Architectural Styles
Mid-Century Modern
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1945-1970
- Open floor plans
- expansive glass windows & sliding doors
- blend with surroundings
- using natural materials
- organic forms
- Minimalist Aesthetic
- plywood
- plastics
- steel
- traditional materials
- wood and stone
- USA
- global influence
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Single-family homes
- offices
- retail
- community centres
- Kaufmann Desert House
- Edris House
- Alexander Construction Company Homes
- Dinah Shore House
- Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Station
- Frey House II
- Richard Neutra’s Stahl House
- Coachella Valley Water District Headquarters
- Tract house in Tujunga, California
- Frank Sinatra’s Home Palm Springs
- Eichler Homes
- Bullock’s in Palm Springs
- Lincoln Center, New York City
- MetLife Building NYC
- Welwood Murray Memorial Library
- Stanley Goldberg residence
- Del Marcos Hotel
- L’Horizon Hotel
- St. Theresa Parish Church
- Palm Springs Library
- Cathedral of Brasília
- Contemporary Art Museum in Niteroi
- Dulles Airport
- Palacio da Alvorada Brazil
- National Congress of Brazil
- North Christian Church, Columbus
- Helsinki University of Technology Auditorium
- Hotel Casino de la Selva, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- CSX Transportation Building, Jacksonville
- Alden Dow House and Studio, Midland
- Adventkerk, The Hague
- Bailey House, Case Study House 21, LA
- Palm Springs City Hall
- Palm Springs Fire Station
- City National Bank
- House of Tomorrow
- Sarasota School of Architecture
- Wright’s Oasis Hotel
- Palm Springs High School
- Oasis Commercial Building
- Harold Hicks Real Estate and Insurance Building
- Coachella Valley Savings
- Architecture and Urbanism College, University of São Paulo
- Supreme Federal Court Brazil
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)
Sits right at the sweet spot of optimism, leisure travel, and new construction method
- Motor Inns & Drive-Up Motels
- Resort Hotels & Desert Modernism Retreats
- Urban International-Style Hotels
- Airport & Transport Hotels (Jet-Age Modernism)
- Corporate Conference & Convention Hotels
- Seaside & Tropical Modern Resorts
- B&B
- Mid-Century Motor Inns to Boutique Hotels – Ace Hotel Palm Springs (former Westward Ho 1965), The Caliente Tropics – (restored 1964 motel)
- Palm Springs Motel
- The Caliente Tropics
- The Parker Palm Springs
- Hotel Valley Ho
- Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus
- Hotel InterContinental Frankfurt
- TWA Hotel
- Hilton Amsterdam
- Hyatt Regency Atlanta
- Century Plaza Hotel
- Hotel Nacional de Cuba (modernist additions)
- Waikiki Beachcomber
- Desert Inn (Palm Springs, California)
- The Standard Miami Beach (former 1953 Lido Spa Hotel)
Adaptive Reuse
Office Buildings to Hotels –
- Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, Hotel Marcel (former Pirelli Building 1968)
Corporate Corp HQ to Hotels –
- Hotel Marcel (Marcel Breuer’s former Armstrong Rubber HQ),
- TWA Hotel (Eero Saarinen’s 1962 terminal)
Residential Buildings to Hotels –
- Hotel Valley Ho — adapted & restored 1956 resort
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