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NATIONWIDE MODERNIST HOUSES
1929 - The Rex and Pola Stout House, aka High Meadow, 10 High Meadow Hill Road, Danbury CT. Designed by A. Lawrence Kocher and Gerhard Ziegler. Photo by F. S. Lincoln. Featured in the July 1933 Architectural Record. Deeded to Stout's grandson, Chris, as of 2013.
1930 - The Sherman Pratt House, Niagara Island, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. Designed by John (Jack) Walter Wood III. One of the first concrete-reinforced houses. B/W photos by Palmer Shannon, as featured in Architect Magazine, 1932. Featured in Town and Country, April 1932. Subject of the 2010 book, The House That Jack Built. Deeded to Deming Pratt Holleran, Pratt's daughter. In 2004, she donated all the drawings to Queen's University. She is still owner as of 2011.
1931 - The Edward X. Tuttle House, 24 Merwood Drive East, Battle Creek MI. Designed by Edward X. Tuttle. The architect's own home, built to rear a family 'privately, comfortably, efficiently.' With only himself to please, he used brick in a severely simple house that strives for an expression of lightness and space while its masonry gives it solidity. The Tuttle family lived here until 1941. A contributing house in the Merritt Woods Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1932 - The Frances Taussig and Elinor Blackman House, 36 Whortleberry Road, West Redding CT. Designed by Herbert Lippmann. Elinor Blackman died in 1942, Taussig in 1981. Sold in 2022 to Jarrett Fisher and Annmarie Sitar. Standing as of 2024.
1932 - The Winslow Ames House 1, aka House on 130 Mohegan, aka Steel House, aka Rusty, 130 Mohegan Avenue, New London CT. Ames had this built after attending the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Designed by Howard T. Fisher, who founded General Houses. Ames sold the house in 1949 to Connecticut College, which used it as a rental until the structure deteriorated and was slated for demolition in 2004. The push to restore the house is credited to Doug Royalty, who worked with the college's Abigail Van Slyck. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The building was dismantled, transported to Philadelphia for restoration, and reassembled on the campus by Milner + Carr in 2013. Connecticut assessor records show no building at 130 Mohegan Avenue among New London’s 7,242 parcels, consistent with the house having been dismantled and re-erected on the Connecticut College campus.
1933 - The George T. Creech Residence, Middletown OH. Designed by O. Kline Fulmer. Honorable Mention, two-story class. A steel house whose 20-gauge rolled steel wall and floor units were factory fabricated and field assembled, faced with porcelain enamel sheets joined by horizontal stainless steel clips; rectangular basementless plan for economy. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1934.
1934 - The William Stix Wasserman House, aka Square Shadows, 6024 Butler Pike, Whitemarsh Township (Blue Bell) PA. Designed by George Howe. Became a Montessori Children's House. Owned since 1996 by Gloria Dei Lutheran Church; aerial imagery shows the flat-roofed building in school use with a playground. Standing as of 2025.
1934 - The John and Isabel Burnham House, 2602 Lake Shore Drive, Long Beach IN. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Designed by John Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright's son on the shore of Lake Michigan. A house of steel, stucco and copper standing on stilts. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1935.
1934 - A Small Concrete House, Indianola IA. Designed by Oren Thomas. A flat-roofed Modern house built almost entirely by local mason mechanics. Walls and partitions are standard cinder concrete block units, with upper floors and roof of cinder concrete slabs on precast concrete joists left exposed on the underside. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1935.
1934 - The Christian Harry (C. H.) Hecker Jr. House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Carlos Schoeppl & Arnold Southwell. A Florida seaside house dominated by the horizontal lines of the old adobe houses, with unadorned lawn and the customary close planting that originally protected foundations from rainwater falling from the roof. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935. The 1939 Miami directory lists Hecker at 6650 Brevity Lane on La Gorce Island; the lot has since been renumbered.
1934 - The Dr. Henrietta V. Race House, 106 River Drive, Appleton WI. Designed by Willard Russell. The architect concluded, and his client agreed, that a traditional style would not satisfactorily exploit the fine river view at the rear of the property; the result is a flat-roofed steel-framed Modern house with generous closet and storage space. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935. Lot sold in 2015 to Mary Beth Maudsley et al. and the John & Ann Lindstrom Trust (owners of the neighboring house at 100 River Drive). Apparently demolished; the lot at 106 River Drive is now assessed as vacant land with no building and was sold in 2015 to the owners of the adjoining property.
1934 - The Thorsten Sigstedt House, Rose Lane, Bryn Athyn PA. Designed by Dominique Berninger. A servantless house for three satisfying many unusual requirements: a large high-ceilinged studio with north light and its own entrance as far as possible from the rest of the house, and a library opening into the studio so the two can be used together for social purposes. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1934 - The John S. Preston House, originally at 222 Jordan Street, Shreveport LA. Moved to College Street in 2018. Designed by William B. Wiener. In parts of Louisiana the ground forbids any considerable excavation; the load rests on concrete piers, the construction staunch but light. In a thoroughly modern vein, the house is refreshingly straightforward. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1934 - The Per K. Frolich House, 930 Mountain View Circle, Westfield NJ. Designed by William Wilde. In reasonable conformity with the manner of the neighborhood yet stamped with individuality: metal casement windows painted warm maroon give an agreeable color accent against white exterior walls. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1934 - House at Willoughby, Willoughby OH. Designed by Hays & Simpson. The first unit of a speculative group near Cleveland: a square weather-boarded wooden structure devoid of any pretense to the graces of 'style,' devised for the least laborious and most inexpensive scheme of housekeeping for a small family. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1934 - House in Catalina Foothills, Tucson AZ. Designed by Joseph Th. Joesler. Built by Catalina Foothills Estates, Inc. Built by the Catalina Foothills Estates in the desert near Tucson, patterned after the Mexican type house indigenous to the region and in harmony with the gaunt, cactus-studded landscape; adobe bricks, not coated with adobe plaster, furnish the structural material. FHA-insured mortgage. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1934 - The Robert M. Little House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Robert M. Little. The architect's own house on a small lot of irregular shape: the problem was to fit house and garage without building from property line to property line while keeping a desirable exposure. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1935.
1935 – The General Electric Experimental House, Nela Park, 1975 Noble Road, East Cleveland OH. Designed by J. Byers Hays as an experimental modular house for family living, prompted by the Depression. Destroyed.
1935 - The T. W. Frech Houses, 2400 and 2404 Derbyshire Road, Cleveland Heights OH. Designed by J. Byers Hays of Hays & Simpson. A pair of flat-roofed modern houses built as a rental experiment on a vacant 100-foot lot in an older residential neighborhood, with redwood siding, brick garage walls, and front garages carrying second-floor living room terraces. The pleased owner moved into one and kept the other as a guest house. 2400 sold to Charles J. Druesedow and Katarina Brkic. 2404 sold to Christopher W. McGlinchey. Photo by Carl Waite. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1936.
1935 - The Willard V. King House, Convent NJ. Designed by Jan Ruhtenberg for his father-in-law, a New York banker and Columbia University trustee. A modern flat-roofed house kept economical by Homasote building board used in full-height 8 x 14 ft. sheets for both exterior and interior walls, with carefully studied large window areas under a wide protecting roof overhang. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1936.
1935 - The C. F. Cori House, 1080 North Berry Road, Glendale MO. Designed by Harris Armstrong. A suburban residence typically modern in the geometrical severity of its interlocking blocks, enlivened by patterns of re-used common brick and California redwood. Roof decks and corner windows; brick walls finished in white cement paint. Photo by Alexander Piaget. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1936. Owned by Michael A. and Lisa Heintz as of 2026.
1935 - The Mrs. George Daub House, Harvey Cedars NJ. Designed by George Daub for his wife. A shore house planned for ocean views from its rooftop deck, designed for an individual owner yet planned to meet the requirements of an average family. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1936.
1935 - The Dr. Harry H. Schlomovitz House, Barron WI. Designed by Klinger & Becker. An informal, easy-to-clean stone and wood house for a bachelor who wanted something different, up-to-date and friendly, with as much built-in furniture as possible. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1936.
1935 - The Helen Clarke House, Madison WI. Designed by Planning Associates. A servantless modern house for a single lady whose sharply sloping site concentrates the living quarters on the second floor, with a sheltered terrace below. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1936.
1935 - The Dr. Harold Reese House, 562 East Seminary Street, Richland Center WI. Designed by Planning Associates. A servantless modern house for a couple, its living quarters placed on the upper floor of the sloping site with clearly defined dining space and facilities for entertaining. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1936. Sold in 2025.
1935 - The Hamilton Beatty House, 5907 Winnequah Road, Monona WI. Designed by Hamilton & Gwenydd Beatty. The architect's own rugged, individualistic modern house near Madison, attacked in the contemporary manner for a family of four without service quarters. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1936. Standing as of a 2022 Wisconsin Historical Society survey.
1935 - The Dr. Gustave F. Weinfeld House, 401 Woodland Road, Ravinia, Highland Park IL. Designed by James F. Eppenstein. Rated significant in the Highland Park architectural survey. Sharply defined brick masses with windows in long rows and roof decks for outdoor living; a full-height window of glass blocks lights the stair hall, and wood veneers relieve the spacious interiors. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1936. Owned by David and Julie Baum as of 2025.
1935 - The D. Berryhill House, San Antonio TX. Designed by Adams & Adams. A stucco house combining living and dining rooms plus a breakfast alcove; large windows leave uninterrupted wall space for furniture, and the roof is finished for use as a deck. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1936.
1935 - House at Lake Delavan, Lake Delavan WI. Designed by Howard T. Fisher. Built by General Houses, Inc. A prefabricated lakeside house built of stock unit panels, windows and four-foot Celotex squares, designed primarily for summer use but insulated throughout for the severest weather. Two large living rooms command views of the lake. Photo by Trowbridge. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1936.
1935 - House at Punta Gorda, Montevideo, Uruguay. Designed by Etchebarne, Ciurich & Bomio. A seaside house whose sweeping concrete overhangs and rugged stone base reflect the Latin distrust of the glass facade bred by centuries of sunlight, a striking illustration of modern architecture conditioned by climate and tradition. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1936.
1935 - House in Alexandria, Alexandria VA. Designed by A. K. Waterval. A flat-roofed modern house departing from stylistic precedent, with generous fenestration and terrace space. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1936.
1936 - The Ernest and Helen Eggiman House, 857 South Shore Drive, Madison WI. Designed by architect Robert W. McLaughlin Jr. for American Houses Inc. An international style steel prefab house. One of the last Motohomes as they ceased production in 1936 when the company switched to Cape Cod houses. Still standing as of 2025. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1936 - The Alfred J. Bromfield Jr. House, 4975 South University Boulevard, Denver CO. Designed by Burnham Hoyt. Last photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Significantly altered over time. Updated in 2004. Sold in 2021 to Ernst Boetzelen.
1936 – The Casper Forman Hegner House, 2323 East Dakota Avenue, Denver CO. Designed by Casper F. Hegner. Listed on the National Register in 2023.
1936 - The Barry M. Goldwater House, 3002 North Manor Drive West, Country Club Manor, Phoenix AZ. Designed by H. H. Green. Built by Del Webb. A curious blend of early Southwestern and modern architecture in solid brick, with small windows against the intense desert light, glass blocks lighting the reception hall, and a striking curved stair wall. Photo by Bate. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1937. Sold in 2020 to Tyvon Branch. Standing as of 2026.
1936 - The Bertha K. Hammond House, Wichita KS. Designed by Melton P. Johns. Built by American Houses, Inc. A fireproof, air conditioned house for a widow living alone, prefabricated by American Houses, Inc. of steel joists and insulated wall panels, with a ground floor utility room replacing the basement. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1937.
1936 - The V. M. S. Kaufmann House, 20 Park Lane, Minneapolis MN. Designed by Wessel, Brunet & Kline. A flat-roofed modern weekend house for a couple with no children, its large windows opening the entire lake side to the view; originally designed for reinforced concrete, it was built in wood. Photo by Charles W. Howson. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1937. On Cedar Lake; a designated Minneapolis landmark. Renovated with an addition around 2014.
1936 - The Cloyd Head House, 4176 Ingraham Highway, Coconut Grove FL. Designed by Chester Hart with Marion I. Manley, associate. A budget house for a family of three built of vibrated concrete blocks exposed inside and out, with trim eliminated wherever possible; both husband and wife are writers and each has a separate study, and a dining porch takes advantage of the year-round mild climate. Photo by Richard B. Hoit. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1937. Built for Cloyd Head and his wife, the poet Eunice Tietjens.
1936 - House in Wood (The K. H. Holden House), Birchwood Beach MI. Designed by John Lloyd Wright. A compact three-story square of cedar shingles and Silver fir plywood concentrated on a highly irregular ravine site, tied to its surroundings by terraces and a wooden bridge spanning the ravine to bathing houses and the lake 60 feet below. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1937.
1937 – The Chapman and Mary H. Young Jr. House, 720 South Milwaukee Street, Denver CO. Designed by Casper Forman Hegner. Featured in Architectural Record, November 1937, and The Modern House in America (1940). Standing as of 2016.
1937 - The Walter J. and Celeste Kohler Jr. House, aka Windway, 2311 County Road Y, Kohler WI. Designed by William F. Deknatel. Walter lived in the home with his second wife, Charlotte, until his death in 1976. Charlotte remained in the home until 1988, under an agreement with the Vollrath Company, which owned the home at that time. Sold to the Windway Capital Corporation and used as a residence for artists participating in the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Residency.
1937 - The H. Stanley Marcus House, 10 Nonesuch Road, Dallas TX. Originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, but after exceeding the budget, Wright was dismissed, and Roscoe DeWitt completed the design. 10,000 sf. A catwalk connects to a 1,200 sq. ft. two-bedroom, two-bath guest house above the three-car garage. Sold around 2008 to Mark and Patricia Lovvorn, who initially planned demolition but decided to restore it with W2 Studio. Published in Architectural Forum. As of 2024, still owned by the Lovvorns.
1937 - The Pietro Belluschi House, 3728 South Beaverton Avenue, Portland OR. Designed by Pietro Belluschi, working for A. E. Doyle. Sold in 1993 to John and Janet Day, still owners as of 2023. Renovation in 2025 by John Weil Architects for a new kitchen, family room, and guest suite. Published in Architectural Record.
1937 - The Margaret, Countess of Suffolk House, 625 East Magee Road, Tucson AZ. Designed by Richard Morse. She modeled the house after her home in England, calling the 293-acre estate Forest Lodge. In 1956, the estate was sold to three men including Herman Rasche, manager of the St. Luke's-in-the-Desert tuberculosis sanatorium. The following year, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary bought part of the estate. They turned the 20 acres of land and its buildings into a boarding school, kindergarten and nursery, which became part of the Immaculate Heart Academy. Became a convent and the group of buildings is the Immaculate Heart School.
1937 - The Henry B. Robertson House, aka House in Delaware, Centreville DE. Designed by Victorine and Samuel Homsey of Wilmington, one of the first husband-and-wife architectural firms in the US. Built by Rupert & Fulenwider. Published in Architectural Forum, February 1938, photos by Robert M. Damora early in his career. Selected by the Museum of Modern Art to represent the International Style in Three Centuries of American Art, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, May–July 1938. The site was reached by Pavilion Drive, off Kennett Pike. Destroyed.
1937 - The F. Morse Archer Jr House, Barnegat City NJ. Designed by George Daub. A dune-top beach house designed to withstand moisture-laden salt air, sun and wind, sheathed in asbestos shingles with roof decks overlooking the ocean. Photo by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1938.
1937 - The Dr. Isolde T. Zeckwer House, Harvey Cedars NJ. Designed by George Daub. One of a number of beach dwellings by Daub on the Jersey shore, a boxy two-story cottage of rough-sawn pine built on 8-in. diameter piles jetted 15 ft. into the dunes, with a railed roof deck facing the sea. Photo by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1938.
1937 - The Professor C. J. Finney House, College Station TX. Designed by Clarence J. Finney. A flat-roofed modern house of conventional wood stud construction faced with yellow pine lapped siding and brick, with a massive central chimney and corner windows, built for a Texas A&M professor. Photo by Zismon. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1938.
1937 - The Thomas H. Mullen House, 3200 Harrison Street, Evanston IL. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg. A small suburban house of unusual interest, noteworthy for its plan, interior and exterior design, and details: an admirably thought out living-dining room and highly compact service unit, an all-wood exterior, and window sash carried up to the ceiling line. Cubage: 13,500. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1938. Also featured in American Home, July 1939. Originally numbered 2501 Central Park.
1937 - The Alvin Greif House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Igor B. Polevitzky and T. Trip Russell. An open-plan house on Rivo Alto Island demonstrating the merits of the open plan in the Florida climate: view and ventilation are provided in all important rooms, a curved glass dining bay overlooks Biscayne Bay, and the plain white surfaces and low-pitched roof give ample terraces on both floors for outdoor living. Photo by Samuel H. Gottscho. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1938.
1937 - House in North Kessler Manor, Indianapolis IN. Designed by American Dwellings Corp., Frank Watson, President. A prefabricated plywood house extending shell-system experiments carried on at Purdue University: walls of 4 x 8 ft. box beam panels of phenol-resin glued plywood, floor panels up to 24 ft. long. Of 12,000 visitors, fewer than 10 per cent objected to its flat-roofed modern appearance; Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1938.
1937 - Beach House at Hobe Sound, Hobe Sound FL. Designed by Henry Corse, with furnishings by Walter Dorwin Teague. A flat-roofed white beach house whose formal plan provides an excellent balance between indoor and outdoor living, opening through a glazed living room to a rear terrace and patio facing the ocean. Photo by Frank Turgeon Jr. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1938.
1937 - The Robert F. Smith House, Coconut Grove FL. Designed by Robert F. Smith. The architect's own one-story residence, typical of the combination of modern features with conventional southern practice in recent Florida houses: concrete block and stucco walls, bedrooms and bath grouped around a small private passageway, a generous porch for year-round outdoor living, and a solar water heating system. Photo by Gerecke - Pan American. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1938.
1938 - The Philip B. Maher House, Lake Bluff IL. Designed by Philip B. Maher. House and pool house were located north of Shoreacres Country Club as a summer residence. Published in Architectural Forum. Destroyed.
1938 - The Jennings F. Sutor House, 1100 SW Skyline Boulevard, Portland OR. Designed by Pietro Belluschi while working for A. E. Doyle. Sold in 1961 to Carl and Esther Jantzen after Sutor's death. Sold in 1972. Sold to Andre Stevens. Sold in 2013 to Aric A Wood. Altered over the years. Renovated in 2017 by Anthony Belluschi, Pietro's son. Published in Architectural Record. First two photos by W. Boychuk.
1938 - The Willard V. King House, Madison NJ. Designed by Jan Ruhtenberg, with Elmer Tuthill as architect, for a member of the family of his wife, Polly King. A one-story house of fieldstone and stucco with Homasote and plywood interiors, designed for a family of four, with a den convertible into a guest room. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1940. Elaine Freed, a Colorado Springs preservationist, has done extensive research on Ruhtenberg. Status unknown.
1938 - The Wade Lane House, Harvey Cedars NJ. Designed by George Daub. A modern seashore house built on piles and sheathed in Dutch lap asbestos shingles, its informal character emphasized by a curved, window-banded living room with three exposures whose projection carries a useful second-floor deck; the dining room is part of the general living space yet removed enough for privacy. Photo by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1939.
1938 - The Philip Will, Jr House, 2949 Harrison Street, Evanston IL. Designed by Perkins, Wheeler & Will. The architect-partner's own modern house, a low horizontal composition of brick and wood siding with a broad sheltering roof. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1939. Will and his family lived here until 1980. Sold in 2017. Standing as of 2026.
1938 - The Porter Butts House, 2900 Hunter Hill, Shorewood Hills WI. Designed by William Kaeser. A strikingly modern hillside house whose cantilevered upper deck and horizontal boarding recall Wright's Usonian work in neighboring territory. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1939. Sold in 2019 to Ryan P. and Emily C. Bohochik. Standing as of 2026.
1938 - The Jay Greenwald House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Polevitzky & Russell. A streamlined modern Florida house with cantilevered sun shades and ribbon windows, planted with tropical hedges. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1939.
1938 - House in Princeton, Princeton NJ. Designed by Kenneth Kassler. Landscape architect: Daniel M. Lenker. A white-walled modern house under a copper-covered roof now weathering from dark brown to green, with terraces and steps of exposed yellow bank gravel aggregate; the master bedroom is lined in prima vera Flexwood. Photos by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1939.
1938 - Two Houses in Princeton, Princeton NJ. Designed by Evans, Moore & Woodbridge. Two houses which indicate that sober respectability is not incompatible with intelligent small-house planning. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1939.
1938 - House in Atlanta, Atlanta GA. Designed by W. Montgomery Anderson. An A.G.A. competition house, a low brick Georgia house with wide eaves shading its terrace. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1939.
1938 - House in Stillwater, Stillwater OK. Designed by A. Richard Williams. An A.G.A. competition house, a long low stone-walled house of distinctly modern horizontal character for Oklahoma. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1939.
1938 - The Samuel G. Wiener House, 615 Longleaf Road, Shreveport LA. Designed by Jones, Roessle, Olschner and Wiener. An uncompromisingly modern flat-roofed house of reinforced concrete frame and stucco for architect Samuel G. Wiener, a partner in the designing firm, featuring a two-story glazed stair wall, a neon-lit cove light and a projecting flower window in the living room. Photo by Marcus D. Weeks. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1939. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Samuel Wiener House. Standing.
1939 - The Clara Fargo Thomas House, 7 Thomas Way, Mount Desert ME. Designed by George Howe. Sold in the 1980's to the Berwind family who undertook a sympathetic restoration and redecoration. Unfortunately the dining room mural painted by Clara, a well known artist, was gone by that time. Still owned by the Berwind family as of 2014. Color photos from Portland Monthly Magazine 2010. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1939.
1939 - The James L. Goodwin House, 1631 Alabama Drive, previously addressed as 1311 Via Tuscany, Winter Park FL. Designed by Philip L. Goodwin. James Goodwin was Philip's brother. Sold to Bill Saxon. Sold in the early 1980's to Michael Mennello. Sold in 2023 to HLJ Northstar as a teardown and destroyed.
1939 - The Martha Nash and Robert Gibson McNelly House, aka Fort Nash, 522 Oak Street, Decatur AL. Designed by Edwin Bragg Lancaster who taught architecture at Auburn. Wedding gift to the daughter of Roy and Ruby Nash. As befitting a Coca-Cola bottling executive, each floor of the home had fountains that dispensed Coca-Cola. The fountains are still operational, however they dispense water. The home's blue prints have survived, and clearly show the family room's "Coca-Cola" fountain bar. Sold in 1999 to Michael Twente. Sold in 2010 to Vivian C. Turner. Sold in 2016 to Joseph and Kenyala Hicks. Sold in 2017 to Marcus E. and Cole Carl Wynn III. Sold in 2020 to Carl A. and Katherine Klepper.
1939 - The Seymour-Tanner House, aka Little Switzerland House B, 433 Little Switzerland Road, Knoxville TN. Designed by the husband-and-wife architects Alfred and Jane West Clauss. He worked for Mies van der Rohe (including on the 1929 Barcelona Pavilion), she for Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Built for Walton Seymour, a TVA colleague of Clauss's. One of the best-preserved of five modern houses the Clausses designed and built in their own ridgetop subdivision, Little Switzerland, between 1939 and 1945, where deed restrictions required contemporary design. Restored by architect John Sanders. Photo by Denise Retallack.
1939 - The Andreas S. Andersen House, 2830 East 3rd Street, Tucson AZ. Designed by Richard Morse and Arthur T. Brown. House has been expanded and renovated many times. 1788 sf. Sold in 1986 to the Linda Poverman family.
1939 - The Karl Kamrath House, 3448 Locke Lane, Houston TX. Designed by MacKie & Kamrath. The architect's own house, providing space for informal living at minimum cost with proper orientation to prevailing summer winds. Texas limestone and pine are used for practically all walls inside and out, a large screened porch catches the breeze, and the space above living room and porch serves as a parapet-screened deck. Photo by Elwood M. Payne. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1940. Owned since 1988 by Kane C. and Randa S. Weiner. Apparently replaced: the appraisal district dates the present 6,200 sq ft house to 2007, and 2024 aerials show a large hip-roofed house rather than the flat-roofed limestone original.
1939 - House in St. Charles, St. Charles IL. Designed by Chester Sig Anderson. A radically different small house on the Swedish model, with a handsome kitchen-dining room in its well-lighted, well-insulated basement under a wire glass skylight; the five-room, 1,150 sq. ft. house was built speculatively in Anderson's home town. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1939.
1939 - House in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City UT. Designed by Lowell E. Parrish. Sliding windows and panels mark this stone-based modern house with cantilevered deck. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1940.
1939 - House in Auburn, Auburn AL. Designed by Sidney Wahl Little. Designed for a college professor and his wife whose academic work is play production and whose hobbies are photography and music: the combined living-dining room houses the record player and recording collection, and the whole lower floor is devoted to hobby and study space. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1940.
1939 - House in Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM. Designed by John Gaw Meem, the leading exponent of the Santa Fe regional style. Adobe is used throughout, and every surface except the kitchen and bathroom walls is finished in adobe plaster. The roof follows local practice with exposed round beams, but cantilevered overhangs replace the customary exposed parapet and protect the walls below. The plan is arranged around a large porch, with the three bedrooms forming a more or less self-contained wing. Photo by Ernest Knee. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1940.
1939 - House in Davenport, Davenport IA. Designed by Stanhope Blunt Ficke. A brick house on a city lot divided into three self-contained zones for living, sleeping and service, with no side windows except in the service quarters; a modern version of the front porch — a simple slab on lally columns with a masonry screen wall — is of particular interest. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1940.
1939 - House in Glencoe, Glencoe IL. Designed by Dubin and Dubin. A brick house remarkable for the thoroughness with which its style, an outgrowth of that developed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is carried through in every detail. The plan centers on a sinuous, interconnected dining-living-study space on two levels, with a screened terrace and outdoor fireplace open on three sides. Photo by Steven Heiser. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1940.
1939 - House in Redding, Redding CT. Designed by Henry N. Wright with Hornbostel & Bennett. Built of Hudson River common brick in 10 in. cavity walls on a rocky knoll facing a lake to the south, with all major rooms assigned to the view side. The house is an early case history of radiant panel heating, with pipe coils embedded in the concrete floor slabs. Photo by Samuel H. Gottscho. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1940.
1939 - House in Darien, Darien CT. Designed by A. Musgrave Hyde. A long low building bridging the hollow between two outcropping rock knolls, with the lower level used for main entrance, garage and service quarters. The marked horizontality is accented by a black slate roof and horizontal V-jointed siding painted gray down to the window sills, white below. Photo by Rodney McCay Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1940.
1939 - House in Cleveland Heights, Cleveland Heights OH. Designed by George B. Mayer. A house in which special attention was given to wall and roof textures: built in heavily wooded surroundings, it was made as inconspicuous as possible with masonry walls and a wood shingle roof, window and door trim painted out rather than accented. Interiors feature indirect lighting and built-in furniture. Photo by C. W. Ackerman. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1940.
1939 - The Jesse R. Stone House, Houston TX. Designed by MacKie & Kamrath. A reasonably small and compact brick veneer house for two, built on a concrete slab adjoining the Kamrath house by the same architects; the north bedroom doubles as guest room and studio, a screened porch gives protection from the hot afternoon sun, and a separate garage includes maid's quarters. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1940. On Locke Lane in River Oaks, next to the Kamrath house at 3448 Locke Lane.
1940 - House in Denver, Denver CO. Designed by Thomas E. Moore. A very attractive and dignified modern design in brick with roof decks, notable for probably the first second-floor laundry in the small house field and a recreation room that functions as open or enclosed space. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in Williams Bay, Williams Bay WI. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. A house that includes a complete photographic studio and darkroom while keeping a modest residential character, its low horizontal lines of siding and stone looking toward Lake Geneva. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in St. Louis County, St. Louis MO. Designed by Murphy & Wischmeyer. A one-story house of brick and single-light casement windows whose two-story ingenuity is an excellent use of the entrance at the half level; the living room, as shown in the interior view, has an unusually high ceiling. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in Madison, Madison WI. Designed by Beatty & Strang. A three-story modern house on a wooded slope, walled in Rostone panels on steel shelf angles with aluminum sash and glass block, its maid's room, recreation room and decks stacked with the terrain. Photo by Charles Bradley. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in Mountainside, Mountainside NJ. Designed by Kenneth Kassler. A definite attempt to relieve severity of form by emphasis on texture, as in the narrowly spaced clapboards enclosing the upper story and the high pipe trellis at the east end; crisp, orderly plans arranged on half-levels developed from the contours of the land. Photo by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in Linden, Linden NJ. Designed by Andre Halasz. Erected to accommodate the offices of a physician whose residence is next door, this brick house was designed so that in case of resale it is readily re-converted into a five-room dwelling without structural alterations, the entire finish being dry construction. O'Hara-Edson, associates. Photo by Adolph Studley. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in Linden, Linden NJ. Designed by Harry Maslow. A compact modern two-bedroom house with dining alcove and basement, very well worked out, thoroughly livable and exceedingly compact. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941.
1940 - House in Stonington, Stonington CT. Designed by John W. Lincoln. A small two-bedroom house of red cedar bevel siding, built on a concrete slab with an above-ground utility room in place of a basement, which was unusual for New England. The front hall is planned to lead to a future wing, and an oversize bathroom suits a family with very small children and can later become a bath-dressing room. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1941. Status unknown.
1940 - House in Spring Hill, Spring Hill WV. Designed by Donald Thompson. The owner, who was also the designer and builder, submits this residence as an example of the 'hand-made house': the structure consists chiefly of 4 x 8 plywood panels over a stone base, with a wide hipped roof sheltering the living-dining room and porch. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1941.
1940 - House in Newtown, Newtown CT. Designed by Evans, Moore & Woodbridge. An unconventionally designed country residence in which site contours and view were the controlling factors: the main living rooms, with maid's room, studio and deck, are on the upper level above a walled terrace. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1941.
1940 - House in Middletown, Middletown NJ. Designed by Michael M. Hare; Livingstone Elder, associate. An unusual adaptation of the carpenter architecture of the early 1900s, a broad-eaved five-bedroom house with large second-story deck recalling the shingle era while planned to thoroughly modern standards. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1941.
1940 - House in Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH. Designed by Hubert M. Garriott & John W. Becker. A large white International Style house of cinder concrete units demonstrating that size can be important in the design of a modern house, the play of mass replacing to a considerable degree the interest normally provided by conventional decorative features. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1941.
1940 - House in Miami Beach, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Polevitzky & Russell. The high ceiling, traditionally a part of warm-country architecture, is given dramatic expression in a full two-story living room, with dining room, library and screened porch treated as part of the same space and bedrooms divided between the two floors. Photo by Ernest Graham. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1941.
1940 - House in The Highlands, Seattle WA. Designed by J. Lister Holmes. Recent contemporary work of the Pacific Northwest, presenting blank walls and small windows to the street and generous glass areas opening to the view. Vertical grain cedar exterior; a Hawaiian-inspired lanai links garden, living room and hall. Photo by Richard Garrison. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1941.
1940 - House in Columbus, Columbus OH. Designed by T. W. Brooks. A one-story plan whose exterior casts more than a passing glance at the work of Wright, combining brick and cypress siding with a slate roof and high windows above a row of bookcases in the hall. Sloping ground permitted a garage under the main level. Photo by Everett Wood. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1941.
1940 - House in Klamath County, Klamath County OR. Designed by Office of Howard R. Perrin. An uncommonly clean design beautifully adapted to its wooded site, with an elongated ground floor only partly covered by the four bedrooms above and a curved garden wall relating the building to the ground. The extended plan gives many rooms three exposures. Photo by Erven Jourdan. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1941.
1940 - House in Seattle, Seattle WA. Designed by J. Lister Holmes. The West Coast steep-site house given a new twist: an attenuated rectangle set perpendicular to the street, adjusting to the change in level while preserving a southern exposure for the main rooms. Cedar and brick, with the texture of the retaining walls echoed in the design inside and out. Photo by Richard Garrison. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1941.
1940 - House in Montgomery County, Montgomery County MD. Designed by Francis Palms, Jr. & Lewis E. Stevens. An imposing modern design based on the use of masonry, with extended glass areas concentrated at the rear and a change of material marking the shift from wall-bearing to frame construction. Garage and service rooms form a long buffer between entrance and main section. Photo by Orville K. Blake. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1941.
1940 - House in Rome, Rome GA. Designed by Richard L. Aeck. A one-story brick veneer house with a clay shingle tile roof, planned with two bedrooms, den, separate dining room and a generous terrace for outdoor dining. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1941.
1940 - House in Madison, Madison WI. Designed by William Kaeser. A good example of the 'prairie' school originated by Frank Lloyd Wright, essentially a single-floor scheme of redwood siding set on a sloping site to provide a ground-floor garage, maid's room and playroom. The back faces south with generous windows for all main rooms. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1941.
1940 - Raymond Farm, 6370 Pidcock Creek Road, New Hope PA. Designed by Antonin Raymond. The architect's own farm, office and residence, rebuilt from the venerable stones of a 1725 Pennsylvania farmhouse. Inside partitions and the south wall came down to bring in sun and view, a dining-kitchen wing and glass vestibule were added, and cedar ceilings, oak floors, horizontal sliding panels and translucent paper screens show Raymond's Japanese years. Photo by C. V. D. Hubbard & Stanley H. Goldsmith, Jr. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1941. Held by the Raymond family (Claude, Victor, Susan Raymond et al., d/b/a a Raymond family partnership). Still owned by the Raymond family. Standing as of 2025.
1940 - House in Frenchtown, Frenchtown NJ. Designed by Antonin Raymond. An addition to an old stone house, built by two local carpenters from materials salvaged from a barn on the property. Living room and master bedroom open wide to the views and make effective use of the great stone wall to the east; most striking of many handsome details is the circular wood stair set against a background of glass. Photo by C. V. D. Hubbard. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1941.
1940 - The Ancell House, Chicago IL. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg. An interesting solution to a narrow 55 by 125 ft. lot: a completely glazed wall opens the dining area to the street while the folding glass wall of the living space opens to the rear terrace. Five areas flow together in one uninterrupted space around a circular fireplace; it was erected on bearing walls in 1940. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1946.
1941 - Desert Cottage in Scottsdale, Scottsdale AZ. Designed by George L. Ellis. A desert cottage built for a musician, with 12 in. adobe walls banded by horizontal redwood strips and a central chimney containing fireplace and air conditioning unit. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1942.
1941 - House in Klamath Falls, Klamath Falls OR. Designed by Howard R. Perrin. An interesting example of the regional house type developed in the Pacific Northwest, set on a sloping lot with a basement above ground. Photo by Erven Jourdan. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1942.
1941 - House in Madison, Madison WI. Designed by William Kaeser. A stucco house clearly indebted to Frank Lloyd Wright but far removed from mere imitation, with a realistic and imaginative plan and cypress-ceilinged living room. Photo by Fritz Kaeser. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1942.
1941 - House in Ottawa Hills, Ottawa Hills OH. Designed by E. P. Lockart. A very orderly redwood-sided design notable for its efficient allocation of space, with glass block used extensively inside and out including a two-story panel in the stair hall. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1942.
1941 - House in Demarest, Demarest NJ. Designed by Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz. Designed for ultimate use as a garage and caretaker's cottage but occupied by the owner until a larger house can be built; rubble masonry and red cedar, with a southeast balcony on pipe columns, built dry and completed in 100 days. Photo by James Ogle. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1942.
1941 - The Victor Civkin House, aka House in Fairfield, 12 Ermine Street, Fairfield CT. The architect's own house and studio. Designed by Victor Civkin. An attractive California redwood design incorporating a two-car garage as an integral part of the two-story house, compensating for the first floor's limited outlook with a studio and generous deck above. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1942. Owned by Jean Ames Sturges since 2001. Standing as of 2024.
1941 - Beach House in Mantoloking, Mantoloking NJ. Designed by Vincent Kling. Set comfortably on a stretch of dunes between Barnegat Bay and the Atlantic, designed by Kling while still a graduate student at M.I.T.; Weldtex plywood walls, with high ventilators and views of both ocean and bay from the living room. Photo by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1942.
1941 - House in St. Louis, St. Louis MO. Designed by Joseph P. Richardson & Huson Jackson, with Diedrich F. Rixmann. A one-story plan with service rooms at the front and bedrooms at the back, an L-shaped living-dining room in the middle, and a paved terrace and swimming pool screened by split-sapling fencing. Photo by Bennett Tucker. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1942.
1941 - House in Morristown (Architect's Own House), Morristown NJ. Designed by Ernst Payer. The architect's own house on a small hilltop, planned as a three-dimensional entity for informal country living with a second-floor deck. Weyerhaeuser 4-square frame construction with plywood used extensively for interior finishes, closets and even the main stair. Photo by Rodney McCay Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1942.
1941 - House near Wernersville, Wernersville PA. Designed by Penrose K. Spohn. A compact house built on a steep wooded slope, wood-sheathed above a stone lower story with a continuous band of windows and plywood interior finishes. Photos by C. V. D. Hubbard. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1942.
1941 - The Morton D. May House, aka House in Ladue, 2222 South Warson Road, Ladue MO. Designed by Samuel A. Marx with Noel L. Flint & C. W. Schonne, Associates; Study & Farrar, resident. Landscape architect: Franz Lipp. One of the last of the prewar crop of contemporary private houses: a large flat-roofed residence in rolling, wooded suburban St. Louis County with continuous glass along the south-facing living and dining areas, a floor-recessed plant pocket dividing the great living space, and broad stone garden steps. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1942. Demolished in 2005.
1941 - Three-Level House in Glenview, Glenview IL. Designed by Arthur Purdy, with Sydney Dickens, designer. Built by Howard Sloan. The Forum judged this version of the three-level scheme the most interesting in plan and general design of the Glenview development houses, with ceiling levels that change to provide clerestory lighting in the living room. Sold on a half-acre lot. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing Studio. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1944.
1941 - House in Seattle, Seattle WA. Designed by Bliss Moore, Jr. Built by D. J. Loughran. A lakeside house dominated by its site, designed in 1941 as the permanent home of a professional man on a lot sloping down to Lake Washington. The angles and curves of the plan follow the contours of the site; the exterior is brick veneer under a hand-split shake roof, with large south windows shielded by roof overhang and a cantilevered balcony. Photo by P. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1945.
1941 - The Dr. Evarts A. and Helen Tredway Graham House, 18 Jamestown Acres Lane, Florissant MO. Designed by Harris Armstrong. A luxurious modern home completed as the war began for a surgeon and his scientist wife, ardent gardeners, on a rural site with sweeping views of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Local stone and brick fit it to its environment, with hand-hewn entrance canopy supports and totem-pole-like carving at the main door by Enrique Alferez. Photo by Tom Leonard. Featured in Architectural Forum, September 1945. Owned by Michael P. and Carolyn N. Walsh. Standing as of 2026.
1941 - The Wernicke House, Palos Park IL. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg. Built by Fred Lindholm. A small steel-framed house for a school teacher, combining living, dining and kitchen areas in one big room only partially divided by a storage wall. Walls are unadulterated brick, plywood and glass; built before the war, the house was financed with an FHA-insured mortgage. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1946.
1941 - Downhill House in Seattle, Seattle WA. Designed by John T. Jacobsen. Built by Frank A. Martin. Only a one-story ranch house from the road, this home perched on the side of a hill has basement rooms with a view. 2,212 sq. ft. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948.
1942 - House in Centralia, Centralia IL. Designed by F. E. Rixmann with Diedrich F. Rixmann. A medium-sized redwood-clad house with an excellent two-story plan, integrating the carport into the mass of the house with a sheltered passage to the entrance. An unusual splayed kitchen wall opens up the typical U-shaped arrangement of fixtures. Photos by Bennett Tucker. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1943.
1942 - House in Cos Cob, Cos Cob CT. Designed by Pomerance & Breines. Engineers: Wolff & Munier (radiant heating). An interesting large modern country house combining old-fashioned stone and advanced techniques. Its complete radiant panel heating system of the Crittal type, with warm-water steel pipes embedded in the plaster ceilings, keeps the most exposed rooms comfortable at 70 degrees in the coldest weather. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1943.
1942 - House in Torresdale, Torresdale PA. Designed by Oscar Stonorov and Edmund Bacon. Executed in glass, native stone and natural wood, this house reconciles a magnificent view of the Delaware River with proper orientation. An abundance of glass on both levels, a downstairs terrace and a cantilevered second-floor balcony place the emphasis on the south side of the house. Photo by C. V. D. Hubbard. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1943.
1942 - House in Denver, Denver CO. Designed by Burnham Hoyt. An unorthodox plan dictated by the access road to the north and the view west to Mt. Evans: the entrance door and a large facing window are on axis with the mountain. Upstairs bedrooms open to a generous sleeping deck with a fireplace for outdoor cooking and the fine mountain panorama. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1943.
1942 - House in Knoxville, Knoxville TN. Designed by Mario Bianculli. An unusual and very successful plan by a TVA architect for an awkwardly sloping site, ignoring the established hillside-house patterns. The entrance faces downhill away from the street for privacy, and main rooms on both levels face an extensive view through stock window frames dictated by wartime material restrictions. Photo by Billy M. Glenn. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1943.
1942 - The John W. Lincoln House, aka Stonington Waterfront, aka Stonington/Lincoln Renovation, 348 North Main Street, Stonington CT. Designed by John W. Lincoln for his own family. Lincoln, a former Architectural Forum staff writer, also worked as a senior Navy architect at Quonset Point. Lincoln reported that his heat was the last in the neighborhood to go on each fall and the first to go off each spring. B/W photos by P. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Record, May 1943 and Architectural Forum, November 1946. Sold in 2012 to Michael McDonald. Renovated in 2013 by Joeb Moore & Partners, who kept the central granite wall as the organizing element of the plan and re-clad the second floor in corrugated metal. Built by Prutting; landscape design by Reed Hilderbrand; color photos by David Sundberg. Won a 2016 AIA New England design award. Standing as of 2024.
1943 - Three Builder's Houses in New Canaan, New Canaan CT. Designed by Charles E. Tilton. Built by Philip Hanson Hiss III. Three speculative houses built for sale, part of a five-house group the Forum hailed as a first break with the past in operative building. The most modern of the three sits on high land facing west and south, with a generous deck over its basement garage and a corner stairwell entry lit by a glass block panel. Featured in Architectural Forum, January 1944.
1943 - Hunting Lodge in Henry, Henry IL. Designed by James F. Eppenstein. A luxury vacation lodge raised on concrete piers above swampy ground, praised by the Forum for simplicity without fake rusticity. Four minimum bedrooms are linked to compact dressing and bathing facilities, each dressing room with its own lavatory. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1944.
1943 - The Oscar Stonorov House, aka Avon Lea, 1779 Pickering Road, Charlestown Township, Phoenixville PA. Designed by Oscar Stonorov. A large country home the architect designed for his own family, built on the stone foundations of an old farmhouse. The 1780s farmhouse walls became the nucleus of the two-story living room, and the studio, connected by a balcony-level passageway, sits over a vaulted root cellar. Photos by C. V. D. Hubbard. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1944.
1943 - The Oren Thomas House, Des Moines IA. Designed by Oren Thomas. The architect's own house on a wooded knoll in northwest Des Moines, designed as living space that changes with the weather: except for kitchen and bath, one outside wall of every room is movable, with overhead doors opening bedrooms to screened walls and the living room to a continuous screened porch. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1944.
1943 - The John Renshaw Carson House, aka House in New Hope, 157 North Main Street, New Hope PA. Designed by Antonin Raymond. A low-cost all-wood house for a young and active couple, raised above a river highway for privacy and views and connected with road level by two flights of stairs. The L-shaped living area opens onto a porch overlooking the river valley. Photo by C. V. D. Hubbard. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1944. Enlarged in the 1950s and altered beyond recognition around 2000.
1944 - The John and Jane Kerr Platt House, aka House in Portland, 4550 SW Humphrey Boulevard, Portland OR. Designed by Pietro Belluschi. Built by Dan Schuh. Engineers: J. Donald Kroeker (mechanical). A small L-shaped house set on a hill crest in three acres of old apple orchard overlooking the Tualatin Valley, planned for indoor-outdoor living with rough vertical pine siding, a cedar-shingle roof and a wide overhang forming a long sunny porch off the living and dining rooms. Photo by P. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1945. Built in 1941. Jane Kerr Platt's garden here became widely known.
1944 - The Alfred B. Parker Residence, 2921 SW 27th Avenue, Coconut Grove, Miami FL. Designed by Alfred B. Parker. A young Navy architect and his wife built this wartime cottage themselves, using rough Miami oolite stone from an old building on the site, salvaged lumber and tropical hardwoods ferried from nearby keys. Roof-high living room glass and an open plan integrate the living space with the outdoors. Photo by Alfred B. Parker. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1945. Sold in 2023 to Cuprite Properties LLC. Standing as of 2026.
1944 - The Hildreth Meiere Residence, 82 Erskine Road, Stamford CT. Client: Hildreth Meiere. Designed by Bimel Kehm. Built by Bimel Kehm. A country house designed and built by a fellow artist for the well-known mural painter, with a two-story studio living room finished in rough materials under exposed cypress timbers and a sky-blue ceiling. Fieldstone, common brick and knotty pine on a compact 25 by 50 ft. plan, the 3.5-acre plot left virtually unlandscaped. Photo by Robert Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1945.
1945 - The Abrahms House, Glencoe IL. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg. A Miesian steel post-and-beam house whose living, dining and hall areas occupy one 26 by 35 ft. rectangle divided only by shiftable glass and plywood partitions and a concrete staircase. The client's large orchid collection dictated the 26 ft. conservatory that dominates the street facade; an FHA-insured mortgage covered the entire construction. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1946.
1945 - The Heimbach House, 13020 Greenwood Avenue, Blue Island IL. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg. Designed for a physician, his wife and son, with a doctor's office and X-ray wing shielded from the living quarters and corner-lot streets by blank brick walls. Living and recreation areas face south and east, and a combination second-floor living-bedroom opens on a large screened deck. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1946. Built 1939-40 for Dr. Aaron Heimbach and his wife Lucile Gottschalk Heimbach. Owned since 1997 by Tom Hawley and Tom Mantel, whose restoration received a Landmarks Illinois preservation award in 2009; a Blue Island local landmark. Standing as of 2026.
1945 - The Jacobs House, Glencoe IL. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg. Nine rooms stretched 120 ft. along a block-through lot for an advertising executive, with a semicircular plywood-finished library-living room focused on an extraordinary fireplace whose tempered glass flue shows sparks through a copper grille depicting a phoenix. Masonry bearing-wall construction. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1946.
1945 - The Pietro Belluschi Farmhouse, 1080 SW 197th Avenue, Aloha OR. Designed by Pietro Belluschi. Unable to obtain wartime priority for a new house, Belluschi remodeled a nondescript wooden farm bungalow he bought for its orchard, adding a large covered loggia connecting the house with its woodshed and a rear entry for country living. The result, he says, is so livable and free of architectural pretense that he has become quite attached to it. Photo by P. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1946. Known as the Aloha Farmhouse, a ca. 1915 bungalow remodeled by Belluschi beginning in 1944; the Belluschis moved out in 1948 and sold it. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
1946 - The Charles A. Lawrence Jr. House, aka House in Seattle, 9744 Lake Shore Boulevard NE, Seattle WA. The architect's own house. Designed by Charles A. Lawrence. A split-level, two-building home on a steeply sloping site overlooking Lake Washington, designed for privacy from neighbors and separation of living and working quarters. A rear service building provides an outdoor stairway and side entrance court connecting with the lower house. Photo by K. S. Brown. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1946. Sold in 1992 by Martha Jean Lawrence to Glenn A. and Joan M. Yamada. Sold in 1992 by the Lawrence family to Glenn A. Standing as of 2026; the assessor records a renovation in 1994.
1946 - Florida Farmhouse, Everglades FL. Designed by Igor B. Polevitzky. The owner's year-round residence on a large modern farm, set on a hammock in the Everglades thirty miles northwest of Miami and turned to the prevailing southeast breezes. Built of surplus Navy timbers and planking with walls of Crab Orchard stone, it features screens, louvered jalousies, sliding glass doors and a swimming pool off the porch. Photo by Hinman Photography. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1946.
1946 - Veteran's House in Oregon, Portland OR. Designed by Van Evera Bailey. Completed near Portland this year, built entirely of wood with vertical tongue-and-groove fir siding in natural finish. Radiant heating comes from electric resistance coils imbedded in the ceiling plaster, and the shed roof yields greater ceiling height and larger windows. Photo by F. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1946.
1946 - House in Virginia, Alexandria VA. Designed by Charles Goodman. A vigorous remodeling of a fire-ravaged two-story Colonial farmhouse whose second floor was knocked off brick by brick, the foundation and shell reused for economy. A low gable roof rests on columns set well inside the walls, creating frankly decorative frame overhangs on all four sides; old roof slate reappears at the hearth and red tile parquet from a former porch floors the nursery. Photo by Rodney McCay Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1946.
1946 - House in Seattle, Seattle WA. Client: Mr. & Mrs. Philip Moore. Designed by Philip Moore. Built by S. E. Wedwick. The architect's own two-story house on a 50 x 120 ft. lot atop Magnolia Bluff, planned to save land for gardening and outdoor living; from the second floor the entire city of Seattle plus the Cascade and Olympic ranges are visible. Exterior is rough-sawn cedar bevel siding stained light reddish beige with white trim. Photo by P. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1947.
