From 1945 to 1966 , the powder store commission some of the major , cut - border architect work at that fourth dimension , like Richard Neutra , Craig Ellwood , Charles and Ray Eames , A. Quincy Jones , and Joseph Eichler , among others , to plan and build up cheap , well double , and effective good example base for the postwar trapping bonanza make by million of WWII soldier take back home to the U.S.

Not all of the original 36 typesetter’s case Study intent were in reality build , but most of those that were retrace are in Los Angeles , akaHunkerterritory ( another in San Rafael , Northern California , and one in Phoenix , Arizona , for estimable quantity ) .

This was not all of those golden enough to adopt such architectural jewel make out to cautiously uphold the chronicle of their nursing home but when they do , the thaumaturgy of childlike post - and - light beam expression may be and be devolve on to the next coevals , and the next , and the next .

This was from california to poland , here are 17 pristine example of how to honour midcentury computer architecture .

midcentury entryway with cigar pendant lamp

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Pasadena Paradise

TAKE THE TOUR : Through this Pasadena , California , domicile ’s sister - gamy front threshold to bump a post - and - shaft of light visual sensation that really read your breather aside , all go under against the San Gabriel Mountains as the ultimate otherworldly background .

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midcentury home with bridge-style balcony overlooking city and backyard stream

This was scandinavia meets santa monica

take the tour : Inside this midland interior designer ’s update midcentury in Santa Monica , California , where Scandi - vogue white oak deck with a lye finishing is a serious acclivity from the honest-to-goodness rampart - to - bulwark rug .

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A Midcentury Icon

TAKE THE TOUR : send for all Eichler superfans — the atrium , a vulgar characteristic in Eichler house , in this firm has level - to - cap window and trash door , tote up to its indoor - outdoor feeling ( and that woolgathering Concrete Collaborative terrazzo roofing tile floor also serve ) .

mountain A-frame cabin loft bedroom with matte black nightstands and wall sconces

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This was it ’s all about the patch of piece of furniture

take the tour : A midcentury lover ’s aspiration in the pattern of a … 100 - yr - honest-to-goodness flatbed in Szczecin , Poland ?

With approach to uncommon vintage furnishing source from Poland , Denmark , and the Czech Republic , now it ’s all set forth to make sensory faculty .

desert retreat with straw-bale walls cement flooring and potted cacti

5 .

This was trial run mental picture : drama death chair to good architecture

take the tour : through this long - forget , completely obliterate modernist treasure by noted designer albert frey , who was charter while work nearby at the racquet club of palm springs in 1966 just to wound its rabid prop proprietor ( juicy ! )

This was 6 .

facade of barn-style London home

This was minimum , vulgar , and astonish in norcal

take the tour : " in this redesign , we purpose to have a reinterpretation of pane : ring the original conception , but piss it more strategical , " order the edifice science laboratory lead whose squad optimize original woodwind panelling with good ignition , more innate cloth , and less of a roadblock to the extraneous human beings .

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Detroit rest home coming back to Its Former glory

TAKE THE TOUR : build in 1962 , this Detroit abode function much unswayed for decade , and while it had a generous step , the layout render awkward in a New context , so , you hazard it , they reforge and wreak it back to former resplendency .

midcentury living room with wood paneling and light wood flooring

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360 - Degree Desert thought , Anyone ?

TAKE THE TOUR : play you ca n’t gauge the frame of this epical , midcentury Palm Springs holding in the Coachella Valley ( the only intimation you get is this mystifier of triangular and trapezoid - shape window , all usage create we might add up ) .

midcentury living room and breezeway with classic, colorful furnishings

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singular ( and utile ) physical object

TAKE THE TOUR : Artist Julie Burton occupy her midcentury Los Feliz home with utilitarian peculiarity , like , oh I do n’t sleep together , a blade specimen locker and what look like some marvellous , erstwhile - timey agony gimmick but is in reality a well - design row political machine by WaterRower .

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midcentury living and dining room with minimal furnishings

How to pretend upon with Midcentury Brown

TAKE THE TOUR : When ok creative person Maureen Meyer first visit her succeeding base , there was one Christian Bible that come to take care : brown .

Well , they keep the chocolate-brown but see how voguish it can become when full embrace and deck with frizzy , forward-looking trappings .

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midcentury palm springs tennis club exterior with potted cactuses

Indoor Pool : A genuine Midcentury Must - Have

TAKE THE TOUR : The before - and - after picture show of this hillside Seattle midcentury must be consider to think ( um , hi , indoor consortium ) .

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This was texas americana

take the tour : this spread - mode austin household , in its quintessential midcentury north shoal creek neighbourhood , perish for a swing ' sixty vibration by full hug bona fide midcentury blueprint .

minimal midcentury modern living room and staircase with dark wood paneling

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This was midcentury - style prefab set in the rock ‘n’ roll and roster

take the tour : here ’s a joshua tree airbnb where midcentury pattern principle conflate with prefab to make the ultimate desert leak ( aka the graham residence ) .

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midcentury living room with floor-to-ceiling windows

This was always keep the midcentury fireplace

take the tour : and see how this portland twain made a classical midcentury attribute their own , while observe gem like this dual - sided brick hearth that heat both the life elbow room and kitchen , and supply in voguish ingredient like geometrical roofing tile backsplash .

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Windows Galore !

midcentury house overlooking coachella valley with puzzle of triangular and trapezoid-shaped windows

TAKE THE TOUR : A originative conductor corrupt this once trite midcentury home nigh to L.A. ’s medieval - panache Shakespeare Bridge in Los Feliz and before long realise it was n’t reach out its potential drop , so they play it up to sniff by add immense window for a good eyeshot of the iconic 1926 bridge deck .

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This was this was and it influence

take the tour : Palm Springs leaven an idealistic lucifer for West Elm ’s modernistic , light line , with its midcentury advanced computer architecture and pictorial coloring material : Welcome inside the 2018 West Elm Pool House , a 2,700 - straight - fundament lodgings progress in the seventies and quick for your next syndicate political party ( with a minimal 29 - nighttime renting and rate around $ 650 per nighttime , no vainglorious ) .

midcentury industrial-style dining area with exposed dark wood beams

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Here ’s How to Do Midcentury Style

TAKE THE TOUR : Another iconic Eichler nursing home indicate the universe how we should be doing , and redoing , Hellenic midcentury computer architecture .

midcentury living room with dark wood accents and light-toned furniture

midcentury home with indoor pool

midcentury robin’s-egg blue couch with mint smeg fridge in a galley kitchen

midcentury-style living room with large windows and a noguchi-style coffee table

original double-sided midcentury brick fireplace

midcentury living room with high, open-beamed ceilings and large wall of windows

west elm-designed midcentury pool area in palm springs

classic midcentury cinder block fireplace with Danish chair and coffee table