creative director of Lorenzo Ottaviani Design Jeffrey R. Matz is a practicing architect in Stamford, Connecticut Michael Biondo is an architectural photographer whose work has appeared in numerous design publications John Morris Dixon is the former editor-in-chief of Progressive Architecture and a board member of Docomomo International

Reviews for Midcentury Houses Today

‘Through plentiful photography, a chronology of design changes, floor plans and more, the authors seek to offer a complete account of the houses’ thoughtful design and how, decades after their construction, they are adapting to contemporary life.’– Monocle