1946 - The Lambert H. and Ellen Newby Ennis House, aka House in Evanston, 200 Dempster Street, Evanston IL. Designed by William F. Deknatel. Engineers: Samuel R. Lewis. A large Prairie-tradition residence for a Northwestern professor on a restricted lot in a subdivision of the Daniel H. Burnham estate, with a separate-access study for students and a writing study for his wife. Semi-mill construction with wood beams carried on window mullions replaced scarce steel, and radiant heating runs in the ceiling. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1947. Sold in 1987 to Barry S. Alberts, who transferred it to his trust in 2019. An Evanston designated landmark, in the Lakeshore Historic District. Standing as of 2026.
1946 - House in Forestville, Forestville VA. Client: Mr. & Mrs. Oscar M. Powell. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. A country house built into a hillside on a 150-acre site near the Potomac, with the conventional plan inverted: living quarters above, bedrooms below, and the main living area facing south toward a view that includes one of the Potomac's waterfalls. Native brownstone from a nearby quarry is used inside and out, contrasting with walnut plywood walls, edge-grain fir ceilings and vertical redwood siding. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1947.
1946 - The Bimel Kehm Residence, 80 Sunset Hill Road, New Canaan CT. Designed by Bimel Kehm. A Connecticut hay barn remodeled by its sculptor-owner into a country house pleasantly free of affectation or cliche. The sound mansard-roofed timber frame was left intact, its cleaned and waxed columns and beams setting the character of the interiors, with glass doors replacing the old wagon doors onto a two-story dining room built around a huge central stone chimney. Photo by Robert M. Damora. Featured in Architectural Forum, July 1947. Converted from a barn of the former Child estate. Renovated in 2022.
1946 - The Newton S. Noble Jr. Residence, 365 South Bateman Circle, Barrington Hills IL. Designed by William F. Deknatel. A solid, sturdy design typical of the Middlewest, set in several levels on a heavily wooded small hill with wide eaves, frame exterior and heavy masonry within. To catch an impressive northern view the living room wing is turned 60 degrees from the rest of the house, placed over an old gravel pit that furnished the basement excavation. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1947. Begun in 1941. Sold in 2021.
1946 - The George S. Clefton Residence, Portland OR. Designed by Van Evera Bailey. A split-level Oregon house built on four planes that takes full advantage of its view and sloping site, with outside entrances to every room on the three lower floors. Cedar siding and brickwork emphasize its informal yet tailored quality, and wind-shielded deck extensions serve the sleeping and dining levels. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1947.
1946 - House in Alexandria, Alexandria VA. Designed by Charles Goodman. A split-level hillside house on a precipitous site in the heart of urban Alexandria that drops 32 ft. from front to back, reminding its owner of her native San Francisco's Telegraph Hill. Bricks salvaged from the condemned eighteenth-century grain and feed store that once occupied the site were re-used, and a glass bay encloses the two-story stairwell and entrance. Photo by Rodney McKay Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1947.
1947 - House in Madison, Madison WI. Designed by William V. Kaeser. Built by Edwin Nelson. Brick cavity walls help balance the heat loss of large windows in Wisconsin's climate; the brick was carried around corners so each bedroom and the living room could have glass corners. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948.
1947 - The Morton H. Caine House, Portland OR. Designed by Morton H. Caine. An architect's own family house on a Portland hillside, with canvas-decked balcony overlooking a long view and mahogany veneer used inside the living room walls. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948.
1947 - The Robert A. Nolan House, 2181 Millvale Road, Louisville KY. Designed by Robert A. Nolan. Built by A. J. Schneider & Co. The owner-architect's house, built on the wall of an old stable as an example of alert site planning, its main entrance on the upper level. 2,323 sq. ft. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948.
1947 - The Michael Heller House I, aka Screened-Porch House in Miami, 910 North Venetian Drive, Biscayne Island, Miami FL. Designed by Igor Polevitzky. A tropical house whose familiar screened porch is extended to its logical conclusion: an airy 19 x 30 ft. outdoor living room framed in corrosion- and hurricane-resistant aluminum, with a small masonry house at the rear. 1,230 sq. ft. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948. The first of two houses Polevitzky designed for Michael Heller on Biscayne Island. For sale in 2024.
1947 - House in Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs CO. Designed by Jan Ruhtenberg. A Colorado country house for year-round residence on a wooded site, opened to the mountain view and sun by two window walls; the downhill side presents the main approach by exterior stairs. 3,328 sq. ft. Photos by Fred Guild. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948.
1947 - House at Candlewood Lake, Candlewood Lake CT. Designed by William Lescaze. Built by Arthur E. McCollam. A summer and weekend house using traditional summer-colony materials, field stone and unpainted wood, in a contemporary manner; three bedrooms plus a large living area organized for privacy, sun and view, with interiors by Kern Hines. 2,380 sq. ft. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1948.
1947 - The Harold L. Tandy Residence, 403 Main Road South, Hampden ME. Designed by Eaton W. Tarbell & Associates. Built by T. W. Cunningham, Inc. A vertical three-level house at the top of a 20-acre sloping meadow above the Penobscot River, with cedar siding, a massive masonry core carrying fireplaces in study, living room and playroom, and a full-width balcony 'hurricane deck' shading the first-floor windows. Photos by P. A. Dearborn. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1948. Sold in 2023 (buyer not named in the listing data). Standing as of 2025.
1947 - Suburban House in Glenview, Glenview IL. Designed by David Searcy Barrow. Built by Sloan Construction Co. An architect-builder collaboration set well back on a 155 x 240 ft. plot overlooking lawn, meadow and forest. Well-integrated design carried out in redwood siding and Wisconsin Lannon stone, with a south-facing guest alcove off the living room and a step-saving kitchen with built-in dinette. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1948.
1948 – The Joseph and Louise Marlow House, 1190 Oneida Street, Denver CO. Designed by the clients, who were both architects. Featured in Architectural Record, December 1952, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Altered: enlarged master suite, 1980s kitchen, concrete floors tiled over, original fireplace enclosed. Sold in 2010 to Mark R. and Sally B. Otis.
1948 - The Dr. S. G. Weiss Residence, Harwinton CT. Designed by Joseph Stein. A studio-type bachelor house whose owner had laid the foundation and floors himself before calling in the architect. Fieldstone construction lightened by generous glazing, pine board-and-batten walls, a dramatically sloping slate roof that sheds snow, cantilevered stairs set into the stone wall, and a bedroom clerestory that lights the center of the house. Photo by Lionel Freedman (Pictorial Services). Featured in Architectural Forum, January 1949.
1948 - Revere Quality House, Ridgewood Park, Cleveland OH. Designed by W. D. Riddle. Built by Maurice Fishman, Precision Housing Corp. Model house for Ridgewood Park, an 800-house development on 225 suburban acres near Cleveland, the best example to date of Revere Copper & Brass Co.'s pilot building program. Traditional clapboards and pitched roof combine with large modern windows and long, low lines; assembly-line building kept it economical. Seventy-five thousand Clevelanders visited the model in its first weeks. Photos by R. Marvin Wilson. Featured in Architectural Forum, January 1949.
1948 - The Alexander H. Girard Residence, 222 Lothrop Road, Grosse Pointe Farms MI. Designed by Alexander H. Girard. The architect knit two run-down houses overlooking Detroit's only pine grove into one modern ten-room house for his own family. Acting as his own contractor, he built it economically; an outsized living room with a curved screen dividing off the architect's studio is the hub of the rambling plan. Photo by Elmer L. Astleford. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1949. The designer's own house, closely related to his four-pavilion house nearby: stone-based walls, patterned surfaces, marble chips on the roof and walls of objets trouves, presented through Charles Eames' unorthodox country-fair photo essay. Photo by Charles Eames. Featured in House & Home, November 1952. Destroyed.
1948 - The Robert Chapin Residence, 341 Calkinstown Road, Sharon CT. Designed by Robert Chapin. Built by Edwin J. Baldwin. Sixty-one acres and a view set off this owner-designed hilltop house, built in stages from a 1940 one-room weekend cottage (now the guest house) to the main house begun in 1946. Bright ideas and ingenious planning add value to the small house: children's bedrooms open into a playroom via sliding partitions, and a deep overhang cuts summer sun. Photo by Lionel Freedman (Pictorial Services). Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1949. The owner-architect was Time magazine's chief cartographer.
1948 - The William A. Amenta Residence, Bethayres PA. Designed by E. George Lavino & William A. Amenta. Architect Amenta's own home, with a utility core placed between the living and sleeping areas. Walls of Chestnut Hill stone obtained inexpensively from a nearby sewer excavation and wood siding preserve the rocky wooded atmosphere of the site; a pebbled court with barbecue serves outdoor dining. Photo by Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1949.
1948 - Revere Institute Indiana House, South Bend IN. Designed by L. Morgan Yost. Built by Place & Co. One of Revere Copper & Brass Co.'s nationwide demonstrations of merchant builder-architect teamwork, this house packs a lot of sense within its thrifty 20 x 77 ft. rectangular shell. A shallow corner lot shaped the plan, with a recessed entry under a projecting eave and big plate glass living room windows overlooking a concrete terrace. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1949.
1948 - The Sylvian W. Gamm Residence, Shreveport LA. Designed by Samuel G. Wiener & William B. Wiener. Built by Sandel & Lastrapes. Astute design and orientation produce a distinguished house tucked into the northwest corner of its one-acre suburban lot, opening southward to view, sun, breeze, garden and play yard. Brick and wood construction with a long band of glass under a thin projecting roof; carport and driveway form an entrance court at the rear. Photo by Ulric Meisel (Photo Associates). Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1949.
1948 - House in Ithan, Ithan PA. Designed by Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen. Built by E. Allen Reeves, Inc. Engineers: A. E. D'Ambly. A large, comfortable house circled by a high ribbon window, using inexpensive rough-finished materials to purchase the luxury of plentiful light and space. The usual construction was reversed: moisture-holding cinder block was used on the interior and unmilled lumber, saw marks showing, on the exterior. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1949.
1948 - The Harris Armstrong Weekend House, Jefferson County MO. Designed by Harris Armstrong. The architect's own 'Ozark Fantasy,' a tree-house weekend cottage perched on a Missouri creek bank, its soaring prow-shaped upper level anchored to stone walls salvaged from the ruins of an old barn. Rough-hewn native materials throughout. Photo by Robert Frei. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1949.
1948 - The Dr. D. C. and Genevieve Burkes House, 700 NW Rapidan Terrace, Portland OR. Designed by Pietro Belluschi. 'A house that eats, sleeps and works with the view' — a serene, subtle flat-top on a nearly peninsular dead-end shelf against the west Portland hills, completed just before Belluschi left to head MIT's school of architecture. A series of subtly managed courts leads from turnaround court past the garage-wing barricade, the master bedroom claims a private court with a Roman bath, and living and sleeping rooms all face Mt. Hood. Photo by Roger Sturtevant. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1951. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025 as the Burkes-Belluschi House. Owned by Anthony and Marti Belluschi since 2009.
1948 - The Dr. D. S. Harris House, 525 Garth Brooks Boulevard, Yukon OK. Designed by Richard A. Kuhlman. A house that makes its own climate, 20% cooler without air conditioning: a ventilated reflective roof, shading overhangs and 65' of wall that opens to summer breezes on the venturi principle. Photo by Maynard L. Parker. Featured in House & Home, February 1955. Sold in 2015.
1949 - The Klumb House, aka Casa Klumb, aka Cody Ranch, 1037 Calle Buenos Aires, Barrio Sabana Llana, Río Piedras, San Juan PR. Designed by Henry Klumb, who remodeled a 19th-century wooden casona on the former Cody Ranch, bought by Klumb and his wife Else in 1947; the remodeling began in 1949. The property had belonged to José Ramón Latimer and Esther C. Cody. Richard and Dion Neutra rented a room here during their time on the island. Klumb was the University of Puerto Rico's architect for nearly 20 years. He and Else lived here until both died in a car accident in November 1984. The house then stood empty and was acquired by the University of Puerto Rico in 1986, after which it deteriorated badly. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 (ref. 97001307) and reclassified as national-level significance in 2012. Placed on the World Monuments Watch list of endangered sites in 2013. A Casa Klumb committee was reactivated in 2018 to seek restoration funding. Destroyed by fire on the night of November 10, 2020.
1949 - Hollin Hills Builder House, Alexandria VA. Designed by Charles M. Goodman & Associates. Built by Robert C. Davenport. Engineers: Charles M. Goodman & Associates. The pace-setting subdivision of the year, combining intelligent land planning keyed to contours and scenic vistas with handsome small houses of brick, glass and wood panels. Floor-to-ceiling windows light the living areas, and 4 ft. increments can be added to living room or bedroom. Photo by Robert C. Lautman. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1949.
1949 - The Milton A. Ryan Residence, 601 Elizabeth Road, Terrell Hills, San Antonio TX. Designed by Milton A. Ryan. Built by Milton A. Ryan. The architect-builder's own house pairs a conventionally private bedroom wing with a Texas-sized 25 x 54 ft. multi-purpose room whose areas are defined only by furniture and a flexible wrap-around screen. Clean brickwork, narrow mullions and a wafer-thin flat roof faced with aluminum panels on slim pipe columns, with a swimming pool. Photo by Ulric Meisel. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1950. The architect's own house, the first of his four houses on Elizabeth Road. Destroyed; a new house was built on the site in 2001.
1949 - U-Shaped Court House, 615 Elizabeth Road, Terrell Hills, San Antonio TX. Designed by Milton A. Ryan. Built by Milton A. Ryan. Third house in Ryan's Elizabeth Road group wraps its rooms around a court open to the street to catch the Texas breeze, with privacy preserved by a 60 ft. setback, a wall and a redwood trellis partially covered with aluminum sheeting. Open-planned living areas with floor-to-ceiling windows, built-in cabinets and wall-to-wall carpet. Photo by Ulric Meisel. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1950. The third of Ryan's four houses on Elizabeth Road.
1949 - Natural Ventilation House, Princeton NJ. Designed by Kenneth Kassler. Built by L. C. Bowers & Sons. A cinder block house with a barn-like full-length ridge ventilator: air admitted under the eaves exhausts at the ridge, keeping the interior 10 to 14 degrees cooler than outside in hot spells. A full-length ridge beam on lally columns frees the attic of trusses, where the owner added an extra bedroom and bath. Photo by Ben Schnall. Featured in Architectural Forum, March 1950.
1949 - Raised New England House, Hanover NH. Designed by E. H. and M. K. Hunter. Built by A. A. Lauziere. Elevated over a half-basement containing garage and utilities, the house spans an open sheltered picnic and barbecue area and turns a continuous window wall under a wide overhang toward the distant view without letting passersby look in. Photo by Richard Garrison. Featured in Architectural Forum, April 1950.
1949 - Bird-Cage House (The Michael Heller Residence), Miami FL. Designed by Igor B. Polevitzky. Built by Zenith Builders Inc. Engineers: Riley & Ross. The year's most talked-about house in Florida: living quarters built inside a two-story screen-covered wooden frame beside the Venetian Causeway, tailored to the tropical climate and an extrovert owner who enjoys looking out over the traffic to Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1950.
1949 - The Robert Daniel House, aka Professor Daniel House, 2701 Woodson Drive, Knoxville TN. Designed by James W. Fitzgibbon. A double Quonset house dug into a wooded Tennessee hillside, its curved prefab ribs framing an imaginative section: a big arched chimney mass, an open mezzanine study and child's bedroom above the living room, and a cool half-buried guest bedroom below. The upper terrace serves for play and sun-bathing. Photos by Billy Glenn. Featured in Architectural Forum, August 1950. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as the Daniel House.
1949 - The Leonora (Nora) Woods House, aka Dome House, aka Dome in the Desert, aka Desert Woods House, aka Desert House, 7199 East Grapevine Road, Cave Creek AZ. Designed and hand-built by Paolo Soleri and Mark Mills, their first commission after both were dismissed by Frank Lloyd Wright from Taliesin West in 1948. Wood's daughter Colly Woods married Soleri before the house was finished. Woods lived here until 1984; since then occupied by architects and artists, including Wendell Burnette. Nora Woods bought the land in 1948 and asked Frank Lloyd Wright first; he was unavailable. Soleri and Mills camped on site and excavated the foundation by hand. The original dome had a movable opaque section that could be rotated for shade; the rotating mechanism later broke and the top was modified to shield the sun. An evaporative cooler was added and no longer functions. The floor is intarsio — colored cement poured into grooves carved in the slab. A Dick Seeger panel was added to the shower at least ten years after construction. A model of the house by Mark Mills is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (ASCM 8, gift of the architect). Photographed by Julius Shulman; those negatives are at the Getty Research Institute. Standing as of 2020 but in need of repair after vandalism. Docomomo has toured the house, led by Paolo Soleri Studios director Roger Tomalty. Note that Cave Creek's preservation office has no authority to deny a demolition permit. Ownership unknown. The house is roofed with a movable half-dome of glass and aluminum that rides on a circular track to shade the main living space in summer and open it to the winter sun; masonry walls of desert stone anchor the two carved living spaces, and a copper water tube cools the air between them. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1951. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
1949 - The Arthur Stockstrom House, 13290 Maple Drive, Sunset Hills MO. Designed by Harris Armstrong. Landscape architect: Thomas D. Church. A sweeping, flowing house planned around its river view, entered past glass-walled stone steps and gardens that reach through the walls. Decorator Eleanor McMillen; a sun deck flattens the hilly site. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, April 1956. Held by Alwal A. (as recorded; c/o a bank trust real-estate department); acquisition year not found. Moore, trustee, et al. Held in trust (Alwal A. Standing as of 2026 on a 12.6-acre parcel.
1950 - The William W. and Patricia Lue Wessinger House, 321 NW Hilltop Drive, Portland OR 97210. Designed by Walter Lyle Gordon. Inspired by his friend Aubrey Watzek’s house by John Yeon. Gordon worked in Pietro Belluschi’s Portland office and later became dean of architecture at the University of Oregon; he designed both later additions himself. Landscape plan carried out in 1976 by Barbara Fealy. For sale in 2025. Photos by Dearborn-Massar. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954.
1950 - The Alden Mason House I, 2545 Boyer Avenue East, Portage Bay, Seattle WA 98102. Designed by Victor Steinbrueck. 1,400sf. Sold in 2016. Steinbrueck designed a second house for Mason at Richmond Beach, Shoreline, in 1951-52, which won a Washington Chapter AIA Honor Award in 1953 and has been destroyed. Featured in McCall’s Book of Modern Homes. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954.
1950 – The William B. and Babette Levy Wiener Sr. House, 2 Longleaf Lane, Shreveport LA. Designed by William B. Wiener Sr. Built in Pine Park, the subdivision Wiener and his half-brother Samuel G. Wiener designed and developed in 1937, two doors from Samuel Wiener's own 1937 house at 615 Longleaf Road, which is on the National Register. Won an AIA Gulf States Region Award of Merit in 1952. Published in Architectural Record, November 1952, reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses (1954), and featured in Jean and Don Graf, Practical Houses for Contemporary Living (1953). Standing as of 2016.
1950 - The McCreless House, San Antonio TX. Designed by Cocke, Bowman & York. Built by George S. McCreless, a South Side San Antonio volume builder, as the model for a Southwest Research Institute Quality House Program subdivision. A roof of odd shape and big size -- twice the area of the house, floating on independent 1.5 in. steel pipe columns with 7 ft. overhangs -- protects a small rectangular plan whose exterior walls are nothing but 2 x 6 in. vertical tongue-and-groove redwood. Sold on completion; the builder planned 27 more with smaller variations, paying the architects a royalty per duplication. Photo by Ulric Meisel. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1950. Status unknown.
1950 - The Walter Lowery Builder House, San Antonio TX. Designed by DeHaven Pitts. Built by Walter Lowery. The most economical of the four Quality House Program houses, a unit that squares good design with low-priced subdivision housing: the carport is angled to the house and connected by a baffle-board fence to create a private outdoor patio off the kitchen, the under-900 sq. ft. interior is open-planned, and a large fireplace wall enlivens the north facade. Builder Lowery has started 27 similar units. Photo by Ulric Meisel. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1950. Built in the Meadowbrook Estates subdivision; the magazine names the builder as Albert A. Lowery of Lowery-Cato-Hubbard.
1950 - Three-Zone House, Miami FL. Designed by Alfred B. Parker. Built by Alfred B. Parker. Really three separate buildings — bedroom, living room and service — all opening to a central screened porch that combines with the living area into one big outdoor living space 42 ft. long. Parker built the 2,200 sq. ft. house himself, with a nearly miraculous amount of living room. Photos by Rodney McCoy Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1951.
1950 - Three-Level House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Alfred B. Parker. Built by Albert Hallquist. On a tight 75 ft. lot and budget, Parker stacked three levels to take in the view on the north and the breeze on the south, with awning-type windows and jalousies, a second-story roof shading the western sun, and one of the pleasantest and most spacious living rooms around Miami, designed for almost year-round outdoor living. Photos by Rodney McCoy Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1951.
1950 - Porch House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Igor B. Polevitzky. Built by Bradford Builders, Inc. Landscape architect: Frederick Stressau. A Biscayne Bay house that is in effect one tremendous porch 85 ft. long and 26 ft. deep: solid end walls of taupe and salmon-pink cement brick, sides as open as a sieve on 28 ft. stressed-skin plywood trusses, a curved louver wall at the entrance, and screened aluminum windows that slide into concrete pockets. Interiors by Jack Cameron Designs. Photos by Rada, Rodney McCoy Morgan. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1951.
1950 - Two Houses on One Small Lot, Dallas TX. Designed by John P. Wilshire & J. Hershel Fisher. Built by William R. McKee. A bright answer to the city's by-passed 'skip lots': two spacious rental houses on a single 50 x 150 ft. lot, each with as much privacy as if it had the lot to itself. The pair totals 1,700 sq. ft., built on a 4 ft. module with common brick and stained fir siding, back-to-back kitchens and baths, fenced patios and an overhead trellis joining the two houses. Photo by Ulric Meisel. Featured in Architectural Forum, May 1951.
1950 - The Vincent J. Scully House, aka One-Room House, 68 Orchard Road, Woodbridge CT. Designed by Vincent J. Scully, Jr. Built by Anthony Concelmo. Architectural historian Vincent Scully's 61 x 31 ft. house near New Haven for a family with three boys: one large, simple and open pavilion divisible by movable storage units, giving up privacy and slick finishes to gain spaciousness and flexibility on a severely limited budget. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1951. Still in the Scully family, held by Daniel V. and Stephen P. Scully individually and as trustees. Standing as of 2024.
1950 - Week-End Lodge, Jackson MS. Designed by R. K. Overstreet. Built by Tillman Sessums. A lakeside lodge 20 miles from Jackson that 'looks like a graceful glider arrested in flight,' by a young architect trained under Bruce Goff. Cooking, dining, sleeping and living areas all face the artificial lake through a large screened porch on the east front, catching the southeast summer breezes. Featured in Architectural Forum, June 1951.
1950 - Thomas Coogan's Builder Houses, Miami FL. Designed by Alfred Browning Parker. Built by Thomas P. Coogan Co. How builder Coogan cut his price, with what may be the year's best new builder house plan by architect Alfred Browning Parker. The long plan on 114 ft. lots offers fresh, livable, attractive space, with alternated and angled siting of two basic plans adding variety to the development. Photo by Brignolo. Featured in Architectural Forum, October 1951.
1950 - NAHB-Forum Prize House, aka the Better Living Home, 5024 West Northwest Boulevard, Spokane WA. Designed by Bruce Walker. Built by Elmer Nelson. First prize-winner among 2,727 entries in the NAHB-Forum House Design Competition, built as a dressed-up show house for the Home Builders Association in Spokane. During National Home Week some 28,000 visitors voted for its modern planning, perfect floor plan and handsome built-ins — and against its prefab fireplace ('What the hell is that, a television set?'). Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1951.
1950 - Hilltop House Centered on a Court, Portland OR. Designed by Pietro Belluschi. Built by J. C. Anderson. One of four informal houses from a 9,800-mile line stretching from the tropics to the frozen north: a hilltop house centered on a court, finished in the neat wood-building tradition of the American Northwest, with living room windows overlooking valley and distant mountains. Photo by Roger Sturtevant. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1951.
1950 - U-Shaped Plan House, Honolulu HI. Designed by Vladimir Ossipoff. Built by Yaichi Sato. A court-centered Honolulu house built right after the war whose U-shaped plan gives every room complete cross-ventilation. Visitors pass through the court before reaching the living area, and the master bedroom opens with sliding shoji screens. Photo by R. Wenkam. Featured in Architectural Forum, November 1951.
1950 - The Minoru Yamasaki Farm House, 3077 Livernois Rd, Troy MI. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki. How to rejuvenate a 125-year-old farmhouse without destroying the spirit of the original building: Yamasaki sheltered his large family in the old shell while making its center a living room of Japanese sensitivity and restraint — a faultlessly plastered rectangle 14.5 x 28 ft. with furniture raised off the floor on slim pipes to retain the spacious one-room feeling. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1951. The Yamasakis lived here from the late 1940s until the early 1970s, when they sold it and moved to their new house in Bloomfield Township. The Big Beaver–Livernois corner has since been redeveloped, and the farmhouse is believed demolished.
1950 - The George and Margaret Cottrell House, 1060 SW Skyline Boulevard, Portland OR. Designed by John Yeon. A large hilltop house for a Portland doctor, pulled back from the crest to open a spacious front lawn. Designed on a 3-foot module of glass-louver-plywood panels painted turquoise blue, with blank walls of bleached horizontal cedar. Featured in House & Home, April 1954. Owned by the University of Oregon and operated by its John Yeon Center. Owned by the University of Oregon as part of the John Yeon Center.
1951 - The Carl Erickson House, Hunts Point WA. Designed by Young Richardson Carleton and Detlie. Sited on the Lake Washington shore of Hunts Point facing Seattle, entered from a carport at road level and stepping down to the house. Photos by Charles R. Pearson. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Status unknown.
1951 - The George Nakashima House, 1847 Aquetong Road, New Hope PA. Designed by George Nakashima. The master craftsman's own house and workshop, built on a meter module with asbestos-cement panels in oak frames, precise wood joinery and handcraft furniture that set a high mark for mass producers. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, March 1952. A National Historic Landmark, open for tours through the Nakashima Foundation. Owned by the Nakashima Foundation for Peace and George Nakashima, Woodworker. Standing as of 2025.
1951 - Four-Terrace House, Franklin MI. Designed by Edward P. Elliott. Built by Alex Gow. Landscape architect: Edward A. Eichstedt. Cold-climate outdoor living: a Michigan house with four terraces for an extraordinary range of family activity, a flexible in-line plan and a 6' overhang that shades summer sun but lets winter rays into the living room. Photo by Richard Shirk. Featured in House & Home, March 1952.
1951 - The Miller House, aka Mezzanine House in St. Paul, 320 Stonebridge Boulevard, St. Paul MN. Designed by Norman C. Nagle. Built by James Steele. A Minnesota hillside mezzanine house whose living room extension under the dining platform doubles as television alcove or guest room, with a curtained mezzanine for privacy. Featured in House & Home, April 1952. Sold in 2004 to John and Jennifer Shepard. Standing as of 2026.
1951 - Barn-Framed House, Bryn Mawr PA. Designed by Vincent G. Kling. Winner of both New Jersey and Middle-Atlantic States AIA awards, this house expands the post-and-beam frame to double-story height in the manner of a heavy timber barn, giving wide spans, open planning and window walls; its low service wing rests on stone walls salvaged from an earlier structure. Featured in House & Home, July 1952.
1951 - Pennsylvania Farmhouse Remodel, Phoenixville PA. Designed by Oscar Stonorov. Built by Mahlon Rossiter. A contemporary glass-walled living-dining wing angled out from an old Pennsylvania farmhouse, facing south over an apple orchard, showing how remodeling outside the old walls can join old and new without conflict. Photos by Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard. Featured in House & Home, July 1952.
1951 - Flat-Tops in an Orchard, Branford CT. Designed by Peter Powers Hale. Built by The Builders Group. Landscape architect: Technical Planning Associates, land planning. Architect Hale turned builder-developer to prove the public would buy good contemporary houses: flat-roofed models with floor-to-ceiling windows, corner fireplaces and carports, sold in an old Connecticut orchard to buyers from Yale professors to machinists. Featured in House & Home, July 1952. Part of the Orchard Hill development on Orchard Hill Road.
1951 - Seven Remodeled Builder Houses, Alexandria VA. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. Seven case studies in bringing 11-year-old builder houses near Washington, D.C. up to date: Goodman added new glass-walled living rooms, terraces, carports and open plans to ordinary wartime subdivision houses. Featured in House & Home, August 1952. The houses are in Tauxemont, off Fort Hunt Road.
1951 - The Victor Steinbrueck House, aka 700 Sq. Ft. House, 1401 East Spring Street, Seattle WA. Designed by Victor Steinbrueck. A Washington State AIA Honor Award winner of only 700 square feet, cantilevered around its entire periphery on a steep wooded corner lot; commonplace industrial materials and an almost all-glass west garden facade give it privacy, light and grace. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Featured in House & Home, August 1952.
1951 - Hawkins Flat-Top House, Denver CO. Designed by Edward B. Hawkins. Built by Edward B. Hawkins. Builder-designer Edward Hawkins made these 855 sq. ft. flat-tops look and live larger: wider 70' lots, long horizontal rooflines, window walls to private terraces and staggered siting give a sense of privacy usually found only in much bigger houses. Photo by Guy Burgess. Featured in House & Home, August 1952.
1951 - Side-Yard Lot-Length House, Seattle WA. Designed by Paul H. Kirk. Built by William R. Croyle. A 1,000 sq. ft. speculative house stretched along its lot line, its whole south side of living, dining, kitchen and master bedroom opening to a big side-yard terrace screened from the street by a high fence. Featured in House & Home, September 1952.
1951 - Lot-Length House, Seattle WA. Designed by Bassetti & Morse with Wendell H. Lovett. Built by Emmett Larson. Built in modular bays with exposed beam-and-plank ceilings, this lot-length builder house turns its principal rooms south to a fenced garden patio, with a windowed basement gained from the sloping site. Featured in House & Home, September 1952.
1951 - Low-Cost House, Seattle WA. Designed by Bassetti & Morse. Built by Caldwell. Among the most advanced low-cost builder houses in the Seattle area, this compact 704 sq. ft. pilot model with carport sold complete with range, washer, dryer and a freestanding fireplace. Featured in House & Home, September 1952.
1951 - Problem-Lot House, Seattle WA. Designed by Arnold G. Gangnes. Built by William Kipple. Designed for a two-slope corner lot combining several site difficulties, with a logical butterfly roof, a low center hall and a two-story bedroom wing turned to the view; a window-washer's catwalk shields the bedrooms from the street. Featured in House & Home, September 1952.
1951 - The Kenneth Welch House, 1110 College Avenue NE, Grand Rapids MI. Designed by Kenneth C. Welch. Built by Fred Gietzen. A controlled environment: the shopping-center designer applied the same analytical detail to the siting, lighting and ventilating of his own deep-gardened house in Grand Rapids that he devotes to his big commercial projects. Photos by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, October 1952. Later the library of the Kendall School of Design.
1951 - The Dr. George Rieveschl Jr. House, aka Girard Pavilion House, 232 Lothrop Road, Grosse Pointe Farms MI. Designed by Alexander Girard. Really four separate houses linked by glazed passages - a service house, a living-dining house, a guest house and an owners' bedroom house - with paved and planted terraces between them and a picnic pavilion suspended between two posts. Photographed and sketched for House & Home by Charles Eames. Photo by Charles Eames. Featured in House & Home, November 1952.
1951 - The Arthur Q. Davis House, 25 Finch Street, Lake Vista, New Orleans LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis. Built by Connie Tullier. Architect Davis' own Lake Vista house is a 'three-zoner' divided into service, living and sleeping quarters with exceptional clarity and logic, the divisions managed so artfully by passages, walls and ceiling changes that the compact plan feels far larger — complete with air conditioning, fluorescent lighting and the surprise of a patio in the house. Photo by Clarence John Laughlin. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1951. Sold around 1955. Renovated after Hurricane Katrina. Sold in 2019.
1952 - The David Van Brown House, Hilltop Community, probably 14401 SE 55th Street, Bellevue WA 98006. Designed by Bassetti and Morse. Hilltop is a cooperative of forty lots on sixty-three acres bounded by 148th Avenue SE, 146th Avenue SE and SE 55th Street, founded in 1948 by eighteen families led by Perry Johanson, Fred Bassetti and John Morse, more than half affiliated with the University of Washington; Wendell Lovett, Lionel Pries, Paul Hayden Kirk and Roland Terry also built there. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Sold in 2017 to Adam Sapek.
1952 - The Herbert Payson House, 48 Thornhurst Road, Falmouth ME. Designed by Serge Chermayeff. The house replaced their aging Victorian estate, Thornhurst. Chermayeff's son, Peter, expanded the house in 1972. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Still in the Payson family as of 2023. Built by Casburage Co. Landscape architect: Louise Payson. A simple flat-roofed frame box designed to replace a Victorian mansion in Maine, its crisp white clapboard walls set against old trees and lawn; The Architects Collaborative served as technical assistants, and cheap common materials are redeemed by knowing detail. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, January 1953.
1952 - The Jacques C. Brownson House, 949 South Batavia Avenue, Geneva IL. Designed by Jacques C. Brownson. Photo by Julius Shulman. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Needs verification. Held in a Baumann family trust: Virginia Baumann, trustee, from at least 2000; Charles Baumann, trustee, since 2018. Long owned by the Baumann family; held since 2018 by Charles Baumann, trustee. Standing as of 2026.
1952 - Levitt Country Clubber, Levittown PA. Designed by Alfred Levitt. Built by Levitt & Sons. The Levitts' new big house for Levittown, Pa., with 29' x 12' living room, play room and open plan, made possible by mass production of the record-breaking Levittowner. Featured in House & Home, February 1952. A model repeated throughout Levittown.
1952 - The Vented House, San Antonio TX. Needs verification. Designed by O'Neil Ford & Jerry Rogers. Built by Bibb Bros. Landscape architect: Arthur Berger. Designed for air conditioning Texas-style: this two-story, H-plan hillside house opens its awning-sash bedroom wing and screened porch to the prevailing east breezes and a valley view, using its air conditioning only when nature fails. Photo by Ulric Meisel. Featured in House & Home, June 1952.
1952 - The Sealed House, Dallas TX. Designed by DeWitt & Swank. Built by Bock Construction Co. The sealed house ignores nature's extremes and creates its own climate year round: fixed double glazing, deep overhangs, and a 7 1/2-ton self-contained air conditioning unit serving the whole two-story house. Featured in House & Home, June 1952.
1952 - Lift Slab House, Birmingham MI. Designed by Warren Platner. Engineers: Severud-Elstad-Krueger. A spectacular tour de force: concrete roof slab cast on the ground and hoisted on columns by the lift-slab system, with an all-glass exterior, tremendous cantilevers and a handsome interior patio plan. Featured in House & Home, June 1952.
1952 - Custom-Speculator Houses, Media PA. Designed by George Hay. Built by Arters Bros., Inc. Builder and architect successfully introduce modern houses into Philadelphia's stronghold of conservatism, saving mature trees and dogwood clumps on deep-set lots with long curving driveways. Featured in House & Home, June 1952.
1952 - More Space for Less Money House, Beaumont TX. Designed by Howard Barnstone. Built by E. D. Gilstrap. Engineers: Walter P. Moore. A 2,100 sq. ft. custom house built economically with commercial construction methods; the entire rear facade is glass, oriented to the prevailing southeast breeze on a wooded triangular lot, with a central entrance plan that lets traffic flow to any room without crossing another. Featured in House & Home, November 1952.
1952 - Open-and-Closed-Plan House, Houston TX. Designed by Hamilton Brown. Built by Hull & Hull. Winner of a Texas Society of Architects honor award, this pleasant, unpretentious family house combines an open plan for daytime living with a closed bedroom wing for night: deep overhangs shed torrential Texas rains and each child gets a small roofed terrace of his own. Featured in House & Home, December 1952.
1952 - The Randolph and Amalie Rothschild House, aka Family House in Maryland, 2909 Woodvalley Drive, Pikesville MD. Designed by Percival Goodman. Built by Gorn Brothers, Inc. A house on a slope for a family of four - a recorder-playing husband and painter wife - whose open 22' x 44' living area is subdivided by dramatic changes of level: dining on a raised platform, a recording booth behind sliding panels, and the only air conditioning reserved for studio and recording room. Photo by Alexandre Georges. Featured in House & Home, December 1952. Transferred from Randolph S. to Amalie R. Rothschild in 2003; transferred in 2004 to Alice L. Needle, then passed on in 2018 (both non-arm's-length; the current owner's name is hidden in the open data). Remained with the Rothschilds until 2004, then passed to Alice L. Needle; transferred again in 2018. Standing as of 2025.
1952 - The Don Scholz Model House, Toledo OH. Built by Don Scholz. Toledo builder Don Scholz gambled on a California-style house with lower roofs, bigger windows and open plans, and sold 43 in nine days; the three models (1,050 to 1,260 sq. ft. plus garage) proved the fastest-selling houses in town. Photos by James T. Strong. Featured in House & Home, January 1953. Built in the Lincolnshire neighborhood west of downtown Toledo.
1952 - The Duenke Ridgewood Model House, Crestwood MO. Designed by Ralph Fournier. Built by Burton W. Duenke. St. Louis builder Burt Duenke's post-and-beam, partly prefabricated house in his Ridgewood subdivision proved that fresh modern design sells even in a buyer's market. Featured in House & Home, February 1953. A 1,146 sq. ft. post-and-beam merchant-builder house with prefabbed redwood panels between double posts, letting buyers choose solid walls, window walls or high strip windows. 209 were sold in ten months in the Ridgewood subdivision near St. Louis. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, July 1954.
1952 - The Maston O'Neal Model House, South Miami FL. Designed by Alfred Browning Parker. Built by Maston G. O'Neal, Jr. Miami builder Maston O'Neal charges off Architect Parker's fees to sales: three fast-selling Pine Tree Estates models in concrete block and stucco, designed one room wide for cross-ventilation with long porches, carports and awning-type windows for the hot climate. Featured in House & Home, February 1953. Built in O'Neal's Pine Tree Estates subdivision.
1952 - House with the Porch in the Middle, Lake Stevens WA. Designed by Bassetti & Morse. Landscape architect: John Fischer. A 1,700 sq. ft. house that reverses the old veranda idea, wedging an airy central living porch into its heart to serve alternately as terrace, dining room and playroom between the sleeping and noisy zones. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Featured in House & Home, March 1953.
1952 - The Jayhawk Model House, Topeka KS. Designed by James C. Cushing. Built by Jayhawk Construction Co. Three- and four-bedroom, two-bath contemporary houses that turned a soggy market around for Topeka builder Jack Sargent and converted FHA and mortgage lenders to fresh design. Featured in House & Home, March 1953.
1952 - House in Coconut Grove, Coconut Grove FL. Designed by Marion I. Manley. Engineers: Norman J. Dignum (structural). 'Second story on stilts': a patio plan up in the air. Raising all the rooms on stilt piers around an open court cost the owner just 10% more, catches the bay breeze and view, and lets the solid, seaworthy house wade through any hurricane. Photo by I. Alex Langley. Featured in House & Home, August 1953.
1952 - The Robert A. and Ann Halle Little House, 5 Pepper Ridge Road, Pepper Pike OH. Designed by Robert A. Little. Built by Anton Hejl. 'A house that works': the architect's own hillside house, planned like a target of concentric circles around a kitchen core so the family can be separated or together at will; shed roofs sweep up to the south and the house is dug into the hillside against north winds; interiors with Garth Andrew. Photo by Lionel Freedman. Featured in House & Home, August 1953. Sold in 2017.
1952 - The Dr. Samuel Rossman House, aka Logical House in Wyncote, 418 Randall Road, Wyncote PA. Designed by William W. Eshbach. Built by Harry Murphy's Sons. 'Logical house': plan, framing and detailing of this 2,125 sq. ft. custom house are direct, practical and economical - a clearly expressed structural cage zoned for living; John Glass and Harry Kale, associates. Photos by G. William Holland. Featured in House & Home, September 1953. For sale in 2026.
1952 - House on an In-Town Lot, Aspen CO. Designed by Fredric Benedict. Built by Fredric Benedict. An upside-down plan puts living room, dining area, and kitchen on the second floor and bedrooms at ground level, giving the active living space privacy from the street and a better view on a half-acre in-town lot. Benedict, responsible for much of Aspen's good architecture, designed and built the house of reclaimed brick and stained vertical siding, sweeping the roof down over one end to form a carport. Featured in House & Home, February 1964.
1953 – The Norton Polivnick Residence, 2475 South Jackson Street, Denver CO. Designed by Norton Polivnick as his own home; Gerald F. Kessler, landscape architect. Published in Architectural Record, January 1954, and American Home, March 1955. Featured in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Sold in 2013 to Sue Ann Baird.
1953 - The Albert W. and Charlotte Duvel Residence, Omao, Kauai, Hawaii. Designed by Lemmon and Freeth. Built for Albert W. Duvel, Kauai's chief territorial forester from 1925 to 1963. Photographed by Robert Wenkam. Published in Architectural Record, September 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Status unknown.
1953 - The Russell and Marjorie Day House, 436 View Ridge Dr, View Ridge Neighborhood, Everett WA. Designed by Harold W. Hall, with Arthur A. Graves and David W. Dykeman, associates. Built for artist and jeweler Russell Day, founder of the art program at Everett Junior College, where his students included Chuck Close, and his wife Marjorie, who taught English there. A glassy house with koi ponds, strolling peacocks, and a 30-foot stained-glass wall by Day. Published in Architectural Record, November 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Standing. Sold in 1985 and 2001.
1953 - The George J. (Pete) and Janet Wimberly House II, 3288 Huelani Drive, Honolulu HI. Designed by George J. Wimberly. Published in Architectural Record, November 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Nominated to the Hawaii and National Registers of Historic Places in 2018, when it was still owned by the Wimberly family and retained its integrity; toured by Docomomo US in 2019. Standing as of 2019. The original house dates from 1945, with additions in 1951 and 1953.
1953 - The Edward Riley Residence, Miami FL. Designed by Alfred Parker. Published in Architectural Record, May 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Parker's papers and drawings are at the University of Florida, with additional material at the University of Miami. Status unknown.
1953 - The Homer E. and Marjorie Lunken Residence, Cincinnati OH. Designed by Carl A. Strauss; Henry Fletcher Kenney, landscape architect. Hillside house overlooking the Ohio River, with carport above and a deck cantilevered along the south front. Published in Architectural Record, February 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Photos by Bill Hedrich of Hedrich-Blessing. Status unknown.
1953 - The Paul Von Bergen House, 4200 SW Greenhills Way, Portland OR. Designed by John W. Storrs (credited as designer), one of his earliest Oregon commissions. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Still owned by the Von Bergen family. His drawings are at the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections.
1953 - The Thomas L. and Margaret Dixon House, 3136 SW Fairmount Boulevard, Portland OR. Designed by Van Evera Bailey. Robert E. Kremers, structural engineer. Built in 1951–52 on a very steep lot on the Council Crest loop. The one-level house, its carport and a semicircular driveway stand on steel-pipe columns, an early version of Bailey's later stilt houses. Roman brick and vertical cedar face the street, and a glass rear wall opens onto a cantilevered porch over the view. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Drawings and photographs, dated 1951, are in the Van Evera Bailey papers at the Oregon Historical Society. Sold in 2017.
1953 - The Jack Wolf House, 2737 68th Avenue SE, Mercer Island WA. Designed by Robert H. Dietz, later dean of the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Won the Seattle AIA Chapter's first honor award, for best contemporary house, in 1950. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, photos by Dearborn-Massar. Reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Demolished; the lot now holds a house built in 2000.
1953 - The William J. Bain House, 1540 Parkside Drive East, Broadmoor, Seattle WA. Designed by William J. Bain and Harrison Overturf. Bain held Washington State architect license No. 1 and was a founding principal of NBBJ. 3,480 square feet, four bedrooms. Published in Architectural Record, April 1953, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Sold in 2004.
1953 - The William L. and Joyce Fletcher House, 10803 South Riverside Drive, Dunthorpe, Riverdale, Portland OR. Designed by William L. Fletcher. H. L. Wooley, mechanical engineer; Fred McCarroll, contractor for the original construction; Ellis-Andrews, contractors for the addition. Interior design consultant George Schwartz. Fletcher founded his practice from the basement of this house and later joined the Fourteenth Street Gang with Saul Zaik, Donald Blair, John Reese, Alex Pierce and Curt Finch. Won an Oregon AIA chapter award and an Architectural Record award. A primary bedroom and bath were added along the north side a few years after completion. Featured in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Owned by the John Chatfield and Flower Field trusts as of 2025.
1953 - The Robert L. Oshins House, 6519 Lakeview Drive, Falls Church VA. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. Built by Robert Davenport. Landscape architect Lou Bernard Voight. Photo by Robert C. Lautman. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Sold in 2021 to James Hazelton Mulligan and Marika Heller. Standing (renovated) as of 2026.
1953 - The W. C. Muchow House, 618 South Monroe Way, Denver CO. Designed by W. C. Muchow. Built by Warren Williams. Structural engineer Ketchum & Konkel. Photo by Dale Healy. Published as "Codes Inspire Fresh Design". Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Sold in 2006 to Peter M. Buttrick.
1953 - The Asher White House, 1407 June Ave South, Golden Valley, MN. Designed by Norman C. Nagle. Built by Ronald Anderson. Photo by Warren Reynolds, Infinity Inc. Published as "The Main Floor Is Upstairs". Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Sold in 2007 to Todd R. Paulson and Lisa M. Fredrickson Paulson.
1953 – The Millard Ruud Residence, 3414 Foothill Terrace, Austin TX. Designed by Roland Gommel Roessner. Published in Architectural Record, January 1954, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Roessner's papers are at the Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas. Destroyed.
1953 - Curtis & Davis House in New Orleans, Metairie LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis. Built by Fred C. Loucks. Cool and contemporary in New Orleans: conservative Delta country gets a group of modern builder houses designed for its sopping 102-degree summers, with wide overhangs and shop-prebuilt storage walls; land planning by Texas Land Planning Institute. Featured in House & Home, September 1953. One of 23 houses in the Laux Manor subdivision, Laux Manor Drive.
1953 - GE Wonder Home, Dallas TX. Designed by Wiltshire & Fisher. Built by James D. Crow Co. 'Don't forget the children': GE's Dallas Wonder Home fits a medium-big family into a medium-small 1,680 sq. ft. house with a three-zone plan - adults' side, service core and a children's side with its own 12' x 18' family room; one of the first builder houses with a heat pump. Featured in House & Home, September 1953.
1953 - Park Forest Contemporary Model, Park Forest IL. Designed by Joe Goldman. Built by American Community Builders. Park Forest goes contemporary: in the Midwest's biggest subdivision, Nate Manilow samples public reaction to good design with new models turned the long way on the lot, kitchens at the pivot of the plan and window walls justified by deep setbacks. Featured in House & Home, November 1953.
1953 - Turner Hillside Houses, Upper Providence Township PA. Designed by George Hay. Built by E. J. Turner. How to hit pay dirt on a hillside, lesson one: dig into the slope for expansion. On a steep ten-acre site outside Philadelphia that other builders had passed up, the builder-architect-realtor team of Turner, Hay and Dave Pomeroy sited 27 houses - the more scenic the lot, the more salable the house. Featured in House & Home, December 1953. Part of the 27-house Edgewold tract on Edgewold Lane, built by Seal & Turner.
1953 - P&H Contemporary Prefab, Port Washington WI. Designed by John Normile. Built by Harnischfeger Corp. Harnischfeger brings out a contemporary four-bedroom, 1,100 sq. ft. flat-top prefab to spur winter sales; under design consultant John Normile, P&H sales jumped from 1,100 to 1,800 houses a year. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, December 1953.
1953 - Breezeway House, Key Biscayne FL. Designed by Robert M. Little. Built by Headley Construction Co. One-room-thick house on Biscayne Bay turned into one big breezeway: louvers and jalousies on one side, walls of bronze screening on the other, four-foot overhangs, and a lanai plan designed to resist hurricanes. Photo by Rudi Rada. Featured in House & Home, January 1954.
1953 - Service-Core House, Hollin Hills VA. Designed by Charles M. Goodman Associates. Built by Robert C. Davenport. Called the most advanced builder house in the US: a compact, nearly square 1,100 sq. ft. post-and-beam plan whose central utility core zones the house into living, sleeping and service areas. Photos by Robert C. Lautman. Featured in House & Home, January 1954. One of ten or more of this model built in Hollin Hills.
1953 - Tropical Pavilion House, Tampa FL. Designed by Mark Hampton. Built by Ostie Miller. Steel-and-glass pavilion making a cool, simple shelter in the Florida woodland; winner of the 1953 Florida AIA architectural honor award. 1,180 sq. ft. plus carport and covered terraces. Photo by Rudi Rada. Featured in House & Home, January 1954.
1953 - Outdoor Living Room House, Tampa FL. Designed by Mark Hampton; Murphey Pound, associate. Built by Robert Carter. Second Hampton house with a 600 sq. ft. outdoor living room formed by a staggered-board fence that continues into the house; 1,275 sq. ft. plus carport and covered terrace. Photos by Rudi Rada. Featured in House & Home, January 1954.
1953 - Deercroft Model House, Whitemarsh Township PA. Designed by Robert von Gerbig. Built by Deercroft Builders. Flat-top contemporary houses that sold in staid Philadelphia, on third-acre lots angled 30 degrees to the street for solar heat. Removable redwood panels let the houses expand in a Z pattern into front and back yards. Photo by Lawrence S. Williams. Featured in House & Home, February 1954.
1953 - Indoor Garden House, Dallas TX. Designed by Enslie O. Oglesby Jr. Built by C. V. Sumner. Perhaps the first house ever air conditioned around an indoor garden: a center-court plan with a greenhouse garden under a south-facing skylight whose motor-adjusted aluminum blinds turn back summer sun, all rooms sealed with fixed windows. Featured in House & Home, March 1954.
1953 - The Herman Blum House, 5303 Waneta Dr, Dallas TX. Designed by Hidell & Decker. Engineers: Herman Blum. A low brick 2,300 sq. ft. house cooled by a 5-hp chilled-water air conditioning system designed by its engineer-owner; insulation, overhangs and shading kept summer operating bills low despite constant entertaining. Featured in American Home, January 1953, and House & Home, March 1954. Designed by 1951; Second Honorable Mention in the Texas Architect residential awards, October 1951. In Greenway Parks, backing on the greenbelt; renovated by Bodron+Fruit in the 21st century.
1953 - The Evans W. and Helene Van Buren House, 4273 SW Council Crest Dr, Portland OR. Designed by John Yeon. On a city lot, the most formal of three Yeon houses, with modular wall panels painted gunmetal blue against rosy red brick, a pergola and garden, and a complex living room with partly concealed light sources over brown flagstone floors. Designed c. 1948, built 1949-50. Featured in House & Home, April 1954. Still owned by the Van Buren family as of 2026.
1953 - The Swan House, 4645 SW Fairview Boulevard, Portland OR. Designed by John Yeon. Built on a 12-inch board-and-batten module and sheltered by a complex roof whose forms suggest continuous movement, the house hangs back over the edge of its hilltop in typical Yeon fashion to free the land for a generous lawn. Featured in House & Home, April 1954. Sold in 2015 to Nathan Overmeyer, trustee; listed for sale in 2026.
1953 - Honolulu Windbreak House, Honolulu HI. Designed by Philip Clark Fisk. Built by E. K. Susuki. Landscape architect: Wilbur Choy. A hot-weather house whose street side is just a privacy screen and a windbreak, opening its living rooms wide to the outdoors on the sheltered lee side. Interiors by decorator Beth Gregory of Ansteth Associates. Photo by R. Wenkam. Featured in House & Home, July 1954.
1953 - Surf City Breezeway House, Surf City NJ. Designed by Leo S. Wou. Built by William Thomas. A speculative beach house one room thick with six screened and slat-fenced outdoor rooms for privacy on a 50' x 80' resort lot. Post-and-beam frame with double posts throughout. Photo by Jean Lam. Featured in House & Home, July 1954.
1953 - Ten-Rooms-in-One House, Bristol TN. Designed by A. L. Aydelott with Chia-Yi Jen. An elegant stone, plaster and glass house in the Appalachians whose long in-line plan opens southward like the teeth of a comb toward the valley. Its central living zone is subdivided into ten distinct spaces, from indoor garden and music room to library-office, a glassed-in version of the traditional Southern veranda plan. Photo by Lionel Freedman. Featured in House & Home, July 1954.
1953 - The Diedrich F. Rixmann House, St. Louis MO. Designed by Diedrich F. Rixmann. The architect's own transitional house, designed to ease the shift from two-story colonial to one-story contemporary without looking conspicuous in a conservative neighborhood, with an open- or closed-plan kitchen-dining arrangement behind a folding door. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, July 1954.
1953 - Jupiter Island Patio House, Jupiter Island FL. Designed by Peter Fraser Jr. A 4,200 sq. ft. house with more than 2,000 sq. ft. of its floor area outdoors: living room and patio form a single integrated 1,200 sq. ft. indoor-outdoor space separated only by sliding glass walls, entered through an outdoor foyer. Fraser designed both house and landscaping. Photos by Rada. Featured in House & Home, August 1954.
1953 - Loveladies Harbor Beach House, Long Beach Island NJ. Client: Long Beach Island Development Co. Designed by Sidney M. Shelov. Landscape architect: A. Martin Funnell & Clara Coffey. Model house for a beach colony where dredged canals give every site water on at least two sides. Its projecting lanai porch has full-length glass jalousies on all three walls to catch breezes from any direction; exterior planking is stained cypress. Featured in House & Home, August 1954. Built in the Loveladies Harbor subdivision.
1954 - The Samuel P. Baum Residence, Montgomery AL. Designed by Sherlock Smith and Adams; Charles M. Kelley in charge; Edward L. Daugherty landscape architect; Bear Brothers, contractor. Published in Architectural Record, March 1954, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Status unknown. Edward Daugherty's project files date the job to 1951.
1954 - The David and Catherine Fromkin House, Westport CT. Designed by Joseph P. Salerno; James Fanning landscape architect; built by David Hall Faile and Company of Westport. Published in Architectural Record, March 1954, and reprinted in A Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1954. Photos by Pedro E. Guerrero, who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright for some twenty years. Sited on a rock ledge in the woods overlooking a small wooded park to the south. Status unknown.
1954 - The Truett H. Coston Addition, 1012 NW 166th Street, Edmond OK. Designed by Truett H. Coston. Built by Smiser Construction Company. Structural engineer Coston-Frankfort-Short. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Held by the Russ L. and Natalie Godfrey Revocable Trust (transferred into the trust in 2016; re-recorded 2021). Transferred to the Russ L. and Natalie Godfrey Revocable Trust in 2016. Standing as of 2026.
1954 - The Dunbar Carpenter House, 801 North Foothill Road, Medford OR. Designed by George T. Rockrise. Built by Dunbar Carpenter. Structural engineer William B. Gilbert. Landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. Photo by Ernest Braun. Published as "A House Around An Atrium". Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Owned by Laurence Z. Rubenstein, trustee, as of 2025. Reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959, and in Mid-Century Architecture in America. Won an AIA Award of Merit in 1959. Also listed elsewhere at 2881 Hillcrest Road, Medford OR.
1954 - Scholz Homes Model House, Toledo OH. Built by Scholz Homes, Inc. Don Scholz's 1954 panelized contemporary models for half a dozen Ohio cities add a double-service second bathroom, luxurious open living kitchens and family recreation space in three price brackets. Featured in House & Home, January 1954.
1954 - Howard Grubb Model House, Tulsa OK. Designed by Donald Honn. Built by Howard Grubb. Cover story: Tulsa's biggest builder takes to glass walls with contemporary models in three subdivisions; 63 of the first 65 medium-priced houses sold in two months without advertising. Photo by Hawks-Terrell, Inc. Featured in House & Home, January 1954.
1954 - Home for All America Pilot House, Stamford CT. Client: Joseph Peltz. Designed by Robert Little & Associates. Built by Homecraft Builders. Landscape architect: Joseph Dietrich & Edward Connell. The pilot model of Better Homes & Gardens' 'Home for All America,' built and promoted by Stamford lumber dealer Joseph Peltz. The stone-walled, low-gable design with detached carport can be built nine ways, and 96 other builders across the country used the plan; interiors were by Bloomingdale's. Featured in House & Home, September 1954. Built on Hoyclo Road, off High Ridge Road.
1954 - Wichita Parade Research House, Wichita KS. Designed by Harold Himes. Top design-award winner of Wichita's million-dollar quality Parade of Homes and the first parade house to sell. Builder-judges liked its open plan, clean appearance and good traffic flow around the kitchen-family area; a high wall extending as a fence makes the front look wider than it is. Featured in House & Home, November 1954.
1954 - Richmond New Horizon. Designed by Small & Wirth. Built by Richmond Homes. A three-bedroom, 1,280 sq. ft. prefab with vertical board walls, attached carport and fenced private yard, shown as evidence of prefabrication's rising design standards. Featured in House & Home, December 1954.
1954 - Packaged Homes Westway. Designed by Herman Muller. Built by Packaged Homes Corp. A two-bedroom, 720 sq. ft. prefab, its crisp gable, window band and vertical siding showing how well even the smallest packaged houses were beginning to meet the market. Featured in House & Home, December 1954.
1954 - Scholz Young Modern-B. Designed by Don Scholz. Built by Scholz Homes. Glass-gabled prefab with three bedrooms, two baths and 1,268 sq. ft. (1,590 with garage), sold complete with heated swimming pool in Toledo. Scholz's move upmarket showed prefabrication starting to tackle the high-priced house. Featured in House & Home, December 1954.
1954 - National Homes Broadmore. Designed by Charles Goodman. Built by National Homes Corp. Goodman's three-bedroom, 1,536 sq. ft. Broadmore, the top of National's architect-designed line, shown with the two-level five-bedroom Customline as prefabrication reached for the high-priced market. Featured in House & Home, December 1954.
1954 - AIA Prize House in Bellingham, Bellingham WA. Designed by Bassetti & Morse. Built by Walker & Florence. An AIA prize winner framed with double posts, beams and planks that open the house in all directions; each double post is raised 2 in. off the ground on a neat steel footing to keep the wood dry. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Featured in House & Home, January 1955.
1954 - Kaye Investment Corp. Builder House, Strongsville OH. Designed by Hart & Weiss. Built by Kaye Investment Corp. Landscape architect: Victor Sheldon. Billed as the most advanced builder house in Ohio: a 66'-long redwood-and-glass flattop framed with double posts and laminated beams on 6' modular wall panels. Photo by Joe Munroe. Featured in House & Home, January 1955.
1954 - High Country House, Morris Plains NJ. Built by Cyril Farny. Farny's adaptation of Carl Koch's Techbuilt idea opens a 500-acre development: a 1,920 sq. ft. two-story house set 4' below grade on two sides so it keeps the long, low lines of a one-story house. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, February 1955.
1954 - Three Experiments in One House, Princeton NJ. Designed by Kenneth Kassler. Built by L. C. Bowers & Sons. Engineers: Norman Sollenberger; Kraemer Luks. An experiment in space, structure and materials: a circular 26'-diameter living room under a 2 1/2 in. concrete cone cast on the ground and lifted into place, ringed by low 7' eaves and lit by a plastic skylight at the apex. Featured in House & Home, February 1955.
1954 - Daley & Prows Double-Decker House, Salt Lake City UT. Designed by Richard Prows. Built by Daley & Prows. Frank Lloyd Wright's double-decker flat-top idea adapted in a Utah builder house: 1,740 sq. ft. of living space and 3,400 sq. ft. of covered area including lot, landscaping, built-ins and carpets — an NAHB merit award winner with double-decked patios to match. Featured in House & Home, April 1955.
1954 - Steiner Flat-Roof House, Atlanta GA. Designed by Andrew Steiner. With this flat roof, no costly valleys: Steiner's T-shaped, two-zoned Atlanta house covers 1,480 sq. ft. without cutting light from the patio. Photo by Gabriel Benzur. Featured in House & Home, June 1955.
1954 - Patio House in New Orleans, New Orleans LA. Designed by Victor Bruno. A house wrapped around a garden patio on a small, shallow but wide city lot: the flat roof lets all major living areas and two of three bedrooms face the inner patio behind blank street walls. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, June 1955.
1954 - Pine Meadows Model House, St. Louis MO. Designed by Russell Hughes. Built by Londoff Brothers & Robert Disch III. Biggest seller in the Londoff brothers' Pine Meadows subdivision, with a stone chimney holding built-in range and oven, exposed plank ceilings, redwood siding and half-acre lots. Featured in House & Home, August 1955.
1954 - The Floridian, St. Louis MO. Built by Todd Construction Co. Glen Todd gave up colonial houses for contemporary built of prefabbed panels on a 4 ft. module. His most popular model, the Floridian, sold 16 in one Sunday from drawings, with fireplace, radiant heat and an optional do-it-yourself swimming pool. Featured in House & Home, August 1955.
1954 - Charlottesville Hillside House, Charlottesville VA. Designed by Frederick Doveton Nichols & Roger C. Davis. Three levels fitted into a hillside give each floor direct access to outdoors. Balcony bedrooms overlook the two-story living room through shoji screens, above a tall brick fireplace wall; interiors with Taylor Simmons of Knoll Associates. Featured in House & Home, September 1955.
1954 - Del Monte Construction Model House, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Charles and Arthur Schreiber. Built by Del Monte Construction Co. Award of Merit: big, mechanically air-conditioned house whose handsome rear glass wall helped the architects escape the 'typical tract look' on 80' to 90' lots. Featured in House & Home, June 1956.
1954 - The Charles M. Goodman House, 510 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria VA. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. The prolific production-house architect's own experimental house, built with shop-fabricated wall panels requiring no finish carpentry on the site, joined to a remodeled older wing. Goodman used it as a test bed for cost-cutting ideas he expected to reach the mass builder market. Photo by Robert C. Lautman. Featured in House & Home, January 1956. A panelized addition to Goodman's 1870s farmhouse. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
1955 - The Ira Harkey, Jr. House, Beach Boulevard US 90, Pascagoula MS. Designed by Curtis and Davis. Built by Otis W. Sharp & Son. Structural engineer Curtis and Davis. Photo by Ulrich Meisel; Frank Lotz Miller. Likely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina 2005. Was an Architectural Record House 1956.
1955 - 12-16 West Lane, Maplewood NJ. Designed by Kramer & Kramer (Allen and Edwin Kramer). Built by William Brandstater. Landscape architect Lionel Freedman, who took the photos. Interiors by Claire Kramer. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Standing. New Jersey MOD-IV records the parcel at 12-16 West Lane, Maplewood Township, as a single-storey frame house with a two-car garage, year of construction 1957 — two years later than the date given here. Last deed recorded in 2008 (owner name redacted in the public MOD-IV file). Last sold in 2008.
1955 - The John F. Stambaugh House, 240 East Main Street, Plymouth OH. Designed by Robert A. Little. Built by August Bauerle. Photos by R. Marvin Wilson. Sold to Bob and Deborah Hanline. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Status unknown.
1955 - The Gerald S. and Lillian Gordon House, 2307 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Houston TX. Designed by Preston Bolton and Howard Barnstone. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Landscape design by Thomas D. Church. Won the 1956 AIA Houston Medal of Honor and 1956 Texas Society of Architects Honor Award. Sold and faithfully restored. Built by Van Cleve Construction Company, D. S. Rogers. Structural engineer Walter P. Moore. Photo by Frank Cinche; interiors by Knoll. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Sold in 2001 to George B. Filak and Diane R. Tanking.
1955 - Houston Parade of Homes House, 5107 Jackwood Street, Meyerland, Houston TX. Designed by L. B. Wooters. Built by Krist Hubert. Outdoor living was the dominant feature of all 30 houses in the 1955 Houston Parade of Homes - every one fully landscaped, air conditioned and furnished. Huge sliding glass doors open the living areas onto planted, screened terraces. Featured in House & Home, September 1955. Acquired in 2019 by the Richard and Mary Chaumier Trust. Owned since 2019 by the Richard and Mary Chaumier Trust. Standing as of 2026.
1955 - Luxury House Around an Oak Tree, Memphis TN. Designed by Robert Martin. Built by Dan W. Allen. A 2,185 sq. ft. custom-order house built around a giant oak shading the front of the lot. The L-shaped plan opens to the terrace around the tree, screened from the street by a 5 ft. brick wall; completely air conditioned. Photo by Wilbur Curtis. Featured in House & Home, October 1955.
1955 - The Harold Forgotston House, aka Private Patios on a City Lot, 29 Pelham Drive, Metairie LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis. Built by Haase Construction Co. A 3,500 sq. ft. house whose interior rooms sweep gracefully into gardens and courts behind patterned brick walls: an al fresco court between master bedroom and game room holds a pool that carries through into the house. Featured in House & Home, October 1955.
1955 - National Homes Ridgewood, Lafayette IN. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. Built by Price & Price. Landscaping: House Beautiful. The largest prefabber's bid for the quality market: a 1,704 sq. ft. prototype with big living room, family room and efficient circulation around a central kitchen. About 20 Ridgewood models were displayed across the US, each furnished as House Beautiful decorated this one. Featured in House & Home, October 1955.
1955 - Living for Young Homemakers House, 5127 Jackwood Street, Meyerland, Houston TX. Designed by Harwood Taylor. Built by Bert Williams. The magazine house at the Houston Parade of Homes, where 75,000 visitors lined up to see it: daytime and nighttime zones clearly separated, sliding screens and panelized walls forming special-purpose patios, and a covered entrance court joining garage to front door. Featured in House & Home, October 1955. Sold in 2021 to Isabella R. Pepe and Joseph M. Magro. Standing as of 2026.
1955 - Scholz Glass-Gable Model, Toledo OH. Built by Scholz Homes. Star of H&H's year-end prefabrication review: Scholz Homes' new 1,040 sq ft glass-gable contemporary, its whole gable end opened up with floor-to-ceiling glass onto a planted terrace - proof that the prefab look has all but disappeared. Photos by James T. Strong. Featured in House & Home, December 1955.
1955 - Ray Wright Model House, Columbus GA. Designed by Wilbur D. Talley. Built by Ray Wright. A clean-cut contemporary model set among pines, with double fireplace, wrap-around terrace and kitchen built-ins, one of the fresh 1955 designs that helped the young Columbus builder triple his sales. Featured in House & Home, February 1956.
1955 - The Dr. Howard F. Pfister House, 7705 Indian Hill Rd, Cincinnati OH. Designed by Tweddell & Wheeler. Built by Jacob Boettcher. Landscape architect: Hans J. Wachtel. Built for surgeon Dr. Howard F. Pfister and his wife. Good Housekeeping's 'nice new house on the corner,' a livable one-story contemporary with panels of deep bright blue on the exterior and a terrace planned for both sun and shade; the terrace, later planted by landscape designer Charles Perin, appeared in Better Homes & Gardens in 1959. Featured in Good Housekeeping, March 1956, and House & Home, March 1956. Sold in 2023.
1955 - Rogers Investments Contemporary, Birmingham AL. Designed by Caldwell & Harmon. Built by Rogers Investments Inc. Restrained contemporary on a wooded site in an 80-acre tract of rolling woodland; its glass-walled open-plan model proved a big hit in a conservative market. Contractor J. S. Ellard. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Wilmington Contemporary House, Wilmington DE. Designed by Samuel and Victorine Homsey. Built by Ernst Di Sabatino & Sons. Landscape architect: Victorine duPont Homsey. A friendly house that makes room for children: bedroom and guest wings angled off a glass-walled living rectangle, connected by a screened porch, with a slate floor unifying entrance hall and living room. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Indianapolis Concrete Block House, Indianapolis IN. Client: The Spickelmier Co. Designed by Fran E. Schroeder & Associates. Built by Riley McGraw. Demonstration house of lightweight concrete block with insulation-filled cores, its entry outlined by a masonry wall of standard blocks laid on their sides to expose the cores. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Nucolls Pilot House, Tulsa OK. Designed by Joseph Wilkinson. Built by Nucolls Construction Co. A 1,250 sq ft tract pilot house with popular natural stone facade whose fast sales taught the team that Tulsa buyers want two full bathrooms, each with a tub. Photo by Skipper-Moncrief. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Miami Beach Fashion House, Miami Beach FL. Designed by Wahl Snyder. Built by Ed Ricke. Landscape architect: Frederic B. Stresau. A Florida house with a flair for fashion: white vermiculite roof, walls and paving of Tennessee cragmar stone, louvered glass walls along a long gallery, and a screened semiroofed patio to beat sun and glare. Photo by Ronny Jaques. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Yokeko Point House, Anacortes WA. Designed by Tucker & Shields. Built by A. Nelson & Son. Sun, sea and sky are part of the plan of this view house on Puget Sound, its living room almost entirely glass except for a massive stone fireplace, with twin sun decks so sunbathers can always avoid the wind. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - The Frederick Greenberg House, aka Ridgefield House, 36 Saw Mill Hill Road, Ridgefield CT. Designed by Edgar A. Tafel. Built by Daniel Tobin. Ship-shape, many-angled house of eastern stone and polished cypress with clean-cut built-ins throughout, its sleek trimness contrasting with the wooded setting. Special millwork by John T. Lyman. Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Gamble Model House, Colorado Springs CO. Designed by Joseph Marlow. Built by Gamble Building Co. Panelized house with 'everything' below Pikes Peak: 1,450 sq ft including gas-fired incinerator, all-copper plumbing, electronic perimeter-heat controls and a recreation wing. Photo by Guy Burgess. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Seattle Multipurpose-Room House, Seattle WA. Designed by Gene Zema. Built by Barth & Watchie. A small 23' x 52' house with a big multipurpose room opening through sliding glass doors to a paved terrace, plus two full baths and excellent traffic flow. Photo by Art Hupy. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - The John Alger House, 2320 Delmar Drive East, Seattle WA. Designed by Terry & Moore. Hilltop U-plan house of rough-cut, gray-stained cedar overlooking the Seattle Yacht Club and Cascade Mountains, wrapped around a garden court common to all rooms, with a red-lacquered front door edged in acid-aged copper. Featured in House & Home, April 1956. Sold in 2014 to Stephen M. Rothrock and Tessa Keating. Standing as of 2026.
1955 - Albert Balch Small House, Seattle WA. Designed by John Ridley. Built by Albert Balch. Three-bedroom small house that borrows big-house ideas: extensive glass to the wooded tract, a house-wide living-dining room with corner fireplace, and an L-shaped plan shielding outdoor living from view. Photo by Kenneth S. Brown. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Little Rock Stone-Wall House, Little Rock AR. Designed by Ginocchio, Cromwell & Associates. Built by Fred Parrot. Landscape architect: Wiley Jones. Small house made to act big by fieldstone walls turned at right angles to the house as outdoor dividers, with a sheltered patio of redwood-edged concrete and crushed white stone. Decorator Victor Vanovitch. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1955 - Cincinnati Studio House, Cincinnati OH. Designed by Tweddell & Wheeler with John Garber. Built by David Kugler. Dramatic studio house composed almost entirely of wood trusses and trussed girders traditional in US farm structures, enclosing a modular volume with clerestory strips at remarkably low cost. Featured in House & Home, May 1956.
1955 - Byrd Realty Family-Plan House, Birmingham AL. Designed by Harmon & Caldwell. Built by Byrd Realty Co. A 1,400 sq ft house whose family plan lets the housewife supervise every major area from the central kitchen; the cantilevered main floor rests on a concrete block base holding utilities and storage. Photo by Joe Winters. Featured in House & Home, May 1956.
1955 - The Carl Jones House, Shreveport LA. Designed by Short & Murrell. Built by E. A. Tharpe & Co. A handsome Louisiana H-plan house on a corner lot, divided into daytime and nighttime wings, with a two-way rotisserie fireplace, a formal entrance patio garden and a car patio leading straight to the kitchen. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, May 1956.
1955 - Tacoma Lake House, Tacoma WA. Designed by Robert B. Price. Built by Swen Johnson. Landscape architect: Lawrence Halprin. Award of Merit: a two-level house fitted to a narrow lot 35 feet above a lake, pushed as close to the water as possible for the view from its big windows and for supervision of swimmers. Featured in House & Home, June 1956.
1955 - The Dr. Lyman K. Richardson House, 7 Glenwood Avenue, Harahan LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis. Experimental house combining the warmth of tile, brick and wood with the grace of glass and an exposed welded steel frame; glass walls on the open living-room side look out on a garden court under a steel trellis. Featured in House & Home, June 1956. Destroyed around 2010.
1955 - Waveland Screened-Porch House, Waveland MS. Designed by Lawrence, Saunders & Colongne. Mississippi delta vacation house conceived as one long, narrow screened porch: every room faces the 60' screened gallery to catch the breeze. Photos by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, July 1956.
1955 - New Orleans Patio House, Jefferson Parish LA. Designed by Victor Bruno. Glass-walled, flat-roofed patio house in the New Orleans and Charleston tradition, built on a typical 60' x 114' suburban lot: three bedrooms and 1,250 sq ft, with most of the outdoors turned into a private garden. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, August 1956.
1955 - Baltimore Patio House, Baltimore MD. Designed by Daniel Schwartzman. Built by Pasarew Construction Co. Engineers: John D. Dillon. A formal entrance for a formal house: a pitched-roof trellis on two rows of tall columns spans the spacious entrance patio, which divides the plan into bedroom, library-living-dining and service wings grouped in a logical U-shape. Featured in House & Home, August 1956.
1955 - Kenwood Park Split-Level, 5848 Marbury Road, Bethesda MD. Designed by Keyes & Lethbridge. Built by Bennett Construction Co. House 1 of the '57 Houses for a Better '57' portfolio: good design makes this 2,810 sq ft split handsome from any angle, with a big roof sloping out over the terrace and a balcony extending an inside balcony. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Erdman Wright-Inspired Model, 5513 Raymond Road, Madison WI. Built by Erdman Homes. Look how this builder borrows from Frank Lloyd Wright: massive roof and chimney, grouped windows, native materials and an 8' square fireplace mass, priced well below most splits this big in Madison. Featured in House & Home, October 1956. Built for the 1956 Madison Parade of Homes in the Meadowood neighborhood.
1955 - Gerholz 1957 Model, Flint MI. Designed by William K. Davis. Built by Gerholz Community Homes. Landscape architect: Carl L. Gardner. Every year Bob Gerholz makes a good house even better: the 1,949 sq ft 1957 model, evolved step by step from a conventional 1-1/2-story 1953 house, adds a wider living-kitchen-bedroom wing, garden room and other improvements. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Fleeman Indoor-Outdoor House, Miami FL. Designed by Polevitzky, Johnson & Associates. Built by Fleeman Brothers. You can have three stages of indoor-outdoor living: an 810 sq ft outdoor living area added little to the cost of this Miami house, with built-in furniture designed by Farkas & Griffin. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Stowe Curtain-Wall House, Stowe VT. Designed by Dan Kiley. Built by Wayne Ayers. This 2,800 sq ft two-story house borrows its walls from a skyscraper: Kiley hung a curtain wall of sliding sash, double glass, flush doors and asbestos board from a structural skeleton, strong enough to act as both skin and structure through harsh Vermont winters. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Mequon Masonry-Pier House, Mequon WI. Designed by Maynard W. Meyer & Associates. Masonry piers give this 1,888 sq ft Wisconsin house its texture and rhythm: everything above the datum line of concrete block is either glass or wood. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Gladwyne Family-Plan House, Gladwyne PA. Designed by William W. Eshbach. Built by G. J. Supplee. Associate architects: John Glass & Harry Kale. Today's family-needs shaped this simple 1,820 sq ft plan, cited by the AIA's Philadelphia chapter for design excellence. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Manley Burnt-Adobe House, Tucson AZ. Built by E. J. Manley. Five counts make this house a success in Arizona, starting with an impressive exterior of ruddy burnt adobe brick and year-round air conditioning as standard equipment; 1,750 sq ft with half-acre lot. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - The Kenji and Kimi Ota House, aka McAdoo Hillside Corner House, 10300 61st Avenue South, Seattle WA. Designed by Benjamin F. McAdoo Jr. Built by Saylor Black. Custom house turns a hillside corner to advantage: about 2,450 sq ft, by the Seattle architect who was among the first Black FAIA-track designers in the Northwest. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Shreveport Concrete-Block House, Shreveport LA. Designed by Tom Scott Dean. Built by R. P. Farnsworth Company. The architect detailed the cost down, block by block: 939 sq ft three-bedroom houses, sponsored by Texas Industries and starting a 1,000-house development for Black families. Featured in House & Home, October 1956. Part of the Hollywood Heights development.
1955 - Smoot Flat-Roof House, Dallas TX. Designed by Tom Scott Dean. Built by Lloyd Smoot & Son. Look what you can do with a flat roof under the trees: a 1,900 sq ft Dallas house that keeps its cool under a wide-spreading canopy of shade. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Hollin Hills Square-Plan House, Hollin Hills VA. Designed by Charles M. Goodman Associates. Built by Robert C. Davenport. What can the square plan do for a hillside lot? Goodman's near-square 2,600 sq ft two-level house makes all the downstairs space fully usable, a secret of the celebrated Hollin Hills development. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Kemp Fresh-Approach House, St. Louis MO. Designed by Wahlmann & Kemp. Built by Fred Kemp. In St. Louis a fresh approach boosts today's sales: Kemp extras like a big rear terrace, floor-to-ceiling windows and post-and-beam construction in a 1,500 sq ft house. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Winston Hills Two-Story, Minneapolis MN. Designed by Elizabeth & Winston Close. Built by Pearson Bros. Two ideas make this two-story house a Minnesota pioneer: a ground-level entrance halfway between floors with the first floor a half-story below grade, and a glue-nailed kingpost truss—firsts for this huge 2,600-house tract; Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Tyler Trade Secrets House, Tyler TX. Designed by George Hicks. Built by Home Builders Association of Tyler. Slit windows in the west wall help keep this house cool: a 1,550 sq ft demonstration house built by the Tyler builders' association to show off hot-climate design. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Providence Five-Way Split, Providence RI. Designed by Cull, Robinson & Green. Built by Louis Kolodziej. This new five-way split works well for a big family: 3,200 sq ft on five levels puts four bedrooms on top for the children, with vertical board walls and paneled windows giving a Scandinavian flavor; Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Atlanta Tree-Shaded House, Atlanta GA. Designed by Henry D. Norris. Built by Boyd-Jackson Corp. People in Atlanta like the trees and the outdoor living: by saving almost every tree, the builders shaded these 1,270 sq ft houses, and nearly every house in the subdivision is different. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - The Charles E. Barnes House, Rockford IL. Designed by C. Edward Ware. Built by Alfred Scott. To get a good view, try a second-story living area with inside walls angled back to open up the rooms: a grandstand seat for the view in 2,663 sq ft on a 100 by 200 ft lot, the upper floor carried on steel over the carport. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Portman Flat-Roof House, Atlanta GA. Designed by John Portman. Built by Henry R. Jackson Corp. You couldn't put this luxurious house under anything but a flat roof: 1,900 sq ft enclosed (2,800 with terraces) of free-flowing living areas around a central fireplace mass—an early house by Atlanta's future atrium-hotel master. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - Hotpoint Utility-Core House, Mt. Prospect IL. Designed by Norman C. Nagle. Built by Town Development Co. This popular 1,500 sq ft model, promoted by Hotpoint and Living for Young Homemakers, is planned around a central utility core that controls the house and buffers bedrooms from living areas; lighting by Richard Kelly. Featured in House & Home, October 1956.
1955 - The Aydelott Remodeled Bungalow, Memphis TN. Designed by A. L. (Alfred Lewis) Aydelott. This is NOT a new house—it just looks like one: architect Al Aydelott bought a very ordinary 1931 front-porch clapboard bungalow on a 48-ft lot in an old midtown neighborhood near his Peabody Avenue office and modernized it for his own use, writing the best remodeling primer of the year; ten major design changes brought it fully up to 1956 standards. Aydelott later built his own hyperbolic-paraboloid house (1961). Featured in House & Home, November 1956.
1955 - The Hollis M. Baker Jr. Summer House, Lake Macatawa MI. Client: Hollis M. Baker Jr. Designed by Obryon & Knapp. Built by Ray Metzger. Landscape architect William H. Pries. A Japanese house in Michigan: furniture manufacturer Hollis Baker commissioned an American summer cottage based on the traditions of Japan—an entirely American two-zone plan in an entirely Japanese structure, with glass-faced shoji and a traditional Irimoya roof; sole US concessions are insect screening and an American kitchen. Second Award, Western Michigan Chapter AIA Honor Awards, 1957. Photos by Holland Illustrative. Featured in House & Home, November 1956, House & Garden, June 1957 and February 1960 (photos by Ezra Stoller), and in Clay Lancaster's The Japanese Influence in America (1963). Status unknown.
1955 - Admiral Glass-End Ranch, Pittsburgh PA. Built by Admiral Homes. This glass-end ranch is big news in a conservative market: for 1957 Admiral breaks with tradition-loving Pittsburgh's past, opening the whole daytime area to the terrace through a big glass wall under a 6'-8" overhang; the 1,232 sq ft house has a basement. Featured in House & Home, December 1956.
1955 - Knox Brick-Veneer Model. Designed by John McCabe. Built by Knox Corp. Conventional brick veneer covers this frame prefab, designed by Knox staff architect John McCabe to give the 1,285 sq ft model a custom masonry look; carport and storage are separated from the family entrance by a covered walkway framing a patio. Featured in House & Home, December 1956.
1955 - National Homes 1957 Models, Lafayette IN. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. Built by National Homes. Goodman's design for outdoor living goes full circle in National's 1957 line: an old-fashioned latticed front porch is matched by a rear terrace off the dining room's sliding glass doors (1,126 sq ft), joined by a stripped-down model aimed at the low-income market. Featured in House & Home, December 1956.
1955 - The John T. King House, Lafayette IN. Built by New Century Homes. This glamorous house belongs to New Century's John King: the largest house the factory ever turned out, with a nonstock terrace wing and glass-gabled family room and outdoor kitchen—yet all parts are now regular catalogue items. Featured in House & Home, December 1956.
1955 - The Charles Travers House, 227 S 17th St, Richmond IN. Designed by John Gerard. Built by Richmond Homes. Richmond Homes' Charles Travers prefabbed this handsome long L-shaped house from Richmond parts for himself and his wife Carol, its narrow end to the street and a porte-cochere acting as a second carport; the plan separates living and sleeping areas. Featured in House & Home, December 1956. In the Reeveston Place Historic District. Standing.
1955 - The James R. Price House, 3500 Cypress Ln, Lafayette IN. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. Built by National Homes. Biggest prefabber Jim Price of National Homes proudly leads visitors around his Goodman-designed house in Vinton Woods, sited to save every possible tree and built of prefab components in just over two months; its 5,200 sq ft are divided into three zones, with Goodman-designed island cooking. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, December 1956. Rated Notable in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. Standing.
1956 - The James Muslow House, 6025 Arden Street, Shreveport LA. Designed by Samuel G. Wiener and William B. Wiener, who did planning, designing or selecting every detail, grounds, landscaping, furnishings and accessories. Robert Neff, contractor. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS LA-205) in 2015; a pool house by William B. Wiener was added in 1956. Standing as of 2021.
1956 - The R. D. McGranahan House, 210 Hampton Road, Fox Chapel PA. Designed by John Pekruhn. Built by Garrett-Murrell. Landscape architect Simonds and Simonds. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1956. Reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Sold in 2002. Standing as of 2025.
1956 - The Langdon S. and Anne Simons House, 10 Nickerson Lane, Darien CT. Designed by John Hancock Callender. Built by Sam Grasso; structural engineer McGuinness & Duncan; landscape architect Charles Middeleer. Photo by Ben Schnall. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Destroyed.
1956 - The Philip M. Tiller Jr. House, 129 Mulberry Drive, Metairie LA. Designed by John W. Lawrence, George A. Saunders and Bill Calongne. Keller Construction Corporation, contractors; structural engineers Ellzey & Estopinal. Photograph by Frank Lotz Miller. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Sold in 1983. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Status unknown.
1956 - House That Looks to Nature, near Cleveland OH. Designed by Robert A. Little and Associates. Built by Elmer Yaxley. Photo by C. W. Ackerman. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. A country retreat for unnamed owners on a wooded hilltop.
1956 - Better Homes & Gardens Idea House. Designed by Ralph Fournier. The magazine's 1956 Idea House, a ranch-fronted two-level design of 1,414 sq ft plus basement with central kitchen, family room and three outdoor living areas, built by cooperating builders in communities across the country. Featured in House & Home, April 1956.
1956 - The John F. Long Patio Model House, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Ragnar C. Qvale. Built by John F. Long. Flat-roofed patio model in Long's huge Maryvale tract, built of concrete block and enameled hardboard with a polished mahogany entrance door, trellis and big glass areas. It became the first flat-top best seller in Phoenix. Photos by Bob Markow. Featured in House & Home, February 1957. Built in Long's Maryvale tract.
1956 - AIA First Award House, Lake Wales, Lake Wales FL. Designed by Mark Hampton. Built by L. F. Martin, Inc. First Award, Class A (under 1,600 sq ft), in the AIA-House & Home Homes for Better Living awards: a luxurious lakeside pavilion for a bachelor, with a curved concrete-masonry turret holding the top-lighted kitchen, a sunken living room with built-in seat, and a pool separating the glass walls from the living areas. Photos by Alexandre Georges. Featured in House & Home, June 1957.
1956 - AIA Award of Merit House, Lake Wales, Lake Wales FL. Designed by Mark Hampton. Built by L. F. Martin Builder, Inc. Award of Merit, Class B, Homes for Better Living: an all-screen front given character by a single light blue door, with everything else gray or white. The plan rambles down the sloping site to the lake, with an entrance court pool, sunken living room and a screened outdoor area as big as the indoor living space. Photos by Alexandre Georges. Featured in House & Home, June 1957.
1956 - AIA Award of Merit House, Washington, Washington DC. Designed by Charles M. Goodman Associates. Built by Marvin J. Duncan & Co. Award of Merit, Class C, Homes for Better Living: walls of glass and precast concrete panels set in modular wood frames, with bedrooms screened by latticed brick and a skylit central court at the core of the plan. The jury praised the simple modular panel system and its variations. Photo by Robert C. Lautman. Featured in House & Home, June 1957.
1956 - Menefee & Montgomery Textured Look House, Houston TX. Designed by M. Arthur Kotch. Built by Menefee & Montgomery. Story of the Month exemplar of the South's new emphasis on pattern and texture: a wood-shingle roof with every fifth course doubled for shadow lines, walls of used brick and grooved redwood, and a foyer of grooved rosewood plywood panels over a white marble tile floor. 2,034 sq ft. Featured in House & Home, July 1957.
1956 - The Lon Gammage Speculative House, Columbus GA. Designed by Lewis A. Scarbrough Jr. Built by Lon Gammage. Built on speculation to wake up a sluggish market, with the architect given a free hand: a native rock wall painted white encloses a front patio, and natural textured materials give the house its character. The house caused a lot of talk; its entrance patio and private bedroom patio led the issue's exterior-detail ideas. Featured in House & Home, July 1957.
1956 - The Mackle Brothers Model House, Miami FL. Designed by James E. Vensel. Built by Mackle Bros. One of the new models Vensel designed for the Mackles, the south Florida giants shooting for 25,000 houses a year. Vensel opened the houses up to the Florida air with 300 sq ft of glass, heat-absorbing glass in the Florida room, jalousies and sliding glass doors, bettering design and salability without adding cost. Photo by Fleming's Photo Center. Featured in House & Home, July 1957.
1956 - Menefee & Montgomery Custom House, Houston TX. Designed by M. Arthur Kotch. Built by Menefee & Montgomery. House No. 1 of the 24 New Houses for 1958 portfolio: more than 2,600 sq ft in a rambling L-plan with an impressive entrance, a warm textured look of brick and wood inside and out, well separated bedrooms, indoor-outdoor living from both living room and master bedroom, and air conditioning. Photo by Victor M. Helm. Featured in House & Home, November 1957.
1956 - The John F. Long Four-Patio Model, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Ragnar C. Qvale. Built by John F. Long Home Builder, Inc. Long's model is magic in concrete block: 1,809 sq ft of living area plus 1,310 sq ft of roofed patios and a big carport, descended from his thousands of low-cost block houses. Blocks laid in a basketweave pattern break the long sweep of the front elevation and give the walls a handsome geometric texture. Featured in House & Home, November 1957. Built in Long's Maryvale tract.
1956 - The Burton Duenke Two-Patio Model, Kirkwood MO. Designed by Ralph Fournier. Built by Burton W. Duenke Building Corp. This merchant-built two-patio house sold fast: both patios are so much a part of the house that they work like rooms, thanks to the skillful placement of the garage. The 504 sq ft family patio faces the rear, is enclosed on two sides, and gets overhead light through a roof opening over its planting. Featured in House & Home, November 1957.
1956 - The Bell & Valdez Hillside Two-Story, aka The Rivera (Riviera), Lake Hills, Bellevue WA (published as Seattle). Designed by John M. Anderson. Built by Bell & Valdez. This low-cost split-entry two-story fits a hillside site, with 1,725 sq ft, three bedrooms, two baths and a two-car garage. Translucent plastic panels in a 2x4 frame dramatize the entry, set halfway between the two levels. A builder's model rather than a single house: more than a hundred sold within six weeks, and a later survey counted 141 Riveras in Lake Hills. Photo by Art Hupy. Featured in House & Home, November 1957.
1956 - Scholz Mark 58C Model, Toledo OH. Built by Scholz Homes. Flagship of H&H's fifth annual prefabrication review: Scholz's big contemporary Mark 58 luxury model, designed for indoor-outdoor living with five rooms opening outside through sliding glass doors. The 3-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath house will be advertised in a series of network TV appearances; Scholz's target is 500 Mark 58s across the country. Photo by James T. Strong. Featured in House & Home, December 1957.
1956 - The Franklin E. Schaffer House, 72 Butternut Hollow Road, Greenwich CT. Designed by Designers and Builders (Fred Mahaffey, David B. V. Travers, and Howard Perry). Leonore Baronio, landscape architect. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Standing, and held by the Hadjipateras family trusts; Greenwich assessor records give an actual year built of 1956, 4,423 sf on 2.24 acres.
1957 - The Julian Steinberg House, 1201 Conery Street, New Orleans LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis and Associated Architects and Engineers (Walter J. Rooney, Jr.). Built by Otis W. Sharp & Son. Structural engineer Villot, Sullivan and Vogt. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Published as "Split-Level Opens Vistas in Confined Lot". Was an Architectural Record House 1959. Merit Award, large-house class, Homes for Better Living: a floating roof plane gives the main rooms a 13' ceiling, with 8' walls and fixed glass above to extend the view in all directions. 'This house creates great privacy, but the raised roof and the use of glass make it airy and well-lighted.' The split-level plan fits a 4,500 sq ft house on a 75'x100' lot without dwarfing the site. Featured in House & Home, June 1959.
1957 - The Dean L. and Barbara Gustavson House, 2044 East Hedgewood Court, Holladay UT. Designed by Dean L. Gustavson; built by Tagy Nyman. Photo by William Deal. Was an Architectural Record House 1960. Gustavson (1924-2011) was born in Salt Lake City, flew B-17s and B-24s in the Second World War, took a graduate architecture degree at Berkeley on the GI Bill, and led Gustavson Associates; he became an AIA Fellow in 1970 and designed the University of Utah Engineering Center and the 1970s redesign of the University of Utah Medical Center. Dean and Barbara Gustavson lived here from 1957 until his death in 2011; the house has been kept largely original. Standing as of 2024.
1957 - The A. J. Farfel House, 18 West Lane, Houston TX. Designed by Bolton and Barnstone. Built by Ray D. Wilson and D. S. Rodgers. Structural engineer Walter P. Moore. Landscape architect Thomas D. Church and Associates. Photo by Clarence Laughlin; Fred Winchell. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Honorable Mention, large-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'This house very successfully creates its own privacy from the street by putting a solid brick wall across a court.' The jury thought the house well done but too static in form to merit a higher award. Featured in House & Home, June 1959. Sold in 1992 to Russell and Diana Hawkins. Standing as of 2026.
1957 - The Lawrence T. Harbine Monroe House, 3904 Horsehead Bay Drive NW, Gig Harbor WA. Designed by Robert Billsbrough Price. Built by Allen Hampton. Landscape architect Halprin. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Was an Architectural Record House 1959. Sold in 1995.
1957 - Clayton Powell Lowslung Contemporary Model, Savannah GA. Built by Clayton Powell. Top builders from across the country flew to Savannah to watch Clayton Powell, the fastest builder in the US, turn a finished slab into a finished house in 14 working days using shop-built panels on a 4' module. His line ranges from this lowslung contemporary with porch and carport to a split level. Photos by Andrews Studio. Featured in House & Home, February 1958.
1957 - The Worthman 1958 Trend House, Fort Wayne IN. Built by John & Jack Worthman. The Worthmans' idea house drew winter crowds with a 16'x21' Florida room—screened roof and walls, sliding glass to the living room, foyer and family room-kitchen, and a 2x6 slat floor that lets rain fall through—bringing tropical indoor-outdoor living to snow-covered Indiana. Photos by Assoc. Commercial Photographers. Featured in House & Home, March 1958.
1957 - Curtis & Davis New Orleans House, New Orleans LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis. Built by Haase Construction Co. H&H called this big and handsome house a fine example of today's trend toward richer textures, warmer colors and smaller patterns: its concrete grilles do triple duty as ornament, sunshade and windbreak, screening a court plan that separates the formal areas from the bedrooms. Contemporary thinking made to work harmoniously with ideas—screened terraces, the wide veranda—that go back a long way in the region's architecture. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, June 1958.
1957 - The Shwayder House, aka Meathe, Kessler & Associates Franklin House, 27551 Fairway Hills Drive, Franklin MI. Designed by Meathe, Kessler & Associates. Honor Award winner in the large-house class of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards, cited for its exciting use of form and space: a floating curved vault over the living room that juror Grossi said gives it 'a little baroque richness,' plus a skylighted garden room the jury called 'an absolute gem of a room.' Featured in House & Home, July 1958. On the edge of the Franklin Hills Country Club.
1957 - Porter & Kelly East Liverpool House, East Liverpool OH. Designed by James Nessly Porter & John Terence Kelly. Honor Award, large-house class, 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards. The jury praised the way the architects shaped the house into its wooded hillside instead of applying it on top, its honest stonework and cabinet-work detailing—'the height of simplicity, sophistication, and elegance'—and a 24' square master suite divided by a two-sided fireplace. Photo by Jay-Bee Photographic Studio. Featured in House & Home, July 1958.
1957 - The Honn-Perkins Bartlesville House, Bartlesville OK. Designed by Donald Honn. Built by Perkins Construction Co. Honor Award in the small-house class (under 1,600 sq ft) of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards. The jury was most impressed by so much space in a small house: a 16' x 21' living room with floor-to-ceiling glass on two sides, superb cabinet work and what Burchard called 'the American dream amount of storage.' Photo by Bob Hawks. Featured in House & Home, July 1958.
1957 - Joseph L. Cyr Inkster House, Inkster MI. Designed by Joseph L. Cyr. Built by Evan Bissell. Merit Award, medium-house class, 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards. Planned to fit a 45-degree hillside, it is entered through the carport with living areas on the upper floors and a deck running along the glass-walled side; the jury admired its light, well-detailed construction and quiet Japanese influence 'done here with restraint.' Featured in House & Home, July 1958.
1957 - The Jack Mayes House, aka the Round House, aka Don Erickson Glen Ellyn House, 1000 Clifton Avenue, Glen Ellyn IL. Designed by Don Erickson. Merit Award, small-house class, 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards: a house of interlocking brick circles—kitchen and stair in one, the circular living area in another opening to a wide balcony. The jury commended its restrained handling of unusual forms 'so conspicuously in the Wright tradition,' predicting the architect 'is really going to get someplace.' Photo by Herrlinn Studio. Featured in House & Home, July 1958. Destroyed around 2001.
1957 - The Donald E. Hustad House, aka The Hustad-Peterson Wayzata House, 3739 Fairlawn Dr, Minnetonka MN. Designed by Donald E. Hustad for his own family. Built by Joe Peterson. Honor Award, medium-house class, 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards. The jury delighted in the playful rhythm of its six barrel vaults—glass-filled where the two-vault-wide living room overlooks a wooded slope—and in the way the roof was made part of the whole design: 'a joy to see any time.' Sold in 2015. Featured in House & Home, July 1958, and Northwest Architect, September-October 1958.
1957 - Meathe, Kessler & Associates Detroit House, Detroit MI. Designed by Meathe, Kessler & Associates. Merit Award, medium-house class, 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards: a nearly symmetrical square plan around what the jury agreed is the minimum center court that can be successfully used—just 8' x 14', yet enough to add openness and visual space to the surrounding rooms. Featured in House & Home, July 1958.
1957 - John Randal McDonald Racine House, Racine WI. Designed by John Randal McDonald. Built by Contemporary Builders. Honorable Mention in the medium-house class of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards, sponsored by the AIA with House & Home and Life and picked from 150 custom-house entries. Featured in House & Home, July 1958.
1957 - The Kenneth and Elizabeth Patterson House, 1605 Harbal Drive, Ann Arbor MI. Designed by Robert C. Metcalf. Built by Lawrence A. Larson. Honorable Mention in the small-house class of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards: a crisp flat-roofed box with a long open carport wing, by the Ann Arbor architect-professor who built a series of admired modern houses there. Featured in House & Home, July 1958. Owned in 2014 by Audra Wenzlow and Dave Hollinden (acquisition year not found). Owned by Audra Wenzlow and Dave Hollinden, who opened it for an a2modern tour in 2014.
1957 - Garber, Tweddell & Wheeler Cincinnati House, Cincinnati OH. Designed by Garber, Tweddell & Wheeler. Built by Jacob Boettcher. Honorable Mention in the medium-house class of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards, its angular roofs spreading pinwheel-fashion over a hillside plan. Featured in House & Home, July 1958. Shown in McCall's, May 1958, as a house to dramatize indoor-outdoor living: the outdoors is brought indoors with a garden at the very center of the house for year-round gardening whatever the weather, behind a street side blank except for the living room window and glass gable ends finished in ceramic tile; the unusual roof is a series of triangles. Featured in House & Home, December 1958.
1957 - The Dr. David and Barbara Feld House, aka the Butterfly House, aka Meathe, Kessler & Associates Detroit House No. 2, 1470 Strathcona Drive, Detroit MI. Designed by Meathe, Kessler & Associates. Honorable Mention in the large-house class of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards—the third Meathe, Kessler house recognized by the 1958 jury, a long pavilion behind a patterned-block garden wall. Photos by Lens Art Photographers. Featured in House & Home, July 1958. In the Palmer Woods Historic District.
1957 - Jaspar D. Ward Two-Story House. Designed by Jaspar D. Ward. A house to whet the taste for two-story space, from Ladies' Home Journal, October 1958: four stone bearing walls divide the house into three modular bays, the dining room rises the full two-story height, and a split-level entrance takes advantage of the gently sloping site with terraces on three sides. Photo by Haanel Cassidy. Featured in House & Home, December 1958.
1957 - Leavitt, Henshell & Kawai Garden-Wall House. Designed by Leavitt, Henshell & Kawai. A house to show the appeal of privacy, from Living for Young Homemakers, August 1958: a garden wall of natural grey asbestos-cement panels framed in redwood encloses a large garden at one side, entered through an adaptation of a Shinto shrine gate—a design heavily influenced by traditional Japanese architecture, with exposed rafters on a 3' module. Photo by Ernest Silva. Featured in House & Home, December 1958.
1957 - The Gustave E. Rosenau House, 345 Moredon Road, Huntingdon Valley PA. Designed by Davis, Brody, Juster and Wisniewski. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Status unknown.
1957 - The J. T. Upton House, 7424 Hampson Street, New Orleans LA. Designed by Curtis and Davis. Huger-Geer, Inc., contractors. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Was an Architectural Record House 1957. Sold in 2016. Standing as of 2026.
1958 - The Harwood Taylor House, 9606 Meadowglen Lane, Houston TX 77063. Designed by Neuhaus and Harwood Taylor. Economy in a courtyard house. Built as one of twelve houses in the Electri-Living Program sponsored by Living For Young Homemakers magazine. Landscape architect Fred Buxton. Sold in 1962. Published in Architectural Record and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Standing as of 2006 and in need of restoration. Documented by Houston Mod.
1958 - The Robert and Amelia Frost House, 3215 Cleveland Avenue, Michigan City IN. Designed by Emil Tesser. Interiors by Paul McCobb and Florence Knoll in 1964. Sold in 2016 to Bob and Karen Coscarelli. Sold in 2021 to Frost LLC. Sold in 2022 to Jennifer Long. Sold in 2024 to Matthew Charles Meyers.
1958 - The H. George Foster House, 9204 Playhouse Road, Petersburg PA. Designed by John E. Pekruhn. Built by H. T. Reynolds Company. Structural engineer Joseph E. Spagnulo. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Sold in 2024. Standing as of 2024.
1958 - The Howard H. Callaway House, 17617 US-27, Pine Mountain GA. Designed by Richard Aeck Associates. Built by Newman Construction Company. Structural engineer T. Z. Chastain. Landscape architect E. L. Dougherty. Photos by Gabriel Benzur. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Also known as the Howard Hollis (Bo) Callaway House, at Callaway Gardens. Reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Standing as of 2020.
1958 - The Ben Freedman House, 1321 Frankfort Street, New Orleans LA. Designed by John Lawrence, Saunders and Calongne. Built by Richard W. Goodyear. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Standing as of 2025. Honorable Mention, medium-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'This is the only entry which used the central garden court to such good purpose.' The overall design was considered well-handled, with the planted court bringing light and outlook to the middle of the plan. Featured in House & Home, June 1959.
1958 - The Kenneth McClave House, 820 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne FL. Designed by Robert B. Browne. Built by Robert B. Browne and G. Cory Millican. Structural engineer Warren S. Burkholder. In the tropical tradition, with deep shade and cross ventilation. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Was an Architectural Record House 1958, and reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. The Robert Bradford Browne Collection is at the University of Miami Libraries. House & Home's hot weather case study No. 3 and the issue's cover house: the exterior wall surrounding the whole house is a roof-to-floor screen, so breezes blow right through it—and under it, since the house is raised 2' on concrete posts. Two enclosed areas, one for living and one for sleeping, sit freely under the huge pitched roof, separated by a 15' lanai that serves as entry. Featured in House & Home, February 1959. Honorable Mention, medium-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'a very straightforward plan... the roof is in a form that unites the whole house and adds to its simplicity of structure.' The jury admired its execution but found the concept 'too traditional' for a higher award. Featured in House & Home, June 1959. Destroyed.
1958 - The Chard F. Webb House, Merlin Road, Phoenixville PA. Designed by Chard F. Webb. Built by Irvin Smerly. Photos by Ben Schnall. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Status unknown. Reprinted in The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. Also listed elsewhere as the Richard F. Webb House at 2 Robin Lane, Malvern PA; Architectural Record, May 1958, credits him as Chard F. Webb, architect and owner.
1958 - The Stanford R. Gamm House II, 1631 Sunnyside, Highland Park IL. Designed by Richard E. Baringer. Built by Arnold Peterson. Landscape architect Robert Zion. Photos by Richard Nickel. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Honorable Mention in the medium-house class of the 1958 AIA Homes for Better Living awards: a low glass-walled pavilion stepped into its wooded ravine site. Featured in House & Home, July 1958. Destroyed.
1958 - The Samuel E. Hale House, 201 Shell Beach Drive, Lake Charles LA. Designed by Burk, LeBreton and Lamantia. Built by Earle Ginhey. Structural engineer Burk, LeBreton and Lamantia. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1958. Status unknown.
1958 - The 1958 Honn-Jennings Model, Lubbock TX. Designed by Donald Honn. Built by Cecil Jennings. H&H's lesson in sticking with a good plan: Architect Honn has improved the same low-cost contemporary plan every year since 1955 for Lubbock's biggest home builder, and the 1958 version—1,230 sq ft with two full baths—was outselling everything in town, with 35 sold in the first two months of the year. Featured in House & Home, April 1958.
1958 - Sunstate Face-Lifted Model, Tampa FL. Designed by Betty Wild. Built by Sunstate Builders (Matt Jetton). Designer Betty Wild gave one of Sunstate's old stucco models a fresh new face—cypress siding, white ceramic-faced brick, floor-to-ceiling windows and a flat roof on the same basic plan. Too modern for Tampa? 'Not if it's priced right,' said President Matt Jetton: both new models sold before completion. Featured in House & Home, May 1958.
1958 - 1959 Preview House, 1340 Zurich Drive, Florissant MO. Designed by Earl Fey. Built by Norman Schuermann. Wiring and lighting designed by Norman Raab. A 2,600 sq ft builder's model packed with 25 new-product ideas and designed around GE's new Thermoline heat pumps, which free furnace space, eliminate ductwork and give room-by-room zonal control. One of the electrical industry's Gold Medallion homes, it was a joint promotion of Builder Schuermann, GE, Union Electric and Famous-Barr, with interiors by George Nelson; Schuermann planned to build others like it in his 1959 tracts. Photos by Mac Mizuki. Featured in House & Home, June 1958. Built in the Walnut Grove Hills subdivision.
1958 - Satterlee & Smith Washington Hillside House, Washington DC. Designed by Satterlee & Smith. Built by Stirling Construction Co. Quality House No. 3, a fresh idea for hillsides: the uphill side presents carport and entry walk to the driveway while the downhill side opens a big ground-floor playroom and a second-floor band of windows to the yard; a rooftop box encloses fans and a skylight. Photo by Robert C. Lautman. Featured in House & Home, November 1958.
1958 - Philip Hiss Sarasota Model, Sarasota FL. Designed by Philip Hiss. Built by Philip Hiss. Quality House No. 5, designed and built by Sarasota's Philip Hiss on a 12'x18' module: an L-shaped Florida house whose screened patio flows smoothly from solid wall into Fiberglas screen wall. Featured in House & Home, November 1958.
1958 - Sunstate Builders Tampa House, Tampa FL. Designed by Betty Wild. Built by Sunstate Builders (Matt Jetton). Quality House No. 11: designer Betty Wild's custom house for Tampa builder Matt Jetton, who prices his custom work at or near his speculative houses—a low brick-and-frame pavilion with a breezeway carport. Photos by Ben Rose. Featured in House & Home, November 1958.
1958 - Gerholz Community Homes Model, Flint MI. Designed by Eldredge Snyder. Built by Gerholz Community Homes. Quality House No. 20: rear living sells this trim 1,440 sq ft builder house—its open rear elevation is a rhythm of glass and vertical redwood panels onto a concrete terrace with redwood dividers. Photos by Frank Fulkersin. Featured in House & Home, November 1958.
1958 - The Russell F. Williams House, aka Irion & Reinke Oshkosh House, 1416 Menominee Drive, Oshkosh WI. Designed by Irion & Reinke. Built by Albright & Son. Quality House No. 22: raising the foundation a few feet gave this 3,000 sq ft lakeside house a daylight basement—1,365 sq ft of bright lower-level living space with a 25'x19' recreation room, study, workshop and bath. Featured in House & Home, November 1958.
1958 - John F. Long Model House, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Malcolm McPherson. Built by John F. Long Home Builder Inc. Quality House No. 23: Phoenix volume builder John Long sells this long, low 1,570 sq ft model—entry and planter tucked under the deep overhang of its 64' facade—including the lot. Featured in House & Home, November 1958.
1958 - Matt Jetton Built-for-Sale Model, Tampa FL. Designed by Betty Wild. Built by Matt Jetton. 'From custom houses you can borrow ideas to help you sell built-for-sale models like this,' says Tampa's Matt Jetton, who with Designer Betty Wild carried ten ideas from a flat-roofed custom house into this low-pitched 3-bedroom model: contemporary styling, masonry walls, split levels on a gentle slope, floor-to-ceiling glass, deep overhangs, covered terrace and kitchen skylights. Featured in House & Home, January 1959.
1958 - Fox & Jacobs Accent Best-Seller, Dallas TX. Designed by Tony Pereira & Parker Folse. Built by Fox & Jacobs. Star of H&H's report on how much better Dallas builds today: Dave Fox and Ike Jacobs offered four designs in their new Accent tract, and this contemporary—designed with Los Angeles designer Tony Pereira and F&J's Parker Folse, who went all-out on contemporary design and decoration inside the 1,700 sq ft house too—was the best-seller by far, somewhat to the partners' surprise. Photo by I. B. Lindenthal. Featured in House & Home, March 1959.
1958 - Orcas Island Vacation House, Orcas Island WA. Designed by Carl Gould. Rugged natural materials make this vacation house easy to live in and easy to maintain: stone gathered on the site anchors the fireplace and wall bases into the slope, cedar walls are split-faced inside and out, and oak floors and counters wear a clear plastic finish. The living area seems extra large because it has big windows on three sides and opens to dining area and kitchen on the fourth. Photos by Charles R. Pearson. Featured in House & Home, March 1959.
1958 - Burton Duenke Pacific-Style Display House, St. Louis MO. Designed by Robert Krieckhaus. Built by Burton W. Duenke. Cover house of H&H's report that Pacific style is making news from coast to coast: over 10,000 people came to see this house, and one family bought it before it was finished. A windowless 78' front wall of rough-sawn red cedar connects house and garage to enclose a private court and swimming pool—'like stepping into another world,' said the lookers. Photo by Hutchinson Photographers. Featured in House & Home, April 1959.
1958 - House in the True Japanese Idiom, Honolulu HI. Designed by Wimberly & Cook. Designed for an American who lived in Japan, this L-shaped house on posts above its sloping site is meant to be lived in much as the Japanese live: shoes come off at the sunken stone entry, the house wraps around its garden so every room opens to it through shoji screens, and unornamented cedar walls and ceilings carry the space. Main concessions to American living are the modern kitchen and bath and a higher ceiling. Photo by R. Wenkam. Featured in House & Home, April 1959.
1958 - The Arthur Q. Davis House, aka New Orleans Garden-Court House, 5 Bamboo Road, New Orleans LA. Designed by Curtis & Davis. Built by Haase Construction Co. Honor Award, large-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'one of the most consistently well-handled houses we've seen here, handsome in detail.' A garden court separates the living wing—with its own 776 sq ft adult living room—from the sleeping wing, and the jury found the vaulted-roof guest house an excellent contrast to the main house. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, June 1959. The architect's own house. Acquired by Longue Vue House and Gardens in 2025.
1958 - Alfred Browning Parker House in Coconut Grove, Coconut Grove FL. Designed by Alfred Browning Parker. Honorable Mention, small-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'enjoyable because the two plan elements are imaginatively handled, and there is a playful quality to the roof line.' Main house and guest house share a pool terrace, with a deck over the carport linking the two roofs. Photos by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, June 1959.
1958 - St. Petersburg Diamond Cottage, St. Petersburg FL. Designed by David Tudeen. Built by Master Mode Homes. Honorable Mention, small-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'This little house is charming, and it has an informality that suits its site. It is one of the biggest bargains we've seen.' The diamond-shaped, two-level screened box rides on posts among the trees. Featured in House & Home, June 1959.
1958 - The Cecil and Hermione Alexander House, aka Cecil Alexander Round House, 2322 Mount Paran Road NW, Atlanta GA. Designed by Cecil Alexander (Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothschild & Paschal). Built by Adams & Willis. Landscape architect: Edward Daugherty. Honorable Mention, large-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'the only circular house entry that comes within striking distance of being successful. Its relationship to the surrounding woods, plus the central garden-room, must make it most pleasant to live in.' Rooms fan out around the skylit circular garden court. Photos by Robert McGinnis. Featured in House & Home, June 1959. The architect's own house. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
1958 - The Charles R. Colbert House, aka Metairie Two-Story House, 510 Woodvine Avenue, Metairie LA. Designed by Colbert & Lowrey with W. J. Hess. Built by Landis Construction Co. Landscape architect: Frances Colbert. Honorable Mention, medium-house class, Homes for Better Living: 'The handling of materials, and the way the architects combined the one- and two-story elements, make this house well worth an award.' The two-story glass living pavilion opens to a walled pool terrace. Photos by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, June 1959. The architect's own house. Destroyed after Hurricane Katrina.
1958 - House on a Lake at Lake Grove, Lake Grove OR. Designed by Van Evera Bailey. Built by Kellogg & Harmer. This custom house on a lake uses ideas that make sense for many sites: a glass gable end opens the main living area to the view, a big flaring overhang shades walls and deck, and an above-ground basement finished as a recreation room opens to a terrace on the view side. 1,778 sq ft on the upper level plus 952 below; Featured in House & Home, June 1959.
1958 - Margate Patio House, Margate FL. Designed by George A. Dudley. Built by Ibec Housing Corp. Honor Award, Class A (under $15,000), in the 1959 AIA Homes for Better Living builder-house awards for the Gulf and Southeast states: 'simple, direct, clean elevations; pleasant connecting links to the out-of-doors; good ventilation; good lighting.' The plan is a modern adaptation of the Spanish prototype, with rooms wrapped around an inner screened patio reached from carport, kitchen, and living area. Featured in House & Home, July 1959.
1958 - Orange Park Garden House, Orange Park FL. Designed by Robert C. Broward. Built by Hall Enterprises, Inc. Honor Award, Class B ($15,000-$20,000), Homes for Better Living: 'a simple, frank solution to indoor-outdoor living in an imaginatively planned, economical house.' A pierced-block wall gives privacy to a garden shared by master bedroom, kitchen, and breakfast area, and every room opens to its own outdoor living space. Featured in House & Home, July 1959.
1958 - Trim Custom House in Eugene, Eugene OR. Designed by George Andrews. Case No. 1 in H&H's study of designing the luxury of space on a small budget: a simple 29'x33' rectangle whose chief partition is entirely a storage wall, with other storage hung from the walls of every room. Walls stop short of the ceiling with glass above, the living area has a glass gable end, and the patio ties house and carport into an impressive 61' overall length. Photo by Tom Burns Jr. Featured in House & Home, August 1959.
1958 - Ogden Post House, Ogden UT. Designed by Stephen L. MacDonald & Assoc. Built by Edman & Jolley Construction Co. Landscape architect: Arvin Shrieve. No. 7 of the 20 quality houses for 1960: a big-family house. 'It cost so little because it was so easy to build,' says Builder John Edman—the house and its big rear deck float above the sloping site on posts, the floor cantilevers 4' beyond the foundation, and the walls hang from the roof as curtain walls. 2,200 sq ft on the main floor plus 900 sq ft of finished basement. Photo by Douglas M. Simmonds. Featured in House & Home, November 1959.
1958 - Kensington Hillside House, Kensington MD. Designed by Charles Goodman Assoc. Built by Bancroft Construction Corp. No. 8 of the 20 quality houses for 1960: a square shape pays off in this two-level contemporary production house set into a hillside, with a rear terrace off the family room. Using brick in unbroken masses saved money, and the compact shape makes the house more adaptable to problem lots. 2,588 sq ft. Featured in House & Home, November 1959. Built in the Rock Creek Woods subdivision by Bancroft Construction.
1958 - The Louis S. Sachs House, aka Ladue Deck House, 32 Dromara Road, Ladue MO. Designed by Harris Armstrong. Built by Mikkelsen Construction Co. No. 18 of the 20 quality houses for 1960: behind this closed facade is a big 750 sq ft rear deck, the big idea of this custom house on the edge of a sharply sloping St Louis-suburb site. The street side is private—a limestone wall disguises the garage and an overhang hides the high living-room windows above redwood siding. 2,510 sq ft. Photo by Mac Mizuki. Featured in House & Home, November 1959.
1958 - Parker Hot-Weather House in Miami, Miami FL. Designed by Alfred Browning Parker. Built by Charles Thoms. No. 20 of the 20 quality houses for 1960: a glamorous hot-weather house. Within that budget and just 1,300 sq ft, it provides a greater feeling of space and luxury than most people expect in a much bigger house—walls open wide to the breeze, overhangs shade the glass, and a white aggregate roof reflects the Florida heat. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Featured in House & Home, November 1959.
1958 - Hillside House in Helena, Helena AR. Designed by A. L. Aydelott and Assoc. Built by George Helbig. Landscape architect: Eckbo, Royston & Williams. 'Here's an exciting way to use a hillside': Aydelott broke this Arkansas custom house into three major units, offset them on three different levels down and across the slope, and emphasized the irregular form with jutting balconies and bold brick walls under one unifying pitched roof. The entry is on the middle level, with the bedroom wing a half-flight up and the conservatory and living room stepping down toward walled terraces; a perforated brick panel filled with glass divides living and dining areas. Featured in House & Home, December 1959.
1959 - The Tivadar and Dorothy Balogh House, 49800 Joy Road, Plymouth Township, Wayne County MI. Designed by Tivadar Balogh for himself, his wife Dorothy and their two daughters, on a thickly wooded three-acre lot he bought in 1958; built 1958-59, largely by the family themselves,. The drawings won a Progressive Architecture award. A two-storey redwood-clad cube that appears to hover among the trees, carried on a partial basement at one side and thin posts at the other, with a two-storey living room behind a south wall of glass. The open parking area beneath the first floor was later infilled as Balogh’s own architectural office, and a detached garage was added in 1985. Balogh, born in Detroit in 1926 to Hungarian immigrants, served in the Navy in the Second World War and again in Korea, graduated from Michigan in 1952, worked for Robert C. Metcalf from 1954, and opened his own practice in 1961, designing some 150 buildings in Michigan, Illinois and Arizona. He taught at the University of Michigan, won the Sol King teaching award in 1973, retired in 1997 and died in 2006. Dorothy Balogh lived here until her death in August 2019, after which the house was offered for sale for the first time. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013, reference 13000800. Standing.
1959 - The David Lindsay House, 7623 River Point Drive, Houston TX. Designed by Preston Bolton and Howard Barnstone. Built by Southwest American Construction Company. Structural engineer A. T. Knies Jr. Photo by Fred Winchell. Was an Architectural Record House 1959. Sold in 2009 to Robert N. Bush.
1959 - The George and Adele Goldsmith House, 121 Stonebrook Road, Helena AR. Designed by A. L. Aydelott & Associates. Landscape architect, Garrett Eckbo. Photo by Allied Photographic Illustrators. Was an Architectural Record House 1959. Owned by Leroy Parker Jr. and Victoria L. Parker. Standing as of 2026.
1959 - 1 Grandin Terrace, Cincinnati OH. Designed by Carl A. Strauss and Ray Roush. Built by Jacob Boettcher. Landscape architect Henry Fletcher Kenney. Photos by George Stille. Was an Architectural Record House 1960. Standing as of 2025.
1959 - The Albert Weis House, 5614 Sweetbriar Circle, Savannah GA. Designed by Mark Hampton, of the Sarasota School. Built by DeWitt Furnell & Spicer. Structural engineer, Joseph Russello & Associates. Landscape architect Clermont H. Lee. Photo by Joseph Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1960. 3,640 sf. Named in The New York Times of June 19, 1960 as one of Architectural Record’s twenty best-designed houses of 1960. A 1962 Homes for Better Living merit award winner, screened on all four sides: redwood-slat grilles over the big glass walls facing the street and golf course, and high brick walls around patios on the other two. Children's rooms are below, the parents' suite and formal living above. Photos by Alexandre Georges. Also featured in House & Home, March 1963. Chatham County records show the property passing from Albert Frederick Weis II to Patricia G. Weis in 2004. Restored over four years and offered for sale in 2023, the first time since it was built; since sold. Standing.
1959 - The Frederick Rogers House, 2905 Memory Lane, Kalamazoo MI. Designed by Norman F. Carver, Jr. Built by Harry Jepkema. Landscape architect and photos by Norman F. Carver, Jr. Group of 3 professor houses (also Bowers, Starring). Was an Architectural Record House 1961. Rogers, an English professor, was still listed at this address in 1965. Sold in 2023. Standing as of 2023.
1959 - The Arthur Beckwith House, 31765 Franklin Fairway Street, Farmington Hills MI. Designed by Meathe, Kessler & Associates. Built by Norman McCall & Sons. Structural engineer R. H. McClurg & Associates. Landscape architect Eichstedt & Johnson. Photo by Baltazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1961, featured on the cover. Listed in the AIA Detroit architecture guides of 1971 and 1980. Designated a Farmington Hills historic site in 2002. Sold in 1985. Later owned by Bruce Etkin. Sold in 2019 to Melissa Powers Bavido, who restored it, and again in 2022. Standing as of 2022.
1959 - The Robert Uricho, Jr. House, Miami FL. Designed by Joseph N. Smith. Built by Sparks Construction Company. Photo by Alexandre Georges. Was an Architectural Record House 1959. Record Houses places the site on the Little River in Miami, with service rooms on the street side, the main rooms and a large screened pool enclosure facing the river, and the house raised on timber piles over filled ground. Status unknown.
1959 - The Ralph Sherman House, aka Ming Joy, 3700 W Catalina Rd, Boise ID. Designed by Grider & La Marche. Built by Ralph Sherman for the 1958 Boise Parade of Homes. Photos by Dearborn-Massar. Was an Architectural Record House 1959. Built in 1958 in the Country Club Manor subdivision in Hillcrest. Demolished; a new house was built on the lot in 2018.
1959 - The Christopher C. Larimore House, aka Long House on the Water, Miami FL. Designed by Russell Pancoast, Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels & Burnham. Built by Ben Meyers. 'The new Florida house means a new way of life': this 120'-long glass-and-screen rectangle appears to bridge the water it sits beside, its boundaries shifting from opaque wall to transparent screen so the house has no real stopping point between indoors and out. A 12'-wide screened walk—the 'engawa'—runs its full length under a continuous overhang. Built for Miami attorney Christopher Coombs Larimore. Photo by Rada. Featured in House & Home, March 1960. Honorable Mention, large-house class, 1960 Homes for Better Living custom awards—the screened 'engawa' house H&H featured in its March Florida issue. 'A house beautifully suited to the demands and moods of the Florida climate... it sits well on the site and lets the lake be an integral part of its design.' Featured in House & Home, June 1960. Won a 1961 Merit Award from the Florida Association of Architects.
1959 - Federal Development Corp House, Tucson AZ. Designed by Scholer & Fuller. Built by Federal Development Corp. Merit Award, under-$15,000 class, 1960 Homes for Better Living awards. The house presents just three elements to the street—a generous sheltering roof, a blank masonry wall for privacy, and an easy-to-find entrance—while inside, living, dining, and kitchen share one big room opened by a deck and glass wall. Existing trees and cacti were preserved on every lot. Photo by Frank L. Gaynor. Featured in House & Home, May 1960.
1959 - House on a Lake, Cleveland OH. Designed by Bruce Huston. Built east of Cleveland on a five-acre lot once thought unbuildable—zoning left no place for a house except a deep marshy ravine. Huston's solution was an 18' dam that filled the ravine into a spring-fed lake, then the 1,890 sq ft house was built as a bridge straddling a narrow part of the water on piers supporting five 30' I-beams. Featured in House & Home, August 1960.
1959 - Aluminum Sandwich-Panel House, Pittsburgh PA. Designed by Paul Freeman. Built by Tom Douglas. The first builder-built aluminum sandwich-panel house—not an experimental house but built in the regular course of business by 10-house-a-year Pittsburgh builder Tom Douglas, with architectural engineer Paul Freeman as designer-owner. Alcoa Alply curtain-wall panels set between posts with wood stops enclose 1,700 sq ft, four bedrooms, and 2 1/2 baths over a carport and block lower level. Photo by JayBee. Featured in House & Home, September 1960.
1959 - Hillside House, Pittsburgh PA. Designed by Lucian Caste. Built by Caste Bros Inc. An all-gas show house in an exclusive Pittsburgh suburb that built prestige for the builder and all three gas companies serving the area. A 4'-wide deck surrounds the living-dining-kitchen wing, supported by pillars over the carport, while the bedroom wing is built into the hill; the two-zone plan gives four bedrooms and two baths separate stairs and corridor. Photo by Robert E. Dick. Featured in House & Home, October 1960.
1959 - Henry Hill Uphill House. Designed by Henry Hill. Built by Hugo Miller Construction Co. Designed-in decoration gives this four-level house on a steep uphill site its smart appearance: redwood siding in big smooth planes, five inset panels of fine porcelain the owner brought from China, a studied pattern of slim mullions in the glass, and a dramatic open glass shaft rising through both levels from an entry garden. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Sarasota Split-Entry Two-Story, Sarasota FL. Designed by W. Dewey Kennell. Built by W. Dewey Kennell. A two-story with a split entry, built for sale in a state where merchant-built two-stories are seldom seen—though designer-builder Kennell argues the type makes great sense in a hot climate. The 1,527 sq ft house has its front elevation patterned to echo the line and texture of palm trees. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - San Antonio Two-Story Family Room House, San Antonio TX. Designed by George E. MacKenney. Built by Tom McGovern Assoc. The biggest attraction in this big two-level house is a two-story-high family room, open for half its length to a cathedral ceiling and overlooked by an entry balcony. The 3,400 sq ft house still has room for five bedrooms, three baths, an electric dumbwaiter, and a mud-room bath off the terrace. Photo by John Rogers. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Bellevue Glass-Panel House, Bellevue WA. Designed by Mithun, Ridenour & Cochran. Built by Garden Construction Co. Glass is used as a panel to give this custom two-story hillside house its basic design: 32'-wide panels of clear glass, asbestos-cement board, or overlaid plywood create a rhythmic structural system, with glass running to the floor wherever a deck or terrace lies outside. The 2,500 sq ft house has a lower level that is a complete second living unit. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Hollinridge Panel House in Potomac, Potomac MD. Designed by Charles M. Goodman. Built by Hollinridge Co. Good design from the interplay of structure, solids, and glass: white structural frame against dark preassembled panels whose exposed joining edges create the panelized look. The panels both enclose the house and form roof supports, and the rectangular plan zones both floors into living and sleeping areas with no wasted halls. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Honolulu Lanai House, Honolulu HI. Designed by Frank Slavsky & L. Harold Whitaker. Built by M. Yoshimoto. The lanai and the panelized look just naturally go together—both practically natives of Hawaii, where this 2,236 sq ft house was built by Design Assoc Ltd. The corner-lot plan faces windowless walls to the streets and groups living space around four screened gardens; obscure glass panels shield the lanai and living room, and plastic shoji screens close it in bad weather. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - The Joel Coley House, aka Living Asbestos-Cement House, 3501 North Newport Avenue, Oklahoma City OK. Designed by R. Duane Conner. Built by Joel Coley. One of seven demonstration houses promoted by Living for Young Homemakers, selected to show imaginative use of asbestos cement. Corrugated sheets on 1'-arc cellular concrete vaults form the undulating roof, pipe sections make the screen walls, and similar curved forms shape a bedroom ceiling vault and patio fence. Featured in House & Home, November 1960. Coley later bought the house back.
1959 - Tacoma Full-Lot Privacy House, Tacoma WA. Designed by Robert B. Price. Built by Standring Construction Co. Every inch of the lot works for outdoor living with maximum privacy: Price set the house crossways on the lot, built to the setback limits, fenced a patio in front of the dining room, and closed the front to the street while opening the rear wide to terrace and pergola under corrugated plastic panels. Photo by Dearborn. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Tucson Porch House, Tucson AZ. Designed by Edward H. Nelson. Built by David Markham. A new way to handle the traditional front and back porch: set them under the main roof, keeping the design simple and clean while providing shaded outdoor living for the hot climate. Windows are fixed glass with louvered ventilating openings below. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Clearwater Screened-Patio House, Clearwater FL. Designed by Wakeling, Levison & Williams. Built by John C. Horvath. You get the most use out of a patio when you screen it in like this: extra-heavy fiberglass screening carried over the extended roof beams covers the patio, cuts sun glare, eliminates individual window screens, and yields important construction economies. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - Abington H-Plan House, Abington PA. Designed by Davis, Brody & Wisniewski. Built by Adams Construction Co. An H-shaped house that centers a work core between living areas, dividing the plan into three rectangular zones each reached directly from the entry. The core's 6" bearing wall centralizes plumbing and wiring and supports paired 2x12s that frame the big gable roof; the 8'-wide kitchen borrows spaciousness from the high-ceilinged living-dining room. Photo by Marc Neuhof. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - New Orleans Town House, New Orleans LA. Designed by Lawrence & Saunders. Built by Richard Goodyear. A 2,900 sq ft town house plus a big patio, all on a 42' lot: the architects put the house on one side of the narrow lot to create spacious living areas indoors and out, with a brick-walled, brick-paved patio, a landscaped two-car entry court, and a ground-floor glass wall. Photos by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - IBEC Precast Concrete House, San Juan PR. Built by IBEC Housing Corp. A staff-designed precast concrete house built to withstand the rigors of a hot wet climate—hurricanes, rot, termites, and humidity. Wall and roof slabs are cast on flat beds at the San Juan tract, trucked to the site, and crane-hoisted into place; solid wall slabs alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass doors and jalousies. 974 sq ft. Featured in House & Home, November 1960.
1959 - North Palm Beach Breezeway House, North Palm Beach FL. Designed by Kemp Caler. House Beautiful promoted this hot-weather Florida house that is all breezeway: both L-shaped wings are only one room wide so every room is cooled by breezes from two directions, verandas serve as halls, and the living wing opens to veranda and circular terrace through glass doors that disappear into wall pockets. 1,085 sq ft inside plus 445 sq ft of verandas. Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner. Featured in House & Home, December 1960.
1959 - Woman's Day Vacation Cabin, NH. Designed by E. H. & M. K. Hunter. Woman's Day called this 'jaunty' New Hampshire cabin 'stuff of which dreams are made,' co-sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn and designed on a 4' module. The downhill side looks out to the view through a glass wall or from a partly roofed deck as the house juts from the slope on a post foundation. Featured in House & Home, December 1960.
1959 - Lakeside Expandable Cabin. Client: Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. Designed by Henrik Bull. A minimum-cost cabin designed for easy expansion: little more than two flat-roofed plywood boxes flanking an open deck with a convertible canvas roof against sun or rain. The two-unit, 640 sq ft cabin was built in the Pacific Northwest; the center bay can be enclosed or identical units added as the family grows. Featured in House & Home, December 1960.
1959 - Techbuilt Vacation House. Designed by Techbuilt. Despite its finished look, this house is quick and easy to build: prefabricated in a shop, closed in on site in less than a day, and finished with a minimum of local labor—solving the scarcity of skilled labor in remote vacation areas. Based on the standard Techbuilt vacation-house package with modifications including a full basement, brick fireplace, and an added 4' module, it was planned for both vacation and retirement use. Featured in House & Home, December 1960.
1959 - Sturdi-Bilt A-Frame House. Built by Sturdi-Bilt Homes. The unusual A-frame form of this pre-cut package house keeps building costs down: the basic shell rests on inexpensive grade-beam foundations, and is framed so simply it can be erected in 1 1/2 man-days—yet is strong enough to withstand 100-mph winds and mountain snowdrifts. Portland's Sturdi-Bilt packages models of 528 to 1,056 sq ft; an 18'-tall glass end wall opens the living area to a cantilevered deck. Photo by Acme. Featured in House & Home, December 1960.
1960 - The R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, 407 South Forest Avenue, Carbondale IL. A prefabricated geodesic dome of triangular plywood panels delivered by truck and assembled on a concrete foundation in a single day, April 19, 1960. Donated in 2002 to the nonprofit R. Buckminster Fuller Dome NFP, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 (ref. 06000012), with exterior restoration completed in 2015 and a museum/visitor center in progress. Built as Fuller's residence while he taught at Southern Illinois University. About 1,100 sf on the ground floor with a roughly 400 sf interior platform; one bedroom, two baths. The only geodesic dome Fuller ever lived in or owned, which he did through 1971. Added to the National Register in 2006 and later restored.
1960 - The John Desmond House, 905 Greenlawn Drive, Hammond LA. Designed by John Desmond. Built by Ragusa Brothers. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Published as "A Village of Pavilions". Was an Architectural Record House 1960. Standing as of 2018; the interiors have been renovated, and the house was featured on the Hammond Historic District's Mid-Century Modern walking tour. Homes for Better Living Merit Award, custom medium class. An unusual exploded plan groups separate glass-walled pavilions linked by low-roofed galleries, with roofs floated on 4-inch WF rigid steel frames so the all-glass walls carry no structure. The jury said the house is at one with the outdoors. Featured in House & Home, June 1961.
1960 - The Joe A. Chandler House, 5230 NW Sammamish Road, Issaquah WA. Designed by Mithun, Ridenour and Cochran. Built by Raymond Construction Company. Structural engineer Jerry Terrence. Photo by Art Hupy. Published as "A Design for Flood Tides". Was an Architectural Record House 1960. Sold in 2001. Rebuilt on the original foundation in 2004.
1960 - The Jules Gregory House, 315 Goat Hill Road, Lambertville NJ. Designed by Jules Gregory. Built by Karl Roos. Photo by Marc Neuhof. Was an Architectural Record House 1961. A double-conoid roof floats on slender posts above the carport roof and partitions, and continuous changes in ceiling height are matched by changes in floor level, including a sunken conversation area in the living room. Also featured in House & Home, November 1961. Sold in 2015. Known as the Wave House; the house and Gregory's former studio, now a second residence, on 10 acres were listed for sale in 2026. Standing as of 2026.
1960 - The Victor Kirschman House, 12 Swan Street, Lake Vista, New Orleans LA. Designed by Charles Colbert. Built by Richard F. Goodyear Inc. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1965. Standing as of 2024. Built by Richard Goodyear Inc. Homes for Better Living Honor Award, custom medium class. Four hipped-roof pavilions—zoned for parents, children, quiet living, and recreation—float above a solid front wall and exist entirely in their own man-made landscape of pool, garden, and play courts. The jury called it highly original yet respectful of New Orleans tradition. Featured in House & Home, June 1961.
1960 - The Alvin K. Halpern House, New Orleans LA. Designed by Nathaniel C. Curtis Jr. and Arthur Q. Davis. Built by Millman Construction Company. Sculpture by George Rickey. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1960. Built on a 78 by 110 ft lot in a new lakefront subdivision, one row of lots back from the park along Lake Pontchartrain. Curtis and Davis records are at the Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane University. Millman Construction Company was the firm of the family of Halpern's wife, Theone Millman Halpern. Alvin K. Halpern died January 17, 2016 and Theone Millman Halpern died October 29, 2016, preceding the 2017 sale. Sold in 2017. Status unknown.
1960 - The Jean Holton House, Aspen CO. Designed by Langdon Morris. Built by Richard Wright. A little blue house at the foot of Red Mountain, raised above a level entry on a long, narrow site with a cottonwood grove and pond, to look out over the town and the ski slopes. Photo by Ferenc Berko. Was an Architectural Record House 1960.
1960 - Gull Lake, Kalamazoo MI. Designed, landscape, and photos by Norman F. Carver, Jr. Built by John Meninga. Was an Architectural Record House 1960.
1960 - The Donald Probasco House, 2525 Sheffield Drive, Kalamazoo MI. Designed by Norman F. Carver Jr. Built by David Spaulding. Photo by Norman F. Carver Jr. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. Owned by Shannon and Randall Salk. Standing as of 2026.
1960 - The Frank Schlesinger House, 360 W Court Street, Doylestown PA. Designed by Frank Schlesinger. Built by Doylestown Building Company. Landscape architect Jeanne Schlesinger. Photo by Marc Neuhof. Was an Architectural Record House 1961. Owned by Julie Fowler as of 2025.
1960 - Arizona House, Tucson AZ. Built by John F. Riley. One of several models in Arizona Builder John F. Riley's small retirement community in Tucson, where he sold about 20 houses a year. All models featured two bedrooms, large closets, indoor-outdoor living, and evaporative cooling systems. Featured in House & Home, February 1961.
1960 - Brewster South Lyndeborough House, South Lyndeborough NH. Designed by George W.W. Brewster. Built by Kokko Builders. Homes for Better Living Merit Award, custom large class. A contemporary house with the nostalgic appeal of a 200-year-old farmhouse: an extended plan in the New England house-and-barns tradition forms a protective L facing view and sun, essentially one room deep with steel-framed glass doors opening every room to the breeze. Photo by Maris-Ezra Stoller Assoc. Featured in House & Home, June 1961.
1960 - Wilson Morris Lakefront House, Lake Charles LA. Designed by Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson. Built by Earl L. Ginbey. Homes for Better Living Mention, custom large class. Designed for a semi-retired couple who like to entertain large groups, on a big plot with direct lake frontage in semi-tropical Louisiana. The panelized facade alternates floor-to-ceiling glass with louver-ventilated solid sections under wide heat-blocking overhangs. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Featured in House & Home, June 1961.
1960 - Stromberg Patio-Fence House, aka The Calypso, 10801 Deepwood Drive SW, Lakewood WA. Designed by Robert Billsbrough Price. Built by Stromberg Construction Co. Homes for Better Living Mention, merchant-built over $25,000 class. A handsome patio fence and sweeping facia over entry and carport extend to the setback limits, showing how a house can be designed for privacy on a small lot and gain apparent size in the bargain—nearly every major room opens to the fenced-in rear yard. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Featured in House & Home, June 1961. The model house for the Glenwood subdivision.
1960 - Mark III Miami House, Miami FL. Designed by Milton C. Harry. Built by Mark III, Inc. Homes for Better Living Mention, merchant-built over $25,000 class. A sprawling plan with many jogs and indents orients most rooms to screened gardens, patios, or pools. Standard materials—concrete block, cement shingles, prefab trusses, stock jalousie windows, and sliding glass doors—are used effectively with no custom details in a house for the luxury market. Photos by Bill Sanders. Featured in House & Home, June 1961.
1961 - The Robert Ernest House, 360 Beach Avenue, Atlantic Beach FL. Designed by Robert Ernest. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. Destroyed. Ernest died in 1962; architect John Wesley Dyal kept an office at the address through 1970. The present house on the lot dates from 1995.
1961 - The John R. Vereen House, Coconut Grove Miami FL. Designed by Robert B. Browne, with George F. Reed, associate. Built by James Robinson. Structural engineer Walter C. Harry. Photo by Joseph Molitor. A bayfront house on Biscayne Bay framed by Y-shaped precast concrete columns carrying 72-foot folded-plate roofs. Destroyed. Was an Architectural Record House 1961.
1961 - The Stanley Hoffberger House, aka House of Wood, aka the Hoffberger-Goldstein Residence, 6529 Bradley Blvd, Bethesda MD. Designed by Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon. Built by Robert W. Lowe. Landscape architect Toshiyuki J. Maeda. Photo by Robert C. Lautman. Sponsored by the Hoo-Hoo Club / NLMA as a lumber industry demonstration house. Was an Architectural Record House 1961, which gave the location as Washington DC; the Evening Star (January 1962) and the firm's own works list place the house on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda, Montgomery County MD. A 2,200 sq ft craft house built to bring out the beauty of wood in traditional forms, with its Douglas fir and Southern pine post-and-beam structure left exposed inside and out. Redwood siding and porch decks, a western red cedar shake roof, and paneling in Honduras mahogany, white oak, birch, and Idaho white pine were sponsored by the Washington DC Lumberman's Assn and the National Lumber Manufacturers' Assn. Featured in House & Home, March 1961. Sold in 1993 and 1998. Standing, enlarged to about 2,580 sq ft.
1961 - The Kenneth W. Roehrig House, Honolulu HI. Designed by Merrill, Simms & Roehrig. Built by Bert Kanzaki. Structural engineer Kaichi Awaya. Electrical engineer Gene Drane. Landscape architect Thompson & Thompson. Photo by Williams Photography. Was an Architectural Record House 1961. The architect's own house, on a steep 60 x 130 ft hillside lot with a view over Oahu: the garage is dug into the slope and the living floor sits above it, so the street facade reads as three stories. Won a 1960 AIA Honolulu Honor Award, credited by the chapter to Merrill, Roehrig, Onodera & Kinder, the firm created when Merrill, Simms & Roehrig merged with Kenji Onodera and Wesley C. Kinder in 1960. Kenneth William Roehrig was born in Oakland CA on November 2, 1907 and died in Honolulu on September 11, 1969.
1961 - The Clyde G. Shaw House, Baton Rouge LA. Designed by Sam B. Short and G. Ross Murrell (Barry J. Callari, assoc.). Built by P. Schiro & Son. Structural engineer Alfred G. Rayner. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1961. A small modular post-and-beam lakeside house near the State Capitol, wrapped in redwood slat screens set at the edge of the overhangs, on drilled concrete piers in marshy ground, with a deck gate to a boat landing; an enclosed deck was added soon after completion, and Murrell designed a further pool and bedroom addition.
1961 - The Benjamin E. Weeks House, 9819 46th Ave SW, West Seattle WA. Designed by Ibsen A. Nelsen, Russell B. Sabin, Gordon B. Varey. Built by Eberharter & Ga. Structural engineer Victor O. Gray, who did the work before Daniel J. Evans joined the firm in July 1961 to make it Gray & Evans. Photo by Chas. R. Pearson. Steel-framed cube; family of six. Won an AIA Seattle Honor Award in 1962 and the Lincoln Steel Foundation Award. Also published as "Privacy for Eight in an Open Atmosphere," Architecture/West, March 1963. Built in 1961, as dated by PCAD, Washington DAHP, HistoryLink and Docomomo WEWA. Was an Architectural Record House 1963. Owned by Benjamin and Roberta Weeks until 2007; sold again in 2011.
1961 - Bellevue Dramatic-Redesign Remodel, Bellevue WA. Designed by Wilkins & Ellison. Lead example of House & Home's remodeling issue: a drab 1920 conventional house transformed with bold strokes into a striking contemporary home. The redesign added a glass gable end, indoor-outdoor living that works with the site, and a completely new character both to look at and live in. Photo by Charles R. Pearson. Featured in House & Home, September 1961.
1961 - Sarasota Pavilion House, Sarasota FL. Designed by Edward J. Seibert. Built by William V. Blanton. First of five houses in the Architecture in Transition portfolio on new forms. A combined indoor-outdoor living area shaped like a quadrate cross anchors four free-standing pavilions for bedrooms, kitchen-dining, and carport, with a 28-ft-square pyramid-roofed living pavilion open to the breeze on all four sides; simple detailing held the cost down. Featured in House & Home, November 1961.
1961 - Tulsa Sloping-Shell House, Tulsa OK. Designed by Robert E. Buchner. Built by Walter H. Bever. A huge sloping roof shell sweeps down over the walls to the ground, creating a private world—even the outdoor living space, pool, and terrace are brought beneath the shelter. Translucent glass panels and a skylight over the central stairwell wash the interior with daylight; the house is built on the foundation of an older house destroyed by fire. Photo by Ben Newby. Featured in House & Home, November 1961.
1961 - Wernersville Bridge House, 557 Preston Road, Wernersville PA. Designed by Penrose K. Spohn. Built by Arlington Brossman. Engineers: Harlan Coornvelt (structural); A. Ernest D'Ambly (mechanical). Each side wall is a Vierendeel girder, so the house bridges terraces, stream, and retaining walls in a single span supported only at its ends. The decorative pattern of bolt heads reflects the stress pattern, and the alternating rhythm of wood and glass panels derives from the girder's vertical members; interiors by Elisabeth Fraser. Photos by Cortland V. D. Hubbard. Featured in House & Home, November 1961. Sold in 2018.
1961 - Project SARAH House 15, San Antonio TX. Designed by Ralph Bender. Built by Ray Ellison. A 720 sq ft house in San Antonio's Project SARAH (San Antonio Research for Advanced Housing), a builder demonstration that good new houses could sell at low prices. Any of eight floor plans can be made with movable hollow-core-door partitions screwed into redwood runners in the slab; fence, patio, and carport were extras. Five buyers the first month. Featured in House & Home, December 1961.
1961 - Ogunquit Ocean House, Ogunquit ME. Designed by Fletcher Ashley. Built by Keith Moody. One reward of a bold approach to a spectacular but difficult ocean site: a strong, direct house set far enough forward that its porch and front deck project over the rocks. The living area is concentrated in one central open space, and the dark-stained redwood exterior matches the rugged simplicity of the site. Photo by Ezra Stoller Assoc. Featured in House & Home, February 1962.
1961 - Liddle & Jones Tacoma House, Tacoma WA. Designed by Liddle & Jones. Built by Rushforth Construction Co. Landscape architect: Robert Chittock. Homes for Better Living honor award (custom, over 2,800 sq ft): seclusion on a heavily traveled suburban street among large older homes of polyglot design. High redwood walls screen a big front deck, the main floor is raised a story above the low lot, and the living areas orient to an enclosed two-level rear garden; AIA jurors called the fences, planting, and entrance stairs 'both handsome and quiet.' Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Featured in House & Home, September 1962.
1961 - Jaudon & Hoover Marshall House, Marshall TX. Designed by Jaudon & Hoover. Built by Robert R. Bailey. HFBL honorable mention ($15,000 to $25,000 with land): an in-line plan designed to fit a deep, narrow lot. Though it has 1,500 sq ft of living area, the three-bedroom house is only 20' wide; placed parallel to its lot lines, it opens the side yard for outdoor living the entire depth of the lot, with all rooms in single file opening to the outdoor area behind a brick front wall broken only by a single vertical window. Featured in House & Home, October 1962.
1961 - Ray Ellison Four-Zone Contemporary, San Antonio TX. Designed by Ralph Bender. Built by Ray Ellison. One of H&H's 15 best sellers of 1962: Builder Ray Ellison added this contemporary model at the upper end of his price line and the 36'x36' square house became his most popular model. A vaulted roof rises 15' over the living room, kitchen, and rear family room; four zones and utilities grouped across the center keep the basic 1,296 sq ft house economical. Photo by Zintgraff. Featured in House & Home, October 1962.
1961 - Donald Dise Split-Entry Model, Aurora IL. Designed by Donald Dise. Built by Donald Dise. Best seller: a split-entry that puts adult living upstairs. This exceptional design pulled the biggest crowds ever to Donald Dise's community in suburban Aurora and sold well—13 buyers bought the 2,240 sq ft house within ten weeks. The two-level plan gives parents full use of the upper level, including a private rear deck, with children's bedrooms, family room, and kitchen below, connected by a wrought-iron stairway. Featured in House & Home, October 1962.
1961 - Gilchrist Concrete Block House, Jackson NJ. Designed by John Robert Gilchrist. Built by Robilt Inc. Lighting consultant: Robert Thompson. Interior designers: Theodore Weiss Associates. First of three houses in H&H's study of the role of materials in good design: the clean symmetry of this house reflects the masonry block it is built of. Gilchrist used block in big solid panels that echo the shape and weight of the material, relieved by narrow vertical pieces that interrupt the stack bond; the symmetrical front elevation is anchored by a big glass entry, and the rear elevation is all glass with a recessed outdoor dining area at its center. Photos by Gerard Healy. Featured in House & Home, November 1962. Structural engineer Marcus Russell. Landscape architect Joseph Theibauldt. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1963 as the Robilt House.
1961 - Project SAKAH Experimental House at San Antonio, San Antonio TX. Designed by Ralph C. Bender. Built by Ray Ellison Enterprises. One of 28 houses built in San Antonio under Project SAKAH, the builder-association demonstration that private industry can build for low-income buyers, and an HBL Honor Award winner. Only the exterior walls and kitchen-bath core are fixed; movable partitions framed from hollow-core doors let the 720 sq ft shell take many one-, two-, or three-bedroom plans. Featured in House & Home, July 1963.
1961 - The Leonard J. Currie House, aka Pagoda House, 1105 Highland Circle, Blacksburg VA. Designed by Leonard J. Currie. Built by Charles T. Pascoe. An architect's own square two-story hillside house, an HBL custom Honor Award winner with 3,200 sq ft handled so well the jurors said it appears quite small. Savings from the compact plan were reinvested in a tremendous sweep of cedar-shake roof, broad decks, waterfall rainspouts, and vision slits piercing the lower-level walls, with all-glass walls opening to the Virginia mountains. Featured in House & Home, July 1963. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
1962 - The Harold McDonald House, 416 Overbrook Road, Elyria OH. Designed by John Terence Kelly. Built by Eugene Resar. Structural engineer R. M. Genset & Associates. Photo by Ed Nano. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. Owned since 2016 by Douglas G. and Kimberly A. McDonald. Standing as of 2026.
1962 - The Steven P. Wertheimer House, 5911 77th Ave SE, Mercer Island WA. Designed by Bassetti & Morse. Built by S. P. Wertheimer. Landscape architect Eckbo, Royston & Williams. Photo by Dearborn-Massar. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. Destroyed. A new house was built on the site in 2003.
1962 - The Newton E. Griffith House, 7028 Wexford Road, Edina MN. Designed by Newton E. Griffith. Structural engineer Gerald F. Paulson. Photo by Warren Reynolds, Infinity. The architect's own house. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. Sold in 1991 to Laurel Anne Ferris.
1962 - The David Hall Faile House, Greens Farms, Westport CT. Designed by George S. Lewis for Westport building contractor David Hall Faile. Built by Thomas J. Riordan. Structural engineer John Mascioni. Mechanical engineers Segner & Dalton. Landscape architect Charles Middeleer. Interior designer Melanie Kahane. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. Photo by Ezra Stoller Associates.
1962 - The John C. Cosby House, 20 Arrowhead Estates Ln, Chesterfield MO. Designed by James Edgar Stageberg. Built by Reinhardt Company. Structural engineer Meyer and Borgman. Photo by Mac Mizuki. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Owned by the Timothy W. Gamma Revocable Trust as of 2026.
1962 - The Edward D. Cauduro House, 3325 NW Skyline Blvd, Portland OR. Designed by Edgar Wilson Smith. Structural engineer Bernard L. Tiland. Mechanical engineer Robert W. Zanders. Landscape architect Robert Hale Ellis, Jr. Photo by Charles R. Pearson. Was an Architectural Record House 1965. Won an Award of Merit in the AIA / Sunset Magazine Western Home Awards 1963-1964, in the under-2,000-square-foot category, published there as "Hillside house with one wall that's a window." The client, Edward Cauduro, was a leading Portland collector of contemporary art; the Museum of Art at the University of Oregon exhibited New American Art: The Edward Cauduro Collection in March 1972. Owned by the Pamela S. Greene Revocable Trust. Standing as of 2026.
1962 - aka Modern to Fit a Traditional Code, Teaneck NJ. Designed by Kramer & Kramer. Built by Blauvelt Construction Company. Structural engineer Aaron Hitter. Photo by Marc Neuhof. Was an Architectural Record House 1962.
1962 - The R. S. Barrows House, Marathon Shores Key Vaca FL. Designed by Robert B. Browne (G. F. Reed, assoc.). Built by Albert Halquist. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Retirement house for a couple from the Chicago area, on an oceanfront coral point facing southeast. Survived Hurricane Donna. Was an Architectural Record House 1962.
1962 - The R & S Builders House, aka the Edward Colber House, 123 Risoli Terrace, South Plainfield NJ. Designed by Kuhn & Drake. Built by R & S Builders. Landscape architect Carol Johnson. Photo by Bill Margerin. Won first prize in the Horizon Homes program. Was an Architectural Record House 1962. HBL Honorable Mention: a two-story masonry cube set within a private walled enclosure with pool and terraces. All-glass walls open the living room to a 32-foot balcony overlooking the pool, while the concrete-block perimeter wall turns a private world inward on its built-for-sale lot. Featured in House & Home, November 1963. Sold in 2022 (owner name redacted in the public MOD-IV file). Standing as of 2025.
1962 - The Roger Ewert House, St. Paul MN. Designed by James Edgar Stageberg. Built by Hauble and Behm. Photo by Warren Reynolds, Infinity Inc. Was an Architectural Record House 1962.
1962 - The Katselas Residence, 1616 Powers Run Road, Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh PA. Designed by Tasso Katselas as his own house, drawing on Le Corbusier’s Maisons Jaoul and on the cross-shaped plan, central fireplace and brick piers of early Frank Lloyd Wright. 3,905 sf, five bedrooms, on 3.3 wooded acres at the end of a private drive, with a cantilevered living room and balcony, in-ground pool, concrete bridge walkways, a built waterfall, a two-storey guest house and a small barn. Dated 1962 from Allegheny County records; published as an Architectural Record House two years later. Sold in 1997. Standing. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Katselas, born 1927, was recommended to the Kaufmanns by Frank Lloyd Wright for an unbuilt chapel at Fallingwater, and later designed Pittsburgh International Airport and the Carnegie Science Center; he sold his firm in 2005.
1962 - The Ray Crites House I, Cantilevered Hillside House at Cedar Rapids, 4330 Englemere Court SE. Cedar Rapids IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by Berger Construction. A Homes for Better Living honorable mention whose 1,444 sq ft main living level cantilevers 12 feet on all sides from a small 12x36-foot steel-framed core. Photo by Julius Shulman. Featured in House & Home, January 1963.
1962 - Offset-Plan House at Memphis, Memphis TN. Designed by Oscar Marshall. Built by D. H. Taylor. A Homes for Better Living honorable mention of two offset squares—one for living-dining with all-glass walls on four sides, the other for bedrooms—joined by a kitchen-bath core that doubles as a privacy and noise barrier. The steel-framed roof of the 28-foot-square living area forms a shallow tent on four steel posts. Photo by U.P.I. Featured in House & Home, March 1963.
1962 - Inward-Turning Court House at Tenafly, Tenafly NJ. Designed by Norval White. Built by Blauvelt Construction Co. A Homes for Better Living merit award winner that turns inward for privacy on a 150-foot lot flanked by conventional split-levels. Most rooms open through sliding glass walls onto a completely private 24-foot-square central court, while the street sees only tall, narrow windows, a pitched roof, and wood siding chosen to fit the neighborhood. Featured in House & Home, March 1963.
1962 - Techbuilt Compact Cottage at Small Point, Small Point ME. Built by Techbuilt. A Techbuilt model vacation cottage built on a bluff overlooking the water at Small Point, Maine, featured in H&H's survey of houses by the water. Post-and-beam framing with modular panels, and a full-width 24-foot angled deck that adds extra living and sunning area. Featured in House & Home, June 1963.
1962 - Horizon Home at Lynnwood, Lynnwood WA. Designed by Dan F. Miller & Associates. Built by Stewart & Potter Homes. Landscape architect: Glen Hunt. First Honor Award winner in the merchant-built class of the 1963 Homes for Better Living program, built for the Portland Cement Assn's Horizon Home program. Precolored pumice-block walls screen the outdoor living areas so the compact 1,250 sq ft house is private from the neighbors yet wide open to the outdoors, with a center-hall plan the jurors called very good and unusual for a one-story house. Featured in House & Home, July 1963.
1962 - Low-Budget Beach Houses at Rehoboth Beach, Rehoboth Beach DE. Designed by Bruce Campbell Graham. Built by D.F.D. Inc. One- and two-story cedar vacation models, both 1,200 sq ft, that won an HBL Honor Award—one juror called them possibly the best buy in vacation houses on the whole East Coast. Solid sidewalls, high gable-end glass, and adroit fencing give complete visual privacy on narrow 50-foot lots two blocks from the ocean. Featured in House & Home, July 1963.
1962 - Mayfair Model at Tacoma, Tacoma WA. Designed by Robert B. Price. Built by George Barclay. Landscape architect: Robert Chittock. Decorator: Julie Sherman. One of about ten designs by Robert B. George Barclay's 229-house Mayfair community, where top professional talent—architect, landscape architect, decorator, and marketing consultant—sells 80 houses a year. Stacked brick and painted siding under an unbroken roof line make the house look longer than its 63 feet. Featured in House & Home, September 1963.
1962 - The Jim and Kay Shive House, aka Box-Framed Lake House at Solon, 3730 James Lane NE, Solon IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by Pat Hall. 2,053sf. Photo by Julius Shulman. Featured in House & Home, September 1963. Has been sold.
1962 - aka World's Fair Idea House at Seattle, 8503 Inverness Drive NE, Seattle WA. Designed by Bassetti & Morse. Built by R. O. Bordner Construction Co. Landscape architect: Richard Haag & Associates. Winner of the sole Award of Merit among 1963's HBL built-for-sale houses: a house of ideas designed by partner-in-charge John M. Morse and shown to thousands of prospects during the opening weeks of the Seattle World's Fair. Its flexible pavilion plan can be rearranged to suit varied lots; it sold before completion on a Lake Washington view lot. Photos by Ezra Stoller Associates. Featured in House & Home, November 1963. In View Ridge. Sold in 1990.
1962 - The Edward B. Winnick House, 17 Pine Ridge Road, Woodbridge CT. Designed by Herbert S. Newman. Built by Panza Construction. Photo by Joseph Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1965. Sold in 2024.
1963 - Orono (Lake Minnetonka), Minnesota. Designed by Bliss and Campbell. Built by Joe Peterson. Structural engineer Meyer & Borgman. Landscape architect Dan Kiley. Photo by Warren Reynolds. Seven bedrooms. On a 40-acre site. Was an Architectural Record House 1963.
1963 - The John S. Dalrymple House, 1700 Mount Curve Avenue, Minneapolis MN. Designed by Bliss and Campbell. Built by Joe Peterson Construction Company. Structural engineer Meyer & Borgman. Landscape architect Edmund Phelps. Photo by Warren Reynolds. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Sold in 2017 to the Margaret V. B. Wurtele Trust.
1963 - The N. C. Curtis Jr. House, 6161 Marquette Place, New Orleans LA. Designed by Curtis and Davis. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. William Tucker-Ray (owner of record on 2021-22 city permits; acquisition year unknown). Owned by William Tucker-Ray; pool added in 2021 and the flat roof replaced in kind in 2022. Standing as of 2023.
1963 - The Preston M. Bolton House, 5000 Longmont (Bolton Townhomes #1), Houston TX. Designed by P. M. Bolton Associates. Built by Stewart & Stewart Construction Company. Structural engineer R. George Cunningham. Photo by Edward A. Bourdon. Was an Architectural Record House 1963. Sold in 2012 to Candace M. and Griffith P. Temple.
1963 - The Fritz Woehle House, 4212 Old Brook Trail, Birmingham AL. Designed by Fritz Woehle. Built by W. S. Cleage Construction Company. Photo by Alexandre Georges. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Owned by Paul and Tammi Carus as of 2026.
1963 - The Paul Johnson House, 5 Mill Pond Lane, Old Lyme CT. Designed by King-lui Wu (designer). Built by George Field Company. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1966. Assessor confirms: built 1964, 1,850 sf.
1963 - The T. W. Hoehn Jr. House, Shady Grove Road, Memphis TN. Designed by Walk C. Jones Jr. A many-winged house for auto dealer T. W. "Bill" Hoehn Jr. and his wife, Betty Jo, on a ten-acre wooded tract on the south side of Shady Grove Road east of Yates Road in East Memphis. The land has since been subdivided. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Was an Architectural Record House 1963. Needs verification.
1963 - The John E. Gombos House, Montclair NJ. Designed by Jules Gregory. Built by Phillip Leone. Structural engineer Bliss & Hanle. Built on the highest point in Montclair, on the stone foundations of a demolished four-story Victorian house. Photo by Marc Neuhof. Was an Architectural Record House 1963.
1963 - Deise & Deise Contemporary Model at Scottsdale, Scottsdale AZ. Designed by Alfred N. Beadle (Alan Dailey Associates). Built by Deise & Deise Homes. Proof that warm materials can sell contemporary houses to traditional-minded buyers: five sold in under two months in Scottsdale, the wealthiest and most conservative of Phoenix's suburbs. Beadle's design pairs clean simple massing with slump-block walls and heavy timbers that add texture and warmth. Featured in House & Home, October 1963.
1963 - Connecticut Contemporaries H-House, CT. Designed by Roger Small. Built by Connecticut Contemporaries Inc. The H-House, a two-story hillside model with alternating panels of glass and vertical-grooved plywood, built by architect Roger Small's Connecticut Contemporaries—a merchant-building company started from scratch to prove a market for contemporary design in the Connecticut hills. The house is an organic whole designed for family living, not a modern facade on a tired ranch plan. Featured in House & Home, October 1963.
1963 - Parker Folse Butterfly-Roof Model at Dallas, Dallas TX. Designed by Parker Folse. Built by Parker Folse. Drastically different design as a success formula in brick-box Dallas: a model with butterfly roof, vertical-grooved plywood siding, native stone fireplace wall, a 200 sq ft balcony, and an unusually open plan. Folse, who helped create Fox & Jacobs' Accent line, built some 50 no-compromise contemporary houses in his first 18 months on his own. Featured in House & Home, October 1963.
1963 - House on Puget Sound, Puget Sound WA. Designed by Harris, Reed & Wilson. Merit Award winner in FHA's first design competition: a modestly priced 1,728 sq ft house atop a 60' bluff on an island in Puget Sound. Its dramatically shaped roof system, large skylights, and glass gable ends flood the interior with light, and a deck jutting from the living room overlooks Mt. Rainier and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Featured in House & Home, January 1964.
1963 - The Eleanor Brickham House, Red Mountain, Aspen CO. Designed by Eleanor Brickham. Built by Rudolph Pecjak. Engineers: Edgardo Contini. From H&H's portfolio on Aspen, showplace of vacation-house design: the designer's own year-round house, built like a ship's prow overlooking the town and Aspen Mountain. The 31'-square house has two-story-high glass walls on two sides, a V-shaped sundeck, and a 16'x16' bedroom-bath mezzanine suspended over the study. AspenModern dates her own Red Mountain house to 1955. Photos by Milmoe. Featured in House & Home, February 1964. (Brickham later built a second house for herself on a steep wooded site near Aspen, published in American Home, May 1977.)
1963 - Octagon House, Aspen CO. Designed by Eleanor Brickham. Built by Horace Hendricks. Sliding glass doors open the living room, dining room, master bedroom suite, and an interior sunken garden of this octagon-shaped 3,600 sq ft house to an 800 sq ft deck partly sheltered by 5' roof overhangs. Set into a hillside on a two-acre site with a lower sleeping level. Featured in House & Home, February 1964.
1963 - Three-Level House on a Steep Hillside, Aspen CO. Designed by Jack Walls. Built by Alpine Construction Co. A 2,500 sq ft house that sits back into its steep site to capture a striking river view, with two masonry piers and a hefty chimney keeping it from looking like a cliff-hanger. Balconies and the upper-level living area with part-flat, part-pitched ceiling make the most of the view; siding and railings are rough-hewn native spruce. Photo by Milmoe. Featured in House & Home, February 1964.
1963 - Forrest Cox Contemporary, Tempe AZ. Built by Forrest Cox Homes. Space made this 1,800 sq ft contemporary the best-seller in its price class, with 21 sales in eight months. Buyers appreciate the big bedrooms, particularly the master suite with walk-in closet, and the generous kitchen-family-living area. Featured in House & Home, March 1964.
1963 - Formica World's Fair Pilot House, Middletown NJ. Designed by Emil Schmidlin. Built by Jacob R. V. M. Lefferts. Pilot model for 1964's most heavily promoted house, the Formica house at the New York World's Fair, built on a wooded site in Lefferts' Oak Hill development to test the Fair model's plastic laminates—driftwood-look exterior paneling, translucent-plastic windows, and luminous ceilings. Builders in over 100 communities planned to duplicate one of six versions. Featured in House & Home, March 1964.
1963 - Two-Wing House in New Canaan, New Canaan CT. Designed by Eric Defty. Steeply pitched offset roof planes and a massive chimney recall early New England barns while reading as distinctly contemporary. The plan treats the parents' wing and children's wing as two almost-separate houses, each with its own living room with sloped ceiling and upper gallery, so the client could be near the children yet enjoy privacy. Photo by Malcolm Smith. Featured in House & Home, April 1964.
1963 - House Overlooking Honolulu Harbor, Honolulu HI. Designed by John Russell Rummell. Built by Charles Arakawa. Landscape architect: Peter R. M. Fowler. Award of Merit winner in the 1964 Homes for Better Living program, a 1,268-square-foot post-and-beam house brought in on a tight budget despite Hawaii's high construction costs. Louvered sliding doors, shoji screens and a lanai face the sweeping view from Diamond Head to Pearl Harbor; the jury praised its Japanese sensitivity and refinement. Photo by Nelson/Zellers. Featured in House & Home, October 1964.
1963 - The Philip and Deborah Isaacson House, aka Walled Court House in Lewiston, 2 Benson Street, Lewiston ME. Designed by F. Frederick Bruck. Built by Laliberte Bros Inc. Award of Merit winner in the 1964 Homes for Better Living program on a tight 50-by-130-foot city lot. A front entry court and rear garden court, both enclosed by nine-foot walls, give privacy front and rear, while the hall-free 40-foot-square plan packs in six ample rooms around a central living room isolated from cold exterior walls in the Maine tradition. Photos by Phokion Karas. Featured in House & Home, October 1964. Completed about 1960. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1963 - Stilt House in the Florida Keys, Key Vaca FL. Designed by Robert Bradford Browne. Built by Albert Halquist. Award of Merit winner in the 1964 Homes for Better Living program, an oceanside platform for informal tropical life raised off the ground for free air circulation. Wood-jalousie walls catch breezes from any direction under a spreading tent-like roof of white epoxy-coated galvanized iron, which the jury called one of the original concepts of Florida houses. Photos by Joseph W. Molitor. Featured in House & Home, October 1964.
1963 - Court House in Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA. Designed by John D. Sacksteder & Newton Le Vine. A compact custom house on a downtown Philadelphia lot only 22 feet wide that H&H said offers better indoor-outdoor living than many suburban homes. A secluded entry court extends the living room and a high-fenced second court behind the kitchen-dining area gives private outdoor dining, with bedrooms looking down into the courts. Photos by Lawrence S. Williams. Featured in House & Home, December 1964.
1963 - Split-Level House with Moat, Philadelphia PA. Designed by John D. Sacksteder & Newton Le Vine. From the street it reads as a small one-story house, but inside are three levels and 2,184 square feet on an irregular 54-foot lot between existing buildings. A ramp and two bridges over a landscaped moat link the upper bedrooms to the rear court, and a guest bedroom below opens through sliding glass to the moat's planted bank. Photos by Lawrence S. Williams. Featured in House & Home, December 1964.
1964 - The Sunstate Builders House, Carrollwood, Tampa FL. Designed by Mark Hampton. Built by Sunstate Builders. Structural engineer Randolph C. Jackson III. Landscape architect Jack Holmes. Photo by Black-Baker. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Built by Matt M. Jetton, Sunstate Builders. Cover house of the issue: a concrete-masonry promotion house that was the first to win both top national awards—design and merchandising—in the Portland Cement Association's Horizon Homes program. Builder Matt Jetton assembled a five-man professional team including land planners Brockway, Weber & Brockway and interior designer Robert John Dean, and the house sold within a week of its promotion. Featured in House & Home, January 1964.
1964 - The Paul Sternberg House, 359 Surfside Place, Glencoe IL. Designed by Binkley Associates. Built by Beverly Smith. Structural engineer Bernard Hemmeter. Photo by Bill Hedrich, Hedrich-Blessing. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Still owned by the Sternberg family as of 2026.
1964 - The John Maher House, 2930 Lazy Lane Boulevard, Houston TX. Designed by Howard Barnstone and Partner, Eugene Aubry. Built by Ivanhoe Construction Company. Structural engineer R. George Cunningham. Landscape architect Thomas Church. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1965. Sold in 2019 to Richard J. and Maureen L. Campo. Standing as of 2026.
1964 - The W. Hawkins Ferry House, 874 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe MI. Designed by Meathe, Kessler and Associates. Built by George Crane. Landscape architect Johnson, Johnson & Roy. Photo by Balthazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1965. Standing as of the current aerial.
1964 - The Avery C. Faulkner House, 1151 Crest Lane, McLean VA. Designed by Avery C. Faulkner. Built by Rosengarten Company. Structural engineer James Cutts - Gongwer & Kraas. Landscape architect Lester Collins. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1966.
1964 - The Frank R. Glass House, 2207 Willowmere Dr, Des Moines IA. Designed by Frank R. Glass. Built by Fritz Gookin. The architect's own first house, built while he was associate building editor of Better Homes & Gardens. It is a compact two-level post-and-beam house on a wooded slope, with stock plywood and glass panels, a closed street front reached over a wooden bridge, and a rotating prefabricated fireplace between the living and dining areas. Photo by Bill Hedrich, Hedrich-Blessing. Also published in Better Homes and Gardens. Was an Architectural Record House 1964. Sold in 2005 to Ed Piasecki; Joanna Carpe added to title in 2009. Standing as of 2026.
1964 - Hillside House with Carport-Bridge, Seattle WA. Designed by L. S. Higgins. Built by Hebb & Narodick. A two-story merchant-built house on a rear-sloping lot, featured in H&H's What the Leaders Are Building. Rather than bury the stacked-bond foundation, Higgins reached the front door from the street over a wood-deck carport-bridge and left the lower level above grade, with two sheltered decks and a master suite claiming half the 1,753-sq.-ft. upper level. Photo by John Bickel. Featured in House & Home, January 1965.
1964 - One-Story Prototype at Bryan Beach, Bryan Beach TX. Designed by Clovis B. Heimsath. Built by Bryan Beach Inc. A two-bedroom prototype whose tropical design, reminiscent of Bermuda and Nassau, sets the theme for an 8,000-house vacation project on an island near Houston. Built of masonry block with stucco finish on land filled above hurricane levels; 140 of the first 150 lots sold in less than a year. Featured in House & Home, February 1965.
1964 - Two-Story Prototype at Bryan Beach, Bryan Beach TX. Designed by Clovis B. Heimsath. Built by Bryan Beach Inc. The three-bedroom, 2,300-sq.-ft. companion prototype for the Bryan Beach vacation project, with a deep-overhang entry terrace, glass walls opening to a canal view, a second-floor balcony over the living room reached by circular stairs, and a privacy-walled sunbathing porch off an upstairs bedroom. Featured in House & Home, February 1965.
1964 - Stanmar Winterized Vacation Prefab. Built by Stanmar Inc. A panelized two-level vacation prefab from Stanmar Inc. of Sudbury, Mass., erected on site in one to four days and sold completely winterized. The plan reverses convention—bedrooms below, living area above opening to an encircling deck through glass doors on three sides. Stanmar shipped 300 packages in 1964, about a tenth built as permanent homes. Featured in House & Home, February 1965.
1964 - Clean-Lined Contemporary at San Antonio, San Antonio TX. Designed by Craig Allen of Roberts & Allen. Built by Community Properties. No. 1 in H&H's Outstanding Houses portfolio of merchant-built models for the trade-up market: a contemporary whose high-pitched central roof, rough stone, board-and-batten siding, and cedar shingles bring traditional warmth to a severe facade. A strong traffic-puller even in normally anti-contemporary San Antonio, it packs four bedrooms into 1,640 sq. ft. plus carport. Photo by Zintgraff. Featured in House & Home, March 1965.
1964 - Horizon Home at Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH. Designed by August Hermes. Built by August Hermes. An award-winning Portland Cement Horizon Home in which every room opens outdoors through 10-ft. sliding glass doors to a private walled court, while skylights in deep light wells pierce pyramidal ceilings over the living and family rooms. Builder-designer Hermes sold the 2,200-sq.-ft. house with land. Featured in House & Home, March 1965.
1964 - Upside-Down House at Mission, Mission KS. Built by John S. Kelly. A compact post-and-beam two-story with an upside-down plan—bedrooms on the first floor, living areas above under high sloping ceilings with clerestory gable-end windows and cantilevered decks. Sited on a front-to-back slope so the second-floor entry sits near grade, it sold in Kelly's first all-contemporary subdivision. Featured in House & Home, March 1965.
1964 - Scholz H-Plan Model. Built by Scholz Homes. The cover house of H&H's Outstanding Houses issue: an H-plan model with two dead-end living areas and every room free of cross traffic, its 70-ft. horizontal line relieved by a window wall and irregular eaves. Close to 50 builders sold the model, introduced by Toledo home manufacturer Scholz Homes. Featured in House & Home, March 1965.
1964 - Tropical House at Miami, Miami FL. Designed by Rider & Buff. Built by Robert B. Ehmann Inc. A tropical house with built-in outdoor living: beyond its 2,100 sq. ft. indoors lie another 1,300 sq. ft. of screened outdoor area including a 16'x24' swimming pool, reached through sliding glass from the family room and both bedroom wings. An entry garden behind a perforated block wall and a drive-through carport complete the package. Featured in House & Home, March 1965.
1964 - Hillside Court House at Honolulu, Honolulu HI. Designed by Edward Sullam. Built by James K. Shimizu. Landscape architect: George S. Walters. On a tight 10,000-sq.-ft. hillside lot, this Award of Merit house leads family and guests through a series of small-scale courts—motor court, atrium, sheltered lanai—to expansive living and dining rooms overlooking a panoramic valley view, extended by a 32-ft. balcony cantilevered over the swimming pool. Photos by Nelson-Zellers. Featured in House & Home, June 1965.
1964 - Hillside Atrium House at Bethesda, Bethesda MD. Designed by Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon. Built by Bennett Construction Co. Landscape architect: Thurman Donovan. Award-of-merit winner offering three separate outdoor-living places: a glassed-in formal garden at the center, a screened breezeway-patio off the family room, and a rear deck. A prefabricator panelizes the post-and-beam house, which the builder's crew assembles with a crane. Photo by Robert Lautman. Featured in House & Home, September 1965.
1964 - C-Shaped Courtyard House at Dallas, Dallas TX. Designed by Enslie Oglesby. Built by Manning Grinnan. Landscape architect: Nancy Marcus. Award-of-merit winner planned for privacy on a tight 50-ft. city lot: three sides of the C enclose a 28'x30' court to which every room but the master bedroom looks inward. Re-sawn pine boards finish both exterior and interior walls, and skylights are the sole daylight source in both baths. Photo by John Rogers. Featured in House & Home, September 1965.
1964 - Matthews-Schwartz Hillside Model at Bethesda, Bethesda MD. Designed by Cross & Adreon. Built by Matthews-Schwartz. Contemporary two-story square-plan model designed for bypassed but expensive hillside land: the 2,616 sq. ft. house can be cut into a slope, turned in any direction or partly reversed to fit almost any difficult site. A central skylight and clerestory windows daylight both floors. Photo by Warren Ballard. Featured in House & Home, October 1965.
1964 - The Shuttleworth House, aka Cruciform House, aka Flat-Roofed Two-Story House, 2403 Indian Hill Lane, Cedar Rapids IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Part of 17 homes the architects designed. Built by Waldo Berger. Photos by Julius Shulman. Featured in House & Home, October 1964. House & Home, November 1966.
1965 - The William Harby House, 97 Western Point Road, York Harbor ME. Designed by Herbert Vise. An Architectural Record House of 1967. Still owned by the Harby family as of 2025.
1965 - 305 Country Club Road, Ligonier PA. Designed by Winston Elting. Built by F. Hoffman Company. Structural engineer G. A. Mattern & Associates. Landscape architect Franz Lipp & Associates. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1965.
1965 - The Charles A. Bassett II House, 18714 Point Lookout Dr, Nassau Bay TX. Designed by Clovis B. Heimsath. Built by Ernest Roe. Structural engineer Sidney L. Loudermilk. Photo by Robert Murray. Was an Architectural Record House 1966. Sold in 2021 to Mathew and Julie Russell. An Architectural Record house of 1962.
1965 - The Hobart D. Wagener House, 7060 Roaring Fork Trail, Boulder CO. Designed by Hobart D. Wagener. Built by R. C. Grayson Construction Company. Structural engineer W. B. Johnson. Photo by Rush J. McCoy; Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1967. Owned by Stevan K. and Lucille G. Hale as of 2025.
1965 - The Willits West Company Houses, 725-735 Willits Street, Birmingham MI. Designed by Carl Luckenbach. Built by Willits West Company. Photo by Balthazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1965. Built by Willits West Co. Special merit award for six luxury rental houses tightly clustered on the one buildable corner of a flood-prone 2.75-acre riverside site, planned so no two living areas, indoors or out, are exposed to each other. Two-bedroom plans with redwood-walled rear balconies. Featured in House & Home, September 1965. Six detached rental units, completed by early 1964, now held as condominiums.
1965 - Deck House Split-Entry Model at Ridgefield, Ridgefield CT. Designed by William J. Berkes. Built by Deck House Inc. Split-entry display model for the Massachusetts manufacturer's custom prefab system, with 2,800 sq. ft. of plank-and-beam living area. Glass walls on the downhill side open the living room to a 24' deck, the dining room to a screened porch and the lower-level recreation room to a terrace. Photo by Fred Rola. Featured in House & Home, March 1966.
1965 - The Bruce and Yvonne Arneill House, aka Glass-Walled Pavilion House in Guilford, 5 Wingate Road, Guilford CT. Designed by Bruce Porter Arneill. Built by Erwin C. Griffiths. Honor Award winner and cover house of the eleventh annual AIA Homes for Better Living program: a 2,472 sq. ft. glass-walled living pavilion flanked by closed sleeping and utility wings lit by skylights. Exposed wood roof trusses add visual interest indoors and out, and the wide overhang shields the glass from direct sun and rain. Photo by Maris-Ezra Stoller Assocs. Featured in House & Home, July 1966. The architect's own house. Sold in 1972.
1965 - The Ray Crites House II, aka Vertical-Towers House, 2600 Indian Hill Lane, Cedar Rapids IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by Berger Construction. Award of Merit winner in the 1966 AIA Homes for Better Living program, a 3,000 sq. ft.house. Every room opens to at least one deck, and the kitchen and dining room open to a concrete terrace around a future pool. Photo by Julius Shulman. Featured in House & Home, July 1966.
1965 - The Kitzman House, aka Cubiform House, 12 Longview Knoll, Iowa City IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by R. E. Hall. Award of Merit winner in the 1966 AIA Homes for Better Living program: 1,908 sfsq Photo by Julius Shulman. Featured in House & Home, July 1966. Available for rent.
1965 - The William Hoff House, 672 Flintdale Road, Houston TX. Designed by Jenkins & Hoff. Built by Roy W. Bierschwale Co. Architect William Hoff's own Award of Merit house for a family with three growing boys: the high-ceilinged living room, with its sunken conversation area, is pulled almost free of the house in a cage of steel columns, glass, and redwood, connected only by the dining room and foyer and screened by dense planting. Bedrooms occupy the upper floor of a two-story wing. Photo by Paul Peters. Featured in House & Home, June 1965. Sold in 2018 to Brian and Kendall Wilbanks. Standing as of 2026.
1966 - The Irving J. Neuman House, 7800 Ridge Terrace, Pikesville MD. Designed by Fisher, Nes, Campbell & Partners (Charles H. Richter). Built by Kenridge Construction Company. Photo by M. E. Warren. Was an Architectural Record House 1966. Sold in 1998. Standing as of 2025.
1966 - The Bennie M. Gonzales House, 5600 North Palo Cristi Road, Paradise Valley AZ. Designed by Bennie M. Gonzales. Built by Frank Gonzales. Structural engineer William Meier. Photo by Neil Koppes; Bill Sears. Was an Architectural Record House 1967. The architect's own house.
1966 - The E. J. Bennett Associates House, Bethesda MD. Designed by Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon. Built by Bennett Construction Company. Structural engineer Rodgers & Associates. Landscape architect Donovan & Thurman. Photo by Robert Lautman. Development house; open-atrium plan. This is the "Atrium" model in Carderock Springs, the Edmund J. Bennett subdivision northwest of Bethesda, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 as the Carderock Springs Historic District. House & Garden made the Atrium design its House of Color in September 1966, though the houses themselves were built in 1964 and 1965. The National Register nomination inventories only six Atriums: 7 Park Overlook Court, 10 Park Overlook Court, 7902 Park Overlook Drive, 7909 Park Overlook Drive, 8016 Park Overlook Drive and 8022 Park Overlook Drive. The nomination illustrates 7909 and 8016 as representative examples. Needs verification.
1966 - The Dr. Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod House, New Jersey (coast). Designed by Jules Gregory (project associate Lois Gregg). Built by John Franz. Structural engineer Bliss and Hanle. Landscape architect Ethelbert Furlong. Photo by David Hirsch. Oceanfront house of four shed-roofed stucco pavilions, built on the former site of a town-owned casino that had burned, above a 20-foot seawall on the Atlantic. The client was Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017), the tropical fish authority and publisher who founded TFH Publications, a company headquartered in Jersey City and later Neptune NJ. Was an Architectural Record House 1966. Status unknown.
1966 - The David and Irmgard Dubrow House, 72 Paradise Rd, Paradise Hills, Golden CO. Designed by Donald R. Roark. Built by B.B.S., Inc. Structural engineer Johnson & Voiland. Photo by James O. Milmoe. Was an Architectural Record House 1966. Standing; sold in 2024.
1966 - The Alex Glassman House, 5417 South Oneida Way, Greenwood Village CO. Designed by Richard E. Quinn (Ream, Quinn and Associates). Built by John-Del General Contractors. Structural engineer Ketchum, Konkel, Ryan and Fleming. Photo by Roger Ewy. Was an Architectural Record House 1966. Sold in 2020.
1966 - The Peter Lipman House, 26596 Columbine Glen Ave, Golden CO. Designed by Ream, Quinn & Associates (James T. Ream). Built by Burton A. Payne. Structural engineer Ketchum, Konkel, Ryan & Hastings. Photo by Roger Ewy and David Van Wormer. Project records are in the James Ream Collection at the Environmental Design Archives, UC Berkeley, which dates the job to 1968 and gives the location as Golden rather than Denver, with a query: manuscripts Box 1 Folder 13, drawings Flat File 6 and Tube 13, photographs Box 1 Folder 7. Was an Architectural Record House 1968. On Lookout Mountain, in the Columbine Glen neighborhood; it was on the 1968 Colorado AIA house tour. Standing; sold in 2025.
1966 - Stilt-Mounted Beach House in Langley, Langley WA. Designed by Liddle & Jones. Built by Al Wiklof. Honorable Mention merchant-built winner in the 1966 Homes for Better Living competition: a shingled beach house on stilts that lift it level with a 6-foot driftwood dike on the Whidbey Island shore. A three-step interior — living room, then kitchen and entry, then bedrooms cantilevered 12 feet over the carport — keeps the open plan visually private. Photo by Don Normark. Featured in House & Home, October 1966.
1966 - The Tucker House, aka Compact Hillside House, 4051 Soutter Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids IA. 1600sf. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by Waldo Berger. Open planning, hard edges and unconcealed joints demanded precise work from builder Waldo Berger. Photos by Julius Shulman. House & Home, September 1962, November 1966.
1966 - The Henry D. Norris House, 3310 Grant Valley Rd NW, Atlanta GA. Designed by Henry D. Norris. Nine-room, 3,500 sq. ft. house, completed in 1966 and used as a walk-through showroom of salable ideas for his builder clients. Featured in House & Home, March 1967. Listed as 3312 Grant Valley Rd in the 1970 American Architects Directory. Renovated and enlarged by later owners. Sold in 2000, 2007 and 2021.
1966 - aka Atrium House, Ellicott City MD. Designed by James F. Hilleary. Built by Joseph D. Judge. Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention: an introverted 50'-square house on a treeless corner lot, designed around a large central atrium for completely private outdoor living. Photo by J. Alexander. Featured in House & Home, September 1967.
1966 - The Shultz House, aka Hillside House, 5 Forest Glen, Iowa City IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by Larew-Red Ball Engineering. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner.Photo by Julius Shulman. Featured in House & Home, December 1967.
1966 - aka Walled Court House, Baltimore MD. Designed by Fisher, Nes, Campbell & Partners; Charles H. Richter Jr., partner in charge. Built by Kenridge Construction Co. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner on a busy corner, set back 45' from two heavily traveled streets behind completely closed brick walls. Inside, every major room has at least one full window wall opening to five separate courts and atriums, including a large living-room terrace and a master-bedroom court. 4,100 sq. ft. of living area. Photos by Duane Suter. Featured in House & Home, December 1967.
1966 - The Frederick W. Hickman House, 9496 Twin Cedars Ct, Lakeside MI. Designed by David Haid. Landscape architect Paul Thomas. Photo by Bill Engdahl, Hedrich-Blessing. Architectural Record House 1968. Won the AIA Chicago Twenty-Five Year Award in 1995, when it was still owned by the Hickman family. Status unknown.
1967 - The Walker and Carole McCune House, aka McCune Mansion, aka Sugar Loaf, 6112 North Paradise View Drive, Paradise Valley AZ. 52,000 sq ft., originally 23,000 sq ft. Designed by Stone, Marriccini, and Patterson. Built by Fred Musser Contracting Company. Several miles of copper tubing under the floors made up the radiant heating system. The guest cottage is the size of an average house and is where Walker, a Penzoil heir, lived during his divorce with Carole. Sold to the Hirmel family in 1991. Sold in 2024. Sold in 2026 to an investor who plans a major renovation.
1967 - The Reston Va. Inc. House, Lake Anne Village, Reston VA. Designed by Louis Sauer. Landscape architect Collins & Du Tot. Photo by David Hirsch. Was an Architectural Record House 1967.
1967 - The Leonard Frankel House, 111 South Mansfield Avenue, Margate NJ. Designed by Louis Sauer Associates. Built by E. I. Frankel Enterprises. Structural engineer Joseph Hoffmann. Landscape architect Collins and Dutot Associates. Photo by William Maris. Was an Architectural Record House 1971. Destroyed. A new house was built on the site in 2022.
1967 - The Art J. Priestley House, Lake Oswego OR. Designed by Edgar Wilson Smith. Built by Barnard & Kinney. Structural engineer Bernard L. Tiland. Landscape architect Robert Hall Ellis, Jr. Photo by Edmund Y. Lee. A three-level lake-shore house on a tiny lot split by a 25-foot rock cliff, with boat deck at lake level. Was an Architectural Record House 1967.
1967 - House, Morris Township NJ. Designed by Delnoce Whitney Goubert. Built by F. H. Taylor & Son. Structural engineer Aurnhammer Associates. Landscape architect Dubrow Nurseries. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Was an Architectural Record House 1967.
1967 - The Guy R. Webb House, aka Honeycomb House, Tampa FL. Designed by Mark Hampton. Built by T. Van Eyck & Son Contractors. Mechanical engineer Julian C. Johnson. Photo by Ezra Stoller. Published in House & Garden, August 1967. Was an Architectural Record House 1968. Status unknown.
1967 - Telescope-View House, Bainbridge Island WA. Designed by Azaria Rousso. Built by Emerald Construction Co. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner on a 55'-wide waterfront lot. Three blank walls give the 1,742-sq.-ft. house an almost telescopic focus on its view of Puget Sound, and natural wood surfaces inside and out eliminate periodic painting. Featured in House & Home, July 1968.
1967 - Pole-Frame Vacation House, Westbrook CT. Designed by Richard Owen Abbott. Built by George C. Field Co. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner. Twenty-foot pine poles on 10' centers frame a curtain-walled 30'x40' cage holding 1,650 sq. ft. of space, with two mezzanine levels hung from the poles and a sunken sitting area off the gallery. Photo by Richard Owen Abbott. Featured in House & Home, July 1968.
1967 - Desert Terrace House, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Calvin C. Straub & Denis P. Kutch. Built by Merle De Marce. Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention, a rambling 4,700-sq.-ft. desert house that opens to its scenic setting without surrendering to heat and glare. All rooms orient to terraces, patios and screened porches shaded by deep overhangs, trellises and spur walls, in slump block and resawn redwood. Photos by Neil Koppes. Featured in House & Home, November 1968.
1967 - Four Wing Hillside House, Alexandria VA. Designed by Vosbeck-Vosbeck & Associates. Built by Bruce Smith, construction coordinator. Landscape architect: Eric Paepcke. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner planned around separation of activities. Each main living zone of the 4,100-sq.-ft. house occupies one of four wings stepping down the hillside, with an isolated study over the garage wing reached by a glass-walled bridge; shed roofs and brick lend a traditional feeling. Photos by J. Alexander. Featured in House & Home, November 1968.
1967 - Stone Hillside House at Scottsdale, Scottsdale AZ. Designed by Calvin C. Straub & Denis P. Kutch. Built by Merle De Marce. Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention built chiefly of native stone and tucked tightly against a hillside sloping toward a spectacular desert view. Stone piers carry a long southern roof extension that shields the 2,700-sq.-ft. house from low sun, and inner garden courts add outdoor living in both seasons. Photo by Neil Koppes. Featured in House & Home, November 1968.
1967 - The Paul D. Farris House, 2148 Glass Rd NE, Cedar Rapids IA. Designed by Thomas P. Reilly, Crites & McConnell. Built by Paul Witter. AIA Iowa award (1969). Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention. A 2,431 sq. ft. indented cube in the woods, square on its top level and T-shaped below, with an enclosed stairwell entrance, a middle-level porch off the dining room, and a plan designed to reshuffle rooms as the family grows. Photo by Joel Strasser. Featured in House & Home, July 1971. The Farrises owned it until 2007; sold again in 2022.
1968 - The Alfred Browning Parker House, aka Woodsong, 3003 Seminole Street, Coconut Grove, Miami FL. Designed and built by Parker. Fell into disrepair after Parker moved out, then was restored in 2005 by Harvey Oxenberg and Rosemary Albo. Sold in 2009; updated again in 2014. For sale in 2017. Photo by Ezra Stoller.
1968 - The Walk C. Jones III House, aka the Jones and Knox House, 360 Tara Lane, Memphis TN. Designed by Walk Jones + Francis Mah (Walk C. Jones III). Built by Larkey and Larkey Construction Company. Photo by Otto Baitz. Was an Architectural Record House 1971. Also listed elsewhere at 366 Tara Lane and dated 1970; the two entries carried the same photograph.
1968 - The Thomas L. Sorey, Jr. House, 2321 Belleview Terrace, Oklahoma City OK. Designed by Thomas L. Sorey, Jr. Built by William Keith Hickox. Structural engineer Sorey Hill Binnicker. Landscape architect Warren Edwards. Photo by Tom Sorey. Was an Architectural Record House 1968. Transferred within the Tolbert family in 1997; now held by Elizabeth McMahan Tolbert's revocable trust. Standing as of 2026.
1968 - The E. William Haywa House, 6009 Dublin Circle, Edina MN. Designed by James E. Stageberg (Stageberg Architects). Built by Joe Peterson Construction Company. Structural engineer Meyer, Borgman, Johnson. Photo by Revoir Photography. Was an Architectural Record House 1968. Sold in 2014 to Teresa M. Sande.
1968 - The Harry LeBovit House, 8542 Georgetown Pike, McLean VA. Designed by Joseph A. Wilkes and Winthrop W. Faulkner (Wilkes & Faulkner). Built by Norris S. Wilson. Structural engineer James M. Cutts. Landscape architect Wilkes & Faulkner. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1968. Transferred in 2018 from the estate of Judith Bretan LeBovit to the Nicolae Bretan Music Foundation. Standing as of 2026.
1968 - 1014 St. Georges Road, Baltimore MD. Designed by J. William Ilmanen. Built by The Andrew Building Company. Structural engineer Lamprecht Consultants. Landscape architect Landscape Lighting - Jack C. Henry. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1968. Needs verification. Sold in 2021 by the estate of Edith H. Ilmanen. Standing as of 2025.
1968 - The Frederick Weitz House, aka Farm-Cluster House in West Des Moines, 1245 SE Browns Woods Drive, West Des Moines IA. Designed by John D. Bloodgood. Built by The Weitz Company; the owner was a Des Moines general contractor. Homes for Better Living Honor Award winner strongly reminiscent of a group of Iowa farm buildings, its 3,386 sq. ft. clad in cream-colored stucco over wire lath. A two-story glass-roofed dining room doubles as a greenhouse, and a second-floor parents' wing is separated from the children's rooms by a long balcony. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Was an Architectural Record House 1969, featured on the cover. Featured in House & Home, July 1969. Also listed elsewhere on Raccoon River Park Trail, Des Moines.
1968 - The AISI / Houston Lighting & Power / General Electric (sponsors) House, 4156-4160 Meyerwood Drive, Houston TX. Designed by Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson (Talbott Wilson; Hal Weatherford). Built by Sam Johnson. Structural engineer James A. Cummins. Landscape architect Fred Buxton. Photo by Jay Oistad. Was an Architectural Record House 1969. Three units: 4156 sold 2017 to Jeffrey Carowitz; 4158 sold 2020 to Phillip W. and Mandy LeBlanc; 4160 sold 2011 to Diann L. and Michael E. Lewter. Standing as of 2026 as three townhouse units in Townhouse Manor (4156, 4158, 4160 Meyerwood Dr), individually owned.
1968 - The David Haid House, 1221 Michigan Avenue, Evanston IL. Designed by David Haid. Built by Wiesinger-Holland Ltd. Landscape architect Paul Thomas. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Was an Architectural Record House 1971. Owned by the Joseph D. Frank Trust as of 2026.
1968 - Skylighted Three-Level House in West Lafayette, West Lafayette IN. Designed by E. H. Brenner with Perkins & Will Partnership. Built by Don Martin. Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention that packs 2,400 sq. ft. into three levels on a modest 28'x30' footprint. A continuous plexiglass skylight along the roof peak lets sunlight penetrate end to end, and a U-shaped bedroom-study balcony overlooks the main living area. Featured in House & Home, July 1969.
1968 - The James Martenson House, aka Six-Level House on Mercer Island, 5411 96th Avenue SE, Mercer Island WA. Designed by Richard W. Hobbs. Built by Leo Fisher. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner whose six levels all view the lake to the east: children's rooms below, family and entertainment areas mid-level, and parents' bedroom and study above. Cedar siding and shingles blend the 2,600-sq.-ft. house into its heavily wooded site. Photos by Art Hupy. Featured in House & Home, July 1969.
1968 - aka Sheltered Hilltop House in Iowa City, aka Oehmke House, 3008 Dubuque Street NE, Iowa City IA. Designed by Thomas Reilly of Crites & McConnell. Built by Paul Witter. Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention on a barren, exposed hilltop, where deep recessing of the important rooms gives a strong sense of shelter. Cedar-sided terraces and balconies are angled sharply so each keeps its own view of a small lake to the south. Designed for a family of three. Featured in House & Home, July 1969.
1968 - aka Concrete Block Lakeside House, Sharon CT. Designed by Oppenheimer, Brady & Associates. Built by Oscar Schreiber & Sons. Homes for Better Living Honor Award vacation house showing handsome use of concrete block, built to meet the client's demand for economy and fireproofing. The 1,500-sq.-ft. two-bedroom house turns a blank facade to the road but opens its other three sides to the lake, woods and distant mountains. Photo by Joseph Molitor. Featured in House & Home, October 1969.
1968 - The Walter Kawecki House, 28 Mountainside Park Terrace, Upper Montclair NJ. Designed by Walter Kawecki. Built by Francis J. Korfman. Photo by Ralph A. Goodhill. An architect's own four-level, 2,600-sq.-ft. house stepped into a slope that reaches 100 percent near the top of the hill, on a site chosen for its view in front and the woods behind. The garage sits at the highest point of the slope as the lowest part of the house, its roof forming an entry terrace, with living, dining and kitchen on the top level and a foundation that echoes the hill's rocky terrain. Featured in House & Home, December 1969. Sold in 2022 (owner name redacted in the public MOD-IV file). Standing as of 2025.
1968 - The Burch House, aka Column-Supported Downhill House, 6 Forest Glen, Iowa City IA. Designed by Crites and McConnell. Built by Larew-Red Ball. Featured in House & Home, December 1969. Sold in 2008. For sale in 2025.
1968 - The Peter Barglow House, 1220 East 48th Street, Chicago IL. Designed by Laurence Booth & James Nagle. Built by R. H. Roberts Construction Company. Photo by Phil Turner. Architectural Record House 1970. Sold to Paul and Lois Gordon. Standing as of 2026.
1969 - The Milton H. Miller House, 4 Grenadier Court, Owings Mills MD. Designed by Fisher, Nes, Campbell. Built by Raymond J. Rill. Structural engineer Van R. P. Saxe. Photo by Joseph W. Molitor. Architectural Record House 1969. Deeded to Suzanna N. Miller. Sold in 2009 to Gregory C. Andon. Sold in 2019. Extensively remodeled around 2020. Standing as of 2025.
1969 - The Morton Gruber House, 4370 Paran Place NW, Atlanta GA. Designed by Morton M. Gruber. Built by Burts Construction Company. Photo by Joshua Freiwald. Architectural Record House 1969.
1969 - The Joan Traverso House, Westbrook CT. Designed by Richard Owen Abbott. Built by George C. Field Company. Photo by Norman McGrath. A 1,650-sq.-ft. summer house for a single client on a 60-foot-wide lot hemmed in by neighbors. Also published in Architectural Forum, March 1968, and Connecticut Architect, 1969. Architectural Record House 1969.
1969 - The Ann and Charles Dunbar House, Winhall VT. Designed by Giovanni Pasanella; associate Etel Thea Kramer. Built by Cyril Hoyt, Jr. Structural engineer Stanley Gleit. Photo by David Hirsch. Was an Architectural Record House 1969. Published in American Home, December 1971. Status unknown.
1969 - The Shirley B. Braselman House, aka Lin Emery House, 7520 Dominican St, New Orleans LA. Designed by James R. Lamantia; associate in design William Turner. Built by Edward H. Hansen. Structural engineer William Mouton. Landscape architect Lin Emery. Photo by Frank Lotz Miller. Was an Architectural Record House 1969. Mrs. Braselman is the sculptor Lin Emery; a U-shaped pavilion around a pool court behind a street wall and her sculpture studio. Still standing; owned by the Braselman family as of 2021. Needs verification.
1969 - The Peter Meilleur House, 238 171st Pl NE, Bellevue WA. Designed by Wendell H. Lovett. Built by Pacific Northwest Construction Company. Mechanical engineer Richard Stern. Landscape architect Richard Haag Associates. Photo by Christian Staub; Hugh N. Stratford. Was an Architectural Record House 1969. Completed in 1966 on a steep slope above Lake Sammamish, with a raised basement, main floor and partial second floor, sheathed in dark-stained cedar with copper trim. Still standing; remained in the Meilleur family until at least 1999.
1969 - The Herman P. and Joanne L. Markell House, West Massey Rd, Memphis TN. Designed by Walk Jones/Mah (Walk C. Jones, III; Francis Mah). Built by Lazarov Construction Company. Structural engineer Gardner & Howe. Mechanical/electrical engineers TLM Associates. Landscape architect Robert Green & Associates. Photo by Erven Jourdan. Was an Architectural Record House 1969. Stained-redwood house under broad shingle roofs on a deep wooded lot on the west side of West Massey Road, about 2,025 feet north of Poplar Avenue. Sold in 1981; the land is now part of the Whitmar Place subdivision, and the house is probably demolished.
1969 - Ski Lodge Vacation House at Newbury, Newbury NH. Designed by Gerard R. Cugini. Built by Vahan Sarkisian. A 1,474-sq.-ft. ski lodge planned for year-round use by a family with four young children. Scissor trusses make possible a two-story glass-walled living room opening to a balcony with a mountain view, while a loft holds a recreation area and a bunk dormitory. Photos by Louis Reens. Featured in House & Home, March 1970.
1969 - Spiral-Space House in Miami, Miami FL. Designed by Robert W. Whitton. Built by Robert W. Whitton. Honorable Mention in the 1970 Homes for Better Living program, designed and built by the architect himself. From the second to the fourth level of the 2,750-sq.-ft. house, rooms borrow height and light from each other as they spiral up around a central stairway, with projecting boxes enclosing the master bath, a loft and a living-room extension. Photo by Bill Maris. Featured in House & Home, November 1970.
1969 - Two-Story Living Room House in Doylestown, Doylestown PA. Designed by Lynn Charles Taylor. Built by Trueblood Inc. Honorable Mention in the 1970 Homes for Better Living program. Behind the almost austere facade of the 1,542-sq.-ft. house on a quarter-acre corner lot is a freewheeling plan: a central two-story living room open to the dining, family and music rooms and to two second-floor bedrooms, with an isolated study up top overlooking the town. Photo by Reginald Richey. Featured in House & Home, November 1970.
1970 - The Dwight E. Holmes House, 5800 South Gordon Avenue, Tampa FL. Designed by D. E. (Dwight) Holmes. Built by Ranon and Jimenez. Photo by G. Wade Swicord. Was an Architectural Record House 1972. Destroyed. A new house was built on the site in 2020.
1970 - House, Cheshire CT. Designed by Harold Roth & Edward Saad. Built by Len Cunningham. Structural engineer John L. Altieri. Landscape architect Stephen Foster. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1970.
1970 - The Dr. Wynne and Jane Steinsnyder House, 18925 NE 21st Avenue, North Miami Beach FL. Designed by Jorge Arango. Built by Arthur L. Finkelstein. Photo by Alexandre Georges. Was an Architectural Record House 1970. A walled stucco-and-block compound with two atria, a screened pool patio and a detached studio-cabana, on a deep suburban lot. Sold in 1976, 2012 and 2021. Sold in 2022 to Carolyn and Joshua Frank. Standing as of 2026.
1970 - The Peter F. McSpadden House, 46 Carriglea Drive, Riverside CT. Designed by Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen (Martha Carder, project architect). Built by Donald R. Smith, Inc. Mechanical engineer Harold Hecht & Associates. Landscape architect George Cushine. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1970. A three-storey cedar-shiplap house under steep skylit roofs on an acre of former estate meadow at the edge of the Sound. Standing.
1970 - The Hugh Bennett House, Delong Road, Lexington KY. Designed by Hugh H. Bennett & James B. Tune for the architect's own family. Built by Pope-Cawood Lumber & Supply Company. Mechanical engineer Bruce Kunkel & Associates. Landscape architect Horst Schach. Photo by William Roughen. Was an Architectural Record House 1970. Built on a wooded parcel carved from an 88-acre former horse farm off Delong Road (architect's home address in the 1970 AIA directory). Status unknown.
1970 - The George C. McCune, Jr. House, 556 Landgrove Road, Londonderry VT. Designed by Hobart D. Betts. Project architect Moulton Andrus. Built by George C. McCune, Jr. and P. William Polk, Jr. Structural engineer Stanley Gleit. Mechanical engineer Peter Flack. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1970.
1970 - The A. S. Benenson House, Hawley PA. Designed by Mayers & Schiff (Robert A. Mayers & John C. Schiff). Built by Kreck-Myer. Structural engineer Henry Gorlin. Mechanical engineer Seymour Berkowitz. Landscape architect Mayers & Schiff. A weekend house in the woods overlooking a pond and boulders, planned as a square cut into overlapping triangles on several levels around a central fireplace. Photo by William Maris. Was an Architectural Record House 1970. Also published in Architectural Record's vacation-houses book (1977).
1970 - The Edward L. Starr House, Nogales AZ. Designed by Edward L. Starr for his own family. Built by Edward L. Starr. Homes for Better Living Honorable Mention. A 1,758 sq. ft. downhill house on steel framing anchored to the side of a mesa, its two living levels raised above an open area for future expansion, with full-length decks screened by wooden lattices and a glass wall facing distant mountains. Photo by Jerry Duchscherer. Featured in House & Home, July 1971. Also an AIA Western Mountain Region (Symposia) merit award, 1970. Starr moved to Tucson in 1973.
1970 - The Marc Firestone House, Miami FL. Designed by Robert Whitton. Built by Marc Firestone. Homes for Better Living First Honor Award; Florida Association of Architects award, 1971. A 1,730 sq. ft. inner-oriented house on a 100 by 150 ft wooded lot that screens all living areas from the street with recessed, overhung, or high windows, turning its views inward to a central two-story skylit dining space, with a walled-in pool and a roof deck catching a glimpse of the ocean over the treetops. Photo by John Sacco. Featured in House & Home, July 1971.
1970 - Waterfront House Remodel in Seattle, Seattle WA. Designed by L. Jane Hastings. Built by Ray Roberts. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit for remodeling. A nondescript two-story house on a choice waterfront beach lot was expanded upward—a new floor added at the former roof height with a master bedroom suite and living room—because clay slide-area soil and side-lot restrictions ruled out building outward; the whole is re-sided in cedar with a new stair tower and ramp approach. Photo by Robert J. Nixon. Featured in House & Home, September 1971.
1970 - The Christopher H. L. Owen House, 924 Coast Guard Road, Block Island RI. Designed by Christopher H. I. Owen. Built by Sweeten and Sons. First Honor Award, 1971 Homes for Better Living vacation category. The architect's own 1,350 sq. ft. island house turns its two-story glass-walled living space into the teeth of the weather to catch the best views north and east, the glass broken into smaller panes and shaded by a rounded overhang above a semicircular dining deck; carport, utility room, and guest suite are below. Featured in House & Home, November 1971.
1970 - The Yiannis Byron Antoniadis House, 3180 Oak Ave, Coconut Grove FL. Designed by Yiannis Byron Antoniadis. Built by Yiannis Byron Antoniadis. The architect's own home, which he called his tree house. Award of Merit, 1971 Homes for Better Living vacation category. An 800 sq. ft. tropical living platform suspended four feet above the ground from four telephone poles under a ficus tree, with five levels spiraling from sauna to loft, floor-level vents catching breezes, and a Swiss Family Robinson look built from salvage-store and city-dump materials. Photo by Yiannis Byron Antoniadis. Featured in House & Home, November 1971. Demolished; the site became part of the Oak Park Village I condominiums in 2006.
1971 - The Franklin E. Parker House, 5 Indian Hollow Road, Mendham NJ. Designed by Smotrich & Platt (David I. Smotrich & Charles A. Platt). Built by Maw & McKinnell. Structural engineer Robert Silman. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1971.
1971 - The Sigmund Blum House, 27070 West Fourteen Mile Road, Franklin MI. Designed by Sigmund F. Blum and Harturun Vaporciyan. Built by Dennis Rouix. Structural engineer Veral Memduh. Photo by Baltazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1972.
1971 - 6432 SW Burlingame Place, Portland OR. Designed by James C. Oliver. Built by Malcolm Merino. Structural engineer Frank Honey & Associates. Photo by Alan McCoy. Was an Architectural Record House 1973. Sold in 2026 to Somkiat Petchsrisom.
1971 - The Theodore A. Grossman, Jr. House, 6715 North Village Road, Parker CO. Designed by Theodore A. Grossman, Jr. (TAG Associates). Built by Gerle Bros. Photo by Rush J. McCoy. Was an Architectural Record House 1971. Remodeled in 1995. Sold in 1994 and 2003.
1971 - The R. L. Tollefson House, Wausa NE. Designed by Neil Astle and Associates. Built by Arnold Prather (carpentry). Photo by Julius Shulman. Was an Architectural Record House 1972.
1971 - Drumaldry Zero-Lot-Line Houses, Bethesda MD. Designed by David N. Yerkes & Associates. Built by Miller and Smith Inc. Court-grouped merchant-builder houses in the 23.6-acre Drumaldry subdivision: 104 four-bedroom, 3,150 sq. ft. houses on lots of only 6,000 sq. ft. Zero-lot-line siting and 6-ft. masonry walls around each house allow large glass areas opening the rear interiors without any loss of privacy. Photo by J. Alexander. Featured in House & Home, December 1971. Nicholas A. Pappas of the Yerkes firm was principal designer. In the Courts of Wyngate, off Greentree Road.
1971 - Stem-Lot Houses at Washington, Washington DC. Designed by Cross and Adreon. Built by Matthews-Schwartz Inc. Eleven detached three-story houses fitted onto 1.83 close-in acres of ravine site that could not be rezoned for apartments: a stem-lot layout staggers the 2,900-sq.-ft. houses along a private winding road, and a lawyer-devised deed clause gives each owner exclusive use of the uphill side yard of his neighbor's lot. Big trees, a brook and a pool were left intact. Photo by J. Alexander. Featured in House & Home, January 1972.
1971 - The J. Robert Hillier House, Princeton NJ. Designed by J. Robert Hillier. Built by Donald N. Armstrong. First Honor Award, 1972 AIA Homes for Better Living: the architect's own 2,300-sq.-ft. square-plan house, slightly elevated above marshy ground, with a skylighted center atrium serving as hall and dining room and each room isolated by closet walls or baths. Bronze-tinted mirrors and semi-reflective glass camouflage the exterior into its wooded site. Photos by John Brefach. Featured in House & Home, June 1972. On Ridgeview Circle.
1971 - Brick-Walled Garden House in Memphis, Memphis TN. Designed by Gassner/Nathan/Browne. Built by Kenneth Larkey Jr. Award of Merit, 1972 AIA Homes for Better Living: high brick walls maximize privacy while bridging the gap between this 2,500-sq.-ft. contemporary steel-frame house and its traditional neighborhood. The garden was designed as an extension of the house, with the patio edge continuing the line of the interior walls and the plan zoned to separate children's and adults' areas. Photos by Otto Baitz. Featured in House & Home, June 1972.
1971 - The Bruce Porter Arneill House, Wilmington VT. Designed by Bruce Porter Arneill. Built by Haynes Bros. Inc. Award of Merit, 1972 AIA Homes for Better Living: the architect-owner's 2,000-sq.-ft. prototype for a steep-site condominium project, a four-story tower on steel columns rising 70' from grade bottom with a covered bridge to the driveway. The flexible interior of six bedrooms, two living rooms and two kitchen-dining areas converts easily to a duplex. Photo by Bill Maris. Featured in House & Home, June 1972. Known as the Tree House. Also featured in American Home, January 1973.
1971 - Cor-Ten Steel House in Lake Forest, Lake Forest IL. Designed by Clarence Krusinski & Associates. Built by T.F. Barrett Construction Co. Inc. An exposed Cor-Ten steel structure with bronze-glass perimeter walls lets this large 5,500-sq.-ft. house blend into its forest environment with minimum maintenance. Terrazzo floors and plaster walls finish the interior; a masonry garage-workshop joins the house by a covered breezeway. Award of Merit, 1972 Homes for Better Living. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, August 1972.
1971 - Geometric House in Kettering, Kettering OH. Designed by Richard Levin Associates. Built by Jahn Construction Co. Imaginative geometry gives this 4,200-sq.-ft. house room shapes from a rhomboid to a half-circle, with a finger-shaped stairwell rising to a secluded study and recreational spaces for the owners' many hobbies. Award of Merit, 1972 Homes for Better Living. Photo by William Patterson. Featured in House & Home, August 1972.
1972 - 119 Adams Point Road, Barrington RI. Designed by Huygens and Tappe (Remmert Huygens and Anthony Tappe). Built by E. J. Sevigny Construction Company. Structural engineer Souza and True. Photo by Julius Shulman. Was an Architectural Record House 1972. Later owned by William B. Anderson. Sold in 2025 to 119 Adams Point Road LLC. Standing as of 2025.
1972 - The Lauren Studebaker House, 7545 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island WA. Designed by Wendell H. Lovett. Built by S. C. Moshier and Sons. Photo by Sakuma/James. Christian Staub. Was an Architectural Record House 1972. Sold in 2021 to Liang Du and Zheng Zhang.
1972 - The Wendell Lovett House, 69 Rocky Road, Crane Island WA. Designed by Wendell Lovett. Built by Architect with Clifford I. Hooper. Structural engineer Robert Albrecht. Photo by Christian Staub. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. San Juan County lists Tamara V. and Lance S. Joyner, trustees, with a 2026 transfer date. Listed for sale in 2022; transferred in 2026 to Tamara V. The cabin still stands next to a larger house added by 1988 (Paul Hoag).
1972 - The Helmut Eppich House, 1812 Palmerston Avenue, West Vancouver BC. Designed by Arthur Erickson/Architects. Built by Stan Burton, Deas Construction Company. Structural engineer Bogue Babicki & Associates. Photo by Simon Scott. Was an Architectural Record House 1975. Built for Helmut and Hildegard Eppich; Helmut co-founded EBCO Industries. Sold in 2003, and in 2010 to Asaph and Hemsa Fipke, who had it restored by BattersbyHowat Architects around 2014. Listed for sale in 2021 and 2024 without a sale. On the West Vancouver Community Heritage Register. Standing as of 2024.
1972 - The Samuel Wiener, Jr. House, 2 River Lane, Westport CT. Designed by Davis, Brody and Associates and Weiner Gran Associates. Built by Michael Sochaki. Structural engineer Andrew Elliot. Landscape architect A. E. Bye. Photo by Ezra Stoller (ESTO). Was an Architectural Record House 1972. Sold in 1977 to William and Joan Grabe, in 1999 to Roger and Carla Levien, and in 2006 to Michael Wilens and Carolyn Longacre. Standing as of 2025.
1972 - The Arthur Cotton Moore House, 1600 Avon Place NW, Georgetown, Washington DC. Designed by Arthur Cotton Moore Associates as the architect's own house. Built by Coleman and Wood. Structural engineer Milton A. Gurewitz and Associates. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1972. A triangular 2,150-square-foot lot, 80 feet wide at the street and narrowing to a 4-foot point; the design took five years to get through the Commission of Fine Arts, the Old Georgetown Board and zoning, which imposed the mansard roof. The 1969 Old Georgetown filing gave the address as 1636 Avon Place. Sold in 1988, and in 2002 to Patience J. O'Connor. Standing as of 2026.
1972 - House, Northern Minnesota. Designed by Booth and Nagle (Laurence Booth and James Nagle). Built by Arnold Seastedt. Structural engineer Weisenger-Holland Ltd. Photo by Philip A. Turner. Was an Architectural Record House 1972.
1972 - The William T. Cannady House, 2246 Quenby Street, Southampton, Houston TX. Designed by William T. Cannady as his own house. Built by General Fabricators. Structural engineer Krahl & Gola. Landscape architect Carlisle Becker. Photo by Richard Payne; Edward Jacoby. Was an Architectural Record House 1973. Cannady House I. The original cedar-clad house stands at the rear of the lot over the garage; Cannady later added a building at the front, joined by a pool court. Sold in 2007 and 2021, and in 2022 to Nicholas M. Fitzgerald and Leigh Owens. Standing.
1972 - The R. D. Comstock House, Atlanta GA. Designed by Pearson & Porter (Clyde C. Pearson). Built by C. Malone Company. Structural engineer Weems. Landscape architect Edward Daugherty. Photo by Clyde May. Was an Architectural Record House 1973.
1973 - The Walter Briggs, III House, L'Arbre Croche, 2755 Harbor-Petoskey Road, Harbor Springs MI. Designed by William Kessler and Associates (Edward Francis). Built by Walter H. Desimpel, Company. Photo by Balthazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1973. On lot 36 of the L'Arbre Croche club. 1974 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit: a 4,400-sq-ft Lake Michigan vacation house set into a sand dune, with a children's level opening straight to the beach, a family floor with a 24-foot deck, and master and guest suites above. Also featured in House & Home, June 1974.
1973 - House on Maine coast. Designed by Robert Burley Associates. Structural engineer E. L. Shea. Photo by Robert Lautman. Was an Architectural Record House 1973.
1973 - The William Levin House, 1301 Harbor View Drive, Galveston TX. Designed by Howard Barnstone. Built by Morton Construction Company. Structural engineer Cunningham & Lemus. Landscape architect Ralph Gunn. Photo by Rick Gardner. Was an Architectural Record House 1973. Destroyed; a new house was built on the site in 2013.
1973 - HFBL Award Hexagon House in Jacksonville, Jacksonville FL. Designed by Freedman/Clements/Rumpel. Built by Peter L. Rumpel. 1974 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit. An irregular-hexagon plan rescued a lot considered unbuildable: half the site was swamp, deepened into a quarter-acre pond, and a glass-roofed conservatory shelters tropical plants from north Florida freezes. Featured in House & Home, June 1974.
1973 - HFBL Award Cube House in Des Moines, Des Moines IA. Designed by Booth & Nagle. Built by Bryan Crow Construction. 1974 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit. A 4,000-sq-ft cube zoned into three half-flight levels for family, adults and children, with a two-story dining room overlooked by the children's balcony. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in House & Home, June 1974.
1974 - The Oliver Winston House, 36 Horton Lane, Lyme NH. Designed by Donald Metz. Built by Don Metz. Structural engineer Spiegel & Zamecnik. Landscape architect Dan Kiley. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. Built by Metz on speculation; the Winstons bought it before completion. Sold in 1991 to Peter S. Treadwell and in 2013 to David J. Bromley. Standing as of 2025.
1974 - The Thomas Brandzel House, 5226 Ventura Drive, Lake Ventura, Fremont NE. Designed by Bahr Hanna Vermeer & Haecker Architects, Ltd. Built by Larsen & Jipp. Photo by Gordon Peery. Was an Architectural Record House 1975. Cedar decking and framing came from an old sheep barn. Owned by the family of Dr. John R. and Shirley Allely since at least 1999; Steven J. Allely sole owner since 2024. Pitched roofs added on the street side. Standing as of 2026.
1974 - The Michael and Sirje Gold House, 14 Codfish Lane, Weston CT. Designed by Leonard P. Perfido. Built by Michael Sochacki. Structural engineer Robert Silman Associates. Photo by Maris/Semel. Was an Architectural Record House 1976. Owned by Richard Torres and Michal Lee Locker as of 2024. Assessor confirms: built 1974, 3,311 sf.
1974 - The Lawrence and Mary Wolf House, 51 Roxborough Drive, Toronto ON. Designed by Barton Myers. Built by Lawrence Wolf. Structural engineer Read Jones Christoffersen, Ltd. Photo by T. Kitajima of Y. Futagawa & Associates (except as noted). Was an Architectural Record House 1977. A glass garden-level living room was added below in 1983, with later interiors by Yabu Pushelberg and landscape by Walter Kehm. Owned by the Wolfs until it sold in 2015. Protected as part of the North Rosedale Heritage Conservation District (By-law 749-2004). Standing.
1974 - House, 211 53rd Street, Des Moines IA. Designed by Booth & Nagle. Built by Byran Crow. Structural engineer Weisenger-Holland. Photo by Hedrich-Blessing. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. Built for a doctor and his family on a 66-foot-wide lot above a ravine. Sold in 1992, 1994 and 1995, and in 1999 to Steven J. Rosenberg (in trust since 2014). Standing as of 2026.
1974 - The Len Walworth House, 2650 South Main Street, Burlington IA. Designed by Crites & McConnell. Built by Schofield & Son Construction Company. Photo by Joel Strasser. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. Also published in AIA Iowa, January-March 1971.
1974 - The Glenn and Cornelia Bailey House, Darien CT. Designed by Huygens and Tappe. Built by Ernest R. Rau. Structural engineer Steco Engineering Corp. Photo by Julius Shulman. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. Built for Glenn W. Bailey, founder of Keene Corp. and Bairnco, and his wife Cornelia, on a knoll above Long Island Sound. AIA Connecticut honor award, 1973. On Shennamere Road, beside Richard Meier's Smith House. 1974 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit: a simple L-shaped plan, masonry walls screening the drive, and floor-to-ceiling glass under a wide cedar-shingled roof opening the living areas to the Sound. Also featured in House & Home, June 1974. No longer owned by the Baileys. Status unknown.
1974 - The William Adams House, Roseau MN. Designed by Thomas N. Larson. Built by Arthur Anderson. Structural engineer Michael Jolliffe. Photo by Phokion Karas. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. First award, 1977 Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau/AIA program, Architectural Record, November 1977.
1974 - The J. Hiram Moore House, Austin TX. Designed by Robert Nichols. Built by Andrew Patton. Structural engineer Carroll Claycamp. Photo by Richard Payne. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. Built for petroleum geologist and oilman Joe Hiram Moore and his wife Betty, who moved to Austin from Midland around 1972; the house bridges a limestone arroyo whose stream was dammed into ponds. The Moores also restored the Hirshfeld house downtown. Status unknown.
1974 - The Rovida House, 11 Koch Lane, Elizabeth Township PA. Designed by Tasso C. Katselas. Built by Century Construction Company. Landscape architect Joseph Hajnas Associates. Photo by John W. Hobbs. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. A triangulated brick house of two wings, with a bridge over the drive to a sundeck on the garage roof. Sold in 1989 and 2005, and in 2020 to Nyles Falatek. Standing as of 2026.
1974 - The Poliak House, 235 Simpaug Turnpike, West Redding CT. Designed by Joseph Salerno. Photo by Pedro E. Guerrero. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. Built for Saul and Janice Poliak on Simpaug Turnpike. Sold in 1998 by the Poliak estate to Michael J. Kelly and JoAnn Villamizar. The Poliaks' adjoining land became the Redding Land Trust's Poliak Pond preserve in 1999. Standing as of 2025.
1974 - The Robert Sobel House, 5000 Longmont Drive #16, Houston TX. Designed by Robert Sobel as his own house. Built by Orval Burke. Structural engineer Krahl and Caddy. Photo by Alexandre Georges. Was an Architectural Record House 1974. The last of the courtyard houses on Preston Bolton's private street at 5000 Longmont Drive. Sold in 1998 and 1999, and in 2012 to David S. Brollier and Deborah G. Feinsilver. Standing.
1974 - The Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch House, 1700 North Hudson Avenue, Chicago IL. Designed by Walter Netsch. Sold in 2014 by Dawn Clark of Netsch’s estate to Mark Smithe and Will Forrest. Renovated by SOM. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 2023.
1974 - The Rev. George Magnuson Vacation House, 13533 SW 207th Lane, Vashon Island WA. Designed by Booth & Nagle, Ltd. Built by Philip A. (Phil) Gregersen. Structural engineer Raymond Beebe. 1976 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner: a 2,200-sq.-ft. vacation house whose major living areas are combinations of a standard 12'x12' framing module wrapped around an 8'x36' service core. Decks bridge between the diagonally-sided modules. Photos by Christian Staub. Was an Architectural Record House 1975. Featured in House & Home, August 1976. Sold in 2024 to Vashon Treehouse LLC. This page previously carried the house a second time at 13998 SW Madrona Road; that entry has been merged here. The 207th Lane address geocodes as a verified address point, the Madrona Road one only as an interpolated street address, so 207th Lane is the better supported of the two.
1974 - The Peter Kurt Woerner House, 182 Leetes Island Road, Guilford CT. Designed by Peter Kurt Woerner. Built by Peter Kurt Woerner. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1976. Owned by Matthew C. Bower (2024 roll; sale year not in the state file). Bower. Standing as of 2024.
1975 - The Marvin Ross Friedman House, 15451 Southwest 67th Court, Miami FL. Designed by Robert Whitton. Built by Vihlen Bros. Structural engineer McClinchy and Pundt. Award of Merit, 1978 AIA Homes for Better Living program. An austere four-level stucco cube of 4,000 sq. ft. with few windows but a surprisingly open interior: rooms separated only by gallery-like halls and the main stairwell, a two-story living room daylit by many skylights, and a slanted two-level glass wall sheltering the swimming pool. Concrete block bearing walls and poured-in-place concrete beams support the structure. Photos by John Sacco and Wolfgang Hoyt (ESTO). Featured in Housing, August 1978. Was an Architectural Record House 1981. Owned by Robert Furniss Roe, trustee, as of 2025.
1975 - The Philip L. Jacobson House, 3935 51st Avenue NE, Seattle WA. Designed by Philip L. Jacobson. Built by Tom Paulsell Construction Company. Photo by Hugh Stratford; Philip Jacobson. Was an Architectural Record House 1975. Sold in 2001 to Erik and Roberta Torgerson.
1975 - The W. Ford Schumann House, Aspen CO. Designed by Robin Molny. Built by H. E. Anderson. Structural engineer KKBNA. Photo by Marc Neuhof. Was an Architectural Record House 1975. Ward Ford Schumann was a painter.
1975 - 122 Schnoor Road, Killingworth CT. Designed by King-lui Wu. Built by George Field Company. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1975. Owned by Theodore Criscuolo Jr. and Serena Struber as of 2024.
1975 - The Dale and Sylvia Ball House, 2525 South 95th Circle, Omaha NE. Designed by Neil Astle & Associates. Built by Midlands Corporation. Photo by Joel Strasser. Was an Architectural Record House 1977. Conveyed in 2025 to the Steven D. Booker et al. Trust. Standing as of 2026.
1975 - House, Englewood NJ. Designed by Hobart Betts (Roger Lang, project architect). Built by Olsen & Lawson. Structural engineer Stanley Gleit. Landscape architect Innocenti & Webel. Photo by Bill Maris. Was an Architectural Record House 1975.
1975 - House, Georgian Bay ON. Designed by C. Blakeway Millar. Built by John Goba, Ltd. Structural engineer Wyllie-Uffnal. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1975.
1975 - Lyon Farm, Greenwich CT. Designed by Sherwood Mills & Smith with Donald Sandy Jr. & James A. Babcock. Built by C.E.P. Associates. Landscape architect: Anthony M. Guzzardo & Associates. 1976 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit winner: first phase of an 84-acre, 201-unit development of clustered detached houses of 1,600 to 2,200 sq. ft. Clustering preserves the natural landscape and orients each shingled, gabled house to the best view; the jury found the contemporary design reminiscent of regional architecture. Photos by Martin Tornallyay. Featured in House & Home, July 1976. On Lyon Farm Drive and West Lyon Farm Drive.
1975 - The Warren Zimmerman House, 96 Interpromontory Road, Great Falls VA. Designed by MLTW/Turnbull Associates. Built by Leo Thibodeau. 1976 Homes for Better Living First Honor Award winner, a house-within-a-house: a 2,700-sq.-ft. inner structure surrounded by 2,500 sq. ft. of enclosed porches behind a redwood lattice on a built-up timber frame, with a central skylit stair tower organizing the plan. The jury called it perhaps the most original concept they had seen. Featured in House & Home, October 1976. Warren Zimmermann, later the last US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, lived here until his death in 2004. Sold in 2004 and again in 2023. Standing as of 2026.
1976 - The Peter Lowenstein House, 24 Old Orchard Road, Mendham Township NJ. Designed by Chimacoff/Peterson. Built by Maw and McKinnel. Structural engineer Weiner and Thaler. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1976. Sold in 2022 (owner name redacted in the public MOD-IV file). Standing as of 2025.
1976 - The Ben Collins House, Perry Park CO. Designed by Arley Rinehart Associates. Built by Ben Collins. Structural engineer Ron Frickel. Photo by Richard Springgate. Was an Architectural Record House 1976. Sold by 1976 to Dr. and Mrs. Nelson E. Mohler. Photo by Richard Springgate, Robert McConnell.
1976 - The Jorgen Jensen House, Atlanta (Buckhead), Atlanta GA. Designed by Porter/Kelly. Built by R. L. Connelly & Son. Structural engineer Armour & Cape. Landscape architect Laubmann-Reed & Associates. Photo by E. Alan McGee. Was an Architectural Record House 1978.
1976 - House in Southern Vermont. Designed by Hobart Betts. Built by MacDonald & Swan Construction. Structural engineer Gleit, Olenek & Associates. Landscape architect Terrence Boyle. Photo by George Cserna. Was an Architectural Record House 1976.
1976 - House, Northern Ohio. Designed by Don Hisaka & Associates. Built by Buell Davidson. Structural engineer Gensert-Peller Associates. Photo by Thom Abel. Was an Architectural Record House 1976.
1976 - The Warren J. Coville House, 7738 Lakeshore Road, Lakeport MI. Designed by William Kessler and Associates. Built by John Keils. Structural engineer McClurg Associates. Photo by Balthazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1976. Sold in 2000 and 2019.
1976 - The Warren Barr, Jr. House, Hinsdale IL. Designed by Booth & Nagle. Built by The Maddock Construction Company. Structural engineer Weisinger-Holland. Photo by Philip Turner. Was an Architectural Record House 1976. Built by Maddock Construction Co. First Honor Award, 1978 AIA Homes for Better Living program. A two-story house that borrows from both traditional and contemporary architecture: brick walls, central entry and a conventional up-down room organization joined to geometric massing, broad and tall glass, an open public floor and skylighted two-story spaces. The 3,300-sq.-ft. house includes a separate garage. Featured in Housing, August 1978.
1976 - HFBL Award of Merit House, Houston TX. Designed by Robert E. Griffin and William R. Jenkins. Built by Willard & Associates. A 5,650-sq.-ft. multi-level house organized along a narrow gallery used to display an art collection, which starts at the entry, extends past a half-sunken library and raised guest room, and opens the rear of the house to daylight through a window wall. Photos by Richard Payne. Featured in House & Home, September 1977.
1976 - HFBL Award of Merit House, Minneapolis MN. Designed by Leonard Parker Associates. Built by Henning Nelson Construction Co. A 3,612-sq.-ft. three-level house on a small, steep hillside site, organized around a 28-foot-square social and recreational core whose glazed walls and cantilevered decks open to the downhill view, while an L-shaped service and bedroom zone shields the uphill side for privacy. Photos by Balthazar Korab. Featured in House & Home, September 1977.
1976 - The Tai Soo Kim House, 41 Concord Street, West Hartford CT. Designed by Tai Soo Kim. Built by Peter St. Pierre. The architect's own compact 1,900-square-foot contemporary home on a tight suburban lot, its one-room main living level open to the outdoors on two sides, with four solid sliding panels hung outside the rear glass wall for privacy and energy conservation. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit. Photo by Nick Wheeler. Featured in Housing, September 1979. Still owned by Tai Soo and Ryoung Ja Kim as of 2024.
1976 - The Gerald A. Williams House, 4720 NE 36th Street, Seattle WA. Designed by Gerald A. Williams of TRA. Built by Tom Paulsen. Structural engineer Donald G. Radcliffe of TRA. Landscape architect Dorothy Hussey. Photo by Michael Burns. Was an Architectural Record House 1979. Sold in 2020 to Hernando Olivar and Nathalia Jimenez. Standing as of 2026.
1977 - The William Erdos House, Bath Township OH. Designed by J. Lawrence Scott. Built by William Erdos. Was an Architectural Record House 1977. On a 13-acre site near what is now Cuyahoga Valley National Park, replacing a weekend cabin.
1977 - The David W. Maxey House, Wayne County PA. Designed by Lyman S. A. Perry. Built by Norella Brothers. Structural engineer Keast and Hood. Photo by Positive Two Studios. Was an Architectural Record House 1977.
1977 - House, Arlington VA. Designed by Arthur Cotton Moore Associates. Structural engineer Carcaterra & Associates. Photo by Ronald Thomas. Was an Architectural Record House 1977.
1977 - The H. H. Griggs House, Puget Sound WA. Designed by Richard Cardwell. Built by Nelson Lumber. Photo by Larry Hutson. Was an Architectural Record House 1977.
1977 - The Thomas Galbraith House, Tacoma WA. Designed by Alan Liddle. Built by Dick Wegner. Award of Merit, 1978 AIA Homes for Better Living program. A small, low 1,600-sq.-ft. house that follows the contours of its 80-by-150-ft. site, its irregular-shaped rooms clustered for views of the surrounding woods and a meandering stream. Despite heavy tree cover, the interior is bathed in daylight through tall unshaded windows, a kitchen greenhouse extension and skylights. Photo by Ray O. Welch. Featured in Housing, August 1978. Designed in 1974.
1977 - Dallas Gallery House, Dallas TX. Designed by Booth Nagle & Hartray. Built by Wunderlick Construction Co. Award of Merit, 1978 AIA Homes for Better Living program. A 150-ft.-long, 6,000-sq.-ft. white stucco house designed as a showcase for the owners' painting and sculpture collection: the entry opens to a gallery-like hall lit by narrow awning windows, while the 11-ft.-high south side is floor-to-ceiling glass so every room faces the broad deck and swimming pool. Half the house is one partition-free space. Photos by Hedrich-Blessing. Featured in Housing, August 1978.
1977 - The John Slack House, 5333 Raven Oaks Drive, Omaha NE. Designed by John Slack. Built by John Slack. Photo by Stephen Parezo. Was an Architectural Record House 1979. Sold in 2022.
1978 - aka Autonomous Dwelling Vehicle, St. Louis MO. Designed by Michael Jantzen and Edward Lilburn Bakewell III. Status unknown. A towable 450 sq ft one-person dwelling built on a recycled mobile-office chassis with a shell of aluminized-steel silo sections. Michael and Ellen Jantzen assembled it beside their house in Carlyle IL. It was then towed to suburban St. Louis County, where co-designer and client Edward L. (Ted) Bakewell III lived in it from about 1980 on one of his firm's office-park sites, probably the Corporate Square development off Woodfield Lane. Published in Popular Science (April 1980) and Progressive Architecture (April 1981). Later fate unknown.
1978 - The Richard Hobbs House, 530 Hillside Drive East, Seattle WA. Designed by Hobbs Fukui Associates. Built by Stole Building Company. Structural engineer Robert G. Albrecht. Landscape architect Thomas L. Berger. Photo by Art Hupy. Was an Architectural Record House 1978. Apparently replaced: King County records a house built in 1998 at this address, and a listing credits its design to Stuart Silk. Sold in 2017 to Michael Larson.
1978 - The Frank W. Hulse IV House, 96 Westminster Drive NE, Atlanta GA. Designed by Anthony Ames. Built by I. B. Hiers. Structural engineer Smith and Freeman. Photo by E. Alan McGee. Was an Architectural Record House 1978. Owned by Lillian C. and Gregory J. Giornelli.
1978 - House, Maryland Eastern Shore MD. Designed by Moore Grover Harper. Built by L.G.R. Structural engineer Ronald Schaeffer. Landscape architect Lester Collins. Photo by Norman McGrath. Charles Moore and Mark Simon were project architects. Was an Architectural Record House 1978. A barn converted to a second home.
1978 - House, Glencoe IL. Designed by Booth Nagle & Hartray. Built by H. O. Schulz Company. Structural engineer Wiesinger-Holland, Ltd. Landscape architect Joe Karr & Associates. Photo by Phillip Turner. Published as House on Lake Michigan. Was an Architectural Record House 1978. Built by Harold O. Schulz Co. Landscape architect: Joe Karr & Associates. First Honor Award, 1978 AIA Homes for Better Living program. A transparent 5,500-sq.-ft. house framed in steel on 27-ft. bays, its completely open upper level looking out on woods and Lake Michigan through double-glazed one-inch glass walls on three sides, with only a sauna separating master suite from living room. Children's and guest quarters occupy a lower level set into the sloping site. Photo by Philip Turner. Featured in Housing, August 1978.
1978 - The William and Karen Desberg House, Central Ohio. Designed by Trout Architects. Built by Melbro. Structural engineer Williams & Hach. Photo by Alan Holm. Was an Architectural Record House 1978.
1978 - The Roger Opp House, St. Paul MN. Designed by Design Consortium. Photo by Phillip MacMillan James. James Geisler was project architect. Was an Architectural Record House 1978. A renovation of an old brick rowhouse.
1978 - House, Park County WY. Designed by Moulton Andrus. Built by Don Hicks; Nic Patrick. Structural engineer Burgstahler, Holmes, Carlson. Photo by Moulton Andrus. On the Brown Thomas Meadow ranch. Was an Architectural Record House 1978.
1978 - The Jefferson Riley House, 606 Dunk Rock Road, Guilford CT. Designed by Jefferson Riley / Moore Grover Harper. Built by Essex Builders. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1978. The architect's own house. Sold in 2023.
1978 - The Fred Corbus House, 11101 East Bajada Drive, Scottsdale AZ. Designed by Edward B. Sawyer Jr. Built by Fred Corbus. A glass box-like desert residence of steel columns bolted to glu-lam beams, suspended above a ravine and surrounded by huge boulders, with transparent walls and decks on all four sides. Aluminum shade screens and careful siting make air conditioning unnecessary, and solar heating is used. Homes for Better Living Award of Merit. Photo by Payne & Karbelnikoff. Featured in Housing, September 1979. Still owned by the Corbus family as of 2026.
1978 - aka Osmon Residence, 42401 North Deer Trail Road, Cave Creek AZ. Designed by Fred Linn Osmon. Structural engineer Yury Sheydayi. Photo by Joshua Freiwald. Was an Architectural Record House 1979. Owned since 2018 by the Karl and Martha Stock Revocable Trust.
1979 - The Randall Presley House, aka House of the Future, 3713 East Equestrian Trail, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Charles Schiffner. The defining feature was a centralized system of five Motorola MC6800 microprocessors, known as "Tukee," which controlled lighting, climate, windows, and blinds and could respond to spoken commands. Sold in 1993. Sold in 1998.
1979 - 415 Marquette Drive, New Buffalo MI. Designed by Veronda Associates. Built by (owner). Structural engineer S. P. Asrow Associates, Ltd. Photo by Bill Hedrich, Hedrich-Blessing. Was an Architectural Record House 1983.
1979 - The David Barr House, 22600 Napier Road, Novi MI. Designed by Booth/Hansen & Associates. Built by (owner). Photo by Henry M. Bowles, Jr. Published as Villa Barr. Was an Architectural Record House 1983. The City of Novi bought the house, studio and four acres in 2011, with Barr keeping a life estate; after his death in 2015 it became Villa Barr Art Park, and the house now hosts an artist residency. Standing as of 2026.
1979 - The Jon Najarian House, Long Beach Island NJ. Designed by Christopher H. L. Owen. Built by David P. Ash. Structural engineer Paul A. Gossen. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1979. Also featured in Architectural Record, June 1979.
1979 - The Richard Dickson House, New Vernon NJ. Designed by Crissman & Solomon. Built by Robert Rochelle. Structural engineer Charles Chaloff. Photo by Steve Rosenthal. Was an Architectural Record House 1979. New Vernon is in Harding Township.
1979 - The F. Cecil Baker House, aka Candy Factory Court, 620 South American Street, Philadelphia PA. Designed by Baker Rothschild Horn Blyth. Built by BRHB Developers. Photo by Tom Crane. Was an Architectural Record House 1979. One of four units carved from a former candy factory. Sold in 2015.
1979 - The Steve, David and Linda Conger House, Guilford CT. Designed by Leela Design. Built by Leela Design. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1979.
1979 - The Gerald Williams House, aka Open Living on a Hemmed-In Site, 4720 NE 36th Street, Seattle WA. Designed by Gerald Williams. A 2,700 sq ft house layered into a hillside on an odd 120-by-50-foot lot overlooking Lake Washington, held to a strict height limit by setting living areas at stepped levels above an existing below-grade garage. A curved cedar-lath trellis planted with ivy and flowering vines wraps the south and west faces for sun control, letting the house dissolve into its garden-like site; 1980 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit. Featured in Housing, October 1980. The architect's own house, in Laurelhurst.
1979 - A Year-Round Pavilion for a Wooded Site, Bainbridge Island WA. Designed by Morgan and Lindstrom. A 2,400 sq ft post-and-beam pavilion that appears to float above its meadow site near Puget Sound, its virtually windowless interior lit through a translucent fiberglass roof that HFBL jurors praised for its luminescence. A sheltered open-air play loft runs down the center, and the structural posts carry to the ground so the house touches its site as lightly as possible; 1980 Homes for Better Living Honor Award. Photos by Christian Staub. Featured in Housing, October 1980.
1979 - Private Living on a Narrow Coastal Site. Designed by Huygens and Tappe. A T-shaped house for a doctor's family on one of the last undeveloped parcels of the New England coast, its street side designed to blend with traditional seaside neighbors while the living room and master bedroom wing jut dramatically toward the sea atop unblasted rock. A long glass-lined colonnade leads the eye to the water, and local stone, cement brick, tile and stained clapboard tie it to its surroundings; 1980 Homes for Better Living Award of Merit. Photos by Steve Rosenthal. Featured in Housing, October 1980.
1980 - The Venus Project, 21 Valley Lane, Venus FL. 21-acre former research and design compound built by industrial designer and self-described "social engineer" Jacque Fresco on what was once a tomato farm in rural central Florida. Ten curvilinear, domed, all-white buildings featuring bubble windows and skylights. Owned by The Venus Project and co-creator, Roxanne Meadows, who continues to host visitors, seminars, and tours.
1980 - 2735 N Sheridan Road, Evanston IL. Designed by Booth-Hansen Associates (Laurence Booth). Built by H. O. Schultz. Structural engineer Beer, Svabgorski & Graff. Landscape architect Joe Karr & Associates. Photo by Orlando Cabanban. Was an Architectural Record House 1980. Owned by Muneer Satter by 1999; sold in 2004 to Charles A. Lewis and Penny Sebring, owners as of 2026.
1980 - The Bernard Percarpio House, Guilford CT, Southern Connecticut. Designed by Moore Grover Harper (Jefferson B. Riley). Built by Richard Riggio & Sons. Structural engineer Besier, Gibble & Quirin. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - 3312 P Street NW, Washington DC. Designed by Arthur Cotton Moore Associates. Built by Commercial Industrial Construction. Structural engineer Tadjer-Cohen. Photo by Max Hirshfeld. Was an Architectural Record House 1980. Sold in 2007 to Michael Arthur, owner as of 2026.
1980 - The Peggy Moore House, 727 Windmill Drive, Mutiny Bay, Freeland, Whidbey Island WA. Designed by Arne Bystrom. Built by Roy Hegennes. Photo by Arne Bystrom (architect). Was an Architectural Record House 1980. Marguerite E. Moore sold it in 2012 to James K. McBain, trustee, owner as of 2026.
1980 - The Dave Fultz House, 475 E 1000 N, Chesterton, Porter County IN. Designed by Hammond, Beeby and Babka (Thomas H. Beeby). Built by Carmen Good Builders. Structural engineer Gullaksen and Getty. Photo by Howard N. Kaplan. Was an Architectural Record House 1981. Also listed as the David Fultz House, North 475 East. Owned by Mark J. Oreglia and Margery A. Ishmael.
1980 - House, Northern Connecticut. Designed by Perry, Dean, Stahl & Rogers (Steven M. Foote). Built by Gilligan Brothers. Photo by Edward Jacoby. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - House, New England coast. Designed by Huygens and Tappe Inc. Built by Beverly Brothers Inc. Structural engineer C. A. Crowley Engineering Inc. Landscape architect Francis Roehrig. Photo by Steve Rosenthal. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - House, Vaughan ON. Designed by C. Blakeway Millar. Built by G. Faion and Sons. Structural engineer Morrison, Herschfield, Burgess, Huggins. Photo by Dennis Hall. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - House, Mercer Island WA. Designed by Robert George Becker. Structural engineer Martens/Kratz and Chan. Photo by Ray Meuse. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - The Larry Yaw House, Aspen CO. Designed by Copland, Hagman, Yaw Ltd. Built by Sutherland Construction Company. Structural engineer Anderson and Hastings. Photo by David Marlow. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - The Zuckerman House, 6 Forest Trail, Woodbridge CT. Designed by Roth and Moore. Built by Murdock Construction. Structural engineer Spiegel and Zamecnik. Landscape architect Peter Rolland Associates. Photo by Robert Perron. Was an Architectural Record House 1980. Still owned by the original clients, Deborah and Arthur Zuckerman.
1980 - House, Lanikai HI. Designed by Zephyr Architectural Partnership. Built by Construction Ahead. Structural engineer David Brumme. Photo by David Franzen (ESTO). Built-for-sale; bridge over filled gully. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1980 - The Graham and Ann Stafford House, New Orleans LA. Designed by Errol Barron/Michael Toups. Built by Goodyear Construction. Structural engineer Richard O. Powell. Photo by Alan Karchmer. Was an Architectural Record House 1980.
1981 - aka Hibiscus House, 3721 Hibiscus Street, Coconut Grove, Miami FL. Designed by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. 4,016 sf. Sold in 2020. Was an Architectural Record House 1983.
1981 - The Sonja and William Davidow House, 7224 Alealea Road, Haena, Kauai HI. Designed by MLTW/Turnbull Associates (William Turnbull Jr.). Built by Consolidated Corporation. Structural engineer Peter Culley and Associates. Photo by David Franzen. Was an Architectural Record House 1983. Still owned by the Davidow Family Trust.
1981 - The Bob and Beverly Fuisz House, 180 Green Pond Road, Lower Nazareth Township PA. Designed by Turner Brooks. Built by Bob Fuisz. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1988. On the Fuisz family farm; the assessor dates the house 1985. Still owned by Robert E. and Beverly H. Fuisz as of 2026.
1981 - House, Southeastern Michigan. Designed by William Kessler and Associates. Built by Tage Ketelsen & Company. Structural engineer William Paxton and Associates. Landscape architect Johnson, Johnson and Roy. Photo by Timothy Hursley, B. Korab Ltd. Was an Architectural Record House 1981.
1981 - The William Cannady House, Round Top TX. Designed by Wm. T. Cannady & Associates Inc. Built by Kermit Wunderlich. Structural engineer Nat Krahl. Photo by Paul Hester. Was an Architectural Record House 1981.
1981 - The Eric Hefty House, 770 Big Flat Road, Missoula MT. Designed by Eric Hefty & Associates. Built by Eric Hefty. First Honor Award winner in the 1982 Homes for Better Living program, this shingled residence steps down a pristine 30-acre hillside with panoramic views toward the Rattlesnake Range, designed by the architect-owner-builder around every existing tree and bush, with 980 square feet of multilevel decks, R-30 walls, triple glazing and rock thermal storage beneath the living room. Photo by Marc & Eric Hefty. Featured in Housing, August 1982. The architect's own house.
1981 - The Edward J. Lenkin House, aka Foggy Bottom Residence, 901 26th Street NW, Foggy Bottom, Washington DC. Designed by Kerns Group. Built by The Lenkin Company. First Honor Award winner in the 1982 Homes for Better Living program, this cypress-clad contemporary bachelor's house weaves in and out of a 19th-century brick shell on a 1,888-square-foot Foggy Bottom lot, its third-floor master suite looking out over the Potomac, Georgetown and the Watergate. Photo by Peter Harholdt. Featured in Housing, August 1982. A remodeling of an 1880 brick building at the river edge of Foggy Bottom. Still owned by Edward J. Lenkin as of 2026.
1981 - Space-Expanding House, Miami FL. Designed by Barry Sugerman. Built by Besola Construction. Engineers: Spolter-Frechtel. A south Florida custom house that demonstrates space-stretching design on a narrow lot: an entry tower and floating carport roof direct the eye to the center of the house, continuous clerestories make the ceiling appear to float, and the main entertainment area sits on a diagonal to borrow the neighbor's landscaped yard. Interiors by Sugerman/Neuman. Featured in Housing, August 1982.
1982 - The Errol J. Kirsch House, aka "The Bunker," 1046 Fair Oaks Avenue, Oak Park IL. Designed by Errol J. Kirsch as his personal residence. Clad in concrete with a tapered exterior, concrete fins at the central bays of the facade, an asymmetrical, eccentric form, and a garage wing on the east side of the house. Sold in 1995 to David L. Reimer. Sold in 1998 to Lynn E. And Errol J. Kirsch.
1982 - The Dome Cluster House, Bartelso, Carlyle IL. Designed by Michael Jantzen for his mother, Patricia K. Jantzen, and his sisters. Four merged 26-foot silo-top domes in a Y plan, published in Popular Science (March 1982) and Domus (November 1982). Status unknown.
1982 - 58 Wells Hill Road, Fairfield County CT. Designed by Redroof Design. Built by Roxbury Contractors. Structural engineer Doug Watson. Photo by Elliott Erwitt. Was an Architectural Record House 1982. Owned by Avalon LLC (principal Jeff Murcko), formed in 2023.
1982 - The Al Wandich House, Stoney Lake, Peterborough ON. Designed by Jim Strasman, Architects. Built by West End Construction Ltd. Structural engineer Robert Halsall & Associates. Landscape architect Gerritt Gosker. Photo by Otto Baitz. Was an Architectural Record House 1983.
1982 - The Robert Allen House, Longview TX. Designed by The Allen/Buie Partnership. Built by M. Cline Brown Company. Structural engineer Hixson & Harris. Landscape architect Joseph Bramlette. Photo by Hursley & Lark. Was an Architectural Record House 1982.
1982 - The Edgar and Barbara Boyles House, 266 Wildwood Lane, Aspen CO. Designed by Harry Teague. Built by S.L.O.W. Construction. Photo by Gordon Schenck. Was an Architectural Record House 1982.
1982 - The Carl Lohmann House, Quintana Roo Mexico. Designed by George C. T. Woo. Built by Isidoro Jimenez. Photo by Balthazar Korab. Was an Architectural Record House 1982.
1982 - The Deborah and Daniel McMillan House, New Jersey. Designed by Gerald Allen. Built by AYR, Ltd. Structural engineer Robert Silman Associates, P.C. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1982.
1982 - House, Door County WI. Designed by Nagle, Hartray & Associates Ltd. Built by Carlson, Erickson. Structural engineer Beer Gorsky Graf. Photo by John Hilarides. Was an Architectural Record House 1982.
1983 - Hog Hill, East Holden ME. Designed by Bentley/LaRosa/Salasky Design. Built by R. H. Campbell Associates. Structural engineer Thomas D. Reilly, P.E. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1983.
1983 - The Charles Dattelbaum House, 198 Palmer Lane, Kezar Lake, Center Lovell ME. Designed by Crissman & Solomon Architects. Built by Donald W. Simmons. Structural engineer Charles Chaloff. Photo by Steve Rosenthal. Was an Architectural Record House 1983.
1983 - aka "House of Light", 2104 North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago IL. Designed by Booth/Hansen & Associates (Laurence O. Booth). Structural engineer Chris P. Stefanos Associates. Photo by Paul Warchol. Was an Architectural Record House 1984. Owned by the George H. Thrush family by 1999 (moved into a Thrush trust in 2018); sold in 2020 to Bernard Bergeron; a 2022 warranty deed conveys it to Marc E. Weinstock, while the tax bill is still addressed to Bergeron as of 2026.
1983 - 4734 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi TX. Designed by Batey & Mack. Built by O. J. Beck & Sons. Structural engineer Wallace Wilkerson. Photo by Tim Street-Porter. Published as "Villa on the Bay". Was an Architectural Record House 1984. Sold in 1989 to Robert J. Patterson; in 2005 to Wayne Shambo, whose estate passed it to Deborah A. Van Metre in 2008; in 2009 to Jerry W. and Joanne S. Hedrick; and in 2021 to John and Lynne Tatum, owners as of 2026.
1983 - The Keith Reinhard House, aka 38 East Schiller, 38 E. Schiller St., Chicago IL. Designed by Chrysalis Corp. Architects. Built by Stanley Construction. Structural engineer Anthony Schnarsky Associates. Photo by Sadin-Karant; Ron Bailey. 1981 AIA Honor Award. Was an Architectural Record House 1983 . Sold in 2013 to Guy Hollis (later his living trust); sold in 2021 to the John P. Czarnecki Holding Trust. Sold in 2013 to Guy Hollis and in 2021 to the John P. The 1887 brownstone front survives, but the interior was reportedly rebuilt around 2001, so the 1983 interior is probably gone.
1983 - The Anne Elliott and Peter Gruen House, Ligonier PA. Designed by Jefferson B. Riley (Moore Grover Harper). Built by Nicely and Nicely. Photo by Norman McGrath; William F. Robinson. Published as the Elliott House. Was an Architectural Record House 1983.
1983 - The Samuel Tenenbaum House, aka Saluda River House, 353 Blue Heron Court, Lexington SC. Designed by Stephen Tilly & Alan Buchsbaum. Built by Jim Pitts, Columbia Builders. Structural engineer Ronald Mayrbaul. Landscape architect Elizabeth Martin. Photo by Oberto Gili. Was an Architectural Record House 1983. Owned by Samuel and Inez Tenenbaum until 2021, when it was sold to Brian C. DeBorde, owner as of 2025.
1984 - The Douglas and Barbara Hoekstra House, 17905 Hood Avenue, Homewood IL. Designed by David Hovey. Was an Architectural Record House 1985. The Hoekstras owned the house until 2021, when the Douglas A. Hoekstra Trust sold it to Lorenzo Cooper (the tax bill was still addressed to Douglas Hoekstra as of 2026).
1984 - The Linda Farris House, 321 24th Avenue East, Seattle WA. Designed by Krekow/Jennings/Millett (Mark Millett). Built by Krekow/Jennings/Millett. Structural engineer Swenson Engineers. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1984. Linda Farris sold it in 2003 to Stretton S. Brown, who sold it in 2006 to Robin J. Mar, owner as of 2026.
1984 - Lake Memphremagog, Austin QC. Designed by Peter Rose (with Mark Pimlott). Structural engineer Shenna Construction. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1984.
1984 - The Herbert S. Newman House, 27 Enoch Drive, Woodbridge CT. Designed by Herbert S. Newman Associates. Built by Panza Construction Company. Structural engineer Martin-Horton Associates. Landscape architect Peter Rolland Associates. Photo by Norman McGrath. Was an Architectural Record House 1985. Assessor confirms: built 1984, 3,949 sf. Now owned by Cathi and Dominic Bosco.
1984 - The Toyo Ito House, Nakano-ku, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Toyo Ito Architect & Associates. Built by Bau Construction Company, Ltd. Structural engineer Gengo Matsui and ORS. Photo by Tomio Ohashi. Published as Ito House "Silver Hut". Was an Architectural Record House 1986. Demolished in 2010; a reconstruction was built in 2011 at the Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture on Omishima, Imabari, where it is used for workshops and archives.
1984 - The Gordon Denton House, Aspen CO. Designed by William Lipsey. Built by Denton Construction Company. Photo by Gordon Schenck. Was an Architectural Record House 1984.
1984 - House, Northwest Connecticut. Designed by Crissman & Solomon Architects. Built by Gilligan Brothers. Structural engineer Charles J. Chaloff. Photo by Steve Rosenthal. Was an Architectural Record House 1984.
1984 - aka Carriage House, Lancaster PA. Designed by Caroline Northcote Sidnam. Built by Clayton Gerlach. Structural engineer Structures. Photo by Langdon Clay. Was an Architectural Record House 1984.
1984 - The De la Cruz House, aka Punta Alegre, 5 Harbor Point, Key Biscayne FL. Designed by Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. A 1950s ranch house remade as a two-story Roman villa. Was an Architectural Record House 1984. Bought in 1982 by Carlos M. and Rosa de la Cruz and enlarged several times since. Sold in 2025 to 5 Harbor Point Corp.
1985 - aka Garden Pavilion, 2608 Habersham Road NW, Atlanta GA. Designed by Anthony Ames, whose white geometric houses the High Museum of Art has described as a modern alternative to the prevailing historicist tradition in Atlanta. Photographed by Stephen Brooke and published in Architectural Record. Still carried in the architect's own portfolio alongside the nearby Hulse Pavilion and Hulse Residence. Owned by Ecetra N. Ames, the architect's wife, as of 2026.
1985 - The Harris-Pesce House, 6 Dug Road, Sharon CT. Designed by Turner Brooks. Built by Richard McCue. Structural engineer Boehm Associates. Photo by Mick Hales. Was an Architectural Record House 1988.
1985 - The Elizabeth and Duo Dickinson House, 945 Boston Post Road, Madison CT. Designed by Louis Mackall & Partner (Duo Dickinson). Built by Post Road Wood Products. Photo by Mick Hales. Was an Architectural Record House 1985. Still owned by the original clients, George (Duo) and Elizabeth Dickinson.
1985 - The John and Judith Mixon House, 3211 Pittsburg Street, West University Place Houston TX. Designed by Taft Architects. Built by Pat Marshall Custom Builder. Structural engineer Cunningham Associates. Photo by Paul Warchol. Was an Architectural Record House 1985. Brian H. Crockett was owner of record by 2025; sold in 2026 to Mike and Jake Anderson, owners as of 2026.
1985 - The Robert S. Davis House, 48 Tupelo Street (Rosewalk), Seaside FL. Designed by Orr & Taylor. Built by Seaside Community Development Corp. Photo by Mick Hales. An enclave of 14 cottages. Was an Architectural Record House 1986. Owned by Christopher R. Melella of Dallas as of 2026.
1985 - The Salvador Vilanova House, North Mashta Drive, Key Biscayne FL. Designed by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. Built by Vernon Construction. Structural engineer Eugenio Santiago and Associates. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1986.
1985 - House, Rolling Rock Club, Ligonier PA. Designed by Roger C. Ferri & Associates. Built by Construction Group. Structural engineer Robert Silman & Associates. Landscape architect Channing Blake. Photo by Cervin Robinson. Was an Architectural Record House 1987.
1985 - The John and Patt Wharton House, Nottingham NH. Designed by Amsler Hagenah MacLean, Architects. Built by David Krempels. Structural engineer Charles Chaloff. Photo by Nick Wheeler. Was an Architectural Record House 1985.
1985 - aka Casa Los Andes, Lima Peru. Designed by Arquitectonica International. Built by G. L. Dupuy, Ingenieros. Structural engineer Gallegos-Rios-Casabonne-Uccelli-Icochea-Arango. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1986.
1985 - The Peter and Sandra Brant House, 385 Taconic Road, Greenwich CT. Designed by Allan Greenberg. Built by Thomas P. Maguire. Structural engineer Tor & Partners. Landscape architect Deborah Nevins; Russell Page. Photo by Peter Mauss (ESTO). Was an Architectural Record House 1986. Built for art collectors Peter and Sandra Brant after their earlier Venturi house. Owned by White Birch Farm Inc., the Brant family company, as of 2024.
1986 - The Peter and Thomas Scribner House, 508 20th Avenue East, Seattle WA. Designed by A2 Z Architects (Norman Millar). Built by Kevin Cottongim. Structural engineer Jim Harris. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1987. Also listed as the Scribner Double House at 506 20th Avenue East. Peter and Thomas Scribner have owned it throughout, briefly through Topeka Partners LLC in 2001-2002; Thomas B. Scribner has been sole owner since 2025.
1986 - The Ken and Jenny Choong House, 10 Diosma Road, Eltham VIC. Designed by Biltmoderne. Built by Steven Basic. Structural engineer Lyon & Lyon. Landscape architect Gordon Ford. Photo by Grant Mudford. Was an Architectural Record House 1988. Built 1985-88; carport by Wood Marsh 1988. Won a 1987 RAIA Victorian Merit Award. Protected under the Nillumbik Shire Heritage Overlay (HO275). Sold in 2016 (buyer not public). Standing as of 2017.
1987 - The Robert and Penny Miller House, 832 Lochmere Place, Lexington KY. Designed by Atelier Wylde-Oubrerie, José Oubrerie and Cecily Wylde, while Oubrerie — a former assistant to Le Corbusier — was dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky. Commissioned 1988 by Lexington attorney Robert Miller and completed 1992 after five years of construction, on 30 acres with its own lake. Three autonomous dwellings joined by elevated catwalks around a double-height central atrium, planned so an older couple and their two adult children could each live independently. Takes clear cues from Le Corbusier’s Villa Shodhan. Kenneth Frampton has called it a masterwork. Fell into disrepair and was threatened with demolition; sold in 2017 to Jennifer McLure, who restored it, and sold again at auction in 2021 to a buyer who has expressed an intention to preserve it and open it to the public. Standing. Subject of the book In Suburbia Ego. Catalogued in SAH Archipedia as KY-01-067-0055.
1987 - The Leon Krier House, 92 Tupelo Street, Seaside, Santa Rosa Beach FL. Designed by Leon Krier, 1985-1987. Krier's first built project, on a lot Robert Davis granted him in exchange for his consulting on the Seaside master plan. Standing, but no longer as built: it has since been sold, enlarged, the entry porch enclosed and a garage added. It stands on the Tupelo Street circle at the east edge of Seaside, facing Seagrove; the 115 Tupelo sometimes cited does not exist. Owned by Max Powell Watson Jr. and Kay G. Watson as of 2025.
1987 - 5828 Stony Hill Road, Buckingham Township, Bucks County PA. Designed by Olcott, Schliemann and Simitch. Built by Joseph Giuffre, Jr. Structural engineer Peter J. Gauldi. Landscape architect Sara Thompson. Photo by Mark Darley. Was an Architectural Record House 1988. Owned by Bradley and Nancy Levie, trustees of the Levie Family Trust, as of 2026.
1987 - The Ronald Bentley and Salvatore LaRosa House, 7596 Tohickon Hill Road, Pipersville, Bucks County PA. Designed by Bentley LaRosa Salasky Design. Built by Personal Design and Building. Photo by Mick Hales. Published as "Caradco View". Was an Architectural Record House 1988. Owned by Joshua C. and Katherine H. Littlefield as of 2026.
1987 - The Julie and Allan Shope House, Greenwich CT. Designed by Shope Reno Wharton Associates (Allan Shope). Built by (owners). Photo by H. Durston Saylor. Was an Architectural Record House 1987.
1987 - The Arnold L. Salasky and Jon F. Sedel House, 118 83rd Street, Virginia Beach VA. Designed by Bentley LaRosa Salasky Design. Built by Salasky-Sedel. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1987. A two-family house at the corner of Atlantic Avenue in Cape Henry; the Board of Zoning Appeals granted Sedel and Salasky setback and fence variances in 1985 and 1986. Sold in 1996, 2001, 2002 and 2022.
1987 - The Eadie and Erik Hansen House, Wilmette IL. Designed by Hammond Beeby and Babka. Structural engineer Gullaksen Getty & White. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1987.
1988 - The Meg Dennison / Tim Peek House, 90 Lookout Lane, Monkton VT. Designed by Brooks & Carey Architects (Turner Brooks). Built by Millbridge Construction. Photo by Scott Frances (ESTO). Published as the Dennison/Peek House. Was an Architectural Record House 1992.
1988 - The Barbara and Harvey Walner House, 81 Lakewood Dr, Glencoe IL. Designed by Arquitectonica International. Built by Pepper Construction Company. Structural engineer Beer Gorski & Graff. Landscape architect Theodore Brickman Company. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1989. The Walners sold in 2001 (into a Chicago Title land trust; tax bills to Fred Margulies 2000-2006); conveyed in 2008 to a trust of Karen Citow, whose family built a new house on the site in 2009. The Arquitectonica house appears to have been demolished.
1989 - aka Stewart House, aka the Spear-Fort-Brescia House, 3695 West Drive, Miami FL. Designed for her Mom by Laurinda Spear and Bernardo Fort-Brescia. Gated community, no public access.
1989 - aka House on a 25 Foot Lot, 2205 Overbrook Street, Coconut Grove, Miami FL. Designed by Roney J. Mateu. Standing.
1989 - 2100 Pfingsten Road (probable), Northbrook IL, Cook County IL. Designed by Arquitectonica International. Built by Albert Jacob Homes. Structural engineer Rayl Dawson P.C. Landscape architect Peter Walker & Martha Schwartz. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1989. Owned by Paul and Marlene Wolfson (probably the original clients) until 2001; sold in 2001 to Greg Vaysman and Mila Freidman; sold in 2017 to Yun Hee Lee, owner as of 2026.
1989 - The Walter Chatham House, 71 E Ruskin St, Seaside FL. Designed by Walter Chatham Architect. Built by Warnerworks. Structural engineer Ross Dalland, P.E. Photo by Michael Moran. Was an Architectural Record House 1989. Also known as the Chatham Townhouse, or Pugin House. Owned by John W. Houghtaling II of Metairie, Louisiana, as of 2026.
1989 - The Joseph Valerio and Linda Searl House, 2301 W. Ohio Street, Chicago IL. Designed by Joseph Valerio and Linda Searl. Built by Richard Van Pelt. Structural engineer Stearn-Joglekar. Published as "the corner house". Was an Architectural Record House 1991. Owned by Joseph Valerio and Linda Searl (in their revocable trust from 2018) until 2024, when the trust sold it to Nicholas Paulson.
1990 - aka "Blue Bayou"/House Along the Bayou, Buffalo Bayou area (Beauchamp House), Houston TX. Designed by Carlos Jimenez/Architectural Design Studio. Built by Robert Singleton Associates/Builders. Structural engineer Bob Gatewood & Associates. Landscape architect McKinnon Associates. Photo by Peter Aaron (ESTO). Was an Architectural Record House 1990.
1990 - The Frederick and Gay Phillips House, 1308 North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago IL. Designed by Frederick Phillips & Associates. Built by Ladner Construction. Structural engineer Beer Gorski & Graff. Photo by Gregory Murphey. Published as "Inner-City Beacon". Was an Architectural Record House 1990. Owned by Frederick Phillips until 2013, when it was sold to Jon Michel Hiatt and Elizabeth Hayes, owners as of 2025.
1990 - The Edward H. Bennett, Jr. House, Washington Island WI. Designed by Frederick Phillips & Associates. Built by Young Brothers Construction. Photo by Gregory Murphey. Published as "Rural Geometry". Was an Architectural Record House 1990.
1990 - The Patricia and Laurence Booth House, 270 Arden Shore Road, Lake Bluff IL. Designed by Booth/Hansen & Associates. Built by James Heinsohn. Structural engineer Beer, Gorski, Graf (tower). Photo by Bruce Van Inwengen. Was an Architectural Record House 1990. Still owned by Laurence and Patricia Booth as of 2026.
1990 - The City of Kumamoto House, Kumamoto Japan. Designed by Studio Citterio/Dwan. Built by Tatara Komuten Construction Company and Shinsan Jutaku Company. Photo by Yoshio Shiratori. Published as House in Kumamoto. Was an Architectural Record House 1990.
1991 - aka Tigertail House, 1617 Tigertail Ave, Coconut Grove, Miami FL. Designed by Trelles Cabarrocas Architects. A townhouse-like infill house with a standing-seam metal roof, brick chimney and a walled, arcaded side court. Standing; featured in the 2023 film "Yours, Architecture." Owned since 1997 by Eleanor L. Haydock. Transferred to the Eleanor L. Haydock Living Trust in 2013.
1991 - The Phyllis and Arthur Bargonetti House, 88 Howland Drive, Kent CT. Designed by Steven Harris & Associates. Built by Carlson Builders. Structural engineer Ross Dalland, P.E. Photo by Langdon Clay. Was an Architectural Record House 1991. Assessor confirms: built 1990, 2,048 sf. Bought by Arthur and Phyllis Bargonetti in 1989. Sold in 2018 to Pei-Tse Wu and Vivian Teh-Wei Kuan, owners as of 2026.
1991 - The Chapman J. Root II House, 95 Ocean Shore Boulevard, Ormond Beach FL. Designed by Steven Harris & Associates. Built by Foley & Associates. Structural engineer Ross Dalland, P.E. Landscape architect Glenn Herbert. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Published as the Root Guest House. Was an Architectural Record House 1992. Owned by Edward Schatz Jr. as of 2026.
1991 - The Ken Barton House, 672 Cedar Hill Road, Madison County MS. Designed by Mockbee/Coker/Howorth Architects. Built by Benson & Benson Builders. Structural engineer Cameron Till. Landscape architect Richard Chandler Griffin & Associates. Photo by Timothy Hursley. Was an Architectural Record House 1992.
1991 - The Cynthia and Mac Noyes; Judy and Ken Ryan House, 383 East Cove Road, Decatur Island WA. Designed by The Miller/Hull Partnership. Built by Habitat Construction. Structural engineer Greg Hiatt. Photo by Michael Shopenn. Published as the Noyes/Ryan Cabin. 840 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 1991. Transferred within the family in 2024 to Adam M. Noyes and Whitney N. Beattie, owners as of 2026.
1991 - The Helen and Lee Olson House, Stonyhill, Nevis West Indies. Designed by Taft Architects. Built by Noral Lescott Construction Company. Photo by Paul Warchol. Was an Architectural Record House 1991.
1992 - The Hugo Ortiz Dietz House, Bosques de las Lomas, Mexico City Mexico. Designed by Taller de Enrique Norten y Asociados (TEN). Built by Enrique Juarez. Structural engineer Ismael Colmenares. Landscape architect Katherine Grimm. Was an Architectural Record House 1992.
1993 - Casa Cei, Via Eugenio Montale 6, Villanuova, Empoli, Tuscany Italy. Designed by Sottsass Associati (Ettore Sottsass, Marco Zanini, Mike Ryan). Built by COE. Photo by Santi Caleca. Published as Casa Cei. Was an Architectural Record House 1995. Via Eugenio Montale was formerly Via di sottopoggio per San Donato. For sale in 2026.
1993 - 3331 Stephenson Point Road, Nanaimo BC. Designed by Patkau Architects. Built by R. W. Wall Ltd. Structural engineer Fast & Epp Partners. Published as the Barnes House. Was an Architectural Record House 1996.
1993 - The David and Kathleen Martin House, Kennett Square PA. Designed by Tanner Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. Built by Mobac. Structural engineer Robert Chagnon. Photo by Paul Warchol. Was an Architectural Record House 1993.
1994 - The Yoko Saito House, 1118 Bartlett Street, Houston TX. Designed by Carlos Jiminez as a radical transformation of a 1920s balloon-framed bungalow on a corner lot. 1200sf. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 1994; photo by Paul Hester; structural engineer, Structural Consulting Company. Sold in 2020; the new owner's name is withheld on the Harris County roll (confidential owner) as of 2026.
1994 - The Steel House, 85 East Canyon View Drive, Ransom Canyon TX. Designed and built by sculptor Robert Bruno over roughly three decades from some 110 tons of hand-welded steel, on a ridge above Lake Ransom Canyon. Bruno moved in only months before his death from cancer in 2008 and left it unfinished; a library and aquarium were planned inside the legs. Sold in 2021 by his daughter Christina to Bruno Steel House LLC (Blake and Courtney Bartosh), whose plan to run it as a short-term rental drew objections from the Texas Tech architecture school. Auctioned in 2024. Owned as of 2025 by Lynna Bartosh through Eighty-Five Legacy LLC. Standing. A related Bruno sculpture and plaza were dedicated at Texas Tech in April 2015.
1994 - The Amos and Sharon Lombard Miller House, E8404A Tri-State Road, Westby WI. Designed by Turner Brooks (Brooks & Carey). Was an Architectural Record House 1995. Still owned by Amos L. and Sharon R. Miller as of 2025.
1994 - 219 Ocean Boulevard, Golden Beach FL. Designed by Carlos Zapata Design Studio with Una Idea. Structural engineer Leslie Robertson Associates. Was an Architectural Record House 1994. The house has been demolished; the lot was sold in 2014 to JC Condo Dreams I LLC and in 2016 to Lior Ben Shmuel, trustee, owner as of 2026.
1994 - The Marley Lott House, 1928 South Boulevard, Houston TX. Designed by Carlos Jimenez Architecture Studio. Built by Anderson Builders. Structural engineer Structural Consulting Company. Landscape architect Rosa Finsley. Photo by Hester & Hardaway. Published as the Lott House and Guest House. Was an Architectural Record House 1996. Marley Lott has owned the site since 1989 and still owns it as of 2026.
1994 - aka House on the Tennessee River, 1198 Sandpiper Point, Counce TN, Hardin County TN. Designed by Mockbee/Coker Architects (Coleman Coker). Built by L. D. Briley Contractor. Landscape architect Tom Pellett; Michael Hatcher. Photo by Timothy Hursley (cover). Was an Architectural Record House 1997. Photo by Timothy Hursley (credited for the cover photo of this house).
1994 - aka Quinta Santo Ovidio, Rua de Santo Ovídio 318, Aveleda, Lousada, Douro Litoral Portugal. Designed by Alvaro Siza Vieira. Built by (local craftsmen). Structural engineer Matos Campos. Landscape architect Joao Gomes da Silva; Alvaro Siza. Was an Architectural Record House 2003. Standing; still documented at this address by current architecture guides.
1994 - House, Chicago IL. Designed by Frederick Phillips & Associates. Built by Frederick Phillips & Associates. Structural engineer Stearn Joglekar. Photo by Bruce Van Inwegen. Was an Architectural Record House 1995. Photo by Bruce Van Inwegen (article: '©Bruce Van Inwegen photos').
1994 - The Tim Girvin and Kathleen Roberts House, 263 Peninsula Road, Decatur Island WA. Designed by Miller/Hull Partnership (Robert Hull). Built by Avery Builders. Structural engineer C. T. Engineering. Published as Island House "Tikamaga". Was an Architectural Record House 1996. Girvin and Roberts bought the lot in 1992; held by Timothy Girvin alone from 2001. Sold in 2018 to Anna R. and Sachin P. Bhatia, owners as of 2026.
1995 - The Peter and Turkey Stremmel House, 339 Anitra Drive, Reno NV. Designed by Mack Architects (Mark Mack). Built by Michael Doherty Construction. Structural engineer Parker/Reznik. Landscape architect Peter Walker (concept). 7,000 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 1996. Peter and Turkey Stremmel bought the lot in 1991 and moved it into their family trust in 1998; sold in 2017 to the Pasek Trust (David and Kathryn Pasek, trustees), owner as of 2026.
1995 - The Wendell and Debra Burnette House, 9830 North 17th Street, Sunnyslope AZ. Designed by Wendell Burnette Architect. Built by Wendell Burnette. Structural engineer Turley Scott Consulting. Landscape architect Debra Burnette. Photo by Bill Timmerman. Was an Architectural Record House 1996, featured on the cover. Wendell Burnette still owns it; since 2017 jointly with Ye Qianyi, as of 2026.
1995 - House, Nova Scotia Canada. Designed by Richard Gluckman Architects. Built by B. A. Watson Construction. Structural engineer Janega Engineering. Photo by Paul Warchol. Was an Architectural Record House 1996.
1995 - The Burnette Studio-House, 9830 North 17th Street, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Wendell Burnette as his own house and studio. Photo by Bill Timmerman. Was an Architectural Record House 1996. Still owned by Wendell E. Burnette III and Qianyi Ye.
1996 - The Susan Rodriguez House, 29 Fiddlehead Island, Vinalhaven ME. Designed by Susan Rodriguez, Architect. Built by Clarence Conway. Structural engineer The Shelter Institute. Published as Island Cabin "Fiddlehead". Was an Architectural Record House 1997. Held by the Rodriguez Lowrey GST trust; the island compound kept growing through 2016 with a main house, guest cabin, barn and workshop. Standing as of 2025.
1997 - The Andrea and Ira Zorn House, aka Brick & Glass House, 2637 North Greenview Avenue, Lincoln Park, Chicago IL. Designed by Krueck & Sexton Architects. Built by Fraser Construction. Structural engineer Tylk, Gustafson & Associates. Was an Architectural Record House 1997. Owned by Morris Belzberg by 1999. Sold in 2008 to Glen Saltzberg, owner as of 2026.
1997 - The David Teiger House, 51 Peachcroft Drive, Somerset County NJ. Designed by RoTo Architects (Michael Rotondi, Clark Stevens). Built by F. J. Korfmann Contracting. Landscape architect Walter S. Carell, Jr. Was an Architectural Record House 1997. Sold in 2016.
1997 - The Hanspeter Rudin House, 3 Rue du Waldeck, Leymen France. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Structural engineer H. P. Frei, Bauingenieur Basel. Photo by Margherita Spiluttini. Published as House at Leymen. Was an Architectural Record House 1999. Needs verification.
1997 - The G. Hooper and L. Weedon House, 1 Derby Street, Highgate Hill, Brisbane QLD. Designed by Andresen O'Gorman Architects. Built by Lon Murphy. Structural engineer John Batterham. Landscape architect Andresen O'Gorman Architects. Photo by Michael Nicholson. Published as the Rosebery House. Was an Architectural Record House 1999. Sold in 2018 (buyer not public); also sold in 2007. Offered for sale in 2016 and 2018 through The Modern House; sold in 2018. Standing.
1997 - The Ken and Seana Shuttleworth House, Crescent House, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire SN11 8RA, Marlborough Downs England. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth. Structural engineer Ove Arup and Partners. Photo by Frieder Blickle. Was an Architectural Record House 2000. Still owned by Ken Shuttleworth when listed in 2026. Listed for sale by Ken Shuttleworth through Knight Frank in 2026. Standing as of 2026.
1997 - aka Yomiuri Guest House, Zao-cho Miyagi Japan. Designed by Atelier Hitoshi Abe. Built by Sugawara Construction. Structural engineer T.I.S. & Partners. Photo by Shinichi Atsumi. Was an Architectural Record House 2001.
1998 - The Ohio Street House, aka Ohio House, 2301 West Ohio Street, Ukrainian Village, Chicago IL. Designed by Linda Searl and Joe Valerio, newly married, as their own house on a corner double lot, and their home for decades. Built in two phases, 1989 and 1999: the square masonry base of the first phase holds the public rooms, and a forty-two-foot-diameter aluminium-clad drum was added in the second. About 3,200 sf, four bedrooms. Won an AIA Chicago Honor Award in the Distinguished Building category, announced in the chapter journal for December 1991, held in the USModernist Library. Searl is a principal of Searl Lamaster Howe and Valerio a founding principal of Valerio Dewalt Train. Offered for sale for the first time in 2024. Standing. Owned by Joseph Valerio and Linda Searl (in their revocable trust from 2018) until 2024, when the trust sold it to Nicholas Paulson.
1998 - The Cynthia Emerson House, 5524 White Pine Drive, on Cooks Lake, Duluth MN. Designed by Salmela Architect (David D. Salmela). Built by Rod & Sons Carpentry. Structural engineer Kreck & Ojard. Landscape architect Coen + Stumpf + Associates. Was an Architectural Record House 1998. Owned by Peter L. and Cynthia A. Emerson, who acquired the land in 1992; owners as of 2026.
1998 - aka Stowe Residence, aka Mountain Residence, 302 Kidder Farm Lane, Stowe VT. Designed by The Office of Peter Rose. Built by Donald P. Blake Jr. Inc. Structural engineer Nicolet Chartrand Knoll-Rafir Matta. Landscape architect The Office of Dan Kiley. Was an Architectural Record House 1998. On a 160-acre site above a small lake.
1998 - The Robert Hill House, 1007 Craven Road, Toronto ON. Designed by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (Brigitte Shim, Howard Sutcliffe). Built by Ptarmigan Construction. Structural engineer New Onen. Landscape architect Cannon Nursery. Photo by James Dow / Michael Awad. 1,100 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 1999. Designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by Toronto By-law 66-2022.
1998 - The J. Parker Huber House, 99 Wantastiquet Drive, Brattleboro VT. Designed by Michael Singer. Built by Heartwood Builders. Photo by David Stansbury. Was an Architectural Record House 1999. Held by the Huber Sanctuary Trust (trustees Jennifer K. Irion and Teresa Savel) as of 2026.
1998 - The Into Tasa House, Soukan rantatie 66, Espoo Finland. Designed by Jyrki Tasa. Built by Veijo Makkonen Ky. Structural engineer Pertti Ranta. Landscape architect Jyrki Sinkkila. Photo by Jussi Tiainen. Published as House Into. Was an Architectural Record House 2000.
1998 - The Stein/Fleischmann family House, 16/18 rue de la Procession, 92150 Suresnes, France. Designed by Moussafir Architectes Associes. Built by ERMIF / La Seconde / Dewerpe. Photo by Nicolas Borel. Published as the Stein-Fleischmann House. Was an Architectural Record House 2002. Resold through Architecture de Collection (year not stated). Later resold through the architecture specialist agency Architecture de Collection. Standing.
1998 - The Mariko Tamura House, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. Designed by Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth. Built by Imamura-Kenso Company, Ltd. Structural engineer Uno Design Office. Was an Architectural Record House 2000.
1999 - The David and Vivian Howard House, 42 Fawsons Cove Road, West Pennant NS. Designed by Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture. Built by Andrew Watts. Structural engineer D. J. Campbell Comeau Engineering. Photo by James Steeves. Was an Architectural Record House 2000.
1999 - Club de Golf Chapultepec, Naucalpan, Mexico City Mexico. Designed by Alberto Kalach. Built by Miguel Cornejo. Structural engineer Enrique Martinez Romero. Landscape architect Tonatiuh Martinez. Published as the GGG House. Was an Architectural Record House 2000.
1999 - aka Casa B, La Escondida Beach, Cañete, Peru. Designed by Carlos Casabone. Built by Edward Barclay. Structural engineer Luis Flores. Photo by Jean Pierre Crousse. Published as Casa B. The largest of three La Escondida houses. Was an Architectural Record House 2004. Needs verification.
1999 - The Kenneth and Karen Heithoff House, aka Colorado House, aka Sunshine Mesa House, 4051 Sunshine Mesa Road, Telluride CO. Designed by Architectural Research Office (Stephen Cassell). Landscape architect Mathews/Nielsen. Photo by Paul Warchol. A 10,000-sf vacation house clad in Cor-Ten steel shingles on a 60-acre meadow. Was an Architectural Record House 2001. The Heithoffs bought the land in 1995; still held by the family through 4051 Sunshine Mesa LLC and a Heithoff trust. Needs verification. County record: 4051 Sunshine Mesa LLC, as to an undivided 59% interest. Recorded in 2026 to 4051 Sunshine Mesa LLC (59% undivided interest) on a 60-acre residential parcel.
2000 - The Schall House, 10425 North Central Avenue, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Wendell Burnette Architects. Built by Baywest Construction Management. Structural engineer Rudow + Berry. Landscape architect Debra Burnette. Photo by Bill Timmerman. Was an Architectural Record House 2000. Owned as of 2026 by Philip W. Hamilton and Judy M. Berge-Hamilton, who deeded it into their 1419 Trust in 2021.
2000 - Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. Built by Heisei Construction. Structural engineer Sasaki. Photo by Shinkenchiku-sha. Published as the Small House. Was an Architectural Record House 2001, featured on the cover. Photo by Shinkenchiku-sha (issue contents: 'Small House by Kazuyo Sejima, Photograph by Shinkenchiku-sha').
2000 - The David & Mary Beth Koehler House, Seeleys Cove Road, Crow Harbour NB, New Brunswick Canada. Designed by Julie Snow Architects. Built by Campbell Comeau; John Johnson. Photo by Brian Vanden Brink. Was an Architectural Record House 2001.
2000 - aka Vancouver House, 3257 Point Grey Road, Vancouver BC. Designed by Patkau Architects. Built by Glover Corporation. Structural engineer Fast & Epp Partners. Photo by Paul Warchol. Was an Architectural Record House 2002, featured on the cover. Standing as of 2026.
2000 - The Alfredo & Paulina House, Condado de Sayavedra, Atizapán, Mexico City Mexico. Designed by Adria + Broid + Rojkind. Built by Proyecto Alpha. Structural engineer Salvador Mandujano. Photo by Undine Prohl. Was an Architectural Record House 2002.
2000 - aka Naked House (Case Study House 10), Kawagoe Japan. Designed by Shigeru Ban Architects. Built by Misawaya Kensetsu. Structural engineer Hoshino. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai. Was an Architectural Record House 2001.
2000 - aka Pennsylvania House, Media PA. Designed by Wesley Wei Architects. A remodel of and addition to an 18th-century stone farmhouse. Was an Architectural Record House 2001.
2000 - aka Casa M, La Escondida Beach, Cañete, Peru. Designed by Barclay & Crousse Architecture. Built by Edward Barclay. Structural engineer Luis Flores. Photo by Jean Pierre Crousse. Published as Casa M. Was an Architectural Record House 2004. Casa Equis; carved into desert cliff, glass pool cantilever. Needs verification.
2001 - The Ron Gompertz Residence, aka View Silo, 2099 E River Rd, Livingston MT. Designed by Clark P. Stevens and Michael Rotondi. Built by Ron Gompertz as owner-builder. A narrow four-story tower on 14 acres on a terrace above the Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley. Sold in 2020; now owned by Tower Keep LLC and run as short-term lodging.
2001 - aka Tower House, 7 Cobourg Street, Stratford ON. Designed by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects. Built by Dan Paul Design. Structural engineer Blackwell Engineering. Photo by James Dow. Was an Architectural Record House 2002. Needs verification.
2001 - aka Solar Tube House, Zuckerkandlgasse (north end), 1190 Wien, Vienna Austria. Designed by Georg Driendl Architekt. Structural engineer Ernst Illetschko. Landscape architect Schumacher-Schindl. Photo by Bruno Klomfar. Was an Architectural Record House 2004.
2002 - aka Island House, 658 Spithead Road, Howe Island ON, Thousand Islands ON. Designed by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects. Built by Peabody and Sheedy Construction. Structural engineer Blackwell Engineering. Photo by James Dow. Was an Architectural Record House 2002.
2002 - aka Picture Window House, Ito (Izu Peninsula), Shizuoka, Izu Peninsula Japan. Designed by Shigeru Ban Architects. Built by Daido Kogyo. Structural engineer Hoshino Architect & Engineer. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai. Was an Architectural Record House 2003. Needs verification.
2002 - aka The Red House, Lysaker, Oslo, Roa Norway. Designed by Jarmund/Vigsnaes. Built by Gunnar Johansson. Structural engineer Walter Jacobsen. Photo by Nils Petter Dale. Was an Architectural Record House 2003. Needs verification.
2002 - The Bruce Doblin House, 5017 N Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago IL. Designed by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates. Structural engineer Robert Darvas Associates. Photo by Steve Hall (Hedrich Blessing). Was an Architectural Record House 2003. Owned by Bruce Doblin since at least 2004; the tax bill has gone to Lisa Wainwright since 2018 with no recorded sale, which suggests a transfer within the household.
2002 - Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula Australia. Designed by Sean Godsell Architects. Built by Kane Construction. Structural engineer Felicetti. Photo by Earl Carter. Was an Architectural Record House 2003. Needs verification.
2003 - The Du Plessis family House, Condomínio Laranjeiras, Paraty Brazil. Designed by Marcio Kogan Architect. Built by Fernando Vasconcellos. Structural engineer Francisco Vasconcellos. Landscape architect Marcelo Faisal. Photo by Arnaldo Pappalardo. Was an Architectural Record House 2004.
2003 - The Hiroaki Ohtani House, Kobe Japan. Designed by Hiroaki Ohtani. Built by Marukoh Kensetsu. Structural engineer Koichi Tohki. Photo by Kouji Okamoto. Published as the Layer House. Was an Architectural Record House 2005.
2004 - The Tim and Lynn Crowley House, 44051 FM 2810 (Pinto Canyon Road), Marfa TX. Designed by Carlos Jimenez Studio. Built by Cook Construction. Structural engineer Dan Ray. Photo by Paul Hester. 8,000 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2004. Sold by Timothy J. Crowley in 2011 to Frank F. and Katharine L. Smith, owners as of 2026.
2004 - aka BR House, Serra das Araras, Petrópolis, Araras Brazil. Designed by Marcio Kogan Architect. Structural engineer Roberto Bomtempo. Photo by Nelson Kon. Was an Architectural Record House 2005.
2004 - aka Shark Alley House, Medlands Beach, Great Barrier Island New Zealand. Designed by Fearon Hay. Built by Offshore Builders. Structural engineer Markplan Engineers. Photo by Patrick Reynolds. Was an Architectural Record House 2005. Needs verification.
2004 - aka Casa Travella, Castel San Pietro Switzerland. Designed by Aldo Celoria. Built by Gianni & Colombo. Structural engineer Paolo De Giorgi. Landscape architect Ares Viscardi. Was an Architectural Record House 2005. Photo by Milo Keller.
2005 - aka Hill House, 71 Hell Point Road, Kingsburg NS, Nova Scotia Canada. Designed by Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture. Built by Arthur Baxter. Structural engineer Campbell Comeau Engineering. Photo by Undine Pröhl. Was an Architectural Record House 2005.
2005 - W6348 County Road JJ, Appleton WI, Ellerton WI. Designed by Wendell Burnette Architects. Structural engineer Rudow + Berry. Landscape architect Michael Boucher. Photo by Bill Timmerman. Published as the Field House. Was an Architectural Record House 2006. Owned by Nelida N. Sjak-Shie as of 2025.
2005 - Alvite, Portugal, Alvite Portugal. Designed by Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira. Built by Oscar. Structural engineer GOP/Gabinete de Organizacao e Projectos. Photo by Fernando Guerra. Published as Casa Tolo. Was an Architectural Record House 2006.
2005 - The Okamoto family House, Fukuoka Japan. Designed by Urban Fourth (Hiroyuki Arima). Built by Wakuda Construction. Structural engineer Kukan Kogaku Kenkyujo. Photo by Koji Okamoto. Published as Second Plate. Was an Architectural Record House 2005.
2005 - Coliumo Peninsula, Tomé (Casa Poli), Coliumo Peninsula Chile. Designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects. Built by (local crew). Was an Architectural Record House 2007.
2006 - The Rebecca Oppenheimer House, aka Merkaba, 7415 Nanitch Lane SE, Tenino WA. 6500 sf. Designed by Oppenheimer, who engaged South African architect Anthony Philbrick to remotely assist her. Ruben and Jessicarae Nunez of Boxhouse Design consulted and oversaw construction. Sold in 2023 to Karate Kid actor Scott P. Strader.
2006 - Las Arenas, Cañete Peru, Punta Misterio Peru. Designed by Artadi Arquitectos (Javier Artadi). Structural engineer Jorge Indacochea. Photo by Alexander Kornhuber. Was an Architectural Record House 2006.
2006 - The Matthew & Lisa Trzebiatowski House, 1441 East Sunnyside Drive, Phoenix AZ. Designed by Blank Studio (Matthew Trzebiatowski). Structural engineer Brickey Design Associates. Landscape architect Debra Burnette. Photo by Bill Timmerman. Published as the Xeros Residence. Was an Architectural Record House 2006. Later owned by Kutu Blackson; sold in 2021 to Michael Baska, owner as of 2026.
2006 - 563-23 Mozawa, Karuizawa Japan. Designed by Takei-Nabeshima-Architects (TNA). Built by Niitsu-gumi. Structural engineer ASA - Akira Suzuki. Photo by Daiei Ano. Published as the Ring House. 1,100 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2007. Resold through Uchi Japan (year not stated). It was built as a spec house for developer Hill Karuizawa and first bought by a product designer. Built as a spec house and first bought by a product designer; later resold through Uchi Japan and licensed as a short-term rental. Standing.
2006 - Christ Church Greyfriars Tower, Newgate Street, London EC1A 7BA, London England. Designed by Boyarsky Murphy Architects. Built by KoruBuild. Structural engineer Alan Baxter & Associates. Published as Christ Church Tower. Was an Architectural Record House 2007. Converted to a twelve-level private residence, completed in 2006, within the Grade I listed remains of Christ Church Greyfriars. Later resold through The Modern House.
2006 - Sendai, Japan, Sendai Japan. Designed by Atelier Bow-Wow. Structural engineer Kanebako Structural Engineers. Photo by Shinkenchiku-sha. Published as the Nora House. Was an Architectural Record House 2008.
2006 - The Helmut and Georgia Link House, aka H16, Tieringen, Meßstetten, Germany. Designed by Werner Sobek. Structural engineer Werner Sobek (in-house). Published as the H16 House. Was an Architectural Record House 2008.
2006 - The Jose Manuel Ferrater House, Passeig del Mar (s/n), Les Cases d'Alcanar, Alcanar Spain. Designed by Carlos Ferrater. Built by Construcciones PG98. Photo by Alejo Bague. Published as House for a Photographer II. Was an Architectural Record House 2009.
2006 - The Rene Van Zuuk House, De Fantasie 8, Almere Netherlands. Designed by Rene Van Zuuk Architekten. Structural engineer Leon Mevis. Photo by Christian Richters. Was an Architectural Record House 2010. Standing as of 2015. Van Zuuk's earlier house, Psyche at De Fantasie 9, has been his office since 2004.
2007 - The Randy Brown House, 5550 McKinley Street, Omaha NE. Designed by Randy Brown Architects. Landscape architect Farshid Assassi. Was an Architectural Record House 2007. Owned by Mohammad R. Sajjad as of 2023; Randy Brown no longer appears as owner.
2007 - Glenburn, Victoria, Glenburn Australia. Designed by Sean Godsell Architects. Structural engineer Felicetti. Photo by Cristobal Palma; Earl Carter. Was an Architectural Record House 2008.
2007 - Santiago, Chile, Santiago Chile. Designed by FAR frohn&rojas. Structural engineer Ingewag Limitada. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Published as the Wall House. Was an Architectural Record House 2008.
2007 - Nandgaon, Maharashtra, India. Designed by Studio Mumbai (Bijoy Jain). Published as the Palmyra House. Was an Architectural Record House 2008. Standing; still widely published as the Palmyra House, a weekend retreat in a coconut grove near Alibag.
2007 - Hadspen, Somerset England. Designed by Skene Catling de la Pena. Structural engineer Anthony Ward Partnership. Photo by James Morris. Published as the Dairy House. A renovation and extension of an old cheese factory. Was an Architectural Record House 2008.
2008 - The Yeoh Seok Hong House, 2 Lorong Buloh Perindu 1, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Designed by Agence Jouin Manku. Built by YTL Construction Group. Landscape architect Sophie Agate Ambroise. Photo by Eric Laignel. 32,292 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2009. Standing; known as the YTL Residence, home of the Yeoh family (YTL Corporation), and still illustrated by the architects.
2008 - aka Villa 1, Ede Netherlands. Designed by Powerhouse Company. Structural engineer BREED ID. Photo by Christian Schaulin. Was an Architectural Record House 2009.
2008 - aka N House, Oita Japan. Designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Structural engineer Jun Sato Structural Engineers. Photo by Iwan Baan. Was an Architectural Record House 2009.
2009 - Poststrasse 38 (Rota Härd / Villa Vals), Vals Switzerland. Designed by SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects. Built by Kurt Schnyder Bauunternehmung. Structural engineer Alex Kilchmann. Photo by Iwan Baan. Was an Architectural Record House 2010. Operated as a holiday rental by stohomes AG. Standing; rented to guests as Villa Vals, operated by stohomes AG, as of 2026.
2009 - aka Tree House, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Mount Fuji Architects Studio (Masahiro & Mao Harada). Built by Shin-ei. Structural engineer Jun Sato. Photo by Ken'ichi Suzuki / Shinkenchiku-sha. Was an Architectural Record House 2010.
2009 - The Bill Perry House, 1025 Northridge Road, Joplin MO. Designed by Hufft Projects. Built by Harry Young Construction. Structural engineer CEO Structural Engineers. Landscape architect John Galloway. Photo by Hufft Projects. Published as the Heavy Metal House. Was an Architectural Record House 2012. Owned by William H. (Bill) Perry III, who acquired the land in 2007; owner as of 2026.
2010 - The Benny Govaert & Martine Neirynck House, Doornstraat 292A, Sint-Andries, Bruges Belgium. Designed by Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects. Structural engineer Claes Engineering. Photo by Tim Van de Velde. Published as House Roces. Was an Architectural Record House 2012. Standing; published as Villa Roces (completed 2012) in a wooded area of Sint-Andries, Bruges.
2010 - Urbanización Santa Bárbara, Godella Spain. Designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Built by Coarco. Structural engineer David Gallardo/UPV. Photo by Juan Rodríguez / Fernando Alda. Was an Architectural Record House 2013. Standing; published as the Atrium House (Casa del Atrio), completed in 2010.
2010 - The Karina Blumencwejg and Cristian Bianchini House, aka Casa BB, Mar Azul, Villa Gesell, Mar Azul Argentina. Designed by BAK Arquitectos. Photo by Gustavo Sosa Pinilla. Published as Casa BB. Was an Architectural Record House 2013.
2010 - House, Lantian China. Designed by MADA s.p.a.m. (Qingyun Ma). Built by (local craftsmen). Photo by Sunny Chen. Published as Well Hall. Was an Architectural Record House 2010.
2010 - aka Bahia House, Salvador Brazil. Designed by Studio MK27 (Marcio Kogan). Landscape architect Renata Tilli. Photo by Nelson Kon. Was an Architectural Record House 2011.
2010 - The House in Leiria, aka Casa em Leiria, Rua de Santo António 7, Pousos, Leiria Portugal. Designed by Aires Mateus & Associates. Photo by FG+SG. Was an Architectural Record House 2011. Built for a couple of teachers on a family plot in Pousos. Standing; still published as the House in Leiria (2010).
2011 - The Remo Halter House, St. Niklausenstrasse 75, Kastanienbaum Switzerland. Designed by Lussi + Halter. Built by Schmid Bauunternehmung. Structural engineer Gmeiner. Landscape architect Koeplfli. Photo by Leonardo Finotti. Published as Twin Houses Kastanienbaum. Was an Architectural Record House 2012. Built as a vertical duplex for Remo Halter and Cristina Casagrande and a physician-artist couple. A vertical duplex shared by architect Remo Halter and his wife Cristina Casagrande with a second family; completed 2011. Standing.
2011 - Koenji, Suginami, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Built by HEISEI Construction. Structural engineer Jun Sato Structural Engineers. Photo by Iwan Baan. Published as House NA. Was an Architectural Record House 2012. Standing; House NA remains one of Fujimoto's most published works, with no report of sale or demolition.
2011 - aka House Beside a Vineyard, Stuttgart Germany. Designed by UNStudio. Built by G+O Architekten. Structural engineer Bollinger und Grohmann. Landscape architect Atelier Dreiseitl. Photo by Iwan Baan. Was an Architectural Record House 2012.
2011 - aka Two Hulls House, Port Mouton, Nova Scotia Canada. Designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Built by Delmar Construction. Structural engineer Campbell Comeau Engineering. Photo by Greg Richardson. Was an Architectural Record House 2012.
2011 - aka InBetween House, Karuizawa Japan. Designed by Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates. Built by Sasazawa Construction. Structural engineer Hirotsugu Tsuboi. Photo by Iwan Baan. Was an Architectural Record House 2011.
2012 - The David and Karen Francis House, 6363 West Sweetwater Drive, Tucson AZ. Designed by DUST (Cade Hayes, Jesus Robles). Built by DUST; Pure Build. Structural engineer Harris Engineering Services. Photo by Jeff Goldberg/ESTO. Published as Tucson Mountain Retreat. Was an Architectural Record House 2013. David and Karen Francis have owned the site since 2004 through the Francis Family Trust and still own it as of 2026.
2012 - The BWA - Building With Art House, Travessa do Patrocínio 5, Lisbon Portugal. Designed by RA Architecture (Rebelo de Andrade). Landscape architect ADN Garden Design. Photo by Ricardo Oliveira Alves. Published as the Patrocinio House. Was an Architectural Record House 2013. Photo by Ricardo Oliveira Alves (per entry; not printed legibly in scan). Built for developer Sigma Pax Investimentos. Standing; published as the House in Travessa do Patrocínio, a four-storey new building with a planted facade, completed 2012.
2012 - Erlenbach Switzerland. Designed by Gus Wustemann Architects. Built by Corti. Structural engineer Born Partner. Photo by Bruno Helbling. Published as 2 Verandas. Was an Architectural Record House 2013.
2012 - Nishinomiya Japan. Designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Built by Tokuoka Koumuten. Structural engineer Jun Sato Structural Engineers. Landscape architect Furukawateijuen. Photo by Iwan Baan. Published as House K. Was an Architectural Record House 2013.
2012 - Morumbi, São Paulo Brazil. Designed by Studio MK27 (Marcio Kogan). Built by CPA. Structural engineer CPA. Landscape architect Renata Tilli. Photo by Fernando Guerra. Published as Casa P. Was an Architectural Record House 2014. Standing; published as Casa P (Casa Pinheiro) in 2013-14.
2013 - Villa Kogelhof, Kogelhoflaan 1, Kamperland, Netherlands. Designed by Paul de Ruiter Architects. Built by Bouwbedrijf J. van de Linde. Structural engineer Broersma bv. Landscape architect Bosch Slabbers. Photo by Jeroen Musch. Published as Villa Kogelhof. Was an Architectural Record House 2014. Villa Kogelhof, an energy-neutral villa on an estate with a planted nature reserve, completed 2013. Standing.
2013 - House, Madrid Spain. Designed by Estudio Entresitio. Built by Triplicado SL. Structural engineer Maria Jose Camporro. Landscape architect Planta Paisajistas. Photo by Roland Halbe. Was an Architectural Record House 2014.
2014 - The Angela Staffler and Josef Ebner House, Via Agruzzo 75, Bolzano, South Tyrol Italy. Designed by Peter Pichler Architecture. Built by Bernard Bau. Structural engineer SP3 Engineering. Photo by Oskar Da Riz. Published as the Mirror Houses. Was an Architectural Record House 2015. Rented to guests as holiday homes. Standing; the two units are rented to guests as the Mirror Houses holiday homes, as of 2026.
2014 - Nueva Andalucía, Marbella, Marsella Spain. Designed by Gus Wustemann Architects. Built by ADP Empresa Constructora. Structural engineer Alicia Huguet. Landscape architect Nuno Almeida. Photo by Bruno Helbling. Published as Los Limoneros. Was an Architectural Record House 2015. Standing; published as Los Limoneros.
2014 - The Florin Bartos Balint House, Mas Camarena, Bétera, Valencia Spain. Designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Structural engineer David Gallardo/UPV. Photo by Diego Opazo. Was an Architectural Record House 2015, featured on the cover. Standing; published as the Balint House (Casa Balint), completed 2014.
2014 - Tokyo Japan. Designed by Taichi Mitsuya & Associates + UNEMORI Architects. Structural engineer Low Fat Structure. Photo by Shinkenchiku-sha. Published as the Yamate Street House. On a 258 sf site. Was an Architectural Record House 2015.
2014 - The Harald Schonegger & Inmaculada Gonzalez House, Seville historic center, Seville Spain. Designed by Harald Schonegger and Inmaculada Gonzalez. Built by Eric Desmons Construcciones. Structural engineer Tedesco. Photo by Fernando Alda Calvo. Was an Architectural Record House 2016. A 2014 remodel of an old Andalusian house in Seville's historic centre, reorganized around two planted patios. Standing.
2015 - The Colette Tornier House, 34 rue du Bournet, Seyssins France. Designed by Studio Odile Decq. Built by SEMA. Structural engineer BATISERF. Photo by Roland Halbe. Published as the Saint-Ange Residence. Was an Architectural Record House 2016, featured on the cover. Colette Tornier (founder of the Résidence Saint-Ange). Standing; used by collector Colette Tornier as the Résidence Saint-Ange, an artists' residency that hosts two artists a year (active in 2020).
2015 - San Rafael Valley (Canelo Hills), Santa Cruz County AZ, San Rafael Valley AZ. Designed by DUST. Built by DUST. Structural engineer David Gibbens. Photo by Jeff Goldberg/Esto. Published as Casa Caldera. Off-grid, 1,060 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2016.
2015 - Annapolis Royal, NS, Annapolis Royal NS. Designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Built by Scott Shearer Contracting. Structural engineer Campbell Comeau Engineering. Photo by James Brittain. Published as Mirror Point Cottage. Was an Architectural Record House 2016.
2015 - Tokyo Japan. Designed by Makoto Takei + Chie Nabeshima / TNA. Built by TH Morioka. Structural engineer Yasutaka Konishi. Photo by Daici Ano. Published as the Helix House. Was an Architectural Record House 2016.
2016 - 540 West Grant Place, Chicago IL. Designed by Tigerman McCurry Architects. Built by Bulley & Andrews. Structural engineer The Structural Shop. Landscape architect Artemisia Landscape Design. Photo by Steve Hall. Published as the Lincoln Park Residence. Was an Architectural Record House 2016.
2016 - Génova, Palma de Mallorca Spain. Designed by OHLAB (Paloma Hernaiz, Jaime Oliver). Built by Mihai Niculai. Structural engineer Jesus Alonso. Photo by Jose Hevia. Published as the MM House. Was an Architectural Record House 2017. Standing; published as the MM House, winner of the 2016 World Architecture Festival house award.
2016 - Boulogne-Billancourt (near Immeuble Molitor), Boulogne-Billancourt France. Designed by Jakob + MacFarlane Architects. Structural engineer Batiserf. Landscape architect Cap Paysage. Photo by Roland Halbe. Published as The Connected House. Was an Architectural Record House 2017, featured on the cover. Standing; published as the Connected House (Maison Connectée), completed 2017.
2016 - The Rodrigo Mizala and Juan Martinez House, Vitacura, Santiago Chile. Designed by Smiljan Radic. Structural engineer BY Bingenieria. Photo by Roland Halbe. Published as Casas Pareadas. Was an Architectural Record House 2017. One of the two houses was owned by painter Juan Martínez and Andrea Pastorino in 2020. A pair of semi-detached houses; painter Juan Martínez and Andrea Pastorino lived in theirs, with an art studio, in 2020. Standing.
2016 - The Francois and Marie Malecaze House, Vieille-Toulouse, Toulouse France. Designed by RCR Arquitectes. Built by Arids Vilanna. Structural engineer Blazquez-Guanter. Photo by Pep Sau; Hisao Suzuki. Published as Maison Malecaze. Was an Architectural Record House 2018. Standing; a new house designed 2009-10 and built 2012-16.
2016 - The Michael and Barbara Collins House, aka Michigan Lake House, 11001 N Foxview Dr, Northport MI. Designed by Desai Chia Architecture; architect of record Ray Kendra, Environment Architects. Built by Easling Construction. Landscape architecture by Surfacedesign. Photo by Paul Warchol. Won a 2020 Residential Design Magazine award. Standing as of the current aerial.
2017 - aka Constant Springs Residence, 1103 Constant Springs Drive, Austin TX. Designed by Kevin Alter of Alterstudio Architecture. Built by Hill Capital. Landscape architecture by BDW Landworks. Structural engineering by Structure Works. Photo by Casey Dunn. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2017 - House, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Shigeru Ban Architects. Built by Shin. Structural engineer Hoshino Architects & Engineers. Landscape architect Sora Botanical Garden. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai. Published as the Triangle House. Was an Architectural Record House 2017.
2017 - aka Lath House, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP. Built by Satohide. Structural engineer Yamada Noriaki Structural Design Office. Photo by Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners. Was an Architectural Record House 2018.
2017 - The Eduardo Gonzalez and Mayra Osorio House, Estado de México, Mexico. Designed by Fernanda Canales + Claudia Rodriguez. Built by CM2. Structural engineer Grupos SAI. Photo by Rafael Gamo. Published as Casa Bruma. Was an Architectural Record House 2018.
2018 - The Fernanda Canales and Carlos Del Rio House, Reserva El Peñón, Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, Mexico. Designed by Fernanda Canales. Built by Felipe Nieto. Photo by Rafael Gamo. Published as Casa Terreno. Was an Architectural Record House 2019. Architect Fernanda Canales's own weekend house. The architect's own off-grid weekend house. Standing.
2018 - Setagaya-ku, Tokyo Japan. Designed by ARTechnic architects. Built by Wada Construction. Structural engineer Naomi Kitayama and Hiroki Osanai. Landscape architect Lysing. Photo by Nacasa & Partners; Gen Inoue. Was an Architectural Record House 2019. Published as PATH, a family house for a couple with three children. Standing.
2018 - The Tony and Robin Armour House, 2907 West Wilson Avenue, Ravenswood Manor, Chicago IL. Designed by John Ronan Architects. Built by Fraser Construction. Structural engineer Stearn-Joglekar. Photo by Tony Armour. Published as the Gallery House. Was an Architectural Record House 2019. Built for Tony (Thomas) and Robin Armour, who had owned the lot since at least 1999; the house has been held in the Robin Pierce Armour trust since 2020. Owned by Robin P. and Tom S. Armour since at least 1999 (the new house was built 2017 on their lot); transferred to the Robin Pierce Armour trust in 2020. Transferred by Robin Armour to her trust in 2020. Standing as of 2026.
2018 - The Riverbend Residence, 9875 North Snake River Drive, Solitude subdivision, Jackson WY. Designed by Carney Logan Burke Architects. Built by Peak Builders. Structural engineer KL&A. Photo by Matthew Millman. Published as the Riverbend Residence. Was an Architectural Record House 2019.
2018 - Ocho Quebradas, Lote Resto Fundo Conchali L3B, km 218 Ruta 5, Los Vilos Chile. Designed by Office of Ryue Nishizawa. Built by Meinardus Jara y Asociados. Structural engineer Luis Soler P. & Asociados; Arup Japan. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Published as the Ochoquebradas House. Was an Architectural Record House 2020. Built for Phillipe Godoy (per Dezeen). Built for Phillipe Godoy as a weekend house in the Ocho Quebradas development; completed 2020. Standing.
2018 - Las Águilas, Mexico City Mexico. Designed by Sebastian Mariscal Studio + Alfonso Frade. Built by Alfonso Frade. Structural engineer Oscar Trejo. Photo by Rafael Gamo. Published as Casa Zenteno. Was an Architectural Record House 2020. Standing; published as Casa Zenteno.
2018 - House, Porto Feliz Brazil. Designed by studio mk27 (Marcio Kogan). Structural engineer Afaconsult. Landscape architect Maria Joao d'Orey. Photo by Fernando Guerra. Published as the Planar House. Was an Architectural Record House 2018, featured on the cover.
2018 - The Quahaug Point LLC House, aka Quahaug Point, 63 Haversham Road, Westerly RI. Designed by Peter Twombly and Adam Titrington. Built by Evergreen Building Systems. Landscape architecture by Robyn Reed. Photo by Warren Jagger. 3,000 sf multigenerational retreat on Quonochontaug Pond. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. Bought in 2018 by the Eliza S. Anderson living trust. Deeded in 2022 to Quahaug Point LLC, owner as of 2026.
2018 - The Cody Derrick House, aka Urban Tree House, 829 S 800 E, Salt Lake City UT. Designed by Sparano + Mooney Architecture. Built by Sausage Space. Interior design by cityhomeCOLLECTIVE. Landscape architecture by Dig Landscape Design and Eschenfelder Landscaping. Structural engineering by Structural Design Studio. Photo by Matt Winquist, Kerri Fukui/cityhomeCOLLECTIVE. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Built for Cody Vaughn Derrick, founder of cityhomeCOLLECTIVE, who still owns it through his trust. Transferred to the Cody Vaughn Derrick Trust (dated 2022). Transferred in 2022 to the Cody Vaughn Derrick Trust.
2019 - aka Victorian Music Box, 500 West Francis Street, Aspen CO. Designed by CCY Architects. Built by Koru. Interior design by Cheryl Troxel. Landscape architecture by BlueGreen Landscape Design. Photo by Draper White. Restored for a Dallas couple who commissioned the new guest house. Sold in 2025 to Francis Aspen Investments LLC. Won a 2020 Residential Design Magazine award.
2019 - aka 21st-Century Cabin Renovation, 13217 Highland Road, Highland MD. Designed by McInturff Architects. Built by Timber Ridge Builders. Photo by Julia Heine. Won a 2020 Residential Design Magazine award. A renovation and addition to a modest cabin, completed about 2016. Sold in 2026.
2019 - aka Renovation 1662, 1662 34th Street NW, Washington DC. Renovation of a 1900's row house by Robert M. Gurney; built by Washington Landmark Construction. Landscape architecture by Campion Hruby. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by Jeffery and Kristin Sharp as of 2026.
2019 - The Brook and Pam Smith House, 104 Net Yard Lane, Upper Kingsburg, Nova Scotia. Designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Built by Philip Creaser. Photo by Doublespace. Available for rent. Won a 2020 Residential Design Magazine award.
2019 - aka St. Paul Residences, 25 Crocus Place and 21 Crocus Place, Crocus Hill, St. Paul MN. Designed by Snow Kreilich Architects. Built by Streeter and Associates. Landscape architecture by TVL Studio. Photo by Gaffer. Won a 2020 Residential Design Magazine award. Two houses forming a family compound: the parents' house at 25 Crocus Place and, next door at 21, a house for their adult son. Completed about 2017. 25 Crocus Place: Renee B. and Fred H. Pritzker, trustees. 21 Crocus Place: Crocus Place LLC (mailing address 25 Crocus Place). 25 Crocus Place is held by Renee B. Pritzker as trustees, and 21 Crocus Place by Crocus Place LLC. Both standing as of 2026.
2019 - The Harlan Bixby House, aka Whidbey Farm, 5005 Smugglers Cove Road, Freeland, Whidbey Island WA. Designed by mwworks. Built by Dovetail General Contractors. Interior design by Eureka. Landscape architecture by Kenneth Philp; photos by Kevin Scott. Won a 2020 Residential Design Magazine award. A 49.58-acre family farm; built 2015 to 2017. Still held by the Bixby family as of 2026.
2019 - The Rafael Arbulu House, Lima Peru. Designed by Barclay & Crousse Architecture. Built by Yuri Bustios. Structural engineer Jorge Indacochea. Landscape architect Lisette Mira Quesada. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Published as Casa A4. Was an Architectural Record House 2021.
2020 - aka Renovation on Cox's Row, 3331 N Street NW, Washington DC. Original house 1820 by Col. John Cox. Renovation architects Robert M. Gurney and Kara McHone. Built by Peterson and Collins; interior design by Sybille Schneider, LSS Interiors; landscape architecture by Campion Hruby Landscape Architecture. Structural engineering by United Structural Engineers; photos by Anice Hoachlander. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2007, 2015 and 2024; owned by Cox Society LLC as of 2026.
2020 - aka Downtown Loft, 118 East Main Street, Charlottesville VA. Original building 1832. Designed by Jeff Bushman of Bushman Dreyfus Architects. Built by Longview Management and Construction. Structural engineering by Dunbar Milby Williams Pittman and Vaughan. Photo by Virginia Hamrick. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. West Cote Properties, LLC (last recorded sale 2014). Owned by West Cote Properties, LLC, with the last recorded sale in 2014. Standing as of 2026.
2020 - The Jordan and Megan Phillips Renovation, aka 10 Limehouse Street, 10 Limehouse Street, Charleston SC. Original house 1858 designed by William Pinckney Shingler. Restoration architect EE Fava Architects. Built by Tupper Builders. Landscape architecture by Glen R. Garner; photos by Michael Strople. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by 10 Limehouse LLC as of 2026.
2020 - The Janet Bloomberg Renovation, aka Dual Modern, 3412 Highview Court, Hammond Wood Historic District, Silver Spring MD. Designed in 1950 by Charles Goodman as his own house. Restoration design by the client/architect, Janet Bloomberg. Built by ThinkMakeBuild and R Construction; landscape architecture by Campion Hruby Landscape Architecture; photos by Anice Hoachlander and Julia Heine. Current owners Janet Bloomberg (architect, KUBE Architecture) and Sean Brady. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - aka A Complemented Tudor, 3200 N Albemarle Street, Arlington VA. Designed by Donald Lococo Architects. Built by Mark Knebel, Clemens Builder. Interior design by Sandra Meyer. Landscape architecture by Jennifer Horn. Structural engineering by David Linton. Photo by Anice Hoachlander. Renovation of a Tudor (built 1941 per county records; cited as 1936) in the Country Club Hills neighborhood. Current owners Eric and Jill Lyttle (purchased 2013). Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - aka Bento Cabin, Montgomery AL. Designed by Andres Duany of DPZ CoDesign. Built by No-Nonsense Housing; photos by Nick Drolette and Grace Studio. 204 sf affordable cabin. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - aka Blur, 746 Wagonwheel Gap Road, Boulder CO. Designed by Mike Piche of Studio B Architecture + Interiors. Built by Buildwell. Landscape architecture by California JB Fieldworks. Photo by James Florio. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2021 to the Dattels Johnson 1992 Family Trust of San Francisco, owner as of 2026.
2020 - aka Casa Margaux Renovation, Playa Blanca 506, Costa Azul, San José del Cabo, Mexico. Designed by Campos Studio. Built by Juan Jose Palomares. Interior design by Dre Design. Photo by Romana Lilic/Ema Peter. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Rented to guests as a vacation villa. Standing; rented as the Casa Margaux vacation villa as of 2025-26.
2020 - aka Georgia Modern Renovation, Washington DC. Original house 1900's. Designed by McInturff Architects. Built by Jimmy Loveless, JWL Woodworking. Interior design by Kate Ballou, Hendrick Interiors. Landscape architecture by Lila Fendrick Landscape Architects. Structural engineering by Norton Consulting Engineers. Photo by Jennifer Hughes. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - The Janelle and Alden Pinnell Residence, aka Highland Park Residence, 3708 Lexington Avenue, Highland Park, Dallas TX. Designed by Kevin Alter, Alterstudio Architecture. Built by Steven Hild Custom Builder. Interior design by Silvia Zofio. Landscape architecture by Hocker Design. Structural engineering by Ellinwood + Machado. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Alden Pinnell bought the site in 2012; the house is held by the Alden G. Pinnell Revocable Trust as of 2026.
2020 - The Chris and Sally Candee House, aka Kettle Moraine, W1482 Lake Drive, Campbellsport WI. Designed by Johnsen Schmaling Architects. Built by Rick Serwe Custom Cabinetry. Landscape architecture by Johnsen Schmaling Architects. Photo by Justin Lee Lopez. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - aka Ledge House, 47 Dark Entry Road, Cornwall CT. Designed by Desai Chia Architecture. Built by Classic Renovations. Landscape architecture by AB Landscaping, LLC. Photo by Paul Warchol. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by Michael Feder and Povilas Utovka as of 2024.
2020 - aka Logan Circle Renovation, 12 Logan Circle NW, Washington DC. Designed Colleen Healey Architecture. Built by John Allen. Structural engineering by Norton Consulting Engineers. Photo by Jennifer Horn and Anice Hoachlander. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2021 to New Beginnings at 12 Logan LLC, owner as of 2026; an earlier record for the lot shows Monkey Business DC LLC acquiring it in 2017.
2020 - The Randlow Smith Jr. House, aka Merrilee Lane, 7022 Merrilee Lane, Dallas TX. Designed by Max Levy Architect. Built by Constructive. Landscape architecture by Hocker Design Group. Photo by Charles Davis Smith. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Randlow Smith Jr. bought the lot in 2017 and still owns the house as of 2026.
2020 - aka Pier on Twelve Mile Bayou, Shreveport LA. Designed by Robert M. Cain. Built by Owner. Structural engineering by Fenner Consulting. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - aka Split Box, 1445 Fairlawn Way, Golden Valley MN. Designed by SALA Architects. Built by Showcase Renovation. Landscape architecture by Eric Baldus, Terravista Landscape and Design. Photo by Chad Holder. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by the Cathryn P. Sussman Trust (taxpayer Cathryn P. Sussman) as of 2026.
2020 - aka Hybrid Development House, aka Steel Stacks, 5212 Delridge Way SW, Seattle WA. Designed by Hybrid Architecture. Built by Hybrid Assembly. Landscape architecture by Glenn Takagi. Four Corten-clad units. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. Developer Delridge Steel LLC bought the site in 2019 and sold the four units in 2020-2021: 5212 A to Jessica Fletcher and Jonathan Gibbs (2021), 5212 B to David and Erin Eaton (2020), 5212 C to Allison Rose Dunphy (2020), and 5212 D to Kevin Rivers and Alissa Ozyilmaz (2020), who sold it in 2024 to Kevin and Lorra Hernon.
2020 - aka Wanaka Wedge House, Queensberry, Central Otago, New Zealand. Designed by Actual Architecture Company. Built by Matt Colebrook. Photo by Dennis Radermacher/ Lightforge. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award.
2020 - The Cassie and Carrington Guy House, 3496 Morgantown Road, Charlottesville VA. Designed by TW Ryan Architecture. Built by Evergreen Builders. Photo by Joe Fletcher. Published as the Three Chimney House. Was an Architectural Record House 2020.
2020 - The Tim and Brandie Gehan House, 4644 Miron Drive, Dallas TX. Designed by Specht Architects. Built by Sebastian Construction Group. Structural engineer Architectural Engineers Collaboration. Landscape architect Hocker Design Group. Photo by Casey Dunn. Published as the Preston Hollow Residence. Was an Architectural Record House 2020. Tim Gehan acquired the site in 2015; it is held by the Timothy Gehan Revocable Living Trust as of 2026.
2020 - The Craig and Lisa Foster House, aka Derwent Valley Villa, 52 Avenue Road, Duffield, Derbyshire UK. Designed by Blee Halligan. Built by Derwent Valley Construction. Structural engineer Heyne Tillett Steel. Landscape architect J&L Gibbons. Photo by Henry Woide. Replaced a bungalow the Fosters bought in 2016. Won a 2022 RIBA East Midlands Award. Was an Architectural Record House 2022. Bought in 2016 by Craig and Lisa Foster; no sale recorded since. Standing; no sale recorded since the Fosters bought the site in 2016.
2020 - House, Oaxaca Mexico. Designed by IUA Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos. Built by Alonso Garcia Cano & Santiago Gaxiola. Structural engineer Ricardo Camacho. Photo by Onnis Luque. Published as Casa en El Toron. Was an Architectural Record House 2021.
2020 - The Takaaki and Yuko Fuji House, Tokyo Japan. Designed by Takaaki Fuji + Yuko Fuji Architecture. Structural engineer Tomonori Kawata. Photo by Masao Nishikawa. Published as the Bay Window Tower House. Was an Architectural Record House 2021.
2020 - aka Awana Beach House, Great Barrier Island New Zealand. Designed by Herbst Architects. Built by Great Barrier Building Company. Structural engineer Sullivan Hall. Landscape architect Second Nature. Photo by Jackie Meiring. Was an Architectural Record House 2021.
2020 - The Elizabeth Andrews and Michael Wilson House, aka Urban Bower Renovation, 3616 Albemarle Street NW, North Cleveland Park, Washington DC. Designed by Colleen Healey Architecture. Built by JWL Woodworking. Structural engineering by Norton Consulting Engineers. Photo by Jennifer Hughes. New bedroom suite. Won a 2021 Residential Design Magazine award. An interior renovation creating a primary suite. Owned by Michael B. Wilson since 2001, as of 2026.
2021 - The Dan Shipley House, aka Alcott Street, 5127 Alcott Street, Cochran Heights, Dallas TX. Designed by Dan Shipley Architects. Built by ShipBuild Partners. Photo by Robert Tsai. The architect's own house; current owners Dan Shipley, and Lea Bauman. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2021 - The Cortner-Bradley House, aka Bucks County Residence, 2148 California Rd, Springfield Township (Richlandtown) PA. Designed by Stephen Cassell of Architecture Research Office. Built by Lewis Brothers. Landscape architecture by Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture. Structural engineering by Silman. Civil engineering by Cowan Associates. Photo by Stephen Kent Johnson. 4,250 sf Bauhaus-inspired house. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Built for Lynn Cortner and Kathleen Bradley, former Knoll executives, near the 1750 farmhouse they had long occupied. Owned by A. Lynn Cortner and Kathleen G. Owned by Lynn Cortner and Kathleen Bradley. Standing as of 2025.
2021 - aka Cottagewood Beach House, Deephaven MN. Designed by PKA Architecture. Built by Streeter. Interior design by Nada Bibi. Landscape architecture by Travis Van Liere. Structural engineering by Christian Soltermann. Photo by Paul Crosby. 6,049 sf. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2021 - The Lisa Franzen House, 5202 Wyoming Road, Mohican Hills, Bethesda MD. Designed by Robert M. Gurney FAIA, with project architects Nicole de Jong AIA and Sarah Mailhot Solander. Built by Commonwealth Building and Design of Clifton VA. Structural engineering by United Structural Engineers of Sterling VA. Photo by Anice Hoachlander. Four stories stepping down a steeply sloping wooded site toward the Potomac, reading as two stories from the street; two full-height concrete end walls with Shou Sugi Ban infill on the street side and glass on the woodland side. Four bedrooms, three baths on a 0.23-acre lot; completed June 2020 on the footprint of a structurally unsound house that was razed. Won a 2021 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2021 to Karine Orlova, owner as of 2025.
2021 - aka Georgetown House, 3618 Prospect Street NW, Washington DC. Designed by McInturff Architects. Built by Scott Taylor. Interior design by Michael Johnson, Mrj Design Group. Structural engineering by The Mateo Cobb Collaborative. 4,100 sf. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2017 to 3618 Prospect LLC (in care of M. D. Emmerson, Redding, California), owner as of 2026.
2021 - The George del Gaudio House, aka Goatbarn Lane, 110 Goatbarn Lane, Boulder CO. Designed by Renée del Gaudio Architecture. Built by Dan Flohrs, Coburn Development. Photo by David Lauer. 1,860 sf full-time mountain house built for the architect's father, George del Gaudio (current owner/resident). Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2021 - The Godfrey House, aka House on a Wharf, 22 Steamboat Wharf Rd, Brooksville ME. Designed by Elliott Architects. Built by M.K. Construction. Interior design by Lisa Morris. Landscape architecture by Richardson and Associates. Structural engineering by Thornton Tomasetti. Photo by Trent Bell. Replaces a 100+-year-old former steamboat ferry terminal on Buck's Harbor, next to the Bucks Harbor Yacht Club; 1,604sf main house. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Miriam Godfrey bought the property in 2017. Bought in 2018 from Dorothy E. Devault, per listing-site records (the buyer is not named there). Standing as of 2025.
2021 - The Antonio and Stephanie Sierra House, aka House Pool Garden, 3115 44th Street NW, Wesley Heights, Washington DC. Designed by McInturff Architects. Built by Zantzinger. Landscape architecture by Lila Fendrick Landscape Architects. Structural engineering by Christopher Cobb, Matteo Cobb Collaborative. Photo by Anice Hoachlander. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Completed in 2019. Owned by the Sierras as of 2026.
2021 - aka Kua Bay, Island of Hawaii HI. Designed by Walker Warner Architects. Built by Robin Ledson, Ledson Construction. Interior design by Nicole Hollis. Landscape architecture by Ron Lutsko, Lutsko Associates. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2021 - aka RaveOn, 4605 Laurel Canyon Drive, Highland Park West, Austin TX. Designed by Nick Deaver of Nick Deaver. Built by Wilmington-Gordon. Landscape architecture by David Wilson, David Wilson Garden Design. Photo by Casey Dunn. Midcentury modern renovation; 2,680 sf. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Renovation of a 1950s house by Fehr and Granger. Sold in 2013.
2021 - aka Shibui Renovation, 300 Summer Hills Drive, Wimberley TX. Designed by Nick Deaver Architect. Built by Melde Construction Company. Photo by Casey Dunn. Renovation of a fisherman's cottage; 2,500 sq ft. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by Peter J. and Ariele M. Rosch as of 2025.
2021 - aka Tarrytown Residence, 3409 Taylors Drive, Austin TX. Designed by Kevin Alter of Alterstudio Architecture. Built by Clean Tag. Landscape architecture by Word+Carr Design Group. Structural engineering by MJ Structures. Photo by Casey Dunn. 4,401 sf. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Replaced a circa-1959 house; completed in 2019. Sold in 2019.
2021 - aka Vail Family Condo, Vail CO. Designed by HMH Architecture + Interiors. Built by Shaeffer Hyde Construction. Photo by David Lauer. 2,650 sf. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2021 - The Peter Naimoli House, aka Water's Edge Residence, 5215 Tortuga Trail, Austin TX. Designed by Parallel Architecture. Built by Sam Stewart Custom THERMA. Interior design by Cravotta. Structural engineering by Way. Civil engineering by Janis Smith. Top photo by Chase Daniel. 8,019 sf. Designed for a mathematician. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2010 to Jeff K. Swickard and in 2016 to Peter B. Naimoli and Dana X. Sun, owners as of 2026.
2021 - aka York Street Passive Townhouse, 312 York Street (probable), Jersey City NJ. Designed by Mowery Marsh Architects. Built by Endres Home Builders. Interior design by Elaine Santos, Elaine Santos Design. Structural engineering by Proper and O'Leary Engineering. Photo by Haris Kenjar. 3,780 sq ft. Current owners Christa and Darren Peters. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award.
2021 - The Sasha Rosse and Francisco Franco House, Nogueras, Comala (Ex-Hacienda de Nogueras), Comala Mexico. Designed by Di Frenna Arquitectos. Built by Di Frenna Arquitectos. Structural engineer Hugo Saucedo Acosta. Landscape architect Aurelio Alcaraz Rodriguez. Photo by Lorena Darquea. Published as House in Colima. Was an Architectural Record House 2022.
2021 - The Oliaros Property Development House, Antiparos Greece. Designed by AREA in Athens. Built by Oliaros Property Development. Structural engineer Erisma. Landscape architect Doxiadis +. Photo by Ed Reeve. Published as the Ridge House. Was an Architectural Record House 2022.
2021 - aka Red Maple House, 5513 Oak Pl, Bethesda MD. Designed by Colleen Healey Architecture. Built by Cabin John Builders. Renovation and expansion of a 1909 carriage house on a pipestem lot, planned around a mature red maple. Photo by Jennifer Hughes. 3,300 sq ft. Won a 2022 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2019 by the Hajdu family; renovated and expanded in 2021. Standing as of 2025.
2022 - aka Ark Cabin, Wuhan, China. Designed and built by Mu Wei of Wiki World, who took the photo. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award.
2022 - aka Boathouse, WA. Designed by Dan Wickline; Philip Burkhardt of PBW Architects. Built by Dalgarno Construction. Interior design by LeeAnn Baker, LeeAnn Baker Interiors. Landscape architecture by Green Man Landscape and Design. Photo by Andrew Pogue; Taj Howe. 634 sq ft. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award.
2022 - The Jason Kuwayama House, aka Curtain House, 1128 East Kane Place, Milwaukee WI. Designed and built by Brian Johnsen and Sebastian Schmaling of Johnsen Schmaling Architects. Photo by John J. Macaulay. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. Built by Ryan Scott Development. Completed in 2023. Kuwayama bought the lot from the City of Milwaukee in 2017 and still owned it as of 2026.
2022 - The F. W. and Gail Kittler House, aka DNA Alpine Vacation House, 1914 Alta Lakes Road, near Telluride CO. Designed by John Cottle; Todd Kennedy; Jenny Trumble of CCY Architects. Built by Dave Gerber Construction; interior design by Arnelle Kase, Finding Home Design; Heather Madden, Maya Design Studio. Landscape architect, Kristin Undhjem. 3,149 sf. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. In unincorporated San Miguel County near Alta Lakes. Owned by the Kittler Legacy Trust as of 2026.
2022 - The Samantha Noyes House and Studio Renovation, aka Gradient House and Studio, 9808 North Edison Street, Portland OR. Designed by Christopher Brown of Linden, Brown Architecture. Built by Callum Clark. Landscape architecture by Wesley Younie. 3,600 sq ft. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award; AIA Oregon Award. Owned by Erik Hernandez as of 2026, by quitclaim deed in 2025.
2022 - The Werman-Sparber House, aka Middle Garden Renovation, 3132 Oliver St NW, Washington DC. Designed by Colleen Healey. Built by Matt Proper, Freeman Builders. Photo by Jennifer Hughes. 420 sf. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. Owners Joshua Werman and Lauren Sparber bought the house in 2013.
2022 - The Riggs House, 1630 Riggs Place NW, Washington DC. Designed by Robert M. Gurney. Built by Ted Peterson, Peterson and Collins. Interior design by Therese Baron Gurney. Photo by Anice Hoachlander. 3,668 sq ft. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. Sold in 2016 and again in 2017 to EZJ Ventures LLC, owner as of 2026.
2022 - The Scott House, aka Rollingwood Residence, 5002 Rollingwood Dr, Rollingwood TX. Designed by Ryan Burke and Eric Barth of A Parallel Architecture. Built by Shoberg Homes. Interior design by Polly Hazelwood. Structural engineering by Steinman Luevano Structures. Photo by Chase Daniel; Casey Dunn. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. Owner Jordan Scott bought the lot in 2018.
2022 - The Brandon Ebel and Sarah Jio House, aka Sound House, 2226 Morley Place West, Magnolia, Seattle WA. Designed by Jon Gentry of GO'C. Built by Thomas Fragnoli Construction. Structural engineering by Swenson Say Faget. Photo by Kevin Scott. 5,500 sq ft. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. Ebel bought the lot in 2017 and still owned it as of 2026.
2022 - The Lydia Ramsey and Jon Gentry House, aka The Rambler, 9410 NE Park Avenue, Indianola WA. Designed by Jon Gentry of GO'C. Built by Sparrow Woodworks. Photo by Kevin Scott. 1,700 sf. Won a 2023 Residential Design Magazine award. The architect's own house, on land that had belonged to Ramsey's grandparents. Still owned by Gentry as of 2026.
2022 - The Cem Turgu and Adriana Alegria House, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Designed by HW Studio. Built by Constructora ARGA. Structural engineer Constructora ARGA. Photo by Cesar Bejar. Published as Enso House II. Was an Architectural Record House 2023.
2022 - The Patricia Waechter House, aka Meadow House, 686 West 22nd Avenue, Eugene OR. Designed by Ben Waechter Architecture for Waechter's stepmother. 2600sf. Built by Chalus Construction. Structural engineering by Grummel Engineering. Photo by Lara Swimmer. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Patricia Waechter still owns it through the Patricia Chamberlain Waechter Trust as of 2026.
2023 - aka Redivivus Renovation, 242 11th Street NE, Atlanta GA. Designed by Robert M. Cain. Built by Jeff Meadows, Biltmore Construction Management. Landscape architecture by Georgia Hill, LEED Green Associate, Beautyberry Gardens. Structural engineering by Kelly Allbright, PEC Structural Engineering. Photo by Frederik Brauer. Rescue of a small midcentury apartment building slated for demolition; 4,098 sq ft. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by the RMC Revocable Trust. Standing as of 2026, classed as a two-unit building.
2023 - The John L. Sanders Renovation, aka Clauss Haus II, aka Redwood House, aka Little Switzerland, 417 Little Switzerland Road, Knoxville TN. Original house designed in 1941 by Alfred Clauss and Jane West Clauss. Sold in 2016 to John Sanders. Renovation built by Sanders and Fuhrig Design + Construction. Photo by Bruce Cole. Part of the Clausses "Little Switzerland" International-Style enclave. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award.
2023 - aka Bahamas Cottage, Harbour Island, Bahamas. Designed by Max Levy; consulting architect Daynan Tynes; built by Higgs Construction. Photo by Charles Davis Smith. 1,880 sf. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award.
2023 - aka Birdhouse, Apsley, Ontario, Canada. Designed by Meg Graham; Will Elsworthy of Superkül. Built by Brinkman Construction. Photo by doublespace photography. 2,945 sf lakeside house clad in charred cedar. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award.
2023 - The Kevin Toukoumidis House, aka Dunelands, 4054 Spring Beauty Lane, Holland MI. Designed by Kevin Toukoumidis; Jordan Snittjer of dSPACE Studio. Built by Zahn Builders. Landscape architecture by Kevin Toukoumidis. Jordan Snittjer, project architect, dSPACE Studio. Photo by Ty Cole. House on a protected national dune above Lake Michigan; rotating Cor-Ten privacy panels. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by Kevin A. Toukoumidis and Gregory E. Brisson (mailing address in Chicago) as of 2024.
2023 - aka Five Yard House, 1508 West 9th Street, Austin TX. Designed by Rivera Architects. Built by J. Pinnelli Company. Landscape architecture by Ten Eyck. Photo by Paul Finkel | Piston Design. In a historic downtown Austin neighborhood. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Bought in 2015 by Thomas Bentley and Carol Rylander, who still own it as of 2026.
2023 - The Narayen House, aka Hale Kiawe, 72-3142 Alapii Kula Drive, Kailua-Kona HI. Designed by Greg Warner; Sharon Okada; Matthew Marsten; Vivi Lowery / Walker Warner. Built by Metzler Contracting. Interiors by Philpotts Interiors. Landscape architecture by David Y. Tamura Associates. Lighting by EJA. Photo by Matthew Millman. 5,600 sf on 4.67 acres. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by the Narayen Family Trust.
2023 - The Joseph and Anne Slaughter Andrew House, aka Pivoting Renovation, 5124 Wissioming Road, Glen Echo Heights, Bethesda MD. Original house designed by Robert Gurney. Designed by Christopher Tucker of Mode4 Architecture. Built by Steve Howard, Square One Development. Landscape architecture by Scott Pitner/SPD Landscape Studio. Photo by Anice Hoachlander. 5,000 sq ft (overall project). Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Also addressed as 24 Wissioming Court. Owned by Joseph J. and Anne Slaughter Andrew; listed for sale in 2026.
2023 - aka Roam Ranch, 1804 Pfeiffer Road, Fredericksburg TX. Designed by Burton Baldridge of Baldridge Architects. Built by Duecker Construction Company. Landscape architecture by Campbell Landscape Architecture. Structural engineering by Dennis Duffy, Duffy Engineering. Photo by Casey Dunn. 4,360 sq ft. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Needs verification. Bought in 2018 by Taylor Collins and Katherine Forrest, who moved it into Roam Land Co. Ltd. in 2021; owner as of 2026.
2023 - The Rowe House, aka The Overlook, 427 Tufts Pond Rd, Kingfield ME, on a roughly 309-acre site. Designed by Tom Lane; Russ Tyson; Drew Bortles of Whitten Architects. Built by Sebastian Tooker, Sebastian Tooker Construction. Interior design by Heidi Lachapelle Interiors. Landscape architecture by Soren Deniord Landscape Studio. Owned by the William S. Rowe Revocable Trust.
2023 - aka Stone House Renovation, 1835 Pioneer Road, Lancaster PA. Original house 1730. Designed by Marilyn W. Moedinger of Runcible Studios. Built by Don Delp, Restore 'N More. Structural engineering by Lin Gallant. Photo by Kyle Caldwell. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award. Owned by Linn W. Moedinger since 2000.
2023 - aka In-Kind House, Seattle WA. Designed by Jon Gentry. Built by Ian Jones. Photo by Kevin Scott Crystalite. Renovation of a 1950s urban house; 1,936 sq ft. Won a 2024 Residential Design Magazine award.
2023 - 1373 Indian Creek Road, Helmville MT. Designed by T.W. Ryan Architecture. Built by Lohss Construction. Structural engineer Salvetech. Photo by Joe Fletcher. Published as the Four Roof House. Was an Architectural Record House 2023. Owned as of 2026 by the Rita Dreiblatt Schreiber Trust of Indian Wells, California.
2023 - The Castle, Duver Road, St Helens, Isle of Wight UK. Designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects. Built by Millimetre. Structural engineer Smith and Wallwork. Landscape architect Kim Wilkie. Photo by Nick Kane. Published as the Saltmarsh House. Was an Architectural Record House 2023. Kate and Jason Gatenby (per 2023 press). Built for Kate and Jason Gatenby in the grounds of The Castle, a Grade II listed Victorian house, replacing a bungalow called Olivers. Won a 2023 RIBA South Award and was shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2023. Standing.
2023 - aka Casa 720, about 90 miles southwest of Mexico City, Mexico. Designed by Fernanda Canales. Built by Felipe Nieto. Structural engineer Grupo Sai. Interior decoration by Camilla Pallares. Photo by Rafael Gamo, Edmund Sumner, and Camila Cossio. A country house for a family of six on 3.7 acres, planned around circular geometries in concrete, wood, glass, and stone; Canales first tested the site with three temporary wood platforms. 12,000 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2024.
2023 - aka Arbour House, 2750 Sea View Rd, Saanich (Victoria), British Columbia, Canada. Designed by Patkau Architects. Built by Rannala Freeborn Construction. Structural engineer RJC Structural Engineering. Landscape by Haven Garden Design and Red Door Landscaping Services. Lighting by Margot Richards Lighting. Photo by James Dow. A folded lattice of hemlock struts below skylights casts moving patterns across the living room; full-height retractable glazing along the front. 6,000 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2024. Built for a retired couple, Toni and David, replacing an early-20th-century cottage above Cadboro Bay. Standing as of 2026.
2023 - aka Promontory Villa, in the pine-covered mountains southwest of Guadalajara, Mexico. Designed by Atelier Ars. Built by Adrián Ríos. Structural engineer Cantilever Estructuras. Horticulture by Juan Montaño. Photo by César Béjar. A six-bedroom weekend house organized around a totemic stone chimney rising 23 feet into open sky. 9,640 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2024.
2023 - aka Lantern House, 63 West 22nd Avenue, Riley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Designed by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design. Built by Adisa Homes. Structural engineer Chalten Engineering. Photo by Ema Peter. A two-story, inward-turned house in a leafy semi-urban neighborhood, in stucco, regional cedar, and board-formed concrete. 2,600 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2025. Replaced an older house on the lot. Built under a 2021 City of Vancouver permit that also allowed demolition of the earlier house. Standing as of 2026.
2023 - The Jaime and Uli Agnesi House, aka Casa Primaveras, Rancho Contento, Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico. Designed by Estudio Macías Peredo. Built by Construmova. Structural engineer TADE. Landscape by Juan José García and Viveros de Occidente. Photo by César Béjar. Capped with a jagged roofline; 6,805 sf on a 10,225 sf lot in a gated subdivision. Was an Architectural Record House 2025.
2024 - The Theodore and Belinda Stohner House, aka Morningside Residence, 5965 NE 6th Avenue, Morningside, Miami FL. Designed by Brillhart Architecture. Built by iBuild. Structural engineer ASD Consulting Engineers. Photo by Joe Fletcher. A series of pavilions wrapped around a jungle-like setting in a historic enclave between Biscayne Boulevard and Biscayne Bay. 4,100 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2025. The lot was bought in 2018 by PIM Ten LLC (deeded to PIM Investments LLC in 2019), the Stohners' entity; in 2025 it was deeded to Theodore R. Stohner and then to the Theodore R. Stohner Irrevocable Homestead Trust, owner as of 2026.
2024 - aka the Diego Baraona Houses, Santiago, Chile. Designed by Diego Baraona Arquitectos Asociados. Built by Constructora Jorge Carrasco. Structural engineer Juan Acevedo. Landscape architect Ricardo Walker. Lighting by Marcela Valdés. Photo by Pablo Casals Aguirre. A trio of houses for three brothers who shared a business and wanted to live as neighbors, woven into a hilly site. 11,265 sf total. Was an Architectural Record House 2025.
2024 - The Toben Jerry and Kelly Palmer House, aka House of Monitors, 75 Fishleigh Dr, Toronto (Scarborough Bluffs), Ontario, Canada. Designed by Williamson Williamson. Built by Ripple Projects. Structural engineer Blackwell Engineering. Photo by Younes Bounhar. Light monitors illuminate the interiors; the half-acre site runs down 300-foot bluffs to Lake Ontario, and erosion of the loose alluvium forced the house back from the edge. Clients were a landscape painter and her husband. 4,175 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2025. The earlier bungalow was demolished in 2021. The new house was completed under a permit closed in 2024 (variance A0204/19SC).
2025 - aka Casa Cerro Negro, in the coastal desert, Peru. Designed by Leggett & Cahuas. Built by Grimaldo Peceros. Structural engineer Jorge Indacochea. Earthen floors by Centro Tierra; daylighting analysis by Martin Wieser. Photo by Gary Leggett. A fully open-air, off-grid retreat of concrete block that reads at first as retaining walls lining a ravine. 6,240 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2026.
2025 - aka Brick House, 4511 Beverly Crescent, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Designed by D’Arcy Jones Architects. Built by Vision Built Construction. Structural engineer Wicke Herfst Maver Consulting. Photo by James Brittain. A split-level residence on a roughly triangular corner lot where a curving street meets a straight one. 4,400 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2026. Replaced a pre-1950 house on the lot. Built under a 2020 City of Vancouver permit issued to D'Arcy Jones Architects, after the earlier house was deconstructed. Standing as of 2026.
2025 - The Caitlin and Anthony Gonka House, aka House for Art Collectors, aka the George Pick House, 970 Sheridan Road, Highland Park IL. Designed by Kwong Von Glinow (Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow). Built by Franklin Holdings. Structural engineer Goodfriend Magruder Structure. Photo by Junfu Cui. A reworking of a 1915 estate by Howard Van Doren Shaw into a series of lived-in galleries for a young family and a sizable art collection. 18,000 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2026. Bought in 2020 by Anthony and Caitlin Gonka (as trustees) from the Lassen family trust; owners as of 2026.
2025 - aka Casa Pilar, outside Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Designed by TEN Arquitectos (Enrique Norten, principal). Built by Arditeqs. Structural engineer Alonso y Asociados. Lighting by Lighteam. Photo by Jaime Navarro and Arturo Arrieta. A hilltop house designed for a widow, her art collection, and her late husband’s car collection, on a ridge above a 198-acre gated community. 32,000 sf, plus a 10,700 sf garage structure. Was an Architectural Record House 2026.
2025 - aka Orri Mountain Retreat, southwest Colorado. Designed by CCY Architects (Alex Klumb, partner in charge). Built by Fortenberry & Ricks. Structural engineer Resource Engineering Group. Landscape architect Lift Studio; lighting by Luminosity. Photo by Daniel Jenkins. A year-round house on the edge of a historic mountain town, both belvedere and refuge. 5,755 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2026.
2025 - The Carlos Casanueva de Landa House, aka Twin House, Lake Vichuquén, Chile. Designed by Urzúa Soler Arquitectos (Nicolás and Mauricio Urzúa Soler). Built by Urzúa Soler Contractors. Structural engineer VPA Estructural Engineers. Landscape by Carola Schmohl; interiors by Preece Undurraga. Photo by Marcos Guiponi. Two parallel timber volumes projecting toward the lake above concrete retaining walls embedded in a steep bluff. 5,800 sf. Was an Architectural Record House 2026.
Sources include: A Treasury of Contemporary Houses of 1954, and The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses of 1959; and Architectural Forum, 1934–1952, and House & Home / Housing, 1952–1982, via the USModernist Library.